Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab.

[djos]

I always regretted selling my 500 back in the 90's and found this 2000 local on craigslist last summer and someday I'll get it working again.

Same, although a few years ago I found one on Gumtree (Aus equiv of CL) with a monitor for about what I sold my A500 for in the late 90's.

 

I found a 500 with hdd one town over last summer but they wanted $500 for it.

Between the Amateur Radio addiction, and the Test Equipment addiction I am running out of space.

hmm, lets see I have my Amiga retrocomputing, HP calculator stuff, soldering, test equipment, ham stuff and reloading stuff all squeezed in my closet   I think I need less hobbies

Ouch, mine was $130 with 600 disks, 1081 monitor and a spare broken a500.

[neo]

They keep saying i am out of space but thats fine, it amuses me to see them stand slackjawed when i fit one more thing.

[eugenenine]

Ouch, mine was $130 with 600 disks, 1081 monitor and a spare broken a500.

I passed that one up.  Got the $100 A2000 later.  It has a ram card and hardcard but had the leaked battery.

There is a $250 one local now that shows its working but too much $ for me and no space for it anyway.

[djos]

Ouch, mine was $130 with 600 disks, 1081 monitor and a spare broken a500.

I passed that one up.  Got the $100 A2000 later.  It has a ram card and hardcard but had the leaked battery.

There is a $250 one local now that shows its working but too much $ for me and no space for it anyway.

Cool, I collect the wedge Amiga's due to the reduced storage space needed. They fit nicely on shelves in my study when not in use. 

https://imgur.com/gallery/ZtFZA

[eugenenine]

I'm not really much of a collector, just decided I was going to get one again.  My 500 I was designing and expansion board that had 2000 style slots so it made sense to get a 2000 to start with.

[Cubdriver]

hmm, lets see I have my Amiga retrocomputing, HP calculator stuff, soldering, test equipment, ham stuff and reloading stuff all squeezed in my closet   I think I need less hobbies

Nahh.  You need a bigger closet.  Then you can add some more hobbies!

-Pat

[McBryce]

There's a great site here: www.amibay.com wher Amigas and other retro computers are traded. You'll easily find an A500 for a sensible price there, but be warned, if you already suffer from TEA or similar, this site can be dangerous (to your wallet).

McBryce.

[djos]

There's a great site here: www.amibay.com wher Amigas and other retro computers are traded. You'll easily find an A500 for a sensible price there, but be warned, if you already suffer from TEA or similar, this site can be dangerous (to your wallet).

McBryce.

I concur, it's a very dangerous site.

[eugenenine]

There's a great site here: www.amibay.com wher Amigas and other retro computers are traded. You'll easily find an A500 for a sensible price there, but be warned, if you already suffer from TEA or similar, this site can be dangerous (to your wallet).

McBryce.

I registered there months ago but never get any confirmation.

[McBryce]

There's a great site here: www.amibay.com wher Amigas and other retro computers are traded. You'll easily find an A500 for a sensible price there, but be warned, if you already suffer from TEA or similar, this site can be dangerous (to your wallet).

McBryce.

I registered there months ago but never get any confirmation.

Strange. If you want to send me a PM with your details I can forward them to one of the admins.

McBryce.

[cdev]

Remember the Amiga Video Toaster?

I have lots of fond memories of parties back in the day involving Video Toasters

(to create what was then a futuristic vibe.)

I am sure the effects would look dated now but back then they were really great.

There's a great site here: www.amibay.com wher Amigas and other retro computers are traded. You'll easily find an A500 for a sensible price there, but be warned, if you already suffer from TEA or similar, this site can be dangerous (to your wallet).

McBryce.

I registered there months ago but never get any confirmation.

Strange. If you want to send me a PM with your details I can forward them to one of the admins.

McBryce.

[Cubdriver]

There's a great site here: www.amibay.com wher Amigas and other retro computers are traded. You'll easily find an A500 for a sensible price there, but be warned, if you already suffer from TEA or similar, this site can be dangerous (to your wallet).

McBryce.

I registered there months ago but never get any confirmation.

Perhaps you should be thankful for this?   

*your credit card* -->

 

-Pat

[Mr. Scram]

It's just the bar keeping the drunks out!

[bitseeker]

There's a great site here: www.amibay.com wher Amigas and other retro computers are traded. You'll easily find an A500 for a sensible price there, but be warned, if you already suffer from TEA or similar, this site can be dangerous (to your wallet).

Thanks, McBryce. I may regret it later, but meanwhile...

[videobruce]

... - but how come you guys' benches are so neat! Where are all your cables, connectors, adapters, cutters, solder and general stuff?

It's a disease. 
When in the wood shop, I restore tools to their bin though they may be needed for a pending task.  I clear my bench prior to working on each new project.  I think it reduces frustration. 
Most cohabitants (such as my son) disagree.

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Absolutely nothing wrong with being neat & organized.

I can't understand how one can work in a space the size of a phone booth and/or using a table or bench with no more room to place a handheld multimeter on simply because it's piled high with 'stuff'. 

[eugenenine]

*your credit card* -->

 

-Pat

All my credit cards are maxed anyway thanks to the health care reform 

[Beamin]

MrWoof: are you mixing a cake with your drill press?

[eugenenine]

<homer>mmm, cake </homer>

[MrW0lf]

MrWoof: are you mixing a cake with your drill press?

I thought sooner or later someone will pick on it Actually lab in process of dismantling (empty shelves etc). Not everything in right place. Bowl should be instead of vice little below.

[cdev]

You can fit four big power strips and associated cords into a signum with no overhang and likely even more if you take care to tie up the cables neatly with cable ties and are willing to have the ends hang off the signum's ends a bit. Thats including some wall warts too.

This idea is not power management so much as power strip management.. 


For what its worth, Ikea sells a wire management device "Signum" which attaches to the bottom of a desk or shelf which holds messy cables (and/or power strips. Combined with nylon cable ties it will safely hold at least four power strips with their associated wall warts, etc. up off the floor and out of harms way. 

Its not a solution, though, more of a kludge.  Relatively cheap, though, ($12 in the US) and in my experience quite durable in terms of longevity through moves and insertions, removals of cables..

Another option is wire cable trays, which serve a similar purpose, and which can also act as a nice tray to hold power strips. just use cable ties to hold the strips down and to manage cables.

[iontodirel]

My lab space is small, but I'm using it efficiently, I don't really need or can imagine needing more space If I needed more space it would be for "cold" storage not active lab space. I have place for a chair to sit if I needed. Got a rack this week to place some of the instruments more conveniently and closer. Instruments that I don't use everyday, like the oscilloscope, are in storage and taken out and used when needed. I use laptops at home, exclusively (it's more comfortable), and I don't typically need one in the active lab area, if I do, I can bring it anytime. I do have desktops (they are around the house) but they don't have monitors attached to them, I use terminal services or ssh to connect to them.

My philosophy for a lab is favoring modern small instruments over bulky old ones even if you have to pay more for them. I do not like old, obsolete instruments, if their function can be replaced by a modern one. I don't use the active lab space for storing instruments than I don't usually use, I believe that is wasteful. And I like smart storage and using most of your space. Having said that, my lab will grow, we'll see if that changes

[Mr. Scram]

What a strange room, or widened hallway, depending on how you view it.

[iontodirel]

yes and yes, they call it a "study", it's bigger than it looks, picture taken with an ultra-wide lens

[bd139]

That's more space than I have

[rdl]

That's probably a little less space than I had when my bench was in a closet, but you don't always need a lot of room to do electronics. My table is 60" x 30" but most of the time all I use is the front right quarter.

BTW, hope you have something under the legs of those industrial steel shelves to protect that nice wood floor.