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

[auclairD]

I browsed through this thread looking for inspiration for my electronics workbench.. It was interesting to say the least!! Lots of people from different backgrounds. As a woodworker I try using appropriate joinery when possible instead of screws and nails. I guess all of this doesn't matter once the mess starts accumulating 

[AF6LJ]

I browsed through this thread looking for inspiration for my electronics workbench.. It was interesting to say the least!! Lots of people from different backgrounds. As a woodworker I try using appropriate joinery when possible instead of screws and nails. I guess all of this doesn't matter once the mess starts accumulating 

It usually doesn't show up after the work (mess) begins.
I have always made due with what I had on hand or what I could buy.
In the early days I had a couple of military surplus steel desks, I wish I still had the good one. When I moved here I went to a used furniture store and bought a used executive desk for next to nothing. 7' wide and 4' deep. The feet couldn't handle the weight and when the feet started to fail I borrowed a bottle jack and put cinder blocks in the corners.
Here is an old picture just after I installed the shelves.

[German_EE]

I see lots of Heathkit green in that picture (this is a good thing) 

[ChrisLX200]

Like the big on/off switch on your desk (the one with the wooden handle...)

[eugenenine]

I thought it was an alignment tool

[AF6LJ]

Actually the mallet was an alignment tool to align the Candy Apple Flat Black spacers holding up the shelves. I have a fair amount of Heathkit gear. The test gear has expanded quite a bit since this picture was taken. A significant amount of HP Iron was added.
The IFR is down for repairs, which is its usual condition.
I need another FM/AM 1000 for parts.

[Cubdriver]

Actually the mallet was an alignment tool to align the Candy Apple Flat Black spacers holding up the shelves. I have a fair amount of Heathkit gear. The test gear has expanded quite a bit since this picture was taken. A significant amount of HP Iron was added.
The IFR is down for repairs, which is its usual condition.
I need another FM/AM 1000 for parts.

Boo, hiss - I see no picture, just a white minus sign in a grey circle.   

A mallet is always useful to have around if one must perform percussive maintenance on something.  (Or, for extreme cases, Widlarization.)

-Pat

[AF6LJ]

Actually the mallet was an alignment tool to align the Candy Apple Flat Black spacers holding up the shelves. I have a fair amount of Heathkit gear. The test gear has expanded quite a bit since this picture was taken. A significant amount of HP Iron was added.
The IFR is down for repairs, which is its usual condition.
I need another FM/AM 1000 for parts.

Boo, hiss - I see no picture, just a white minus sign in a grey circle.   

A mallet is always useful to have around if one must perform percussive maintenance on something.  (Or, for extreme cases, Widlarization.)

-Pat

Okay lets try this highly compressed attachment.

[Cubdriver]

Now I can see the peekshure!   

Nice looking setup there, Sue.

-Pat

[bitseeker]

Lots of nice gear you have there, Sue. And I now see the alignment tool, within easy reach no less.

[aargee]

Wooo... a percussive maintenance tool. I have various sizes, and a few steel ones.

[VK5RC]

Sue that is a "fleet" of boat anchors! Lovely to look at, even better to use 

[nanofrog]

Bet they make great space heaters too (nice & comfy lab during winter). 

[cdev]

I have a rubber mallet exactly like that one, inherited from my mother. I have another one that's wood, and another one that's solid metal. Its not that large but the head weighs a lot.

Combined with some other objects d'art, it make a good musical instrument.

I bet it or the wood mallet would work well in judiciary applications as well.

[GreyWoolfe]

I have the same percussive maintenance tool.  I just used my this past Saturday, along with a heavy duty long shafted slotted screwdriver to wind back the caliper pistons on my van to redo the rear brakes.  I didn't know they rotated, broke a 60 year old C clamp trying to compress the piston as I have done many times in the past--separate rant there.

[trys]

If messy workbenches deserve applause then i do believe i need a medal.

Yes i actually work in that.

I'll give you a medal. You make me feel that I'm in good company.

[trys]

Okay lets try this highly compressed attachment.

Oh, those wonderfully rounded Heathkit (?) corners. Brilliant. That's a shack, not a work-bench/lab. Even better. 73s

[Mr. Scram]

I have to admit that it amuses me that so many labs look like they're inhabited by Ned from Jurassic Park. I imagine some musty smell of unkempt cats, old coffee and slightly overheated electronics, and a hermit that shrieks when someone opens the blinds.

[neo]

I have to admit that it amuses me that so many labs look like they're inhabited by Ned from Jurassic Park. I imagine some musty smell of unkempt cats, old coffee and slightly overheated electronics, and a hermit that shrieks when someone opens the blinds.

My cats are not that unkempt and i don't like coffee, otherwise you just described me to a T.

If messy workbenches deserve applause then i do believe i need a medal.

Yes i actually work in that.

I'll give you a medal. You make me feel that I'm in good company.

When i clean my workbenches they always are clear of debris until i actually attempt to do something.  They are constantly changing it seems, even if only in the small details.

[nanofrog]

I imagine some musty smell of unkempt cats, old coffee and slightly overheated electronics, and a hermit that shrieks when someone opens the blinds.

1. My lab assistants are very well kept.
2. I don't drink coffee.
3. I have a window A/C unit to mitigate the heat from all the electronics. 

Otherwise, yeah. 

[kkessler]

My lab.  Two things of note:
1. The AMScope on the articulating arm is about the most useful thing in the lab.
2. The Keyboard on the computer is an original IBM Model M from a long gone server.  It's dated 01-18-1990, so it's older than a lot of the people on this message board.

[bitseeker]

Oh, yes. Lots of nice goodies, Kevin.

[Cubdriver]

IBM Model M keyboard!!   

Computer input device and blunt force trauma weapon.  A truly multipurpose piece of hardware!  My all time favorite keyboard.

-Pat

[bd139]

Best keyboards ever. I had one. Unfortunately not great unless you live on your own.

[ChrisLX200]

Got a similar IBM keyboard in a cupboard, it has one of those round PS2 plugs which doesn't fit any PC I currently own sadly.