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

[JuKu]

@Grigs: Very, very nice. You should be proud of yourself (and buy some ESD benchtop mats ).

[d3javu]

Little workbench but I hope this year will be reconstructed

Oscilloscopes
OWON DS8202V
HAMEG HM203
TEKTRONIX 465B (not on picture)
FLUKE 123
FPGA4FUN PC scope

Multimeters
HP4378A
FLUKE 115
UNI-T UT10A (shit not on picture)
RANGE RE6810
Tesla DU20 nice piece of vintage analog

Counter homemade 1.3GHz

Spectrum analyzer HP8559A (not on picture)

Power Supply
2x Agilent 6632B
1x Tesla SZ.81 30V 1A
Homemade isolation transformer
Tesla Krizik RA10 10A variac

Other
homemade RLC checker
homemade GDO 500MHz
homemade GDO 200Mhz
homemade LC meter
homemade FET pairing expander for scope
homemade Logic analyses (Saleae clone)
homemade logic probe
homemade avr programer
MSP-FET
PCKIT3
and so on

Signal generators
homemade generator XR2206
homemade generator AD9850
homemade generator AD9951

Everything which starts with "homemade"..you made them yourself ? Damn, you should do product teardown of all those equipments then!

[rob77]

homemade RLC checker
homemade GDO 500MHz
homemade GDO 200Mhz
homemade LC meter
homemade FET pairing expander for scope
homemade Logic analyses (Saleae clone)
homemade logic probe
homemade avr programer

Everything which starts with "homemade"..you made them yourself ? Damn, you should do product teardown of all those equipments then!

that's the former east-block from behind the iron curtain either you made it yourself or you didn't have it the iron curtain went away, but the DIY skills developed back then are still around

[HighVoltage]

That statement seems to be very true!

The calibration lab in my town just recently hired a Russian technician and the owner of the lab told me that this is by far the best technician he ever had. That guy also had built most of his test equipment himself during the times to the iron curtain.

[WackyGerman]

Here are some new pics of my workbench . There is some new stuff there . The next item will be a better oscilloscope . But I don t need to rush , my old Grundig GO 15Z cro is still working 

[HighVoltage]

Hello WackyGerman,

What year was that Grundig scope built, if you know?
I vaguely remember to have used one of these in the early 80s?
So it must have been built in the late 70s?
It was kind of amazing, what the Grundig company was able to do in those days.


 

[Neganur]

I've lurked for about 6 months, first post. I got a lot of inspiration from this thread for my bench setup. I spent a Saturday and half a Sunday putting it together.

how deep is that bench? looks like it's more than 90 cm (~35 inches) also how high is the countertop/worktop? I'm currently unhappy with the desk arrangement I have, it's also just 75 cm high and I wonder if I should lift it a little and get an adjustable stool.

[WackyGerman]

Hello WackyGerman,

What year was that Grundig scope built, if you know?
I vaguely remember to have used one of these in the early 80s?
So it must have been built in the late 70s?
It was kind of amazing, what the Grundig company was able to do in those days.

Well I looked inside and most parts are built in 1978 , so it may be built roundabout 1978 or a few time later . Here are some pictures from the inside of the scope . I found it at a household clearance and nobody wanted it . The mains lead was cutted off so I only needed to replace it and clean the switches and pots with cleaner and turning round and round . Now it works fine and I saved it from the dumpster

[d3javu]

Here are some new pics of my workbench . There is some new stuff there . The next item will be a better oscilloscope . But I don t need to rush , my old Grundig GO 15Z cro is still working 

On your first picture, the top shelf's right leg seems like at the edge of the table...

[george graves]

Does anyone know of other sources of workbench photos? 

[nanofrog]

Does anyone know of other sources of workbench photos?

In use by individuals or by manufacturers (either empty or staged)?

[Yago]

Does anyone know of other sources of workbench photos?

There's the old Google
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=electronics+workbench&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=e-XhVMGfCI6zaYzRgZgN&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1036&bih=596

[george graves]

There's the old Google

Ha!  You Brits!  Classic.  No really.   By individuals.   I know the ""Fatman and Circuit Girl" forum had a bunch.  Is there more on reddit?

[WackyGerman]

Yes on both side there are L brackets screwed on the desktop for stability reasons . it is not very professional carpenter like i must confess but it is doing it s job

[c4757p]

There's the old Google

Ha!  You Brits!  Classic.  No really.   By individuals.   I know the ""Fatman and Circuit Girl" forum had a bunch.  Is there more on reddit?

...did he exhibit a Britishism of which I'm unaware, other than the .co.uk domain?

[netdudeuk]

Britishism ?  Is that even a word ? 

[janoc]

that's the former east-block from behind the iron curtain either you made it yourself or you didn't have it the iron curtain went away, but the DIY skills developed back then are still around

Can only concur

Now I am living in France and if you can't buy it in the store it doesn't exist and is not possible to do Most people don't have a clue which end of a screwdriver to grab (we don't do that with a soldering iron - that would cause mass casualties).

So I am the oddball in the office that has a workshop at home and that everyone goes to whenever something custom needs to be hacked together for the newest demo :-p

[TheEPROM9]

The first image is my portable lab in the kitchen a few years ago when I was working on my Geiger counter. As you can see in the image I am a very tidy engineer.

The next image my portable lab in my old bedroom working on my VFD clock when mum got pissed at it being in the kitchen, also with some newer test equipment like the Nixie frequency counter. =-)

The last image is my current desk setup in my bedroom. This one is for quick mod and repair work rather than full development, to bench multimeter's are used for quick measurements. A Fluke 25 and Metrix MX54B are my go to run around meters. Nice clicky DELL keyboard used, none of that rubber membrane crap. Linux box lives under the desk linked to the monitor that is off. The dual monitors are linked to the Win 7 box. Nixie clock because the Windows clock is rubbish and Nixie's are the best. =-)
Shelving is mostly tools, Micro-Professor because vintage computer rule. Beck PSU one of three owned bolted to the desk. Nixie calculator because once again Nixie's rule.

That's fokes.

Some of my test gear for sail to if any of you are interested:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161602717491?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161602742313?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161602760051?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[TheEPROM9]

Third Image, can someone please kill this file size cap, pain in the ass.

[c4757p]

Third Image, can someone please kill this file size cap, pain in the ass.

For those of us with slower Internet connections than you, the size cap is not what's a pain in the ass.

That image is bloody huge. Take it down to like a quarter of the file size or less...

[TheEPROM9]

Third Image, can someone please kill this file size cap, pain in the ass.

For those of us with slower Internet connections than you, the size cap is not what's a pain in the ass.

That image is bloody huge. Take it down to like a quarter of the file size or less...

Editing images is not fun, it would be better if the server did the image compression. That way everyone's happy, unless the server can't take any more load, then it's time to upgrade the server.

[c4757p]

convert fuckoffbigimage.jpg -resize 25% muchnicer.jpg

I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of how easy and fun that is

[TheEPROM9]

convert fuckoffbigimage.jpg -resize 25% muchnicer.jpg

I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of how easy and fun that is

  I'm just really lazy when it comes to image editing. 

[netdudeuk]

I see that you have a Micro-Professor. I have one too.  I'm still thinking that they're pretty rare.

[TheEPROM9]

I see that you have a Micro-Professor. I have one too.  I'm still thinking that they're pretty rare.

They are and also they are quite valuable on eBay. Although mine is not for sail, it is for enjoying it's retro goodness and playing with.