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

[nowlan]

Orange is a Guitar Amp company i believe.

[Obin]

^ Correct. Thats the Orange Micro Terror, a small guitar amp. I sometimes enjoy messing around with guitar effect circuitry, and it's there for testing and practicing guitar stuff. When I added the shelf to the desk there was a empty spot, and it fit!

So sorry, no fancy/rare measuring device

[d3javu]

Just recently upgraded with a DS1054z. compact, but serves its purpose!

The function generator is the chinese brand from ebay right? is it a 'okey' or 'never touch it' instrument?

[Obin]

Just recently upgraded with a DS1054z. compact, but serves its purpose!

The function generator is the chinese brand from ebay right? is it a 'okey' or 'never touch it' instrument?

http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/221413594674 That one to be exact. It's ok. The only thing I haven't figured out yet is the sweep function.
One thing that bugged the sh*t out of me was the loud beep it produced everytime you changed a value. A little duct tape over the small speaker took care of that . Certainly not a "never touch it instrument", if it broke and I would be short on cash, I'd buy it again for sure

[Aodhan145]

As I have some new kit and to prove to Tautech that I do use my DSO now.....

Nice old CRO you have....
And you need a cat.

You stop picking on my CRO  . it is always good to ensure you have a back up however newer you go, on top of that I dont tend to throw old things out, remember, we are all getting older, imagine being replaced be a newer version , my tools have feelings too !.

The Tek 2235 is my only scope it works great. I don't have enough for a digital scope. What is wrong with it?

[RickBrant]

My tortoise shell queen Trinny came up to me in my garden as I was planting veg out of the blue, rubbed against me and let me pick her up, she stayed for 5 years till the evil shit next door who hated her ran her over, I asked about and everyone said she was a wild cat no one owned or wanted. She used to sleep at the top of my bed across my head !. She was lovely, but I would still not let one near my kit.

So sorry to read that. Torties pick their person, and she obviously had picked you.

"God made the cat, that man might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger." - Fernand Mery

[GreyWoolfe]

As I have some new kit and to prove to Tautech that I do use my DSO now.....

Nice old CRO you have....
And you need a cat.

You stop picking on my CRO  . it is always good to ensure you have a back up however newer you go, on top of that I dont tend to throw old things out, remember, we are all getting older, imagine being replaced be a newer version , my tools have feelings too !.

The Tek 2235 is my only scope it works great. I don't have enough for a digital scope. What is wrong with it?

Nothing.  Enjoy yours like I enjoy mine.

[trophosphere]

Had to show off the new oscilloscope.

[Vgkid]

@ Trophosphere ,, What is the 2U rackmount piece of kit on your bench.

[trophosphere]

@ Trophosphere ,, What is the 2U rackmount piece of kit on your bench.

Rohde & Schwarz SML03 Signal Generator

I got it off of Ebay for about 500 USD and repaired it so it was a pretty good deal.

[alexanderbrevig]

I've just recently built this and I hope to fail a lot, learn a lot and have loads of fun at this desk.

[Daniel_Reyes]

Here is my lab. I have a variable linear power supply build to start next week, an oscope to fix and a 25mhz sig gen in the mail.

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[xrunner]

I've just recently built this and I hope to fail a lot, learn a lot and have loads of fun at this desk.

All those probes and clip leads there waiting for something ... anything ... to measure. 

[TerraHertz]

I've just recently built this and I hope to fail a lot, learn a lot and have loads of fun at this desk.

Nicely built workbench!
One thing though - those lower support panels on the left, with the way you've run the grain horizontally rather than vertically - you know wood planks are very bendy and prone to sudden failure across the grain? Especially when made of glued pieces like that.

If by "fail a lot" you don't mean dropping all your test gear at once, it might be a good idea to add some vertical stiffeners to that.  Just saying.

Edit: Or, does the far left tall vertical piece go all the way down? That would do it.

[alexanderbrevig]

Nicely built workbench!

Thanks man! It's my first 'woodworking' project, and I'm reasonably happy with the result.

[...]you know wood planks are very bendy and prone to sudden failure across the grain?

I did not know that, but it was my intuition so;

Edit: Or, does the far left tall vertical piece go all the way down? That would do it.

It does indeed and I did hope it would suffice. Though, I'll see about adding some 'reinforcements' to the design down the line

All those probes and clip leads there waiting for something ... anything ... to measure. 

I've also ordered a bunch of components which will keep the drawers and the test leads in company I'll probably post again down the line when the bench is actually in use 

[AF6LJ]

Some really nice benchs since my last visit to this thread.

[nctnico]

I like the solid real wood. Unfortunately it is quite expensive over here.

[GreyWoolfe]

I like the solid real wood. Unfortunately it is quite expensive over here.

1" x 12" by 96" pine common board is $19.44 USD here in the US at the big box home improvement store.  Interestingly enough, 1" x 8" by 96" pine common board is 31 cents more!  I wish I had access to a biscuit joiner, I would redo the top of my workbench with it.  They are way too expensive for a single use.

[boffin]

I like the solid real wood. Unfortunately it is quite expensive over here.

I was in Ikea at the weekend, and in the discount section they had a couple of the butcher block counter tops with a few dings on the end.  Would make a perfect workbench.

[TerraHertz]

I was in Ikea at the weekend, and in the discount section they had a couple of the butcher block counter tops with a few dings on the end.  Would make a perfect workbench.

A cheap source of solid workbench tops, is used solid-core doors. They are made of glued together wood strips, with masonite laminated on the outsides. Extremely strong and very heavy. Also because they are junk there's no need to worry about messing up the surface.

[G0HZU]

A cheap source of solid workbench tops, is used solid-core doors. They are made of glued together wood strips, with masonite laminated on the outsides. Extremely strong and very heavy. Also because they are junk there's no need to worry about messing up the surface.

That's what I use for one of my benches I use a large 'doorblank' fire door that is about 2.15m x 0.95m and it's about 45mm thick.

As you say, they can be very heavy! Some blank firedoors can weigh 75kg! I think mine weighs about 35kg and it is a really solid construction and a good thickness and it has a really nice finished outer layer like a regular door. I think it cost about £60.

You can get some cheaper doorblanks that aren't as strong if you use them as a bench though. Some aren't designed to have lots of weight in the middle as they are only really meant to block fire. It took a lot of web research to find this one and I ended up buying it from a local depot that had them in stock. Definitely one of my better purchases

[AF6LJ]

My bench begins with a 7' executive desk that is 42" deep. The desk is up on blocks since the orginal legs wouldn't support a third of the weight it has on it now.
24" deep shelves 6' long are held up with home made spacers made from 2X4s.
Painted my special shade of Candy Apple Flat Black.

I paid $60.00 US for the desk, getting it home would have been a problem but the used office furniture store delivered it for free.
There is all kinds of potential good deals for workbenchs out there just waiting to be had.

[xrunner]

Love the mallet. 

[Deathwish]

Love the mallet. 

we cal it the irish air cooled fine adjusting tool here

[bills]

My bench begins with a 7' executive desk that is 42" deep. The desk is up on blocks since the orginal legs wouldn't support a third of the weight it has on it now.
24" deep shelves 6' long are held up with home made spacers made from 2X4s.
Painted my special shade of Candy Apple Flat Black.

I paid $60.00 US for the desk, getting it home would have been a problem but the used office furniture store delivered it for free.
There is all kinds of potential good deals for workbenchs out there just waiting to be had.

Is that a halli sitting on the end of your desk?
If you want to get rid of all that obsolete stuff above your desk let me know.