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EEVblog #136 – Building an Electronics Storage Cupboard
Posted on December 27th, 2010 21 commentsDave has run out of space in the EEVblog lab so needs to fit out the cupboard in his study for all the electronics parts and junk.
21 responses to “EEVblog #136 – Building an Electronics Storage Cupboard”
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Hi Dave,
which cordless screwdriver did you use? Was it the blue Bosch series?
With best regards,
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Yes, the Blue “Professional” Bosch series.
Not cheap, but oh-so nice!
I do so little work like this now all the renovations are over, that I kinda feel guilty having such a nice cordless drill.-
Hi Dave, I review some power tools and just wanted to let you know Bosch has the least torque out of all 14.4/18v compact tools because they use crappy 14 A continuous discharge current cells. I’d avoid “compact” Bosch like a plague.
Compared to other “compact” tools Bosch is the worst bang for the buck – worst motor and worst cells in the battery, poor cell cycle life. Best you can get is Dewalt that uses Sony iron phosphate cells in compact (1.1 Ah, 50A max) or A123 iron nanophosphate in full size 18v (2.2 Ah, 120 A max), 2nd place is Hitachi and Ridgid/AEG/Milwaukee that uses red Sanyo 1.4 Ah 20 A cells and 3rd place Makita that uses 1.5 Ah 17 A green Sony cells.
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Karl (not that Karl, the other Karl) December 27th, 2010 at 23:40
You could make a contest with the multimeter box. Guess how many meters are in the box
I figured out I am more lazy then Dave. I would have skipped the painting of the supports. But of course Dave was a little bit lazy, too
Wouldn’t master craftsmanship have dictated to first unscrew the supports, mark them appropriately on the backside, paint them separately, let them dry and then fix them again? -
firewalker December 28th, 2010 at 03:39
I would be more than happy to help you with your space “problem”. You can send some of your equipment (osc/pes, multimeters (not the cheapes), PSUs e.t.c.) :p:p:p.
Nice job!
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Wilfred December 28th, 2010 at 11:03
That would be a multi-multimeter tub.
I’d still like to see you setting the exposure manually. It’s not like the light level was changing. Especially for these accelerated time sequences, it would stop the background appearing to flicker.
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Logictom December 29th, 2010 at 01:15
I’d like to see Dave dance the Macarena but we can’t all get what we wish for
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David DLC December 28th, 2010 at 14:03
You may want to put a middle support on the shells, they are kind of large and with the time they may bend.
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Karl (not that Karl, the other Karl) December 29th, 2010 at 01:17
Maybe, maybe not. He has support along the full backside of the boards. That could be enough.
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How’s ESD with those boxes? I have similar and they’re crackling with static everytime I handle them. Wouldn’t want to store anything too sensitive in them…
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Oh firstly mounting those holders and _then_ painting them white is so good engineering solution heh
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Michael Thompson January 2nd, 2011 at 00:09
“Dave builds a shelf”
Way to go, Dave!
It looks way better than before and didn’t look all that hard or expensive.Maybe kept you out of trouble with the Trouble and Strife, so good on ya!
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I just adopted a similar solution in my lab. I have little trays that contain all the in-process projects. But, I still haven’t come up with a solution for what I do will all those left-over components when the project is done. You know the ones I’m talking about the 4 resistors of an odd value, the one extra IC, etc. How do you manage and organize all these loose parts?
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Bummer.
I’d love a system that would let me keep track of all the stock I have. That way, if I need an Op-Amp for a one-off project and it isn’t critical, I would know I already have one, and don’t need to buy another.
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Gr8Ape November 19th, 2011 at 22:18
I’m not sure if it’s still the case (and sorry about posting on an old ‘thing’) but the black’n'decker firestorm cordless is supposed to have a dewalt gear box. Dewalt bought Black n Decker out a couple of years ago.
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pierre March 29th, 2012 at 18:22
I use binders with transparent plastic photo, film, and slide holders.
Shiny bags fit directly inside the photo holders, you can put 6-8 per page and see all the labels !
Film holders can take long strips of SMDs…
Slide holders are great for 10-stripes of resistors, caps… DigiKey gives an extra value sticker for free with each item, I just slap it on !
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Alexander December 27th, 2010 at 23:30