Author Topic: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab. (Read 2296237 times)

bitseeker · « **Reply #3375 on:** February 24, 2018, 08:37:00 pm »

Quote from: IanJ on February 23, 2018, 07:58:23 pm

I am retiring my wooden built workshop and have converted my brick built garage to a workshop.....yeah, who uses it for a car anyways?......the idea being much better heated/temperature stable and more secure. The old workshop will still house the heavy machinery (lathe, pedestal drill, laser cutter, bandsaw etc) but for my electronics etc it's the new shop.

Looking awesome, Ian! Sure to be a lot more comfortable and enjoyable in there.

GreyWoolfe · « **Reply #3376 on:** February 25, 2018, 03:20:16 am »

Quote from: TheSteve on February 23, 2018, 09:10:27 pm

Quote from: GreyWoolfe on February 23, 2018, 08:42:19 pm
Quote from: bd139 on February 21, 2018, 01:36:52 pm
FT-450 owner club member checking in here too

No FT-450 but FT-1000MP.

Not a Yaesu but with the Icom 7610 coming out prices on the older monsters have dropped so a mint Icom 7800 has graced my shack bench.(I do have a Yaesu FT-817 though).

Nice radio. My back up rig is a venerable Kenwood TS-940 SAT. Both share an 80 meter full wave loop with ladder line to a transition balun into the house with a 6' length of Belden 213 to the radios.

cgroen · « **Reply #3377 on:** February 25, 2018, 06:49:38 pm »

The last 7 weeks my wife and I have been modernizing our house. My old lab/office was cramped with stuff that I did not need and generally just badly arranged. We redid the whole house (ceiling,walls, floor, electrical system etc etc) and the lab also got a well deserved makeover. Including 6 LED panels, each 45 W (4000K) as per Dave's suggestion in a video (in fact, a good part of my equipment here at home is due to Daves reviews, MSOX3024T, Rigol SA, Agilent 34461 etc). I now have 5 meters of desk space (compared to a maybe 60 cm wide area before).
Even the cat, Pedro, has his own place again

All is now operational and ready for tinkering again

PS: Lots of good pictures and ideas in this thread, thanks a lot !

GreyWoolfe · « **Reply #3378 on:** February 26, 2018, 01:51:11 am »

Is that bench top all one piece? DIY or custom made? If DIY, what did you use for wood?

nanofrog · « **Reply #3379 on:** February 26, 2018, 03:17:06 am »

Compared to the other stuff on the bench, it looks like time to upgrade the hot air station.

A Quick 861DW would do the trick without spending a bunch of money. Seriously, it's that good (don't believe me, search the forum on this

).

cgroen · « **Reply #3380 on:** February 26, 2018, 07:02:23 am »

@GreyWolfe,
the top is made of 38mm thick Oak. Its assembled (DIY) by two separate 250 cm tables that are put together with small tabs (slots are milled in the ends of both half). The table is then fixed to the wall with 4 brackets, one in each end and one on each side of the window in the middle, 8 legs are mounted as well

@nanofrog,
well, the BK4050 gives me adjustable temperature and adjustable air, solders my BGA packages very well, I'm not sure what I would get more from another one ?

The floor in the lab (and the whole house) is also oak (laminate), in the lab I have put a 5 meter long and 150 cm wide "ESD floor" strip. The bench will be covered in a single piece of ESD benchtop mat once it arrives.

EDIT: I see "nanoFrog" is now "banned" guess I will get no answer to my question. For other interested, this is the hotair I have: https://www.circuitspecialists.com/bk4050.html. Works perfectly for my work

VK5RC · « **Reply #3381 on:** February 26, 2018, 11:39:18 am »

Ah Martin, a similar interest .
-The top FT 101E is a work in progress - some bugger had been cutting wiring out from underneath and lots of bits missing or not working. No crystals, no relay2, major power issues.
-The FT101EX needed a bit of work to get going - the LSB oscillator wasn't! It recently participated in a South Australian boat anchor net and got reasonable reports.
-The FRG 7 was a replacement for my first good receiver - long lost (well in a bushfire actually!)
-The scope and the Ext VFO are future projects - but the scope powers up and gives a trace.
Nearly had a hernia putting them all in place for the photo

Martin.M · « **Reply #3382 on:** February 26, 2018, 06:01:29 pm »

still I have no HAM licence, but before a gear goes in the junk I bring that and make a restoration

Here are at home;
Yaesu 101 line
Kenwood 520 line
heathkit SB line
and a glowing KWM 2A, add. some very heavy microphones from the 50`s and earlyer

greetings
Martin

German_EE · « **Reply #3383 on:** February 26, 2018, 06:46:57 pm »

VK5RC, you need to have a word with EEVBlog user 'Radio Tech' over at The Radio Shop, from his videos he seems to be an expert on the FT101 series.

bd139 · « **Reply #3384 on:** February 26, 2018, 06:53:55 pm »

I think we need a ham radio porn thread

VK5RC · « **Reply #3385 on:** February 27, 2018, 12:33:16 am »

I am sure anyone on this blog would easily get their ham licence with a tiny bit of study - mainly the regulations.
Martin - what an awesome collection.
German EE - thanks for the tip, currently I am going ok, just keep finding more stuff wrong! But finding it and fixing it is what I enjoy (rather bizarrely!)
Rob

Kontakr · « **Reply #3386 on:** February 27, 2018, 02:14:10 am »

Studio apartment doesn't leave a lot of spare room for lab work, but here's my mini-lab!

I want to get a decent ham radio, but the space isn't here for a good antenna. HTs will have to do for the time being!

mtdoc · « **Reply #3387 on:** February 27, 2018, 02:37:25 am »

I like the “Pliersrack”. I’ve never seen that before. Source?

Kontakr · « **Reply #3388 on:** February 27, 2018, 03:09:22 am »

Amazon

I found it when I was looking for better ways to organize my tools. It's really cheap, but quite sturdy. The mounting holes match up with the pegboard, too!

SirAlucard · « **Reply #3389 on:** February 27, 2018, 03:25:39 am »

Here's my small area in the garage, needs a bit of tidying up and organization, but it'll do for now.

bitseeker · « **Reply #3390 on:** February 27, 2018, 05:22:08 am »

These compact setups look great, guys.

VK5RC · « **Reply #3391 on:** February 27, 2018, 07:45:40 am »

Agree, nice working labs, not too neat - stuff actually happening!

Zucca · « **Reply #3392 on:** February 27, 2018, 08:27:37 am »

Quote from: IanJ on February 23, 2018, 07:58:23 pm

I am retiring my wooden built workshop and have converted my brick built garage to a workshop....

Very good, in two years you will be covert the garage in an apartment and your house in a Lab.

Martin.M · « **Reply #3393 on:** February 27, 2018, 05:55:23 pm »

and where is the radio?

the little TV works as monitor for the CW/RTTY/Pcket Decoder

THDplusN_bad · « **Reply #3394 on:** February 27, 2018, 09:31:05 pm »

Quote from: IanJ on February 23, 2018, 07:58:23 pm

Hi all,

I am retiring my wooden built workshop and have converted my brick built garage to a workshop.....yeah, who uses it for a car anyways?......the idea being much better heated/temperature stable and more secure. The old workshop will still house the heavy machinery (lathe, pedestal drill, laser cutter, bandsaw etc) but for my electronics etc it's the new shop.

I started with a clean slate but took much ideas and experience to the table from my experiences from my old workshop.

A long, deep workbench at 3mtr by 96cm, and means the deep shelf above for the test equipment doesn't 'roof' the workbench.
I like the 'L' shape I had before, means the PC etc on the left and the soldering iron etc on the right.
The workbench is a 1.5" thick wooden kitchen worktop.....very heavy! The base etc built myself from timber stock.
Lots n lots of shelving and lots n lots of 240v sockets.

Not 'signed-off' yet by the local council building dept. so can't "move in" as yet.....but prep work is well under way. Here's a few pics for now......more to come in when I get completely moved in!.

PS. The next batch of PDVS2's will be built in the new shop.

Ian.

Hello Ian,

wow, that looks nice indeed - have fun and enjoy the building process!
I am envy-green now, I'd like to have 1/4th of your space...

Cheers,

THD+N_bad

salvagedcircuitry · « **Reply #3395 on:** February 28, 2018, 04:25:45 am »

My workspace is a bit of a mess after my powersupply teardown & analysis video.

I don't know how Dave and Shahriar do it. They must have table space for days

.

bitseeker · « **Reply #3396 on:** February 28, 2018, 07:14:05 am »

Yeah, have you seen how long Dave's big bench is? I'm not sure about Shahriar's after his move, but he had lots of bench space before.

A couple of vids:

AF6LJ · « **Reply #3397 on:** February 28, 2018, 01:14:12 pm »

Quote from: bitseeker on February 28, 2018, 07:14:05 am

Yeah, have you seen how long Dave's big bench is? I'm not sure about Shahriar's after his move, but he had lots of bench space before.

They both have enough bench space to land a 737.

Martin.M · « **Reply #3398 on:** February 28, 2018, 06:08:54 pm »

GE

IanJ · « **Reply #3399 on:** March 01, 2018, 03:46:57 pm »

Hi all,

Here's an update of my new workshop by way of a YT vid.

PS. There are two 'rooms' to the old workshop which I never spoke about, the lathe, pedestal drill, laser cutter, bandsaw etc will stay where they are.

Ian.


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