Author Topic: Whats your Work-Bench/lab look like? Post some pictures of your Lab. (Read 2307184 times)

bd139 · « **Reply #3875 on:** December 10, 2018, 10:10:12 am »

Usually it goes that I'm so thick I trust them when they say it's working and then find it isn't. Then I have to fix it or SWMBO will kill me which is plenty of motivation to work it out

TerraHertz · « **Reply #3876 on:** December 10, 2018, 04:53:19 pm »

Quote from: bd139 on December 09, 2018, 10:17:37 pm

... as I fully intend to stop working ASAP. ... or SWMBO will kill me ...

Isn't there a large amount of contradiction and impossibility there?

VK5RC · « **Reply #3877 on:** December 13, 2018, 10:44:38 am »

Quote from: TerraHertz on December 10, 2018, 04:53:19 pm

Quote from: bd139 on December 09, 2018, 10:17:37 pm
... as I fully intend to stop working ASAP. ... or SWMBO will kill me ...

Isn't there a large amount of contradiction and impossibility there?

Impossibility, contradiction and women, I have no problem with that statement

bd139 · « **Reply #3878 on:** December 13, 2018, 02:02:58 pm »

Yes consistently inconsistent

med6753 · « **Reply #3879 on:** December 14, 2018, 03:52:19 pm »

This past June I posted the evolution of my bench......

7 years ago

5 years ago

This past June

How it looks today

But there's more.....much more. First clue here.

And more...

And here it is. I've more than doubled my bench space. 2 separate work areas. And greater accessibility to the equipment.

Sparky49 · « **Reply #3880 on:** December 14, 2018, 05:31:55 pm »

med6753 I see the P38, but I'm unsure what the other aircraft is. Mosquito?

med6753 · « **Reply #3881 on:** December 14, 2018, 05:34:51 pm »

Quote from: Sparky49 on December 14, 2018, 05:31:55 pm

med6753 I see the P38, but I'm unsure what the other aircraft is. Mosquito?

Yep, Lockheed P-38 and a de Haviland Mosquito.

JustSquareEnough · « **Reply #3882 on:** December 15, 2018, 12:27:46 pm »

med6753, looks like you've received a reprieve from the rule that everything needs to be hideable behind the doors, if I remember your earlier posts correctly.

looks great!

med6753 · « **Reply #3883 on:** December 15, 2018, 12:31:54 pm »

Quote from: JustSquareEnough on December 15, 2018, 12:27:46 pm

med6753, looks like you've received a reprieve from the rule that everything needs to be hideable behind the doors, if I remember your earlier posts correctly.

looks great!

I can close the doors if desired but I chose not too. But yes, earlier posts of the original bench did show them closed. There never was a "rule" nor an SWMBO that insisted that they be closed.

Radio Tech · « **Reply #3884 on:** December 17, 2018, 12:58:04 pm »

Since it has been several years since I posted the shop tour I di an update this past week.
Not much but it is home.

GK · « **Reply #3885 on:** December 18, 2018, 02:30:33 am »

Rearranged things a bit this weekend and added a new computing corner. Now I have a whole rack to fill with new home brew computer clones and associated peripheral equipment. A 2U 12-way A/V source selector is currently under construction.

Vgkid · « **Reply #3886 on:** December 18, 2018, 03:03:26 am »

What is all of the homebrew/rackmount gear?

Housedad · « **Reply #3887 on:** December 18, 2018, 05:04:51 am »

Quote from: GK on December 18, 2018, 02:30:33 am

Rearranged things a bit this weekend and added a new computing corner. Now I have a whole rack to fill with new home brew computer clones and associated peripheral equipment. A 2U 12-way A/V source selector is currently under construction.

So that's the secret to fixing equipment that has problems.

A can of FLY AND INSECT KILLER on the top shelf.

It gets all the bugs out of electronics and software.

(edit: the following is serious and not joking around)

That is an awesome lab you have there. Wow.... Just Wow!

bd139 · « **Reply #3888 on:** December 18, 2018, 08:48:41 am »

GK: nice to see a BBC in that lot. An excellent lab computer as well.

TheEPROM9 · « **Reply #3889 on:** December 18, 2018, 04:57:01 pm »

In the next few months I sould be updating mine, I will finaly get a dedicated room to electrnics which I mostly use to restore vintage computers.

That is onre bad ass setup, rack monted computers, vintge scopes, looks like I need to hit ebay when I get my own place, only thing is all the money is going on getting the house. So one step at a time.

innkeeper · « **Reply #3890 on:** December 21, 2018, 06:42:23 pm »

an active bench is never clean...unless its to take pictures for eevblog lol

DL8RI · « **Reply #3891 on:** December 22, 2018, 05:26:38 pm »

Current evolution of my man-cave. Running out of space (like everybody

).
I'm in parallel setting up a metal workshop in the cellar, but I have quite tight limitations set up by my wife there.

xmo · « **Reply #3892 on:** December 22, 2018, 11:43:44 pm »

DL8RI, very nice! Love the high end RF gear. Is the R&S an FSU?

Inverted18650 · « **Reply #3893 on:** December 23, 2018, 03:26:02 am »

WOW! Amazing layout brotha. The curve tracer is SO SEXY. I am going to save these pics and post them around my lab. Something like a goal to work toward.

rdl · « **Reply #3894 on:** December 23, 2018, 03:41:05 am »

What kind of stand is that for the Wiha screwdrivers? I have mine hanging on the pegboard, but I'd probably make an exception to my "Nothing stored on the table top" rule if I had a decent stand for them.

Quote from: DL8RI on December 22, 2018, 05:26:38 pm

Current evolution of my man-cave. Running out of space (like everybody ).
I'm in parallel setting up a metal workshop in the cellar, but I have quite tight limitations set up by my wife there.

xrunner · « **Reply #3895 on:** December 23, 2018, 03:47:09 am »

Quote from: Inverted18650 on December 23, 2018, 03:26:02 am

WOW! Amazing layout brotha. The curve tracer is SO SEXY. I am going to save these pics and post them around my lab. Something like a goal to work toward.

Concur - sweet setup!

DL8RI · « **Reply #3896 on:** December 23, 2018, 02:08:32 pm »

Thank you all.

A Curve-Tracer is a very, very nice addition to a Lab. Once you have one, you start to scratch your head, why you didn't get it earlier

Like VNAs, it is a Swiss-army knife.

For the Questions:

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Is the R&S an FSU?

It is an FSQ. I believe, the hardware is the same, but the FSQ has some additional vector-signal-analysis functionality for cellphone-stuff (never used that....).

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What kind of stand is that for the Wiha screwdrivers?

It's from Wiha. Here in Germeny it comes with the screwdrivers:
https://www.reichelt.de/wiha-precision-screwdriver-set-slotted-and-phillips-wiha-260-pk6-p28800.html?
Originally it is designed for wall-mounting, but is also a fine stand on the desk.
Maybe ask your local dealer, if they sell it also without a screwdriver-set.
If not, and you still want one, PM me. I will see if I can get it here in Germany directly from Wiha.

rdl · « **Reply #3897 on:** December 23, 2018, 04:02:22 pm »

Ah, it looked like yours was double row, but maybe you just have two?

I can get this from Amazon, and probably will after Christmas. I don't much like the green color, and it's a bit cheap looking also, but it'll probably be okay.

https://www.amazon.com/Wiha-Rack-6-Electronic-Tools-26000/dp/B0195UX8DG/

DL8RI · « **Reply #3898 on:** December 23, 2018, 04:17:16 pm »

Yes, I have two sets with these stands (a little different to the green one).
I'm rather happy with them, although they're just a piece of plastic.

Only one thing is annoying: The holder holds quite firmly onto the screwdriver (which normally is good of course!). So it might happen you lift everything up instead of taking out the screwdriver.
I always thought about adding some weight (piece of brass or whatever) to them, but never came to do it.

vinito · « **Reply #3899 on:** December 23, 2018, 09:33:13 pm »

I keep dragging my rear getting this together, but I've finally got my new bench to the point where I can do things on it. Still a way to go regarding shelves, power, lighting, etc. All that which is currently there will be changed (soon I hope).
The latest pic first, the old bench second:


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