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

[mrflibble]

There are so many things I love about your lab! The articulating arm laptop mount, the clamp-on pose-able spot lights, the shelf-mounted ethernet switch and USB hub, and the choice of some of your gear. You've given me some ideas for my own lab!

Indeed. That laptop mount idea I am totally going to steal. This is one of those "why didn't I think of that" moments.

Take a standard articulated lamp, remove the lampy bits, reinforce the hinges, and cobble together a mount plate for the laptop that you attach where the lampy bits used to be. I think I even have a spare lamp that's just the ticket.

As for those clamp-on lamps, these are indeed quite handy! I have a couple of those and the stand variety on the bench. Lemme see if I can find the link for those ...

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80169636/
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20169658/

I always use two of those (the ones with the stand) for some extra lighting when soldering.

[mhwlng]

The articulating arm laptop mount,

The laptop mount is a regular (ergotron) monitor arm with a special attachment for laptops that screws onto the standard VESA mounting holes.

Something like :

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ergotron-50-193-200-Notebook-Arm-Mount-Tray/13044871

The idea was to only show schematics, connect a USB logic analyzer etc. on this old laptop.
The laptop has Ultra VNC on it.
If I need to do a lot of typing on the laptop, then I will use another PC (on the left, outside the picture) to remote control the laptop.

[mrflibble]

Well, unless I can get it second hand somewhere I'm not going to spend $100 for arm + tray.

And I use the laptop pretty much the same way. Display datasheet, run test scripts, remote firmware flashing from the main dev machine, logic analyzer, that sort of thing.

Right now the laptop is a bit in the way at times, and an arm like that on the side of the desk looks like a nice solution.

[TerraHertz]

  ...magical laptop support arm...

Heh. I looked at the photo and thought 'Wait, how can... it's too heavy...?'
Hands up who else first thought the planetary magnifier/lamp was the laptop stand?
Took me waaaay too long to figure it out.
Blue is lamp, red is monitor-laptop stand (mostly hidden.)

[mrflibble]

Hands up who else first thought the planetary magnifier/lamp was the laptop stand?

*raises hand*

[mhwlng]

Hands up who else first thought the planetary magnifier/lamp was the laptop stand?

*raises hand*

Ok, Sorry... 

It seems next time I'll have to do a virtual 3d walkthrough animation so that there can be no confusion? (bring your own 3d glasses)...

[mrflibble]

Well, actually I like the mistaken identity version of reality better. That's the one that gave me an idea to try out. Now all I need is a couple of sturdy discs, screws and a bunch of strong springs I swear I had somewhere in the spare parts box.

[Artlav]

Hm.
Let's add to a tidy list.

I am somewhat of a hoarder, and tend to work on many different projects at once.
But you won't really notice that just coming into the work room.



That is because i also have an itch for order.
All the stuff is kept stowed away.



Organised, colour-coded and unlabeled.



With an occasional spot of clutter.




Including a set of foldable tables.
In case a project expands beyond the bench space, the bench space expands to accomodate.




The way the itch works, i compartmentalise everything.
Any project starts with a wood board to work on, or a box to fit it, or a frame to hang off.
So it can be rapidly and cleanly put away as a whole, in case i'd want to do something else.

[Yago]

What a really nice workspace!
Should be ArtLab!

[GreyWoolfe]

Hands up who else first thought the planetary magnifier/lamp was the laptop stand?

*raises hand*

Me, too.

[lapm]

Hm.
Let's add to a tidy list.

I am somewhat of a hoarder, and tend to work on many different projects at once.
But you won't really notice that just coming into the work room.

Now thats neat.... Seriously if i could keep my small corner that neat my wife would maybe stop nagging about it 

[krish2487]

Atleast 2 3D printers, a HUGE induction heater are what are immediately visible!!!
:-)
Nicely organised though!!


 
Quote from: Artlav on Yesterday at 11:34:44 PM

Hm.
Let's add to a tidy list.

I am somewhat of a hoarder, and tend to work on many different projects at once.
But you won't really notice that just coming into the work room.
>


That is because i also have an itch for order.
All the stuff is kept stowed away.



Organised, colour-coded and unlabeled.



With an occasional spot of clutter.




Including a set of foldable tables.
In case a project expands beyond the bench space, the bench space expands to accomodate.




The way the itch works, i compartmentalise everything.
Any project starts with a wood board to work on, or a box to fit it, or a frame to hang off.
So it can be rapidly and cleanly put away as a whole, in case i'd want to do something else.

[Syntax_Error]

Hands up who else first thought the planetary magnifier/lamp was the laptop stand?

*raises hand*

Me, too.

And me...

But it's ok! I still really like the idea, and will likely attempt it. I already plan on having a small swing-out/hide-away keyboard tray under my desk. I've been considering changing the plan to simply use a wireless keyboard and mouse tucked away into a nonmoving shelf-slot under the desk. I can use that to leave the laptop alone when necessary, and leave them stowed and use the laptop directly when all my bench space is taken.

The foldables are an excellent idea as well. I have space for extra benchtop when I am using it, but it blocks traffic, so having it be stowed away when not in use is the perfect solution! Your lab has many clever problem solvers in it. Props!

[rob77]

Hm.
Let's add to a tidy list.

I am somewhat of a hoarder, and tend to work on many different projects at once.
But you won't really notice that just coming into the work room.



That is because i also have an itch for order.
All the stuff is kept stowed away.



Organised, colour-coded and unlabeled.



With an occasional spot of clutter.




Including a set of foldable tables.
In case a project expands beyond the bench space, the bench space expands to accomodate.




The way the itch works, i compartmentalise everything.
Any project starts with a wood board to work on, or a box to fit it, or a frame to hang off.
So it can be rapidly and cleanly put away as a whole, in case i'd want to do something else.

That's simply a thing of beauty  one of the best hobbyist labs here  and extra points for the giant glass power tube on the top shelf

[c4757p]

Yes, that's definitely a thing of beauty. You've inspired me to do some lab cleaning today

[rdl]

Is that really a functioning PC hanging on the wall?

I like that.

With an occasional spot of clutter.

[con-f-use]

Holy compartmentalization, Batman! 

[Artlav]

Is that really a functioning PC hanging on the wall?

No, unfortunately.
That PC burned out in the "overheating AMD" era, and is nothing more than a decoration and a place to hang an antenna off.

and extra points for the giant glass power tube on the top shelf

A 1.5 megawatt pulse modulation tetrode from a Soviet radar, fully functional.
No idea what to do with it, so it serves a decorative role for now.
Wrote about it here (in Russian, but have all the pictures): http://lavart.livejournal.com/3340.html

[mswhin63]

I suppose it is about time I posted my bench. With limited space one of the challenges I have experienced is the constant putting a project to one side to continue with another project. The main reason waiting for parts.

Most solutions in the past have been to buy more test gear and extend a bench, but I neither have the money nor the room to put extra bench and extra test gear. Instead I decided to build an experimental bench that allows me to have 3 con-concurrent projects on the bench without packing it away and have to put it back when the parts arrive.

Very simple design mostly geared for sitting down, using a Lazy Susan under a simple round table, the test equipment shelf can be raised for standing height as well. I still have a lot more to do with this bench but so far it has worked surprisingly well for me at least. I loose a bit of bench space being a round table but I have been able to utilise this space reasonably well. More to come in the future I hope. I can also pull out the round table as well to offer greater room if required.

I have more bench space for specific tasks though but that will be shown at a later time.

Cheers

Mal

[IO390]

Here's mine in its current state. Upgraded from the last time I posted on this thread.

Nothing special, but does the job

[idpromnut]

Here's mine in its current state. Upgraded from the last time I posted on this thread.

Nothing special, but does the job

I see that bottle of Jack's Honey liquor hiding behind that function gen

[IO390]

I see that bottle of Jack's Honey liquor hiding behind that function gen

Shhhhhh

[sotos]

I see that bottle of Jack's Honey liquor hiding behind that function gen

Shhhhhh

It’s for cleaning boards, like isopropyl alcohol.   

[nanofrog]

I see that bottle of Jack's Honey liquor ...

Hang on a sec, wouldn't it be more appropriate to refer to it as his Fuzzy Logic Generator?   

[george graves]

I see that bottle of Jack's Honey liquor ...

Hang on a sec, wouldn't it be more appropriate to refer to it as his Fuzzy Logic Generator?   

Best joke I've read on here in a good long time!