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

[Yago]

i finally got around to making a fresh start on my mancave/lab. Including putting up that awesome electromagnetic chart that dave found ages ago.

I love the HP/Agilent Lab power supplies on the right side of your desk with the red/black wiring on top. How else can you access those damn connectors in the back. I guess I'm not the only eevblog "fool" with that issue and a similar solution to yours  .

The PSU are built with the option of mounting front panel sockets.
Dave did a vid on his not long ago:


I CBA for the moment and found some 20A ring term to banana adapters, then use a standard extension lead to bring a socket round the front.
Not pretty, I will mod them properly when the time is right

[Yago]

Basic gear compared to some of you guys! 

Why do you need two chairs ?

The front end of the bench requires differential input?

[bitbanger]

Why do you need two chairs ?

One with the back down, and the other is a back-up?

Or maybe he is that mythical geek with a partner who shares his technical interests? (I know, it's an unlikely concept.)

HAH, you mean the one who refers to a multimeter as the 'geek-o-meter'?  No, no, it's much more boring than that - the offer/sale of the drafting chairs was for all (two) or nothing, so I took both! 

[SharpEars]

i finally got around to making a fresh start on my mancave/lab. Including putting up that awesome electromagnetic chart that dave found ages ago.

I love the HP/Agilent Lab power supplies on the right side of your desk with the red/black wiring on top. How else can you access those damn connectors in the back. I guess I'm not the only eevblog "fool" with that issue and a similar solution to yours  .

The PSU are built with the option of mounting front panel sockets.
Dave did a vid on his not long ago:


I CBA for the moment and found some 20A ring term to banana adapters, then use a standard extension lead to bring a socket round the front.
Not pretty, I will mod them properly when the time is right

Notice how Dave damaged the front putting in those binding posts. I just don't see any good way of attaching them to the front plastic, even with a backing plate. The thing is just not made to support turning  force/torque on the front panel.

[halexa]

Here's my work space, messy but that's how i like it.

And some of  the gear in the pics:
Digimess HM200
Fluke 77
Fluke 8600A
Fluke 8800A
Fluke 1900A
GW Instek GFG8020G
Philips PM 3365

[Porto]

My, very humble, workbench.

It's only 90cm wide, 70cm deep and 3cm thick; it's quite claustrophobic and as you can see the scope takes quite alot of space on it!



Little projects/repairs are going great but when I want to work on e.g. a receiver or other big object, then this
bench is obviously quite too small for it.


Though, I am in the progress of building two lookalikes of Dave's benches, 2mtr wide and 80cm deep, one for in the shed
as an all around workbench and one in my room for my electronics hobby and computer stuff; this one will have 100%
covered ESD matting.
Also got hold of a shelving system, containing of 3 non-drilling stands, 2x 90cm wide and 60cm deep shelves and
2x 90cm wide and 50cm deep shelves... all steel. It's like the Ikea Broder system but this system has perforated
plates between the stands to stiffer the setup. Will take a pic when everything is up and running!

[rob77]

Guys, i think it's time to redefine your perception of "small bench" and "big mess"... i've got both at the same time ! 

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/whats-your-work-benchlab-look-like-post-some-pictures-of-your-lab/?action=dlattach;attach=117294;image

[bitbanger]

^That perf-board redefines "flying lead".

[janengelbrecht]

my home lab..small but i get the job done http://janengelbrechtpedersen.dk/image.jpg

[nixfu]

Notice how Dave damaged the front putting in those binding posts. I just don't see any good way of attaching them to the front plastic, even with a backing plate. The thing is just not made to support turning  force/torque on the front panel.

Not ALL of the HP programmable supplies have those big odd shaped holes in the front panel like the one Dave has.

I did the same mod as dave, and installed binding posts on the front of my HP 6632A (20V-5A).  And on my 6632A model, unlike the one dave has, that model just has perfect round little holes in the aluminum already for binding posts, and all you have to do is cut through the front plastic and voila perfectly spaced binding posts(for dual plugs) and a full metal backing to attach them onto.  It was super easy.

There are pictures someone else posted of their HP 6632A mods on the forum here:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hp-6632a-fan-replacement-and-front-panel-posts/

I replaced the fan in mine with the temp controlled fan that was suggested in that topic as well, and its much much more quiet and tolerable on the bench.

In addition to the front posts, and fan mod that the guy in that older thread from 2013 did, I also ran a sense wire from the back to the front binding posts like dave as well so the supply is absolutely spot on using the front posts.


Now, if only there was a mod to add voltage/current multi-turn pots to the HP models like mine that do not have them, and you have to input everything via the keypad.

[Codemonkey]

Thought it about time I posted my disgrace of a workspace here 

Desk (really needs a tidy!)



Storage for equipment:

[Yago]

Very nice and comfy looking.
That a VNA?

As well as Shoei (MTB or sportsbike?) and a powerkite.
Healthy body and mind

[HighVoltage]

Including putting up that awesome electromagnetic chart that dave found ages ago.

Where did you buy this great "Chart or electromagnetic radiation"
This looks really awesome.

[Codemonkey]

Very nice and comfy looking.
That a VNA?

As well as Shoei (MTB or sportsbike?) and a powerkite.
Healthy body and mind

No, not a VNA, the equipment on the desk photo is:

Hakko FX-888D
Rigol DS1104Z
Fluke 87 III
Instek PS-3030 PSU
HP ESA-L1500A 9Khz - 1.5GHz Spectrum Analyser,
And a cheapo toaster oven for reflow work.
There's also one of those chinese voltage references and an old Crystal calibrator I built about 20 years ago and a load of eval boards / custom test boards I built.

And on the racking:

HP 8595E 9KHz - 6.5GHz Spectrum Analyser
Eurostat TeraOhm Meter (In the black case, For sale)
Agilent OmniBER 719 (Bottom shelf, also for sale at some point when I can be bothered to create a listing for it)

The Shoei lid is for my other toy, a Yamaha XJ6-N 

Sadly don't get time to fly the kite very often, but its great fun when I do!

[nfmax]

@Yago: how much confidence can you have in a safety helmet that comes in that much protective packaging?

[Yago]

Yamaha XJ6-N is very nice, streetfighter or supermoto have such beauty imho.

@Yago: how much confidence can you have in a safety helmet that comes in that much protective packaging?

Not sure if you are joking Max?
Helmets absorb energy by their own destruction.
A damaged helmet cannot absorb as much energy.

We know that ain't much meeting furniture at lightspeed, but I have had some MTB accidents when a helmet has saved me from head injury.

[AlfBaz]

Where did you buy this great "Chart or electromagnetic radiation"
This looks really awesome.

He probably had it printed, you can find it here.
Be warned it's 107MB
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/9403051123_e904eb9c89_o.jpg

[Vancata]

Well just saw this topic and here is my small place where I love to spend few hours per day when i can 

[HighVoltage]

Where did you buy this great "Chart or electromagnetic radiation"
This looks really awesome.

He probably had it printed, you can find it here.
Be warned it's 107MB
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/9403051123_e904eb9c89_o.jpg

Thanks so much for the link.
I have ordered a poster from it.
This will be a nice addition to the lab.

[Magicmushroom666]

How mine is looking lately, tidier than usual.

[mhwlng]

I had no more room for a drill press and vise in my electronics lab.

so I put a workbench, with Bosch DP 500 drill press stand and Heuer Compact Vise, in my living room for non-electronic work:

[mswhin63]

I had no more room for a drill press and vise in my electronics lab.

so I put a workbench, with Bosch DP 500 drill press stand and Heuer Compact Vise, in my living room for non-electronic work:

A mitre saw as well

Too clean (standing joke "Do you do any work"  )

[mhwlng]

Too clean (standing joke "Do you do any work"  )

I hope that my electronics lab is messy enough for you

[mswhin63]

  was sort of joking but i wish mine was that clean. 

[Syntax_Error]

A mitre saw as well
Too clean (standing joke "Do you do any work"  )

I hope that my electronics lab is messy enough for you

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!