Not so much a work bench but a newly acquired storage area for some test equipment, stereo gear and other stuff, a customer had this cabinet sitting in his garage and had intentions of going at it with a chainsaw as nobody wanted it and they are worth nothing much nowadays anyway, I explained that I may have a use for it and as it turned out I did, the thing is huge at about 2500 long, 1500 high, 560 deep and weighs 3 crushed vertebrae (a new unit of measure).
It's brand new and the lady up there who has the hots for me said she could do a better price than that, I'm shuffling stuff around to try and make it fit somewhere, a challenge on it's own accord.
Not so much a work bench but a newly acquired storage area for some test equipment, stereo gear and other stuff, a customer had this cabinet sitting in his garage and had intentions of going at it with a chainsaw as nobody wanted it and they are worth nothing much nowadays anyway, I explained that I may have a use for it and as it turned out I did, the thing is huge at about 2500 long, 1500 high, 560 deep and weighs 3 crushed vertebrae (a new unit of measure).
I gave it a good clean and replaced a couple of wheels so it is now easy to move about for cleaning and getting to any cables I might add at the rear, I have a couple of shelves to add over the weekend and it also came with a nifty multimeter rack with adjustable shelves, lead storage drawer and everything.
I’m saving the forests one cabinet at a time.
It's definitely pine but others agree it's ok.
I expect the greatest benefit will be having frequently used equipment located at hand in one place rather than having to search through various lockers, cabinets and drawers which is starting to become a real chore.
I mean: how much equipment do you really need?
I mean: how much equipment do you really need?
I'm afraid to answer that question on a public forum.
Need < Have < Want
a nifty multimeter rack with adjustable shelves, lead storage drawer and everything.
Actually it was from a trip to the past when Marty McFly and I took the DeLorean for a spin back to 1969 just for snicks to hijack a truck
destined for the HP field office here where I live.
Tektronix 7704A Mainframe
7A26 Dual Trace Vertical Amplifier 200MHz
7B80 400Mhz Horizontal Timebase
Fluke 8500A 6.5 digit voltmeter
Eldorado Electronics Model 1820 4.5 digit voltmeter with Nixie display
Brunelle Model 3030 Function Generator
HP 5221A Frequency counter with Nixie display
Pictures of the Eldorado 1820 and HP 5221A are in the Products/Other Equipment and Products/ "Let's see your Nixie tube equipment" on page four and five.
Wander over for a look.
If you don't tell me my 5221A counter is pretty, I'll have to block and ignore you while I hang out here...
I'll get some pix up of the other stuff some time this week.