If you are referring to the Jansjö, then it's quite popular on the forum - do a search to see some opinions.
I bought a few after seeing them on the forum, and they're pretty handy for spot illumination of your work. And in a pinch it also double as a microphone standard.
Are those Ikea "stick" lamps any good? Also what voltage to they run on?
I was in Ikea yesterday and couldn't decide if I should get a couple as work lamps.
If you are referring to the Jansjö, then it's quite popular on the forum - do a search to see some opinions.
There are USB and mains powered versions - the mains models use a 4V 3W adapter.
i just realized you are talking about the light on the side, yes it's the ikea. it has a USB connector and will run out of my laptop but it has its own USB AC as well.
It's not as bright as the one i have under the shelf, but it's very handy.
mine are those :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OH4XWNM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Used them for only one day, but i'm pretty impressed from them. very bright, and dim-able (warm light).
Nice one thanks for the info. I already use a Jansjö so was referring to the other as I need some more ambient light on the table.
Here's my little bench.....
Old setup, when i had to use my common area in my old house, now I have an apartment with a room dedicated for amps, guitars, pedals, electronics....
There is a saying that if you want to feel thinner, hang out with people fatter than you.
For all of you who think your set up is out of order, I present my personal (noun) for you to gaze upon.
(insert theremin and generic movie shrieks)
There is a saying that if you want to feel thinner, hang out with people fatter than you.
For all of you who think your set up is out of order, I present my personal (noun) for you to gaze upon.
(insert theremin and generic movie shrieks)
I'd probably end up hospitalized from trying to climb over that mess.
I just noticed that at this angle, you cant see the foot path..
...but its there.
@kakureru - Just how many digital cameras does one need...
Started out as 4 and ppl just kept giving them to me. Sometimes de-sanding a camera lens could be zen like.
There is a saying that if you want to feel thinner, hang out with people fatter than you.
For all of you who think your set up is out of order, I present my personal (noun) for you to gaze upon.
(insert theremin and generic movie shrieks)
Be nice!
At least it's dry and doesn't appear to contain any rapacious monsters, horned skull notwithstanding.
When I got started in this hobby 1.5 years ago, I made the decision to keep my workbench on the main level where space is limited and not down in the basement where space is not a problem. This allows me to be near enough to my wife that we can converse while she does her thing and I do mine. While she was okay with that idea, she didn't want a practical (i.e. big & ugly) workbench in our breakfast nook. So I adapted a piece of furniture we already had but weren't really using.
Is the rubber mallet for those delicate tuning challenges?
LOVE the heathkit radio gear! I bought a 301 and a 401, station console, speakers, powersupplies, etc. with the intent of restoring and building a full heathkit station. Eventually realized that that is going to take a LOT longer than I had originally planned
so I got a nice little yaesu 857 to actually be 'on the air' and, well, I will continue to clean up the heathkits, and hopefully get them working sooner rather than later. I look forward to using that as my main station, and sticking the 857 in my car...
You don't need to hit thermionics hard to widlarize them!
LOVE the heathkit radio gear! I bought a 301 and a 401, station console, speakers, powersupplies, etc. with the intent of restoring and building a full heathkit station. Eventually realized that that is going to take a LOT longer than I had originally planned so I got a nice little yaesu 857 to actually be 'on the air' and, well, I will continue to clean up the heathkits, and hopefully get them working sooner rather than later. I look forward to using that as my main station, and sticking the 857 in my car...
The SB-301 develops power supply issues when they get as old as they are now.
I have an SB-301 that is going to be a future project, it will be my second. I built an SB-301 back in 1972. Beside the SB-401 there is a Heath SB-303 I picked up a few years ago off E-Bay. The SB-220 has been a project
http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?372651-SB-220-FindI picked this up at the local Ham Radio Outlet. It had been modified, and it is now a part of a rehabilitation project, phase two of which will be happening soon.
The Johnson Matchbox came to me in a basket, One of the owners had repainted it and stopped work on the project, I scrounged up a few needed parts and put it back together.
The Kenwood R-599 receiver was DOA, along with the Kenwood TS-820 and the IFR FM/AM 1000S, all are functional now.
The two Heath SB-620s are waiting to be hooked up, one to the SB-303 the other to my SB-301 after it is restored. They are panoramic adapters. Of the radios the only ones bought new are the two Icom radios the IC-745 was purchased in 1986 and has several tens of thousands of hours on it. It was my main SWL and utility radio for decades. The Icom IC-756 was purchased in 1996, and was pressed into service while I was looking for a spare parts 745. The radio had developed a PLL synthesizer problem a filter used in the sub loop had gone bad and is a custom part and no longer available.
Here is mine
OMG that shelving. Pretty envious. Why do you have so many motherboards up top?
Maybe a computer repair shop?
The main function of my workbench is for computer repair. I use the motherboards for parts