Are we meant to infer anything by the stacking order, Howard?
Are we meant to infer anything by the stacking order, Howard?
I use an Ergatron arm with an ultrawide monitor in my lab. BTW: Turning the monitor 90 deg is very convenient for writing code.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6757916/the%20bench.jpg
For me, electronics is not a hobby (it started out that way in the 1960's) so the lab needs to be more than just functional. The lab/office is separate from the house so my wife has less of a distracting effect on me. The dropbox link above captures about 25% of my office lab/space and is mostly the bench part of it. The microscope and SMT prototyping stuff is in another part of the room.....and yes it is usually that neat and tidy. I cannot work with parts the size of mosquitos in a chaotic environment
@grouchobyte
I use an Ergatron arm with an ultrawide monitor in my lab. BTW: Turning the monitor 90 deg is very convenient for writing code.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6757916/the%20bench.jpg
For me, electronics is not a hobby (it started out that way in the 1960's) so the lab needs to be more than just functional. The lab/office is separate from the house so my wife has less of a distracting effect on me. The dropbox link above captures about 25% of my office lab/space and is mostly the bench part of it. The microscope and SMT prototyping stuff is in another part of the room.....and yes it is usually that neat and tidy. I cannot work with parts the size of mosquitos in a chaotic environment
@grouchobyte
Where did you get those clear plastic pieces you have over your ESD mats? I have an ESD mat on my desk but also have keyboard and mouse and worry about the oils from my hands over time reducing the effectiveness of the mat. I could get some of that special ESD cleaner and clean every week or so to keep the ESD mat free of contaminants. Is this an issue or just me being paranoid?
A new challenge, can you eat and solder at the same time? or prepare and make food while working on an electronics project
Actually we baked ginger bread men in a re-flow oven,good enough?
Anyway Farnell delived today a new power supply, a few components and an ESD bench mat.
I have some great instruments, Keysight, Tek, etc and a full machine shop with great machines including Emco precision lathes from Austria, Miller TIG, heat treating ovens, etc. and I'd show my lab but you really don't want to see it.
OK, you people with clean benches, how do you do it? I tried and failed miserably on many occasions over the last 50 years!
Rob
I have some great instruments, Keysight, Tek, etc and a full machine shop with great machines including Emco precision lathes from Austria, Miller TIG, heat treating ovens, etc. and I'd show my lab but you really don't want to see it.
OK, you people with clean benches, how do you do it? I tried and failed miserably on many occasions over the last 50 years!
Rob
Simple. You need to learn or develop OCD......obsessive compulsive disorder
@grouchobyte
I'd show my lab but you really don't want to see it.
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Okay. That's pretty bad.
Not all messy labs are interesting, some are just stomach churning!
NOT MY DESK!!!
McBryce.
Not all messy labs are interesting, some are just stomach churning!
NOT MY DESK!!!
McBryce.
I am afraid to ask what the liquid is in those bottles.
...after clicking on that link, I'm cleaning out my browser cache!