Let's See What You Got!

[llonen]

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Well I was supposed to put up a couple of pics of the workshop, and I really did mean to tidy, but last year was not a good tidying year and this year looks no better lmao.

[capwizard]

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After the fire department gave me two, three tickets then I worked hard to clean up, this is my best result. I think I need to go to a neurological hospital for treatment. Can somebody please help me?

But I am not the worst. Once I went to an elegant lady's house repair TV. Her house is full of garbage, I'd to walk on 1 inch deep papers, bags on the floor. When she spoke to jaw drops me, she didn't feel anything wrong. Her attitude and appearance are still so generous and noble.

I think I got a friend.

[blownvp]

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The first 3 photos is where I fix devices.i don't do many repairs lately just the odd bit of equipment that's why most of the gear is in the cupboards.the second 3 photos is the room where I fry electronic devices lol.cheers darren.

[1supertech]

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So, I figured we all are wired to the same tune! I take great pride in my work station and bench. I know it's not the most impressive but it's mine and I love it! So, I figured, you guys feel the same about your bench and work space so, LETS SEE IT!!!!!! Take a look at what I'm working with! Can't wait to see what you guys are rocking out with! (it's a little dusty...lol!).

Please don't take this posting as me bragging about what I have. I'm very humble and I don't think my workspace is anything to write home about. But I learned a lot about setting up my work area by seeing other peoples shops and asking questions. I think posting your work space would be great to a beginner to open up conversation as to why, what and how you set up your shop the way you did. Also, all of us geeks appreciate this kind of stuff!

These pictures are of my home office, I also have a warehouse that I store a lot of the bigger items. As you can tell from the pictures, it's not a very big room so a warehouse was important for me to obtain. Especially when it's a friend of the families and is willing to let me use it for free! lol!

I have only been repairing monitors for a year my shop isn't as elaborate as most of you but I like my shop

[momaka]

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Too close for comfort for me. I value my crown jewels a bit more.

Lol.
You need to get the balls of steel

I do soldering on my workbench. Actually, its always got stuff piled ontop, so, I'm soldering stuff ontop of stuff xD

That's one of the things I always try to avoid. Even when I'm careful, I still happen to drop solder whiskers every now and then.

but I do have a scar on my leg from a splotch of solder that fell.

Ouch. I think I have been lucky way too many times now. I must have dropped hot MOSFETs and coils on my lap at least 10 times now. Luckily, each of these times, I was wearing long pants and didn't get burned.

Also, one time I was removing a big audio connector from a motherboard in. Instead of using hot air or similar, I took a bunch of leftover balls of solder and clumped them together into 1 big ball, then used that to cover almost all of the pins on the audio connector to remove it. As soon as I pulled the audio connector away from the board, the hot solder fell thought the holes as well. Luckily (again) I was working on a bench and I didn't have my feet under the motherboard. If I did, I would have gotten burned with a lot of solder. The big solder ball I was melting was about 1-2 cm in diameter - a lot of solder, basically. When that thing splat on the ground, it made a nice sheet of flat solder about 4 cm^2.

[ben7]

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Too close for comfort for me. I value my crown jewels a bit more.

I do all my soldering on the kitchen floor. Someday, I will have a "proper" work area.

I do soldering on my workbench. Actually, its always got stuff piled ontop, so, I'm soldering stuff ontop of stuff xD

I have never burned my balls with solder , but I do have a scar on my leg from a splotch of solder that fell. Now, I always make sure that my legs aren't under what I am soldering. (That burn hurt like heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllll!)

[retiredcaps]

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regularly solder in my lap.

Too close for comfort for me. I value my crown jewels a bit more.

I do all my soldering on the kitchen floor. Someday, I will have a "proper" work area.

[momaka]

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^ Hasn't happened to me. Then again, I have a mini bench table I built myself that usually has all of the tools I need on it so everything is just an arm's length away from me.

[eccerr0r]

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The problem of working on your lap is that going to reach for tools means having to set the workpiece aside... annoying. I really need to get some real workspace ...

[momaka]

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Not to mention my workspace tends to be my lap or floor when working with high voltage... Not OSHA compliant at all! Just not enough table space...

I always work on the soft carpet floor in my room and regularly solder in my lap. As a result, my back hurts a lot less than when sitting in front of a bench. The only thing that hurts sometimes is my hips, usually after 3 to 4+ hours of sitting. Just snap them at the end of the day, though, and all is good again. Back pain can be a bitch, so I do try to avoid it.

[eccerr0r]

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I really need to set up a bona fide workbench... right now I just have a mess everywhere, sticking equipment wherever there's space... not pleasant reaching for tools, etc.

Not to mention my workspace tends to be my lap or floor when working with high voltage... Not OSHA compliant at all! Just not enough table space...

[momaka]

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I live in Fairfax too the other Fairfax

Yeah, I always find it kind of funny when I see your location is Fairfax.

I'll take a pic of my workbench/desk when it's clean right now it's embarrasing!

A messy bench is a good bench - means you're using it. If it's too clean, then you know it's all show and no go .

Noteworthy features: the fan, soldering iron, glue gun, etc. are controlled from the 386 laptop on the shelf (using Qbasic) the bigger shelf has a 24v power supply and an ATX power supply that are also controlled from the laptop.

That is pretty cool.

[shovenose]

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I'm actually pretty close to that - just a few miles below in Fairfax County.

I live in Fairfax too the other Fairfax

I'll take a pic of my workbench/desk when it's clean right now it's embarrasing!

[ELItheICEman]

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I still have a lot of work to do on my workshop out back, but will post a few pics soon. For now I have some teaser photos, from the days when my shop was also my bedroom. Noteworthy features: the fan, soldering iron, glue gun, etc. are controlled from the 386 laptop on the shelf (using Qbasic) the bigger shelf has a 24v power supply and an ATX power supply that are also controlled from the laptop.

Edit: The cardboard box is a square wave generator

[momaka]

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What part of VA are you in. Home is Herndon, near Dulles Airport.

I'm actually pretty close to that - just a few miles below in Fairfax County.

[PeteS in CA]

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I'm not by nature a clean bench person, but am forced to be such at work. At work, security rules don't allow me to bring a camera into the building, so no pix of my boringly empty bench. But here are datasheets on the two instruments I use most often: Agilent U1253A handheld DMM (the datasheet is for the "B" version, but what I have is an "A"); Tektronix 3034B oscilloscope. The OLED display for the DMM means it must be recharged every day or two (possibly better in the "B" version?), but the accuracy and resolution are wonderful (and needed when trying to set a ~4000V regulated output to +/- half a volt or so!). Tek's TDS3000 series came out in the late 90s and is currently being sold new in the "C" or "D" version. It is a freaking workhorse! My "B" version has a 3.5" floppy, but the "C" version has a USB port for using a flash drive. When I worked at Boschert I used a Tek-adapted Polaroid camera that used B & W instant film; capturing a single-sweep waveform took some interesting "gymnastics". And if a flash drive just isn't good enough, the TDS5000 and TDS7000 series oscilloscopes have built-in Windows PCs that control the 'scope and can be ethernet-connected to a network. So you can capture your waveform(s) and save them directly to your preferred network drive. I used one of each of those at my previous employer.

[Jack Crow]

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M,
Gravity is not my friend, so your right about that.

On the other hand I do make some very good stuff.
The guys like my APRS radios, got about 45 of them out in the world.

What part of VA are you in. Home is Herndon, near Dulles Airport.

When people comment about the status of my work bench, I refer them to the devine example.

The astroid belt is a mess also.

Jack Crow

[momaka]

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My shop is truly too small for all the stuff in it.

As long as you know where everything is .

The only problem I see with your shop is if your drop something, it may not be easy to find it .

[Jack Crow]

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All,
This posting I will regret.

My shop is truly too small for all the stuff in it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9010884...7629162479689/

Most of what I do is two way / ham radio related. So lots of little things and cables.

Later.
Jack Crow

[DMCrimson]

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Well, there's the thing - I'm of a messy type myself, and if _someone else_ cleans up the mess, I cannot find a thing