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Time for a spring clean? How's your workbench looking?

cstanton
cstanton 4 months ago

Whether you're going for minimalism with a tiny desk , or you're deciding to finally get rid of that altoids tin of resistors, spring time can be an opportunity for a bit of a spruce up and a clean.

Are you perhaps considering a project to help keep your desk tidy? (Hmm, that sounds like a good idea)

Or are you looking to pick up some new equipment? I realised that I haven't checked out kickstarter for a while and that used to be a good place for something new and innovative.

What's your plan? Same old, same old? Or time for something new?

For me, I need an actual workbench!

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  • JoRatcliffe
    JoRatcliffe 4 months ago +5
    In the spirit of this discussion, I though I'd let everyone know I've just kicked off a new competition on the theme of spring cleaning Take a project which you started but never finished or got working…
  • dang74
    dang74 4 months ago in reply to Jan Cumps +5
    That is too clean. Are you sure it's a real work space... and not a show room display at Ikea.
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett 4 months ago +4
    For long while I've put parts for a new job into a "Job box" which I then keep ( maybe for 10 years or more). I might raid the job boxes for left over parts but it can get very hard to remember where things…
  • misaz
    misaz 4 months ago in reply to $parentForumReply.Author.DisplayName

    Exactly. Luxury. There is plenty of free space and even better, it is at near edges.

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  • anniel747
    anniel747 4 months ago in reply to misaz

    misaz No pileups and no wire nests.

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  • anniel747
    anniel747 4 months ago in reply to JWx

    https://glpi-project.org/prices/

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  • shabaz
    shabaz 4 months ago in reply to kmikemoo

    I would put the hot air station somewhere else, because it won't be used at the same time as the soldering station, plus, the fat hose and large tool handle take up a ton of desk space (at least it does on mine). Besides, I wanted different tools near the hot air station, so I reckon it makes sense to dedicate a smaller area elsewhere for all the hot air related tasks.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz 4 months ago in reply to $parentForumReply.Author.DisplayName

    Indeed, I keep the pre-heater next to the hot air station, along with a few dedicated tools such as large flat gripping tweezers to hold the hot board, plus safety glasses to protect the face a bit from the pre-heater heat, plus a little kitchen timer to know how long things are being heated (easier to view that than the timer on the hot air tool) and so on. Also a thermocouple temperature meter! 

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  • ralphjy
    ralphjy 4 months ago in reply to $parentForumReply.Author.DisplayName

    anniel747 ,misaz  The two of you are both younger and more capable than I am.  When you get older and start having vision and manual dexterity issues - congestion gets to become hazardous on a "workbench".  The other thing that is not obvious in the blurry picture is that the parts are not organized by project.  There is lots of space for storage Smile.

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  • dang74
    dang74 4 months ago in reply to ralphjy

    I was thinking of cleaning up... but after seeing your pic... I think I'll just stay the course... now I have something to strive for. Wink 

    This is where I am now... so I have a ways to go before I reach ralphjy levels of work bench Shangri-la.image

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  • dang74
    dang74 4 months ago in reply to michaelkellett

    I would be open to having some drawers like those as well... but I couldn't imagine having 1750... I would forget what drawer something was stashed away in and be forced to search through them one by one.

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  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett 4 months ago in reply to dang74

    I keep a spreadsheet to keep track of the parts !

    Most resistors are not in the drawer system - I keep approx 600 different types/values (5 decades, 1%, E24 in 5 different types). 0.1% and power parts are in drawers because I don't keep the full range of values.

    MK

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps 4 months ago

    The less space you have, the easier it is to keep it clean Slight smile

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    This is the best part though: a view

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