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What are your Tips for an Organized Workbench? [Ask e14 - Join, Share & Win Competition] September 2025

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Calling all makers, engineers, and tinkerers! If your workbench is a masterpiece of order or even a chaotic haven with hidden gems of organisation, we want to hear from YOU!
Join the element14 Community today and take part in our latest “Join, Share & Win” challenge.

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Got a Tidy Workbench? Turn Your Organizing Skills into a Prize!

Calling all makers, engineers, and tinkerers! If your workbench is a masterpiece of order or even a chaotic haven with hidden gems of organization, we want to hear from YOU!
Join the element14 Community today and take part in our latest “Join, Share & Win” challenge.

It’s simple:
1. Register (or Login) for FREE
2. Answer this question by adding a reply / commenting:

What are your top tips for keeping your workbench organised?


3. Be in with a chance to WIN!

We’re celebrating the clever tricks, custom setups, and unique habits that help keep your workspace clean and efficient. Whether it’s colour-coded storage, custom tool racks, or a clever labelling system, we want your insight!

Here’s what you could win:

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Arduino Uno R4 Minima

General Terms
What: Win 1 of 3 Arduino UNO R4 Minima
How: Sign up  or Sign in and Comment your best Workbench Organisation Tips below. 
When: Before September 30th 2025. 
Anything else: Full terms are below, but we must be able to ship to the address in your account. 

Entries close September 30th, 2025, so don’t wait!
Get organised, get inspired, and get rewarded with the element14 Community.


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  • Organization tips buried in a video - both what to do and what not to do...maybe not the best advice, but decades of hoarding might be worth a giggle....Relaxed

    In case the video doesn't show up, you can see it here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvbjW3c1gow

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  • Organization tips buried in a video - both what to do and what not to do...maybe not the best advice, but decades of hoarding might be worth a giggle....Relaxed

    In case the video doesn't show up, you can see it here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvbjW3c1gow

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  • in reply to dougw

    Nice video. Given your level of productivity on e14 projects, then your current organisation obviously appears to be working for you.

    One question though, where do you store all those ice hockey pucks ? Slight smile

  • in reply to dougw

    Wow!  Over the years we've caught glimpses of your work area/s in videos and posts... but to see the full scale all at once is something else all together.  If I am not mistaken the 3D printer is in a nice room with bay windows.  The original architects that designed the floor plan probably envisioned it as a parlor where guests can be entertained on sunny afternoons... I applaud your norm busting usage of the room.

  • in reply to dougw

    OMG! That is quite a collection of stuff. It really does run the gamut, from high-end instrumentation, 3D printers, to an amazing collection of tools and parts. A part of me is jealous, while the rest of me is in shock of the work that lies ahead of you as you try to clean and organize this huge collection!

  • in reply to beacon_dave

    The video only showed about 10 pucks, but there are more scattered about the house. Some are actually in my hockey equipment bag. The video didn't show everything - there is a whole room full of shelving for more deep storage and I missed showing my tablet computer table (behind my computer desk), which also features a PC and a couple of cameras.

    Did you know there is so much carbon in hockey pucks that they make good power resistors? Measuring through the one inch puck with DVM probes yields about 2K Ohms and it goes down if the contact area is increased.

  • in reply to dougw

    I used Copilot to flesh out Henrietta and HeyGen to allow her to lipsync a comment on this workspace video...

    The next thing you know, she's going to be a full blown android....

    If the video doesn't show, t can be viewed here:

    https://youtu.be/Y_bAoqsJr1o