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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!
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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:
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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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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!
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  • in reply to beacon_dave

    You do realize that once you pop that in the current number of outlets has increased, thus you need another one.

  • in reply to beacon_dave

    I've never seen these beasts. Is this for above ground cabling like a concert venue or stage setup?

  • One work area configuration I had about 20 years ago consisted of full height bookcases against the walls with desks directly in front of them. One shelf was set at the same level as the surface of the desk. This gave a deeper than normal desk which allowed computer monitors to be pushed further back into the bookcase allowing the full surface of the desk to work on. The next shelf was placed above the height of the monitor and could be used for instrumentation, additional monitors, documentation or general storage.

    The desk at the far end of the room was L-shaped and curved and then mirror imaged behind me which effectively gave three work areas accessible by just swivelling the chair through 180 degrees.

  • in reply to colporteur

    Yes, indeed. PCE do a black range of connectors specifically aimed at stage use so as not to stand out. 

    You can also buy the T-connect with cable entry without the power strip:

    https://cpc.farnell.com/pce/94325000/t-connect-1-in-1-out/dp/PL15612 

    and wire it to what you need.

    You can also get this style:

    https://www.rubberbox.co.uk/16a-supply/rub1401b-16amp-power-distribution-box/

  • in reply to colporteur

    Usually either 3x 1.5mm² or 3x 2.5mm² is used.

  • 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

  • I always have those plastic storage containers that usually are 4 drawers high. All sizes of those 2 big ones under desk, 2 small ontop of desk.

  • I find it useful for some workstation areas not to have them set up hard against walls. Often equipment has connections at the rear and it's a lot easier if you can get around the back of the workstation area to gain access and be able to see what you are actually doing when patching. This is especially true if your workstation area has overhead shelving or you end up working with stacks of equipment.

    Keeping the workstation off the wall also allows for cable management - longer cables can be left to hang in a loop off the back of the workstation top as opposed to forming a rats nest on the work surface.