Yeah. Your workbench looks EXACTLY like mine except you need to add:
random bits of wire. solder splashes. bins of random weird components. a partially disassembled tube radio. a few Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or FPGA dev boards that you’ve played with for a week last year. random pages from IC or transistor specs. lots of soldering iron burn marks. a large old-school computer CPU board. random sizes of heatsinks and fans scattered around.
When you get that, THEN you’ll have a nice looking workbench.
seriously though, I would add a large (more than 6 outlet) power bar on the left hand side by the wall because you will need to plug things into mains. Also shelves…lots of shelves with lots of small boxes for components and tools. tools: sidecutters, various sizes of blade and phillips-head screwdrivers and a close-up work light that you can move from side-to-side to get rid of shadows so you can see components well. I see you already have a magnifying glass with board grips… but a ring light with a magnifying glass in the middle is even better.
A stout lazy Susan. You’ll thank me later. Oh, if you’re sitting and working, can you actually reach the scope and such? The table top looks very deep in the photo.
Wow…I didn’t know those can be clean and organised… just to see the surface of mine I would have to work for like an hour. Why do you need two oscilloscopes? Or what is it? Two power sources, on the other hand, would be useful though…
As a novice compared to you all, can someone breakdown each item?
* Top: No idea * bottom left: variable power supply? * 2nd from left: oscilloscope? * 3rd from left: soldering station * far right: fume extractor? can someone elaborate why this one has a hose?
LOL, mine is way messy compared to yours. The lazy susan and the patch panel really changed my workflow. Heavy units can just be spun back and forth to get to both sides of a board, no need to lift\drag with the lazy susan. And the patch panel is an old unit that was trashed, I just pulled the back panel because it had a variety of plugs\rca’s\speaker terminals mounted already – just wire it the way you want from the back. Ya, your bench is way to clean. 🙂 (edit thought I could post a pic in the reply, can’t do it – go find the AK thread on benches) (edit02 – [AK Thread](https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/workbench-photos.814544/#post-11426801)
In no particular order… At least one more power supply plus a multimeter or 2. Rack for cables Component shelves (with good selection of commonly used components) Aimable lighting. Little tray for component lead clippings, discarded components (useful for trying out quick circuit modifications). Various hand tools e.g. automatic wire strippers, crimpers, solder sucker, screw drivers, side cutters, craft knife, shears. Hot melt glue gun. Selection of heatshrink Selection of small proto boards
Just maybe… a digital/analog trainer I.e. solderless breadboard on steroids. Previously I never really used solderless breadboards much, preferring to just reach for the soldering iron, however I recently acquired a decades old ‘trainer’, mainly just because it was locally produced. However having a built-in power supply, signal generator and switches/LEDs has actually made quickly trying out little circuits crazy convenient, so I’m really starting to appreciate it.
Looks like top center is a arbitrary waveform generator, but I’m having no luck googling the part number (image compression/resolution makes it hard to read). Could you provide more info?
i got it for xmas and i love it since it combines a multimeter an osci and a funktiongenerator!!
edit: also you could probably use some breadboards, some components: resistors, diodes, caps, inductive coils, some logic gate ics, 555 timers, transistors, voltage regulator 7805-7815, opamps, maybe a hot glue gun, freeze spray, isopropanol for cleaning, …. and a lot more xD
edit edit: also passive components line switches and stuff
Another useful thing I have and use frequently is a small 2amp variac, connected through an isolation transformer (well, not through a transformer, but it was burnt when I got it, so I added an isolated primary winding, as I had to rewind it anyway, under that one that has a sliding contact – helps to save some space).
Multimeter, camera on a microscope mount and a monitor on the wall. The necessary tools (desolder, fluxes, pliers etc). Also please do a favour to your lungs and get a fume extractor.
> things to add?
Yeah. Your workbench looks EXACTLY like mine except you need to add:
random bits of wire. solder splashes. bins of random weird components. a partially disassembled tube radio. a few Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or FPGA dev boards that you’ve played with for a week last year. random pages from IC or transistor specs. lots of soldering iron burn marks. a large old-school computer CPU board. random sizes of heatsinks and fans scattered around.
When you get that, THEN you’ll have a nice looking workbench.
Ehh looks more like a table
Far too clean. Mess it up with a dozen half-completed projects and get back to us.
I wish mine was tidy like that. Nice.
Dimensions please
seriously though, I would add a large (more than 6 outlet) power bar on the left hand side by the wall because you will need to plug things into mains. Also shelves…lots of shelves with lots of small boxes for components and tools. tools: sidecutters, various sizes of blade and phillips-head screwdrivers and a close-up work light that you can move from side-to-side to get rid of shadows so you can see components well. I see you already have a magnifying glass with board grips… but a ring light with a magnifying glass in the middle is even better.
Very clean – love it
A stout lazy Susan.
You’ll thank me later.
Oh, if you’re sitting and working, can you actually reach the scope and such? The table top looks very deep in the photo.
Air extractor is a must have. Especially if you have hot air.
Air filter for the solder
Microscope
wtf actual free space.
Master of neatness, very nice 😉
beaut
Don’t trust it fellas… it’s too clean. And there’s no kapton tape.
Wonderful!!
you guys are so frigin neat!.
my place looks like a Ukrainian missile attack just happened
Wow…I didn’t know those can be clean and organised… just to see the surface of mine I would have to work for like an hour. Why do you need two oscilloscopes? Or what is it? Two power sources, on the other hand, would be useful though…
Weirdly aesthetic. I like it.
As a novice compared to you all, can someone breakdown each item?
* Top: No idea
* bottom left: variable power supply?
* 2nd from left: oscilloscope?
* 3rd from left: soldering station
* far right: fume extractor? can someone elaborate why this one has a hose?
Where did you pick up the ESD mat?
LOL, mine is way messy compared to yours.
The lazy susan and the patch panel really changed my workflow.
Heavy units can just be spun back and forth to get to both sides of a board, no need to lift\drag with the lazy susan.
And the patch panel is an old unit that was trashed, I just pulled the back panel because it had a variety of plugs\rca’s\speaker terminals mounted already – just wire it the way you want from the back.
Ya, your bench is way to clean. 🙂
(edit thought I could post a pic in the reply, can’t do it – go find the AK thread on benches)
(edit02 – [AK Thread](https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/workbench-photos.814544/#post-11426801)
Needs one of those solder reel holder things, S tier investment. I put my copper braid on it too
nice
I wanna be that neat when I grow up!
In no particular order…
At least one more power supply plus a multimeter or 2.
Rack for cables
Component shelves (with good selection of commonly used components)
Aimable lighting.
Little tray for component lead clippings, discarded components (useful for trying out quick circuit modifications).
Various hand tools e.g. automatic wire strippers, crimpers, solder sucker, screw drivers, side cutters, craft knife, shears.
Hot melt glue gun.
Selection of heatshrink
Selection of small proto boards
Just maybe… a digital/analog trainer I.e. solderless breadboard on steroids. Previously I never really used solderless breadboards much, preferring to just reach for the soldering iron, however I recently acquired a decades old ‘trainer’, mainly just because it was locally produced. However having a built-in power supply, signal generator and switches/LEDs has actually made quickly trying out little circuits crazy convenient, so I’m really starting to appreciate it.
Stop lying! That’s too clean to be a workbench from somebody that uses it daily.
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where is the mess!
Looks like top center is a arbitrary waveform generator, but I’m having no luck googling the part number (image compression/resolution makes it hard to read). Could you provide more info?
I can’t even see mine, but I think it looks kinda like that.
Clean
yo op get yourself this: https://eleshop.eu/owon-hds272s-handheld-oscilloscope.html
i got it for xmas and i love it since it combines a multimeter an osci and a funktiongenerator!!
edit: also you could probably use some breadboards, some components: resistors, diodes, caps, inductive coils, some logic gate ics, 555 timers, transistors, voltage regulator 7805-7815, opamps, maybe a hot glue gun, freeze spray, isopropanol for cleaning, …. and a lot more xD
edit edit: also passive components line switches and stuff
How long are your arms, OP???
You need to add work.
Sadly the work tends to remove the tidy from the bench.
Mine looks like the inside of a Jawa Sand Crawler.
I have workspace envy.
I’m envious of your nice clean anti-static mat. Mine looks nasty from years of use (abuse?).
Looks great ! How much did it cost you to make it ?
Another useful thing I have and use frequently is a small 2amp variac, connected through an isolation transformer (well, not through a transformer, but it was burnt when I got it, so I added an isolated primary winding, as I had to rewind it anyway, under that one that has a sliding contact – helps to save some space).
Multimeter, camera on a microscope mount and a monitor on the wall. The necessary tools (desolder, fluxes, pliers etc). Also please do a favour to your lungs and get a fume extractor.
Plants.
You need more plants.
Why do you have so many small tv’s ? They look really old, too. s
Enjoy it for exactly 10 minutes
Hey I’m currently in the market for a bench power supply, which one do you use(in this image of course)?
What did you use for your work mat?