Showoff: your lab working area?

Gad_Ofir · June 22, 2019, 8:06pm

Hi all just a small fun topic lets show off our labs/DIY work area

for fun
and also to learn from each other, what tools and what not
cool projects that are laying around
and just to show off all the things that came from China

i will start…
i took this picture after i did some organization…Instagram photo
it’s hardly its normal state most of the time it looks like… don’t let me go there … just terrible
if the topic will catch up promise one ugly photo also

Thedannymullen · June 23, 2019, 3:00am

A lab working area? What a conveince… lol

My lab is a laptop and tray.

matt1 · June 23, 2019, 4:18am

You have a tray? What a good idea to move the junk out of sight on. LOL Mines just a pile of junk that rarely moves.

Gad_Ofir · June 23, 2019, 4:38am

hhh i use to work like this also , it was half hour just to get the things back in the closet
then i had a box , but a tray is way cooler

allen · June 24, 2019, 6:22am

I still have a box. and my wife dining room table. ( with lots of screams LOL)

rlkoshak · June 24, 2019, 5:41pm

That was exactly my reaction. I have a couple of boxes that I pull down and have to sort though every time I want to do something. I have a silicon mat and use what ever table or flat surface is most convenient at the time.

For tools I have:

Cheap but pretty good soldering iron
Cheap helping hands
Silicon baking mat to protect surfaces
An old license plate to further protect surfaces from the soldering iron and solder
Jeweler’s needle nose pliers (their great for making the little round pig tails on wires)
Wire cutters/strippers
One of those solder sucker upper thingies (am are gud at DIY electro-thingies)
All kinds of random parts because apparently you can’t buy just one or two of anything so I end up with like 99 capacitors because I had one project that needed one
Harbor Fright multi-meter

Eventually, as time and budget allows, I’m converting part of my garage to a wood working shop. I plan on adding an electronics station if there is room.

I highly recommend the silicone baking mats. I’ve dropped the iron tip down and it didn’t even phase the mat, let alone the table.

noppes123 · June 24, 2019, 7:24pm

Just make sure you handle dust properly…

noppes123 · June 24, 2019, 7:42pm

OK, sorry guys, but I do have an actual ‘lab room’…

…after some serious clean-up, actually.

Gad_Ofir · June 24, 2019, 8:05pm

well that’s Nicceee
love the ice cube trays !!!

rlkoshak · June 24, 2019, 8:17pm

Why should I start doing that now at this stage in life?

noppes123 · June 24, 2019, 9:30pm

I wasn’t concerned about you, but the electronics equipment and parts…

noppes123 · June 24, 2019, 9:33pm

They are actually very convenient for sorting parts while (dis)assembling (not so much for SMD stuff, though).

Kim_Andersen · June 24, 2019, 9:46pm

I second that one I dont even dare to show a picture of my desk… It´s in an “american order”. Everything is on top
Small clues… My Zigbee Trust sensor is standing of a few empty boxes from other gagdets devices… Two other motion sensores are placed on top of one of my 8" speaker montiors (I use the monitors for music production). On top of the other speaker monitor, I have two POE switches, (one is switched off atm). Have quite a few spare parts lying around the desk, as well as at small Velbus kit for testing… In all, it´s all a total mess… but hey, I know where everything is placed… hmm, I think/hope

Gad_Ofir · June 25, 2019, 5:18pm

so somthing like a month ago i ordered this