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This is just a fantastic page, why aren't more on the internet like this, with specific parts lists and sources? Very similar to the stations we had when I was
by zackmorris 3y ago
This is just a fantastic page, why aren't more on the internet like this, with specific parts lists and sources? Very similar to the stations we had when I was doing computer repair a decade ago (no, I will not fix your computer.™) and out of everything on there, be sure to get a good ESD mat, or else you'll never stop chasing random glitches.
I just want to add that the best way to get over starting friction is to have everything ready to go like this. IMHO it's much easier to take care of the low-hanging fruit of arranging and cleaning, than it is to have to do that and THEN work. I struggle with organization though, so I treat that as an active exercise and devote 15 minutes at a time to the chore, rewarding myself with a cup of coffee or whatever afterwards.
- nunuvit 3y ago> why aren't more on the internet like this, with specific parts lists and sources? There are forums where people post pictures of their benches, but it's a lot of work to document everything and you're going to use whichever distributor has sufficiently similar items in stock at your price point and can ship to your country.
- ssklash 3y agoGot any links/suggestions for those forums? I'd love to get some inspiration, like the OP provides in spades.
- linker3000 3y agoReddit. r/electronics. Workbench Wednesdays. https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/?f=flair_name%3A%22Workbench%20Wednesday%22 https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/?f=flair_name%3A%22Work...
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- mindcrime 3y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/Workbenches/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Workbenches/ --> not all "electronics" workbenches of course. But there are some. https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicslab/ https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicslab/ --> more specifically about electronics, but pretty low volume. And if you're interested, here are a bunch of "couple of year old" pictures of where I re-worked my lab-bench. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPgDAGeRSqI5KVcqioLAAcIVcAhkMo0oX7PHjoNBQs5xe5vSS6hbOoY4YCLyW-QtQ?key=UkJMdG9VRTJsTmdQQlRHRTluYVp4WkVrV1NWaFlR https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPgDAGeRSqI5KVcqioLAAcI... https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNwJR3k2BWbG7UTuYxwD7iUL_58JJrbzX2aZ8brjsYsQ8JxHSFvc67Ya2aUYCGRUA?key=Sl9neEpVTlkycEtXMWNCMGNTeUI1VWM2R0dkbXFB https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNwJR3k2BWbG7UTuYxwD7iU...
- dghlsakjg 3y agoHonestly, YouTube is a good source of hobbyist level gear recommendations. Check out eevblog, Great Scott, Andrias Spies
- crispyambulance 3y agoFWIW, I bet the guy has an ESD mat and it was just too ugly to show. The only other thing I would add is boxes or large bins. Not for tools or components, but for project work, so you can put it away and work on something else when you need to. Otherwise it ends up spread all over your desk, Jim Williams style: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyohm/6926143499 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mightyohm/6926143499 (which is now at the computer history museum, apparently!)
- artogahr 3y agoHe has an ESD mat! And it's on the table already, as mentioned in the article. It's the gray surface.
- aksss 3y agoNow THAT looks more familiar!
- tempodox 3y agoThat's what I think of when I read “electronics lab bench”. The one in the article is so clean and well organized, I'm getting jealous.
- crispyambulance 3y agoFWIW, Jim Williams was an electronics designer at Linear Technologies (LT, now part of Analog Devices). He had incredible productivity and wrote famously epic application notes. He was also known for using bare, un-eteched copper PCB and just soldering components to the PCB and connecting their other leads with wire through the air. You can see this on his bench!
- zackmorris 3y agoThank you, my nature is to have everything out like him because I think I might have object permanence issues and other ADHD symptoms like time blindness. I feel like I know exactly where everything is that I've ever handled, but once it's organized, I almost lose track of it like a goto. Discipline is such a struggle for me that I got rid of all of the furniture in my home office and put up a couple of Ikea Billy bookcases with long shelves that wrap around my desk in an upside-down U so that I can see everything on one wall. Kind of like these, but with a full-size desk and $20 shelves spanning the middle, in birch: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/453667362435927208/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/453667362435927208/ https://www.wayfair.com/Modway--Bixby-71-H-x-69.5-W-Standard-Bookcase-EEI6114OAK-L38-K~FOW16762.html https://www.wayfair.com/Modway--Bixby-71-H-x-69.5-W-Standard...
- analog31 3y agoI just start a new project on top of the pile of unfinished projects, coffee cups, home repairs, bike parts, etc.
- runtime_blues 3y agoI maintained page like this, only to have it penalized by Google when they started cracking down on a particular type of SEO spam. But another problem is that such pages are just really hard to maintain. In a year or two, half of the items you're liking to are going to be out of production. This is especially true for stuff like no-name test equipment, low-cost breadboards, etc. There's just no stable brand or URL to use.
- dabluecaboose 3y agoI definitely agree. As someone who is very tinker-minded, I've had various "workbench" setups on my desk. These range from watch repair, to gunsmithing, to electronics repair, to woodworking. I'd LOVE if all of those hobbies had a concise, illustrated guide to not only the tools I should get, but *how to organize them*. Organizing is a strength of mine on a computer, where every file fits in every folder and there's no limits of size or shape. But tell me to organize my office, and I'll end up with a perfect system that goes entirely out of whack as soon as one item is added or removed.