Author Topic: Show Your Workbench (Read 311515 times)

G. Hoffman · « **Reply #420 on:** July 09, 2013, 05:54:02 AM »

Quote from: darron on July 06, 2013, 11:03:15 PM

No! BOOOOO!

Love that retro photo. Had me going for a sec.

This is why all of my drawer units (I'm up to 9 at the moment - tall ones, too) are screwed to the wall! I think I'd just give up and buy new stuff. Which I can't afford.

Gabriel

tca · « **Reply #421 on:** July 09, 2013, 06:37:17 AM »

Quote from: duck_arse on July 06, 2013, 07:40:21 AM

so, while this is not MY workbench, it is still quite interesting, I think.
...
shown is my great-grandfather at his workbench, at the Low Head Cable Station, Tasmania, circa 1890.
he has just posted a qustion as to when Tesla might be going to invent radio, and is hoping for a reply from R.G.Keene. whilst he waits, he thinks about the price of copper.

The same here... not my workbench, but my grand father is still 98 and kicking! He was the first to make a TV broadcast signal in the Iberian peninsula (50's). In this video (in Portuguese) you can see his amateur radio paraphernalia. Taken from an interview of a news broadcast network in Portugal.

Very inspirational I think.

Cheers.

Jdansti · « **Reply #422 on:** July 09, 2013, 10:34:36 AM »

Inspirational indeed! And just think of the evolution of technology that he's seen and been part of!

duck_arse · « **Reply #423 on:** July 10, 2013, 07:48:42 AM »

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Quote from: darron on 06-07-2013, 21:03:15

No! BOOOOO!

Love that retro photo. Had me going for a sec.

darron, did this ^ make a noise (it obviously would have), were you there to hear it, and what did it sound like? I bet it was good.

darron · « **Reply #424 on:** July 11, 2013, 04:12:13 AM »

Quote from: duck_arse on July 10, 2013, 07:48:42 AM

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Quote from: darron on 06-07-2013, 21:03:15

No! BOOOOO!

Love that retro photo. Had me going for a sec.

darron, did this ^ make a noise (it obviously would have), were you there to hear it, and what did it sound like? I bet it was good.

you know when you drop something fiddly on the floor? know it's their but have to get down for the search. it's nothing like that. it's 1 million times louder and you can see stuff everywhere.

duck_arse · « **Reply #425 on:** July 12, 2013, 08:08:54 AM »

well, seeing the stuff is half the problem solved already. unless it's because it's really big, or there is a shitload of it.

phaeton · « **Reply #426 on:** July 13, 2013, 06:06:09 PM »

I too am part of the "bench in front of the window" club:

Being by the window is great because I can point a box fan outwards when soldering, and I never breathe fumes. Unfortunately, it may be too late for me though, because I can't seem to keep things serious for very long:

I did a quick cleanup for these pics, but it reaches this threshhold now and again:

I should note that since this is also my nightstand, I had to remove the condoms from the drawer prior to taking the pic.

In times past, I had employed a magnificent Seven Dollar Table from a 2nd hand store:

These pics wouldn't be complete without my sexy Plano-top proto-board:

darron · « **Reply #427 on:** July 13, 2013, 07:54:55 PM »

Quote from: phaeton on July 13, 2013, 06:06:09 PM

I too am part of the "bench in front of the window" club:

yep. that looks like a nice view. and window

Jdansti · « **Reply #428 on:** July 14, 2013, 05:14:53 AM »

>I should note that since this is also my nightstand, I had to remove the condoms from the drawer prior to taking the pic.

Man, you really are safe! Most of use don't even bother with condoms when we're building stompboxes!

haveyouseenhim · « **Reply #429 on:** July 14, 2013, 07:01:32 AM »

I always wear a condom when pedal building. It helps reduce the risk of STDs (Solder transmitted diseases)

bluebunny · « **Reply #430 on:** July 14, 2013, 10:19:46 AM »

Quote from: haveyouseenhim on July 14, 2013, 07:01:32 AM

I always wear a condom when pedal building. It helps reduce the risk of STDs (Solder transmitted diseases)

...and breathing in those pesky solder fumes...

lowbrow · « **Reply #431 on:** August 08, 2013, 01:40:55 PM »

Quote from: kupfer_m on June 23, 2011, 01:12:01 AM

Here's my bench...
Taking a nap after all that playing with wires and resistors!

Humbrol! I'd recognize that tin anywhere. I've used that stuff for so long I'm reluctant to say how long....Nice kitty

haveyouseenhim · « **Reply #432 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:34:11 AM »

THE RAT'S NEST IS GONE!!!

Can anyone spot the high-speed lead injector? For when that pesky solder just won't flow.

darron · « **Reply #433 on:** August 09, 2013, 05:08:00 AM »

everything even looks whiter!

deadastronaut · « **Reply #434 on:** August 09, 2013, 07:08:07 AM »

@mike:

looks like you need some more 3D knobs for your drawers..

pink walls?..

amptramp · « **Reply #435 on:** August 09, 2013, 07:52:24 PM »

Jdansti · « **Reply #436 on:** August 09, 2013, 08:18:25 PM »

> THE RAT'S NEST IS GONE!!!

For now............

Jdansti · « **Reply #437 on:** August 09, 2013, 08:20:28 PM »

Quote from: amptramp on August 09, 2013, 07:52:24 PM

LOL! We have an air stripper (a pollution control device) at work and sometimes we have to "change out the nipples on the stripper".

duck_arse · « **Reply #438 on:** August 10, 2013, 10:07:41 AM »

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Can anyone spot the high-speed lead injector?

proof positive that you now don't know where anything is.

haveyouseenhim · « **Reply #439 on:** August 10, 2013, 03:44:58 PM »

Quote from: duck_arse on August 10, 2013, 10:07:41 AM

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Can anyone spot the high-speed lead injector?

proof positive that you now don't know where anything is.

I actually found a lot of stuff that had been missing for a while.

News:

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