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This Ole Junk Shop

Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
edited 2010-01-14 22:38 in General Discussion
I've been joking/threatening about posting pictures of one's work area
to see what kind of "junk" other people have lying around.

I have two usable "rooms" each 9x12 in a shed outside from the house.
One I have set up for a woodworking shop, and the other I have set up
for an electronics shop.


http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=531809

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-04-04 04:26
    Holy Cow Beau!

    ·· Those are some HUGE breadboards!· Looks like you've got yourself quite the workshop there.· That's what I need.· Now that I'm in warmer climate, it seems more feasible.· Where I was before, you'd freeze 9 months out of the year working in one!

    ·· I see you've even got BUCKETS of parts UNDER the bench!· Is that your IN box, or your OUT box?· tongue.gif·· Anyone else want to share their workspace pics?

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  • SteveWSteveW Posts: 246
    edited 2005-04-04 09:29
    A bit less tidy over here, I'm afraid. The lab's about 20'x8', with benches down one side, shelves on the other.
    This is the hardware end... It could do with a tidy, but it's never the most urgent thing, so it just sort of gets deeper, until I snap and declare a day of action, and excavate a usable section again.
    (test gear from ebay. Dangerously addictive [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • OrionOrion Posts: 236
    edited 2005-04-04 10:05
    WOW!!! Steve thats a collection!! My shop is somewhere in between Beau and yours Ill post something later today.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2005-04-04 11:20
    *Drool*

    Test gear...

    *Drool*

    Steve... If you lived anywhere near me, I'd help you clean it up...
    REALLY CLEAN...
  • kb2hapkb2hap Posts: 218
    edited 2005-04-04 11:44
    Hey Dave Andreae I hate to put you on the spot but would you mind posting pics of you desk at Parallax. I'll post my area in a few days. You have a desk full of cool stuff!

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  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2005-04-04 14:49
    Chris said...

    Those are some HUGE breadboards!
    smilewinkgrin.gif
    There are two there... The one on the left I bought as one complete board. The second is one that I have "pieced" together
    little by little buying the SBB modules separately and using double stick tape on a dy-clear sub straight (similar to Plexiglas)
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    Chris said...

    Where I was before, you'd freeze 9 months out of the year working in one!
    I have a 1500 Watt heater that works nice in the winter. I'm thinking about
    getting a window unit AC for the summer.
    Chris said...

    I see you've even got BUCKETS of parts UNDER the bench! Is that your IN box, or your OUT box?
    These are left over (-- read unsorted --) from when we moved last summer. If you notice there is a
    "bucket" right behind the keyboard FILLED with nothing but unsorted IC's. Occasionally I'll rip through
    a few handfulls and sort them.
    SteveW said...

    A bit less tidy over here, I'm afraid. The lab's about 20'x8', with benches down one side, shelves on the other.
    This is the hardware end... It could do with a tidy, but it's never the most urgent thing, so it just sort of gets
    deeper, until I snap and declare a day of action, and excavate a usable section again.
    I just cleaned....This is a good day. My breaking point is when I spend about 20 min looking for
    something, and then end up finding it right in front of me. THEN it is time to clean! yeah.gif

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  • dandreaedandreae Posts: 1,375
    edited 2005-04-04 16:12
    KB2HAP said...
    Hey Dave Andreae I hate to put you on the spot but would you mind posting pics of you desk at Parallax. I'll post my area in a few days. You have a desk full of cool stuff!

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    DTQ

    Okay!· This is my work station at work (Basically my desk).

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  • steve_bsteve_b Posts: 1,563
    edited 2005-04-04 16:15
    Wow Dave....nice toys!! I didn't think anything outside of Internet Porn could make me feel this way about a desk!! haha j/k

    It certainly helps things flow when you have what you need at hand!! Whether you work for Parallax or in your garage!

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  • Paul BakerPaul Baker Posts: 6,351
    edited 2005-04-04 16:27
    How did we end up with two threads that are basically the same topic?

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  • Ray IddingsRay Iddings Posts: 47
    edited 2005-04-04 16:46
    Im afaid to post a pic.....Take as much technojunk and parts Trow it in a blender a set it in front of a windows thats what my lab looks like right now.

    no wonder my kids laugh when I tell them to clean thier room.

    Ray

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  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2005-04-04 17:08
    Paul,

    I think one thread is showing organization, while the other disorganization.

    This is my fault, I didn't want to step on any toes from the "original" organization thread.

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  • nick bernardnick bernard Posts: 329
    edited 2005-04-04 20:43
    http://forums.parallax.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37482

    dont sweat it beau, ms april will make everything ok!

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  • Paul BakerPaul Baker Posts: 6,351
    edited 2005-04-04 20:51
    Id show a photo of my workshop, only I dont have one. Being an apartment dweller doesn't afford me the space. I just use my roomates artist bench (its closer to a draftsman's table) locked in the horizontal position, with my boxes of components on the ground on the wall side. One day I'll have the space, one day. I could kick out my roomate and use her room but its not worth $650 a month to me.
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2005-04-04 21:12
    Nick,

    I think "sponge bob" is enjoying himself, although there has been some controversy about his preference. confused.gif


    Paul,
    look in the "organized thread" at one of the later posts from Nick...



    Good grief!! what a mess (no pun) these two threads have become - jumpin.gif

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    Post Edited (Beau Schwabe) : 4/4/2005 9:23:54 PM GMT
  • Paul BakerPaul Baker Posts: 6,351
    edited 2005-04-04 21:23
    errg *pokes Beau* you just sent me into a 15 min "Where's Spongebob" with no reward, no spongebob I can see (or any waldoes for that matter).
  • OrionOrion Posts: 236
    edited 2005-04-04 23:18
    Heres my junk shop.· Its roomy, so the clutter isn't too bad yet....
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  • SteveWSteveW Posts: 246
    edited 2005-04-04 23:33
    Always a good sign, PCs with the important side pointing towards you [noparse]:)[/noparse]
    Is that a fire extinguisher or a truly scary-looking drink in the first photo?

    Steve
  • OrionOrion Posts: 236
    edited 2005-04-04 23:44
    Haha, probably should have a fire extinguisher! It is a coating I use on my home made PCB to keep things from shorting out so easily.
  • Steve JoblinSteve Joblin Posts: 784
    edited 2005-04-05 00:24
    Boy could you folks use some organization and storage solutions!· My business is organizing garages and workshops.· Check out my website at www.everythinggarage.com to find out more.· If anyone is interested, you can buy and install the items yourself.· If you call, please make sure that you let me know that you are a Parallax Stamp enthusiast so I can offer you a special discount!

    Steve
  • OrionOrion Posts: 236
    edited 2005-04-05 00:57
    Organization!?! That would mean less time 2 play....I don't suppose you have anything that can stand up too ferric chloride?
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2005-04-05 03:59
    Paul Baker said...
    errg *pokes Beau* you just sent me into a 15 min "Where's Spongebob" with no reward, no spongebob I can see (or any waldoes for that matter).
    Paul,

    ·· It's in the other thread!· LOL· Spongebob is hanging right above Nick's calendar model...
    Orion said...
    Heres my junk shop.· Its roomy, so the clutter isn't too bad yet....
    Orion,

    ·· Holy cow!· You got enough computers?!?!?· All in that one room even!· At least when I had 6 machines, they were all in different rooms for the most part!· tongue.gif
    Steve Joblin said...(trimmed)
    Boy could you folks use some organization and storage solutions!· My business is organizing garages and workshops.
    Steve,

    ·· That picture on your web page looks like a combination Bob Vila/Martha Stewart project!· LOL· No offense meant!· It's just...I dunno...Too darn neat and clean!· smilewinkgrin.gif

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    Post Edited (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 4/5/2005 2:12:39 PM GMT
  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2005-04-05 05:13
    Chris,

    Yeah, if it's to neat, I can't remember where I put everything... at least with it messed up, if I'm looking for something
    there is a good chance of finding it somewhere in the pile.

    Orion,
    You said "I don't suppose you have anything that can stand up too ferric chloride".... Ahhh "liquid rust" ... do you
    want to contain it or dispose of it? For containment, glass or polypropylene bottles have worked well for me. If you
    want to dispose of it call OSHA or the label on the package you purchased it should give you enough information for
    proper disposal.



    Steve,

    I get 10% !!!

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    Post Edited (Beau Schwabe) : 4/5/2005 5:21:16 AM GMT
  • PLJackPLJack Posts: 398
    edited 2005-04-05 14:12
    ... said...
    Chris Savage (Parallax) said...
    Paul Baker said...

    errg *pokes Beau* you just sent me into a 15 min "Where's Spongebob" with no reward, no spongebob I can see (or any waldoes for that matter).
    Paul,


    It's in the other thread! LOL Spongebob is hanging right above Nick's calendar model...



    There is one in the above image.[noparse]:)[/noparse]
    Right hand side, Half way down.

    Jack
  • Jim McCorisonJim McCorison Posts: 359
    edited 2005-04-05 17:47
    As I've mentioned before, my wife and I live on a boat. Workshop? What workshop? I don't even have the luxury of using my roommate's artist table. For me it is the only table on the boat. It is also the dining table, the cocktail table, the computer table, my wife's quilting table... Well you get the picture. It's hard to tell through my work, but if you look closely you'll also notice that the table has fiddles. Fiddles are 3/4" high strips of wood around the outside of the table, and also the center section since the leaves fold down, that keep things from sliding off at sea. So I don't even have a flat surface to work on.

    Sorry about the lousy image quality. I spaced and overwrote the original with the thumbnail image. Bad boy, Jim. Bad boy.


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  • dandreaedandreae Posts: 1,375
    edited 2005-04-05 18:03
    I would trade work spaces with you any day of the week, My co-worker caught me looking at your website and told me to stop day dreaming.

    Dave



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  • nick bernardnick bernard Posts: 329
    edited 2005-04-05 18:09
    SpongeBob holds my sunglasses when they're not around my neck. he comes very much in handy. also there is another spongebob appearance in that picture. where's the other sponge bob!

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  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2005-04-05 18:16
    I thought that was a pencil holder/pocket protector .....grin

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  • Jim McCorisonJim McCorison Posts: 359
    edited 2005-04-05 18:37
    Nick,

    There's the one next to the calendar girl, that must be the sunglasses one? Then there is one hanging on the pegboard above your nut drivers. It looks suspisciously like a car freshener you hang from your mirror. If so, what does Sponge Bob smell like? Or perhaps I don't really want to know.

    Jim
  • nick bernardnick bernard Posts: 329
    edited 2005-04-05 18:42
    yeah the airfreshener is hiding behind a bag of heat shrink.
    *smells spongebob*
    he smells kinda floral or potpouri-esque

    i didnt realize the resolution i was getting with that camera was so good

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  • OrionOrion Posts: 236
    edited 2005-04-05 22:09
    Beau,

    Disposal of the ferric is a piece of cake so far... My county has a hazardous waste pickup day once or twice a year. Most people bring in paint, household chemicals, and other mildly toxic stuff. Last year I dropped of a gallon of the stuff to them and they had no problem with it. I'm sure they didn't fully understand what they had, even with it labeled. Next time may be a different story. My main problem with the stuff is it stains EVERYTHING, and finding a good surface that will clean up nice is not easy.

    Chris,

    Dell, the electric company, and my internet provider have me on there VIP list. LOL. That room is also nick named the network operation center. There are 3 more desktops, 1 laptop, and a pda that are in other places in the house. The nice thing is that CPU's don't seem to be increasing in speed like they have in the past. So much for a new machine this year, the money will have to be diverted to more stamps. [noparse]:)[/noparse]
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