electronics workbench

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Sun Mar 28 20:58:33 2004

My amount of test equipment has outgrown my workbench setup, so I need to
look at setting up or building a bench. I've got the current bench so
crowded with gear it's hard to work already, plus I've got a lot of test
gear that isn't on the bench and should be. i'd love to get the laptop a
spot on the bench too (lots of room it would take up) So....

I went googling in search of pictures of good bench setups. I'm looking for
ideas on the best way to stuff as much gear as possible onto it, while
keeping it usable and neat. Does anyone have any links to different ideas
for workbench setup? I have a sneaky suspicion that if I just build one
myself I'll find that later "oh WHY did I put the outlet strip THERE?". I
didn't find much of anything googling, but was hoping to draw on experience
of others for some ideas in building a bench from scratch. So far I've used
those "set on top of a desk premade lettershelfs". They let you put rows of
test equipment close with the faces all well accessible. But haven't found
the best place to put the power strips.

If anyone has links to pictures of bench setups, or advice of things to
watch out for when putting one together, I'd like to hear them!

Jay West
Received on Sun Mar 28 2004 - 20:58:33 BST