Be honest, how often is your workbench ever clean like this?

>>910865
Workbench too full.
Oscilloscope, drill stand, multimeter and a few random tools resting on my night stand along with misc. components and a shitty PSU that I built a few years ago.

Sine wave generator and Lab PSU are on top of a closet.
Breadboard with a PWM controller is on my computer desk chair along with my netbook.
I'm in bed with my laptop because I've got no room elsewhere, unless I move stuff to the bed.

pls give me more space

>>910867
why don't you.... do it yourself

>>910865
Once. When I first put it together (Ok, in reality, not even then).

>>910867
Well, let's see now *sees tripfaggotry*, uhm sorry, no more space for you. Fag.

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I would argue that my bench is actually cleaner than that, since he's obviously cleaned it up for the sake of taking a pretty picture (just look at those perfectly lined up meters and pens, lol). Once he actually starts doing anything at that bench, it's going to mess up like no tomorrow, since he hasn't made any allocation for tools in use.

I don't believe in hiding stuff. Everything to the left of the vertical rack-mount gear, with the exception of the plastic bags on top of the component cabinets and the roll of tape behind the analogue scope, is exactly where it's supposed to be, and it is there because it's stuff that I use on a regular basis. There's no point trying to stow away things like that, because it just means that you'll waste time taking it out all the time.

That includes the drill, the cut-up soda can, the protoboard, the Koskenkorva bottle, the unallocated power cables and the pieces of wood on the floor. The two batteries by the multimeter are part of a video project I'm working on right now.

I didn't clean prior to taking this picture.

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>>910904
>he has a ryobi

>>910909
I found it in the trunk of a scrapped car. I take the battery apart to charge it with my lab power supply.

>>910904
What's your psu?

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>clean
>as if

>>910865
I have these horrible urges to clean up, I can't work if there is a lot of clutter around (I got that from my mother).

My bench is cleaned / organized almost every second day since I can't stand it dirty for more than a day.

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>>910904
Finfag

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>>910936
>hey, let's make fun of his mlp poster too

>>910865
Ha never i subscribe to the controlled chaos idea

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>>910932
The one on top of the bench is a TTI EX752M. It's the single best thing that ever happened to me in my entire life.

The one under the bench is a 44A low voltage supply that you can watch a video about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgrzGiTmDeM

>>910865
I don't keep my lap very cluttered, no.

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>>910947
fffffffffffffffffffffuck

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Since this is a pseudo-workstation thread, has anyone had any good dxperiences with one of these? Are they useful, or just fluff for your bench?

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>>910950
They are silly expensive, but so worth it. Just imagine the freedom of knowing that you have a DC power supply that's going to power everything ever made and basically prevent you from ever blowing up a component ever again. You can even plug universal voltage switchmode power supplies straight into the front panel of it if you want to.

I got mine for free, though. :^)

>>910867
yeah right judging by your trip its probably full of dragon dildos

>>910947

thats breddy gud output but what is the point of mode a/b do you need the precision when you only monitor 10mA?

>spend ages save up for a nice bench ps
>order it, really excited cant wait to play with it.
>take it out of the box, have a play with it
>realize 10mA current monitor is not helpful
>like a week later new range announced that has 3dp displays.

i'm not buying another one unless its computer controlled. just because.

I've found a clean and organized work area serves a single purpose...
Inspiration to start a new messy project.
I've never been able to keep my work area clean for more than 48 hours.

>>910865
Whenever I need to share a pic of it on anonymous imageboards I make sure it's clean and orderly.

Every other moment it's a structured mess.

>>910865
Only when I resurface it, which lasts for about 30 seconds until I pile all the old shit right back on top.

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I can dig organization, I just don't employ it.

>>910959
>I got mine for free, though

good job Tyrone.

>>910967
Mode A gives you separate control over two 0-75 V channels at 2 A, mode B gives you a single control over one 0-75 V channel at 4 A.

As far as resolution goes, the EX752M is made for relatively heavy-duty stuff. Its strength lies in its flexibility to deliver anything from 2 mA up to 4 A at voltages below 75 V, and 2 A at voltages above that, while weighing in at only about 4 kg and having no fan because lol switchmode. It's in essence the most general purpose power supply I've ever seen.

If you're doing really finicky stuff, you're probably better off with something like that fancy new Rigol 3-channel programmable supply.

>>910990
I omitted the part where I spent 30 hours repairing it after I brought it home. Someone had exploded the output and caused some really obscure, erratic issues because one single 100 Ohm resistor had burned up, too.

Then the intern had tried and failed horribly to fix it, causing about as much additional damage. It was a real mess.

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Never

>>911177
get back to work, Dave 2

>>911177
> rigol scope on the bench
> tek on the floor
Blondie aussie savages

never
i dont clean
i dont put things away
>>910865
what the hell is with all those people on the far left? is that for a project?

do it yourSELF

>>911219
Kek

>>911369
>what the hell is with all those people on the far left? is that for a project?

I dunno man, it's weird.

It's almost like people put pictures of their friends and loved ones in places they spend a large amount of time in

>>911403
See >>910939

>>911381

>4chan
>/diy/
>/do it yourself/
>yourself
>alone
>forever

>>911432
w-we could be alone together anon

>>911369
>what the hell is with all those people on the far left? is that for a project?

Have you ever seen One Hour Photo by chance?

>>910865
never ever ever

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>>910865
lel I have one of those same exact sams club work benches, I added bed frame lift blocks to the legs so you can stand while working tho, also would buy again

pic is old tho, right now its completely cluttered with crap

>>911184
Jesus, is that a 30" hacksaw? Where do you get blades for it?

>>911403
Because this is /diy/.
We don't mock each other over our choices of children's cartoons, we mock each other over brands of soldering irons and oscilloscopes.

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A did a bit of furniture shuffle last month and already the table is cluttered, damn.

>>911679
Amen.

>>911679
And choices of screws

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Lab at university stays pretty clean.

>>910865
Never

my bench hasn't been clean since 1998.

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Always

>>910865
I try, but as a project progresses it all goes wrong. It gets unbearable when working on more than a few things at a time. Limited space and a small workbench don't help either.

>>911829
>implying any work has ever been done there, ever

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relevant excuse for my pigsty of a desk

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No point in cleaning up when it's going to be messy again in 5 minutes.

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>>910934
Fellow minneapolis native?

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>>910983
I came.

>>910865
>Be honest, how often is your workbench ever clean like this?
That sir is blasphemy

>>910934

axman is unreal

Pretty much never... ever.
I had my bench clean and organized once.

...When I built the fucking thing.

>>913010
All of my this

>>912537
>>912970
Twin cities anons what's up
Speaking of ax mans, if any of you were in the market for a nice analog oscilloscope they had a whole bunch of them last I was there. Some bench meters too.

>>910865
if a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is an empty desk a sign of?

>>913607
I challenge the initial assertion until a proper scientific study of desk/head interaction has been published in a respected journal.

>>913613
That assumption has been challenged already.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/tidy-desk-or-messy-desk-each-has-its-benefits.html

Dunno how respected the journal is, though. I've been taught that everything with "science" in its name is unlikely to be science.

>>913629
So, according to that article, a messy workplace is a creative one, while a clean one is a happy one.

As a happy and creative person, this makes me feel accomplished in my balance.

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Anyone remember these?

>>913635
Yeah, I've never believed that one is inherently better than the other/

>>910865
>how often is your workbench ever clean like this?

I dont have any devices capable of measuring Deep Time.
The lowermost strata on the main bench fossilised long ago.

>>914229
10/10

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>>910865
I'm probably a terrible person, but it' been a busy few months.

>>910865
wtf are all those machines for?

>>914357
get >>>/out/

>>911855
A clear mind

>>914338

scopes
power supplies
metcal station

...dat a network analyzer?

>>914235
Be honest, this music store has no intention of selling Fenders, Gibson, Martin, or Taylor right?

Just a bunch of low-end acoustic/electric shit? Used solid state amps and plastic Danelectro pedals?

>>914401
Advantest TR4172 , so sort-of. It's a spectrum analyser that can do amplitude and group delay analysis as well, and generates nice Smith charts. Only goes to 1.8GHz, though, so not ideal for antenna work, but I've got other toys for that.

>people saying a messy desk is a sign that you get things done.


Fucking no, it's a sign that you need to set a standard for how you operate within a space.

Look at nasa assembly areas/robotics labs and tell me they dont get shit done.

>>910904

>MLP poster
>6 coffee cups
>stack of plates

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Not often enough

This is a bit of an old picture, I've been slowly investing in tools, just bought a cheap lab power supply, might get a drill press next year.

Still trying to figure out a good way to keep everything organised, Adam savage has given me some good inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWQAYfGxsPE

>>914651
You missed one.
>defending a ryobi

>>914395
You just wrecked Eintein

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>>914743

>>914653
This was a really good video, thanks. I'm trying to think of a cart that would fit my needs.
I have a very small space. It's a coffin garage with no water and 2 gangbox outlets. Most of it is for storage, but I do have a bench, bar stool, and dorm fridge where I get some things done.

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Mine is usually a mess.

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>>914984