Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-25 Thread Steve Rooke
My lab/workshop is my dining room (it's great being single) and I just went out and bought a very sturdy workbench that was on our auction site from a person just across town. The top was pretty poor and grubby so I just skimmed it with a sheet of plywood and it came up nice. I had to assemble the

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-25 Thread Steve Rooke
Solid concrete floors here. I wouldn't have trusted my bench and all the kit I have on it (and under it) on floorboards alone, I'd probably have laid down a thick piece of ply to cover the area under the bench and therefore spread the weight or at least put some pieces under each 4x2 leg. Steve

[time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Burt I. Weiner
In my work shoppe, which is about 9' x 16' I have 6 RCA BR-84 steel Racks. The racks hold standard 19 inch panels and are each 84 high, 22 wide overall and 18 deep with adjustable rails in the front and back. I have them bolted together and braced to the walls with 2x4's from wall-to-wall.

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Oh, and I also put up 4x8 sheets of white perfboard all around my workspace instead of drywall, and have various metal hooks to hang cables from. That's been *really* handy. John John Ackermann N8UR said the following on 01/24/2010 01:19 PM: An idea I really like, but haven't had room to

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Keith Payea
frames with OSB panels glued into dados for strength. Cheers, Keith -Original Message- From: John Ackermann N8UR [mailto:j...@febo.com] Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 10:19 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
On 1/24/10 10:43 AM, Keith Payea kpa...@bryantlabs.net wrote: Here's a couple of items from the Make Magazine site: Re-purposing IKEA furniture to hold rack mount gear: http://wiki.eth-0.nl/index.php/LackRack A workshop to dream about:

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Hal Murray
james.p@jpl.nasa.gov said: Where I used to work (a mechanical special effects shop), we used to think about a scheme where you'd have a bench base that supported a removable bench top. The bench top had raised edges on sides and back (so stuff doesn't roll off), and a removable front

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi You get one of those high rise rotating storage gizmos that will store 200 bench tops in an area 40' wide x 30' deep x 600' tall. Bob On Jan 24, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Hal Murray wrote: james.p@jpl.nasa.gov said: Where I used to work (a mechanical special effects shop), we used to

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hal Murray wrote: james.p@jpl.nasa.gov said: Where I used to work (a mechanical special effects shop), we used to think about a scheme where you'd have a bench base that supported a removable bench top. The bench top had raised edges on sides and back (so stuff doesn't roll off), and a

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Complete something !! Yikes what a terrible idea. That would involve actually doing all the un-fun things that I've been putting off once the fun stuff was all done. Bob On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: Hal Murray wrote: james.p@jpl.nasa.gov said: Where I used

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Magnus Danielson
Bob Camp wrote: Hi Complete something !! Yikes what a terrible idea. That would involve actually doing all the un-fun things that I've been putting off once the fun stuff was all done. Well, it may be a provoking idea to some, but there is a joy in actually having done those other things

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
On 1/24/10 2:06 PM, Bob Camp li...@cq.nu wrote: Hi Complete something !! Yikes what a terrible idea. That would involve actually doing all the un-fun things that I've been putting off once the fun stuff was all done. Bob Well, even though we had a fair amount of time to tinker with

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment / work benches...

2010-01-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi rent a bigger storage locker guilty Bob On Jan 24, 2010, at 6:48 PM, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: On 1/24/10 2:06 PM, Bob Camp li...@cq.nu wrote: Hi Complete something !! Yikes what a terrible idea. That would involve actually doing all the un-fun things that I've