Whenever I release a hackaday video, I invariably get comments and emails about my workbench. Some people are telling me to clean up, others are asking me about things they see in the background.
This isn’t just a set that I film on. Obviously my videos aren’t high enough quality for people to assume that either. This is my actual workbench, made and used by my grandfather. I do enjoy keeping it decorated though. I try to keep a piece of as many past projects as possible hanging on my bench to serve not only as inspiration to me, but also as an interesting backdrop for the videos.
I make no attempts to hide my upcoming projects when I shoot videos. If you pay close enough attention, you can sometimes see projects appear on my bench in videos before the actual project video hits youtube.
I love my workbench. You should love yours too. Hey, maybe you could do a tour of it and post it on youtube for us to admire! Just try not to say “workbench” as many times in a row as I did.
I like the version of the “Jolly Wrencher” on your sweatshirt better than the HaD logo.
That is one that I designed to replace the logo. Ultimately I decided that the old one should stay, but yeah, I do like the one on that shirt more.
Get that mannequin a wig, a cap, or both! B^)
She has a hankerchief for her head in most videos. The rift pulled it off though.
I’d show a video or still of my workbench too, but it’s so cluttered that I can no longer work at it…(sigh!)
You just need a clearing stick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsdwV50WyEg
This is missouri. We use clearing bats here.
I thought it was going to be something like we used on jobs. We’d grab an H beam in the grabber bucket of a loader and plow demolition jobs up with it.
“clearing stick”, yep! SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) would agree…
I have a few workbenches for doing different stuff:
Electronics:
http://i.imgur.com/ko1RYQU.jpg
Filing:
http://i.imgur.com/OAEgmD1.jpg
Welding:
http://i.imgur.com/BKBvz0H.jpg
Woodworking:
http://i.imgur.com/VannV.jpg
Between those I can usually find the appropriate space to do something in.
Great space! I have a few other work areas too, but they aren’t this organized… places like “my driveway”, and “that alley where no one will question the guy with the redbull cannon”.
My workbench:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8887228@N08/3759864790/in/photostream/
Ah cmon. Tell me that’s at the job and not home. I’m gonna go cry in a beer, I made, on my brewbench, aka kitchen table.
Notice the flask with the thermo-sticker on the right end of my bench? It is prepping for a yeast starter for a kickass IPA.
It is my home lab.
Home office: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8887228@N08/3759865086/in/photostream/
And mine…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuLZYcRtczE
For whatever reason… I thought “filing” was gonna to do something with organizing documents!
Is that a patternmakers vise I saw on a shelf?
Oh yeah! Love the home made magnifier arm!
I wish I had a patternmaker’s vise. Someday I may be in the right place, at the right time, to get one. I have a manufactured arm magnifier too, but it is a bit big for soldering with. I use my other arm magnifier over on my grinding bench to help do those tricky grinds with. It is peeking into the edge of this picture, I can extend it about halfway across the bench though:
http://i.imgur.com/nF8yR.jpg
Initially I tried to put the springs in like those arms always have, but that did not work out so well for me and I just use wing nuts now to tighten the arm when I have it positioned how I like it, if I even need to. It usually holds its position well. Other than that it was a very straightforward, and easy project to make. I made it out of bits of scrap metal I’d left out in my yard, and subsequently dug back up. They’re all cut offs from other projects. I love using that metal on silly stuff.
Caleb, I think it’s really cool that you are honoring your grandfather by using his bench. Even if he has moved beyond this life, I bet he’d be proud of you.
he would have enjoyed this web site immensely I think.
There have been hackers through the ages, but unfortunately they didn’t have sites like this.
1 corner of my hideout
http://i.imgur.com/FjeQEeP.jpg
The CNC router is not looking like it is getting used a lot, well not for a lot of routing at any rate. What is that mysterious black box on the right? Looks like a fun space to me.
hehe yeah the cnc ends up being a sawhorse more often then not, lol i need some aluminum extrusion so i can rebuild the gantry .
the blackbox is a chinese laser with a laos laser board an visicut .. black to match all my other junk , lol
I noticed the black theme, very goth. I thought it was a laser cutter. I still have not finished my CNC machine yet. Well, I should say the prototype model of it. Once I have I will need to rebuild all of it too, if it works.
That music on the end.. it was loud.
While I’m ‘complaining’ (but not really),
It’s a bit weird to keep that portal gun there, since it misses its decorative target that way looking out of place.
And the oculus rift needs to be near a computer/entertainment spot rather than a workbench you would think.