I thought there was a newer thread than the one in the old forum, which I could resurrect, but I can't find it, so ...
I finally built a new workbench. My other one is just too cluttered, and trying to do reloading, the odd woodworking project, and electronics, all on a folding conference table is nearly impossible -- particularly for me. The material for this one was all free; I did spend little money on shellac and some corner brackets -- it's mounted to a cleat on the wall on one side, and my desk on the other. I figure it will never be this neat again, so I had to take a picture. Still a few additions to make to it, but I now have a mostly dedicated electronics bench.
The head of department once said to a colleague "your messy desk reflects your messy mind"
To which he retorted
" I suppose your desk is empty then"
That counts as revolution in the accerdemic world.
I shall satisfy the "messy desk" requirement. Haven't cleaned in a bit, and I just had to toss everything due to flooding. I have 3 benches. The first is for my computers and "clean" work (soldering, disassembly, etc.). The second is for using tools that I want no where near my computers (grinder, sander, etc.). And the third is for working on other people's computers.
Osgeld:
I am trying to figure out why there is some hot sauce next to the soldering iron (though thats some good stuff)
Water to wet the tip sponge for the soldering iron? I think my bottle is mayonaisse.
I'm not the OP, but an old hot sauce bottle to hold water for the soldering iron seems appropriate to me.
cept its still full of hawt sauce, the bottle is clear, the sauce is a thick red liquid, I have the same stuff in my fridge, we call it "flaming cock" cause its so darn hot ... and has a rooster on the bottle.