[sdiy] lab stuff

[Happy Harry]

As I recall, the "girlfriend and baby stuff" is a form
of DIY also....

H^) harry


>From: Martin Czech <czech at Micronas.Com>
>Reply-To: Martin Czech <czech at Micronas.Com>
>To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>Subject: [sdiy] lab stuff
>Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:24:19 +0100 (MET)
>
>I've now almost completed my home "lab".  Siggh, a whole room dedicated
>to soldering, drilling, drawing etc etc.
>
>A seperate table for soldering.  A seperate table for computer stuff
>and as writing desk.  A garage to keep the "possibly usefull surplus
>parts" in.  A shelf to keep all the tools and other parts.
>
>In short: heaven. (I lived in hell last year...)
>
>So now for the first time I have to opportunity to start something,
>interupt, and get on on the next day without any organizational  effort,
>just switch the iron off and heat it the next day.
>
>Here a few things that you might find usefull:
>
>I found I needed a lab (scope) trolley. Heck, these thing can be
>expensive. I ended up with a IKEA device, ah, can't just remember these
>swedish names...  Alu legs, rolls, three steel plates, stable. Less then
>45 EUR.
>
>And I found I needed a workbench where a full grown male can work without
>backbone problems. I'm 188 cm tall. So I got this "Ingo" table today
>for 40 EUR, and four extra legs.  As well as three table lamps for 4 EUR
>each. I will drill a few holes to extend the original legs from 70 cm to
>100 cm or more. This way the "cheap chinese drill stand" will have the
>excact high I need for normal position, standing.  If I feel this is to
>high, well I can put in the screw in another hole, say, every 5 cm or so.
>I will also install a fixed bench vise (vise) permanently into "Ingo".
>
>
>The only thing I don't have is a circular saw. Now, there are very small
>ones for fine metal work. But the cutting depth is very limited,
>as well as motor power. There are also the very large ones.
>And there are medium sized saws wich can be mouted on top of a table.
>I think this will be good. Do these things have blades for metal (Fe,Al?).
>Any experiences?
>
>
>m.c.
>
>p.s.: this heavenly state will have an end when this "girlfriend & baby 
>stuff"
>is comming up, but then sdiy will be on halt anyway I guess...
>
>m.c.
>

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