UptownMaker

Once you've got it all together, where do you use it? My workspace is divided in half- an electronics bench with tools and a PC station.  The PC desk is boring- two 19" monitors, speakers, printer, etc- I won't bore you with pics of that. There are only a couple of things I really want to mention here as being special about my desk.  First, the knife holders.  These are the standard type of wall-mount magnetic knife mounts.  Mounted vertically (because they were too long for horizontal) they hold my small tools- little screwdrivers, a wire stripper, a side cutter.  I have duplicates of all of these tools in the mobile kit but it's nice to have them handy. Secondly, the whiteboard.  It's magnetic so I can stick stuff onto it, but it's really more useful as a whiteboard- I'm a big believer that whiteboards are the stuff engineering magic is made of.  I have four of them in my cube at work, and one of the smartest facility design elements I've eve...

In part three, I'll show off my mechatronics tools and parts kit.  Part four will be my workbench and parts storage; that'll probably follow pretty closely on the heels of this since I'm so totally snowbound I really can't do anything else.   It's bigger than it looks.  I had a hard time with this box- it was one of those tool boxes that new homeowners who fancy themselves "handy" buy, which are inexpensive, totally lacking in adequate internal division, and end up full of things like rusty hacksaws, dull chisels, ruined putty knives and inexplicable sheet metal items with flanges and numbered mounting holes. As always, mouse over for labels. Mostly self explanatory; I'm going to mention a couple of things by name.  First, the Pocket Ref on the left side.  My copy predates Make but you can get it from the Maker Shed.  If you don't own this, you should  It has ALMOST everything you'll ever need to know- from the density and chemical com...