Workbench photos

[thxdave]

I rarely have my workbench so clean so I took a picture of it today. I'm always curious to see pics of where we all work to salvage these beautiful Marantz units (and other brands, too!). Here's my bench tucked into a corner of my very small apartment. That's a 5220 on the bench waiting for idler tires to arrive. Anybody else want to share their workspace?

 

[runningdog]

Nice setup! I like seeing how others set up their bench. I got an idea for improving my setup by looking at yours. Thanks!

 

[MBuras]

I don’t have much diagnostic equipment yet but plan to rectify that after I’m finished with my home remodel. In the mean time I have plenty of stuff to keep me busy. This was taken a few weeks back during a Marantz 1060 rebuild.

 

[bryans12v]

I only work on my own stuff and it' always looks like a bomb went off in my work room!

 

[thxdave]

Nice setup! I like seeing how others set up their bench. I got an idea for improving my setup by looking at yours. Thanks!

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Runningdog, I'm trying to figure out where to wedge a monitor and keyboard into this small space so that I can bring up schematics like you are doing.

 

[MBuras]

always looks like a bomb went off in my work room!

I can totally relate. I usually clean up somewhat between jobs but during a job it’s crazy!

 

[wurlyman]

It's in my garage, not much test equipment. Variac, DBT, ESR meter, couple of DMM's. It's also my woodworking area. The white Chinese de-soldering gun is plugged up in the nozzle and I can't figure out how to clear it so I've been using de-solder braid. I've got the hang of it now so that's OK. On top of that tool cabinet is a pair of 100 wt Genesis speakers for testing.

 

[Jailtime]

Here's my bench, looks like a bunch of receivers exploded on it. There's some 4400 guts along with that nice little 2215 right now.

I need some more test equipment, and a shelf to get it off my bench.

 

[Dingman]

Ya, for me monitors are a must - and in fact, two. I've found it very useful to be able to pull up both the schematics and the parts lists (values) at the same time - it really helps keep the right replacement parts in the right place on the board.
But my bench is a mess - always is, seems like. I do like the shelves you guys have set up.
Here's mine... Oh, and I couldn't see your guys' patch panels. Mine is made out of the back of an old receiver.




And I love the lazy susan - when flipping from one side of a board to the other, back and forth while spotting\removing\installing components, and with heavy or disassembled units - I couldn't do without it...

 

[spinroch]

Dingman: I am absolutely going to duplicate your lazy susan AND the back panel/patch panel ideas in my shop! Brilliant! .... and, by the way, I really like it.

 

[restorer-john]

I like the lazy susan approach to. I had a carpeted one a while back until it lost all its ball bearings on an SX-1980...

I made it from one of those TV turners for CRTs.

 

[wurlyman]

I ordered the disk from the East Coast and got the hardware at Woodworkers Supply


It's a God send with a fifty pound receiver.

 

[thxdave]

I found a very hefty one at a local thrift shop. I was trying to find one with a small trough around the perimeter to catch screws that might roll off.

 

[runningdog]

Another vote for lazy susan. Here's one from a home audio rack. It slides out and rotates and will hold 450lbs. If the bench didn't collapse first.



I like the low profile wooden ones being shown in this. They can be moved out of the way when needed.

 

[Aaron99]

I only have a small desk area for my workbench. So I have to utilize every square inch of my home office.


Parts


Some of the "Collection" that needs to be worked on.


The current "mess" in my garage.....

 

[thxdave]

Impressive pile o' Marantz, Aaron. I'm trying to find me one of those Sencores too.

 

[Archguy]

Some of the "Collection" that needs to be worked on.

Holy &%$#!

 

[Dingman]

I like the lazy susan approach to. I had a carpeted one a while back until it lost all its ball bearings on an SX-1980...

I made it from one of those TV turners for CRTs.

Yup, mine is fairly large as well. I specifically found one with a large footprint so that it wouldn't tip with heavy units that weren't sitting perfectly in the center of lazy susan.

 

[Dingman]

Parts
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Some of the "Collection" that needs to be worked on.

I like your parts organization - that's one thing I do struggle with.

Good golly, that's alot of upcoming work! Are all those yours?

 

[Dingman]

Nice setup! I like seeing how others set up their bench. I got an idea for improving my setup by looking at yours. Thanks!

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I love the L-bench. At work, I couldn't work without an L-desk... now I'm thinking I need an L-bench too.