EEVblog Bunker First Look

A first look inside the new EEVblog Bunker after Dave just gets the keys.

[dubnitsky]

It's looking like a definitely well-built premises, a bit raw for lab, even way too fancy for a bunker, awesome, have fun populating! Thanks lot for the great educational and rant videos as well.

[ian-c.]

"44 square metres is more than enough . . ." I reckon you'll fill that space in less than 12 months mate !
It's a very useful size, I can see it becoming a proper hive of activity.
First thing I would do is to seal that concrete floor to keep the dust down.

[blackIce]

Old solid doors make great work bench tops build a simple frame maybe add some wheels you get an extra bench that can be moved around.

[SeanBZA]

Wine is to use to marinade the next chicken you do on the barbie. The 2 doors are a temporary bench to place a woodworking set used to cut shelving and such for making it habitable. Just get some universal undercoat and paint the walls with a coat, then 2 coats of a good interior /exterior white PVA would make the light levels much more usable. Floor needs a wash then just liquid polish, it will come up nicely, but if you rent an industrial floor machine and use a stripping pad ( black) to first get it to a good dust free condition it will hold up to traffic a lot better. Machine should be around $20 for the day, and yes you will need to use the car to bring it, it is heavy. Pad is around $6, and afterwards cut up and use the pieces to clean the barbie.

[tubical]

For you concernings at 05:30, it only looks like dried out concrete, that was too liquid when applied....so, no worries;)

[jix]

Looks like Eevblog employee #1 is going to build up a few muscles on his/her first week or two! Great storage space but keeping an accurate inventory will be essential here.

[redtails]

You're always an interesting person, Dave! Asking the viewers what to do with a storage space -after- you've rented it :D, though you have your own plans with it regardless. Hope you make something good of it

[hendrikhendrikson]

Congrats on the extra space!
Going to be a ton of work to remove that concrete dancing pole though :)

[Oshbotscom]

What ever happened to that Sinclair electric car? Looks like a good spot to tinker with it.

[maxdoe]

It's not a leak coming down the walls, it's residual concrete from the beam was pored on top of the block wall, that's the slurry leaking out of the forms.

[zupnikal]

Might need decent dehumidifier to keep stored equipment in good shape.

[TheEPROM]

Now you have room for some PDP8 minicomputers

[smbrob]

that's concrete dripping from pouring the ceiling/floor above you  :-)
Nice bathroom sound Dave

[cakelesscoder]

yay! under 301 club!

and that looks great dave, especially being so close to the lab. shame about the poor ventilation, though

[vikingvic]

Looks pretty ideal for growing herbs and stuff

[ElectronicTonic]

Have your future intern convert the doors into a couple of tables. No bunker would be complete without some repurposed lumber.

[MrDubje]

Probably a good idea to do duration tests / burn-in tests, down in there. First check if you've got access to the fuses for that power outlet (and if they're not on the same electrical group as the lights) ;)

[vedasticks]

You should take an IR of the room. would make an interesting reverb for a convolution plugin

[TrainMasterMan]

Space looks awesome for storage and blowing s up! Another drop cam?

[christiancziezerski]

hmmm, reminded me of conductive floor! But then again, there is probably no point since you can always just use the good quality mats on a bench.
That pillar looks like it's made for hanging some part bins on it :)