EEVblog #679 - How To Build A Small Electronics Work Bench

Dave shows you how to build a small electronics work bench, along with tips on ESD matting and setup.

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[astrogirlusa]

Thanks Dave!  My son is 17 and very interested in electronics.  Watching your videos are the first thing, after eating, that he does when he comes home from school.  :)

[jimmiechorkc]

Dave, for the power strips: look into rack mount power strips. I have one mounted under my bench, 12 plugs, and it works great.

[stclairstclair]

Thank you dave, At one point my bench was tied directly into main earth ground, I understood this was bad when i watched Daves "how not to blow up your oscilloscope" video, this too was a nice reminder and understanding of such a simple mistake on my part, Dave America loves you!

[Tangobaldy]

Esd protection is important. A few years back i pulled a expensive graphics card out its bag. I felt the spark and the card was trashed. Dave your videos are awesome.

[BenChilds]

Dave, might I suggest a low shelf addition to that workbench? It would give you added storage space as well as a place to put more gear / tools and the added weight to bottom of the table would give you some extra stability It could be done cheaply with a few added brackets and lower quality plywood to keep the cost down.

[QuantumFluxable]

It feels so good hearing a person speak English yet not use Imperial. :)

[drewc]

My first woodworking project is building workbench/pc desk over the US Memorial Day weekend, since I got some extra time off. I can’t wait

I tied a washer to a string, held my arms bent at the elbow, and measured how long it was from the crease of my wrist to the ground. My bench top will sit just below that, so I can stand and type. Gotta be ergo!

[gosubreboot]

That's funny, I've just taken up electronics as a hobby after stumbling across Dave and mjlorton.
Yesterday, I built a couple of shelves and a workbench and then saw this vid today. Feel like I'm wired in.
Love the safety aspect added in to the vid, it's important for all us noobs just starting out, wish there were more though. 

[poprawa]

In Poland is recommended to have a residual-current device cutting off power while ~25mA is driven by main earth line, you can be shocked by this line but its impossible to kill you so you can be connected to main earth without resistance and its pretty much safe.

[Satelitko]

I like how you say "I damaged myself" instead of "I hurt myself". Like you don't feel pain or like you're some kind of robot.

[Nicholasist]

I live in chile and it's like any other country. What do you mean by a strange place? We may be a small country, but I still love it. Cheers Dave, Keep the vids up.

[USWaterRockets]

What's being "censored" on the whiteboard at 11:30 in the video? Something is "fuzzed out".

[BurnabyAlex]

14:40 you could get a watch repair shop or leather shop to make your watch strap out of anti static strap material.

I once tried measuring the ohms per meter of a bench mat at work, and had to measure a few mm apart to get a good reading.

[ItsEverythingElse]

I would still double screw each angle bracket side. It doesn't hurt and I would think it would help stability at least a teeny bit.

[antonwictro]

you should/could put the planks between legs in an 45-degree angle to create triangles that would stabilize the built ten-fold.

[pdjdw]

Somehow when Dave said “talking heads shots” a song popped up in my head.

[Landrew]

The more space you have, the more you seem to need.

[KamFiction]

Hey Dave, I just wanted to let you know that I used this video to calibrate an audio band-pass filter I'm using for a real time RSA audio encryption project. :D

[redtails]

11:11 starting to look more and more like your old garage, to be honest. Well, it's not a bad thing, lots of space to put stuff, lots of it within reach 

[alro]

4:58 Actually I am a Chilean viewer, Dave! Greetings from Mexico! You rock!