When you have a choice, do you choose equipment that is rack style or
table top in form factor?
Of the racks used, are they full racks or partial racks with storage?
For storage, what do you use...cabinets, shelves, chests?
What do you for lighting?
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I use vertical double-slotted wall mounted support strips , such that
brackets for desk tops and shelves can be positioned at will also below
desk level for extra storage. Larger test equipment like scopes
,variable PSUs , Variac , HiPot tester all sit on shelves. Handheld test
equipment is kept in a cupboard.
Desk lighting are a number of 12V Halogen reflector bulbs ( encapped in
glass ......watch UV radiation,possibly causing skin cancer, when using
open reflectors with replacable bulbs) ,fitted on a rail clamped to
lower shelf edge
On separate smaller desk where soldering is done I have a circular
fluorescent light combined with a magnifying glass ( at my age essential
for doing sm work)
Components are stored either in wall-mounted plastic drawers or in
separate plastic boxes incl those normally used for icecream etc.
Main operating /testing desk is 3 metres (approx 10ft) long ,desk top is
750 mm (approx 30 inches ) from floor ,eg slightly higher than a
normal table. Reason : comfortable height ,such that when sitting on a
adjustable (pneumatic) office chair ,the angle between upper and lower
leg is slighly larger than 90 degrees with lower leg at right angle with
floor.
Desktop is composite board with 'formica' (hard plastic) lining (in the
UK at least) normally used for kitchen tops .Desk top depth is 900 mm or
approx 36 inches ,such that with CRT VDU and pre-1990 size
transceivers ,there is adequate desk space for (log) book and other
paperwork.
Note : The adjustable shelving bracket system enables change of shelving
height and distance to suit dimensions of new (test) equipment.
Vertical wall mounted slotted support strips are spaced 600 mm (approx 2
ft) to enable carrying of relatively heavy equipment. The slotted strips
are 2.5 metres long . This means they run almost from floor level to
a level an 'A4 binder height' above the upper shelf to enable fitting
of matching book supports .Also to fit brackets and shelves below
desktop level ,for extra storage.
Frank KN6WH / GM0CSZ (still a few days to come in W6-land)
now partly migrated to Linux.