Pics of Work Benches

QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor Hey Music City, Does your back hurt after a while of modeling because of the stool? I have a stool too and I have to take breaks becuase of my back.

No worse than standing on that concrete floor Really, it doesn't bother me much. I spent so many years on drafting boards (before the days of computer aided drafting / design!) that I don't feel right doing close up work unless I sit up high. I keep saying I'm going to get a bar stool and put down there but never do it. That old 3-legged piece of junk is just about gone though (there is another one elsewhere in the basement but it's in even worse shape!), so I'll probably get something better soon.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Thomasino I dont have a real work aera since im in the 8th grade but in my room I have a small closet and i put a knee high bench so I just sit on the floor. When i'm done modeling I just close the closet doors. Before I go to school I just role out of bed at 5:00 in the morning and begin to work on my models. I dont mind not having a modeling room. I would send a picture but I dont have a digital camera or scaner.

Always glad to see the next generation of modeler coming along. That is how I modeled back in the day - I too was a closet modeler and drove my mother nuts with it and guess what else ... it all started in Montana for me also. Keep it up Thomas and welcome to the community - we have plenty of virtual big sky here.

Murray and Music City,

I see you guys are cast into the basement as well.

Bench (soon to be expanded) and part of the stash:



And more of the stash



I have another stash in my closet and my son's closet as well. I'm using the "multiple location" technique of storage this way the wife doesn't have an idea of exactly how many kits I have

you lookin to get rid of some...................

jk, my stash is starting to outgrow its designated space, and I only have 12 unbuilt kits......

Great pics guys, it's cool to see where everyone does their business!!! I just got a Evergreen Styrene Countertop Display, fully stocked!!! NOW we can do some scratchbuilding!!!!!

I'm gonna have to see about getting some pictures of my workstation. You won't believe what a mess it is! Makes all your 'messy' workspaces look like operating tables!

QUOTE: Originally posted by kik36 Great pics guys, it's cool to see where everyone does their business!!! I just got a Evergreen Styrene Countertop Display, fully stocked!!! NOW we can do some scratchbuilding!!!!!

Take a look at the scratchbuilt LAV-25 on the cover of the May FSM (as well as the accompanying article about it). It's either inspirational, humbling, or just makes me feel completely inadequate. In fact, I think it does all three.

Same here, Scott. I just stare at the LAV and my friend keeps telling me I'm obsessing worse then usual.

QUOTE: Originally posted by cassibill Same here, Scott. I just stare at the LAV and my friend keeps telling me I'm obsessing worse then usual.

I don't think it's an obsession ... I think it's, well, it's, well, ... OK, maybe it is an obsession. It's just not right for someone to have enough talent to build that from scratch and me to be stuck with 10 thumbs!

Usually< I just use pics like that as an excuse to go all out. "See what this guy did...."

Lets see if i can post the pics of my work bench:

[img]http://www.rongeorge.com/albums/upload/DSC00026[img]

can someone tell me what am i doing wrong?

you were just linking the page, you have to link the photo.

right click the picture and hit properties, then copy the url found there.

thanks, i think i got it

Here are some pics of my work area. I have installed some heaters recently so it is now an all year workshop.







At the other side of the shed I have a TV, PC, Music centre and the essential mini-fridge. It is a home from home and very peaceful.

This is in my basement. And I have practically al lthe tools i would ever need for modeling and many more things.




Notice the MONSTER B-52 hangin in 2nd pic. It is a work in progress. And coming along well.

Boy I need space like you guys Dave and Tag_LK.

Before I moved to Arizona, I had a piece of plywood placed on a couple of large plastic flower pots; this plywood was a combination coffee table/dining table/typewriter table. When I wanted to model, I would simply throw an old soil amendment advertising poster face down on it and call it a "workbench." It worked OK but for a long time, my modeling tools were kept in a chest of drawers several feet away to keep the tools away from the cat. (Ultimately, I found a decent tackle box so I could actually store the tools on my workbench without worrying about the cat getting into them.)

When I moved, the guy who was my roommate gave me a three-level piece of furniture that made a great storage cabinet. I simply bolted my old plywood to this furniture and moved the tools into a different chest of drawers, then turned the chest of drawers so that they're right within reach. Now I've got a good amount of storage space but I still need to do some fine-tuning, especially now that my spares box is getting too full. Maybe I'll have to bring the fishing tackle box back out of storage.

I moved to a new house over the weekend so I will get pics up as soon as I get it all deranged I have about a 12x15 spare bedroom with linolium flooring that Is being set up as my new shop... It will be shared with my computer as before but the have some breathing room now. I can't wait to get rollin on a kit...

All ya'lls shops look great...

Here's my current place of work.
This will do till I have finished redisgning my new bench, with 2 workplaces, a closeable and lockable lid to stop toddlers curiosity, and alot less clutter

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1 Here's my current place of work. This will do till I have finished redisgning my new bench, with 2 workplaces, a closeable and lockable lid to stop toddlers curiosity, and alot less clutter

Clutter is a state of mind ... what some people call clutter I call "Everything Within Arm's Reach". Besides, when you have more room that's just more room for clutter. My workbench is "U" shaped (there's a pic up above somewhere) and stretched out would probably be about 40 feet long. I think I have an area about 4' long that isn't covered with junk. More room, more clutter; more clutter, more fun!

Good point Music.
But I hate clutter, bit of a pet hate really.

The guys at work are always on at me for how tidy my work area is, and hate me cause I'm the supervisor, therefore I make them clean their bays as well

Gotta love the power

Seriously though, the bench I'm designing atm will be around 7 feet long, with a special area for the ab and compressor+tank, then areas for everything else, glue, brushes, oils, etc.

Kind of like the Taj Mahal of model benches.
And thanks to work, I'm even working on having a motorised paint rack installed into it.

Make it once, and make it well.

Here is my pain zone



Lon

here is my work area, its a pretty horrible picture. Im just learning how to use this digi cam.

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rtpguy5/detail?.dir=/6cf6&.dnm=74d9.jpg

Someday, like maybe July, I'll be able to post some pics. Just moved into a 4 bedroom house on base, didn't even get all the mover's boxes out before I was packing my seabag for sunny Afghanistan. So all my models, built and unbuilt, along with my supplies are still sitting in the "office." I need to find a workbench/table to match the one my wife has for her scrapbooking and then I'll have all the room I need to loes myself in a pile of plastic!

Okay, some of these were taken at different times and I think I've posted them before, but here goes again...

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This is the bench...




This is the tool / paint cart...




This is survival juice...


This is the central terminal...


This is my beats & soundzzzz...


This is a naughty little girl...


This is looking over the central terminal at some of the stash and at survival juice...


This is the 'office', until I can build sumthin' better...


This is a small part of the library...


This is my good luck charm...


This is some of the stash...


And some more...


And some more...

And that's it...


Fade to Black...

Holy crap dude, you have a shelf with your stash on it sagging under the weight!!!! That is pretty cool!! You have plenty of room to store.....I mean work in!! I saw the Bass glass too!!! I know what juice you really survive on!!! LOL