Anyone got pics of their "work space"...
 

I am setting up a new "work" area...much to the wife's deilight :rofl: for my cars, bench, storage and could use some ideas on setting something up that is functional. Unfortunately, my space is extremely limited, so every bit of space must be used to the fullest. Anyway pics would be greatly appreciated.:mdr:

Mine is currently being built (renovations) which hopefully shouldn't be to far away

Theres a great thread on BYT of peoples work spaces: clicky

Picked up these cabinets and counter top along with several other cabinets from my work with the intent of putting them in the garage but they worked out quite well for this.:smile:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...bbyRoom001.jpg

Top drawer pull-out for the basic tools...

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...bbyRoom002.jpg

Middle drawer for the electrical stuff.... has a sliding tray which came in very handy:yipi:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...bbyRoom004.jpg

Having the window is a plus too:smile:

Thanks Neil for the link. In one of the pics shows the BYT shop...holy crap have some $ spent on RC. I am totally jealous.

That looks like an awesome desk/draws for the RC stuff joex. Looks almost too nice.

Here is my workspace in the garage.

A small compressor for cleaning the RC's after a good day of playing and my Sentry safe for storing the Lipo's.
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The workbench with the Twin Force charging.
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Some shelves for storing the RC's.
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Random tools and stuff.
[IMG]http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...Picture143.jpg[/IMG]

Clean and organized v/nice! I really like the long power strip idea.

Thanks! Not bad for $15.00:mdr:

I'll admit I tidied up before the pics:lol:

Thanks! You should see lincpimps charger station, now that's impressive!

What amazes me is how much stuff you need for this hobby and how fast it adds up. As soon as you get one r/c car you HAVE to get another and that leads to another and another, etc...As much as we sometimes complain at wrenching on our rigs, for me at least, there is something thera-putic about working on the cars/trucks.

I have never actually used all of them at once. I know it's a little overkill :whistle:,but the price was right (free):yipi:.

"Overkill is barely enough"

Due to the heat here in Arizona my garage is unusable beyween the months of May-September so I try to do more of my work in the cooler months, but if I cant avoid it I have enough rooms in my house where I can do some work and it not be a problem

Ask and yee shall receive!

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...p/DSCF1873.jpg

A few lipos in my rc tool box:

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...p/DSCF1876.jpg

Motor storage area: (just kidding that is the rug)

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...p/DSCF1878.jpg

I have a 30x15 room that has all of the rc stuff in it now. I even have some pegboard for new parts. The room has a couch and futon in it, and will have a full A/V setup when we buy a new flatscreen for the living room at home. And I will be adding room a/c, instead of the wall unit! I have 3 large 5 shelf racks that hold most of the rc stuff. I need to take some pics, but gotta clean up first!

My workbench is actually my old kitchen table! I have a chair next to it with a tackle box with the rc related tolls in it. Kinda low tech, but it works, and I do not need to clean up every night! Out in the shop I have 5 more craftman boxes with all manner of tools, and a frame rack, paint booth (both for 1:1 cars) and all manner of other tools.

Hail to the king!!!!! :gasp: That is unbelieveably impressive linc.

Thank you! I need to tidy everything, as I am having issues finding everything! I will try this weekend, if I can get my buddy to help me. He also works for me, so maybe I can threaten his job if he does not want to! I will get some pics when I am done. Half of the stuff is on the floor right now!

I will have to take a pic of mine. Basically my room is for r/c and is also the movie room. I use a computer desk for the cars I am working on and where the keyboard usually pulls out is my chargers and power supply.

I dont have nearly the amount of motors as lincpimp though. :)

I have more motors than that, I like to collect them! Just got a few mega motors, so it is time to test them out!

I sold all my 8th scale electronics so I think I only have 9-10 brushless motors right now. They are all for 10th scale though.

Mine is still getting built but can sort of see what I am doing.
Got 2 cupboards built to store the parts/cars etc. in. Small cupboard on the left is to store tools, boxes, etc. and on top on the cuboard will be a little workbench and pegboard up on the wall. All the shelves beside the large cupboard is to store other tools/equipment on
http://i30.tinypic.com/zx1zco.jpg

2nd pic shows inside of the large cuboard but is a slight bit messy at the moment and not everything is in there that usually is.
http://i27.tinypic.com/ogl3jm.jpg

This is on the other side of the garage, the beams are up, just got to put the pegboard up and put a few shelfs in and move the workbench up along it. Will have around 12 powerpoints along this wall
http://i25.tinypic.com/335efe8.jpg

Sometimes I have issues finding everything too. But Organizers help. LOL

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...m/DSC06893.jpg

Here's a "few" of my Batteries. LOL

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t...m/DSC06895.jpg

Hey Sike, like the usage of the large outrunner to keep the drill press from "floating" away!

You guys would really laugh if you say how dis-organized I am! I have boxes of parts everywhere. I just found a bunch of stuff for my rc boats in my garage at home!? How it got there I have no idea!

well, my room is where it all lives, parents dont want it downstairs lol.
my bed is a great place to check the junk onto when im using my table, or i just sit on the floor and do stuff there... that way, tools and screws cant fall off and get lost :yes:

school work usually takes place on the kitchen tablem, if at all... its near impossible to do work while in fron tof the computer with 1/2 a million emails telling me that you guys have replied to a thread :lol:

shop
 

Well considering that we live in an apartment leased by the goverment I have no real shop at the moment. We have a 5 bedroom place. One was converted into an office on day one. Then I set up shop in another one and I started out by just putting a rollaway PC desk in it and now the room is overflowing with R/C gear. It is cool to see the faces of people when they walk in to look around. We are hoping for a five or six bedroom house in Korea so I will have a place to put everything. If not we will be purchasing a 12 X 16 shed for a makeshift shop. I look forward to having our own house again some day so I can build a 4 car garage and put the shop out there.

Here are mine two primarily work spaces.. (Don’t laugh too load)..


http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/IMG_2817.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...7/IMG_2818.jpg

My lab is currently under construction, it will fall together pretty nice. According to my brother in law it's turning out to be a clean room... (i went nuts with white HPL)

I use Large containers, which i store on high shelves, for each brand/type vehicle an own container. 3 or 4 containers for wheels/foams..

small organizers, use the types you can close.. Put some labels on them.. Saves a lot of trouble. You don't use much tools when wrenching. get a decent soldering station.

Don't make the workspace too large, it doesn't help Look at pic 2 of tdc57, thats what my bench looks like if i make it too large.. You need to stay motivated to clean up your mess while wrenching and after wrenching. every single time.. This takes disipline for some people.. (like me)

Install some decent lights..

some hooks on the wall for hanging up your RC by their arms, don't store them on shelves.. hang them on the wall, it looks nice and saves room.

My workspace is about 9X17ft, but it's 4.5meters high on one side.. useless height.

Yeah, a sink might be handy if your relative far away from a tap..

my work area is my living room. I store all my tools and toys in a giant closet but then pull it all out onto the living room floor.:lol: I am still in college and live in an apartment so when i am all done i will have a garage dedicated to R/C.

I Like.
 

Hey Serum I like the idea of hanging the vehicles on the wall by their arms. That is a pretty cool idea. For cleaning I try to finish up any session by leaving the room just the way I want others to see it. As clean and organized as possible. That way if we get visitors unannounced they will always leave with a good impression and maybe even want to get into the hobby because of what they see. Being a mechanic you learn that if you want to have a good experience working with tools and lots of parts, that you have to keep your work area somewhat organized. That way you never have to look for anything, because you know where everything is (within reason). This hobby can be such a blast or total chaos just by the way you keep your workbench. Everyone has their own way of doing things, and of course we learn from what we see from others around us.

Wow! Seeing these work spaces is some major inspiration to get organized.

I took the first picture and thought I should clean up a little. Spent about 5 minutes shoving everything off to the side.:lol:

Dont mind the spudgun in the first pic... This room is right next to my bedroom in my basement. There are some advantages to still living with your parents!:na:

I recommend a fluorescent light over the workbench. I put an outlet thing where the light bulb goes. There is still a light bulb socket on that and then I plugged in the fluorescent light in that so it turns on with the switch.

I knew there was something I forgot to consider when building my work place, a TV

Yep, a tv and a cpmputer are nice, especially for online exploded diagrams. If I ever get my laptop back that is where it will go. I have a small radio that keeps me company, but will soon have the complete A/V setup in the room. That will give my friends something to do while I work on the rc cars. Gta4 is fun, that is for sure!

All you need is a refregarator and a urinal and you will have no reason to ever leave..:lol:....when I lived in Washington state I had a seperate 2 story garage that had a refrigarator, microwave, and bathroom, put 20k into it I was able to talk my wife into it making it if I would make it a 2 story building so she had a place to do her crafts

Here's my workplace....gonna miss my old JRXT :(

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1619/dscf2728cf6.jpg

I want to stress the importance of a good, large, workbench. My dad put in all the shelving when we moved in and we both love it. Here is what our garage is like. The third stall is converted into a shop. Not for RC's, but is has a radio for sittin around in the summer and a good place for spud guns...

The pictures are supposed to be in better quality this time...

This is my old work place

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...0947Medium.jpg

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...0938Medium.jpg

May be a strange question, but where can I get peg hooks in bulk? I really need a much bigger piece of peg board, my 4'x4' peice is loaded!

Doesnt peg board come in 4x8' sheets like plywood? I would just get the hooks at a local store. I dont see why people buy so many things off the internt when they can get the same stuff for the same price, maybe less, at a local store the same day:diablo:... I'd buy a couple of those to start with and you can get a few small packs of the ones you need some extra of.