{"id":1412,"date":"2022-09-12T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T01:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/09\/12\/workbench-and-workshop-tips-please-put-suggestions-in-the-comments\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:02:55","slug":"workbench-and-workshop-tips-please-put-suggestions-in-the-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/09\/12\/workbench-and-workshop-tips-please-put-suggestions-in-the-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Workbench and Workshop Tips &#8212; Please Put Suggestions in the Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1NcVzTu7TbE?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>During a recent visit to Barnes and Noble I picked up Adam Savage&#8217;s book (please use the Amazon link in the righthand column) about Making and workshops. Adam&#8217;s book reminded me of the importance of giving thought to the organization and set-up of your workbench or workshop. I found more tips on YouTube: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Wow, watch the KatVoltage video (above). Unlike the person in a recent unfortunate advertisement, Kat clearly knows which end of the soldering iron to grab. She is setting up a good workshop &#8212; you can tell from how she is organizing the bench. I wish her a lot of luck. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1NcVzTu7TbE&#038;t=54s\">htt(s:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1NcVzTu7TbE&#038;t=54s<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Andreas (the guy with the white glove and the Swiss accent) has some good ideas:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inW57njiq1A\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inW57njiq1A<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The EEVblog guy has a good guide to the basic stuff that you need to build an electronics workshop. It is a bit dated (2011) but the guidance is still very good (I wouldn&#8217;t go with the homebrew or kit-built power supplies):<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R_PbjbRaO2E\"> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R_PbjbRaO2E <\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Van Neistat has a very good Top Ten List of things NOT TO DO in a workshop. NO FLATHEAD SCREWS. I&#8217;m with you Van. NO HOARDING. etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3bAZQ9nWybM&#038;ab_channel=VanNeistat\">h<span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">ttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?<\/span><\/span><wbr><\/wbr><span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">v=3bAZQ9nWybM&#038;ab_channel=<\/span><\/span><wbr><\/wbr><span face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">VanNeistat<\/span><\/span><\/a> Paul VK3HN suggests we develop a similar list for ham radio homebrewers. Please put your suggestions in the comment section below. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEjXrowgTUBa4-88hU4AnZTjD9kym9_gFrpY6b1T33AgC4_qzCBdPKYUEoE1CAysfs-AHzJmdFcBXbqH2akSqAIuEIapBprhYs7xSiFN2VFHQXvoogmx5r6LvcJ7O4l6ZCga0RZINRoAmtv0MlaZGrlnB1bye18NsmPWmsWyp_AyrpMHgkx5IIV2rqYa\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"500\" data-original-width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image_1753061027.png\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent visit to Barnes and Noble I picked up Adam Savage&#8217;s book (please use the Amazon link in the righthand column) about Making and workshops. Adam&#8217;s book reminded me of the importance of giving thought to the organization and set-up of your workbench or workshop. I found more tips on YouTube: Wow, watch &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2022\/09\/12\/workbench-and-workshop-tips-please-put-suggestions-in-the-comments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Workbench and Workshop Tips &#8212; Please Put Suggestions in the Comments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,278,79,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-test-gear","category-tools","category-workbench","category-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/1414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}