geerlingguy,
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Part one of the new electronics workbench saga is out, over on Geerling Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV1Iv9bXkdI

What are some of the essential tools you think we need on this bench?

ednl,
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@geerlingguy First off I'd want two flat metal strips as crossbars on the back of those nifty shelves, who look sturdy but that's a lot of weight all hanging on to a bit of plastic profile. And ah yes, you got a mat. I sit behind computers more now but in EE college and in all serious workshops our workbenches had antistatic coating. At home I just have a mat too. Unlike me though, you really should ground it....

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geerlingguy,
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@ednl Yep! Grounded it, it's nice to have an actually-grounded ESD mat :D

niclas,
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@geerlingguy

I think you should also get a cable rack on the wall and/or at the end of the cable, where Ethernet, USB, HDMI, ++ cables are readily available, not entangled and easy to put back. 3D print your to get reasonable sized grooves and spacing.

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ednl,
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@niclas @geerlingguy I think Jeff recently showed that he has a cable rack like this (this is mine)

geerlingguy,
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@ednl @niclas Yeah; that's in my rack room, but just added another one this week to my workbench, and have another couple to hang around where I may need them!

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