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Got motivated and fabricated a set of shelves to house my not to inconsiderable technical library.
I picked the hottest weekend in Brisbane for some months, I did lose a bit of fluid with this effort, but all worth the discomfort. It's a very simple effort using 25x25mm galvinised RHS, 25x25 angle and left over melamine sheeting for the shelving material. I am so happy I bought the MIG gasless welder and auto-darkening helmet, much better results than the cheap ARC welder.
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Before - wasted space above the desk |
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First part of the frame welded - 25x25mm |
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Nearly finished |
Shelving installed |
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A must have, cannot survive feature of our renovations was the completion of the wine cellar. A rather simple affair, that is a small narrow room built with insulated walls and ceiling and plain concrete floor.
Being fans of screw caps, most of the storage is on shelves, with a limited amount of "on the side" storage for sparkling wines and really expensive stuff ;-)
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And there is more than one bottle there now :-)
After earning maximum points by finishing the upstairs jobs (and the wine cellar), time to tackle the big one. I have steadily outgrown the dirty and clean workshops, they were both badly in need of a reorganisation. My acquisition of test equipment, and changing focus on the hobby meant I needed to think serioulsy how I set myself up.
You be wondering, you have two workshops? Yes, yes I do have two. The intent is I carry out all of my radio operating, testing and PCB assembly in the clean workshop. And in the dirty workshop, that's where the machines, welders, drilling, grinding happens. The 'dirty' area also serves as the storage area for parts, fasteners, solvents, sealants etc.
For the clean area, there is shelving for items that need to be 'inside'.
The intent of the design is to encourage the 'keeping it organised and tidy' mantra. The old expression, everything has it's place, and every is in its place, is one I will endeavour to adhere to. But, without thinking seriously about how to store and organise, it would quickly go back to its natural chaotic state.
Started one rainy weekend by shifty the final assembly bench and storage shelving toward the rear of the house, immediately realising another metre of room around the final assembly and metalwork benches. I moved the hutches I rescused from a previous employer around, where the mill and lathe are now in dedicated areas with plenty of access and room to store the metalworking tooling. Then the big job restacking the shelving using some plastic tubs I rescued from the industrial bin at work. Immediately a big difference with room and feeling, it's now organised!
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Clean workbench moved out |
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A temporary solution was required while constructing the new bench and moving the internal shelving, to keep some radios on, and preserve the ATV station and main PC.
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Temporary radio location |
Shelving stripped out |
Starting to assemble shelving |
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Shelving coming together |
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Progress made where the shelving has been relocated and the rack moved into position. Even put on my electricians hat and installed a number of new GPOs, extension lead now retired :-)
Next, welding. Bottom portion of the bench has been fabricated, now working on the hutch that will house the radios, test gear and SMD assembly gear.
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Last weekend in November, significant progress towards completion, pictured is the hutch frame finished ready for wiring and shelving.
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And now, time to clutter it up :-)
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