People have been telling me to clean up my electronics room. What are your opinions as more experienced electrical engineers than me?

The only time a workbench should be clean and tidy is when you are on an extended vacation

I really hope this is the case.

 

Nah! Your's is pristine compared to mine.
The heating ductwork has too many bends.
I like the Trane unit. I am having one installed next week.

 

Bob Pease and Jim Williams were both known to have messy work areas.

I'm with them. I'm happy if I have a couple square feet of space to work.

 

The only time to "clean up" is when you need to push stuff aside to make room for the new project. If you "put it away" you'll never remember where you put it and lose hours looking for it later! Or else you'll completely forget you had one and have to buy another one because you need it.

 

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People have been telling me to clean up my electronics room. What are your opinions as more experienced electrical engineers than me?

I really hope this is the case.

Looks fine to me.


Lots of shelves works wonders

 

It's cleaner than mine...

 

Looks fine to me.
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I love the adjustable wrench on the bench.

 

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People have been telling me to clean up my electronics room. What are your opinions as more experienced electrical engineers than me?

I really hope this is the case.

The only thing I "respect" is the floor. I avoid putting small stuff and letting big stuff stay there for long times, although the big stuff tend to stay there for some time.

 

I was fortunate enough to meet the electronics legend Bob Pease in person at his National Semi office.
Please Google it. The photos you’ll see there don’t do justice to seeing it in person.

 

whew... i was always reluctant to show my place but it turns out i am not alone...

 

whew... i was always reluctant to show my place but it turns out i am not alone...

My place is just notoriously small compared to the basement guys. But I think I'd like to post a pic here later this weekend.

 

Looks fine to me.
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Lots of shelves works wonders

Where would one use antifreeze on an electronics lab? Curiosity, plain and simple.

 

I love the adjustable wrench on the bench.

You gotta have both the 10" and the 6" ones...

 

Where would one use antifreeze on an electronics lab?

cold joints of course

 

You gotta have both the 10" and the 6" ones...

I don't see the 10".

 

I'm more concerned about the radioactive source.

 

I dunno, man ... I've just moved to a new house three months ago, and I haven't finished setting up my workshop. It's still a big mess and there's still a lot of organizing and tiding up to do.

 

Where would one use antifreeze on an electronics lab? Curiosity, plain and simple.
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Chillers/heat exchangers for high power machines at the former job.
That's the home shop so it's for the car in that photo.

 

I'm more concerned about the radioactive source.

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Just X-rays from the ion beam hitting the beam scanner at a few hundred thousand eV.

 

Just X-rays from the ion beam hitting the beam scanner at a few hundred thousand eV.
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What the hell, what is this big machine for?