BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRONIC WORKBENCH PC

2 by X material also has rounded over corners, and rough sides. This is something I will need to deal with during the building process. ItвЂ™s next to impossible to find perfectly straight boards. While at the same time, that lumber can be frustrating to work with.Д¬onstruction grade lumber (which is almost always pine), tends to be crooked and just overall wonky. ItвЂ™s going to be super cheap to build less than $200 in lumber. Using construction grade lumber for my electronics station means some tradeoffs. With that in mind I decided to simply build the ultimate electronics station base from pine boards and the table tops from melamine.ДЄfter several iterations the design I came up with looked like this. It does not need to be beautiful or elegant. It is a workbench and needs to serve that purpose. I eventually wrapped my head around the fact that this is not вЂњfine furnitureвЂќ. Or I could build the frame from metal which would be very durable but also very expensive and weigh a ton. I could build it from cheap wood, such as pine boards, or I could build it from more expensive hardwoods such as Oak. So I took a quick look at all of my requirements and then began the design process.Дuring the layout I began to think about the materials I wanted to use to build this station. ItвЂ™s super simple to use and I can rapidly iterate design ideas. Sketchup is usually my go to tool for designing projects made from wood. With that in mind, I set out in Sketchup to design my very own electronics workbench! Watch the Ultimate Electronics Station VideoДesigning the Ultimate Electronics Workbench Meaning IвЂ™d need to purchase two of them to get enough space. And for what? Some MDF and a few stamped metal pieces? I could build my own for less than $200 and thatвЂ™s at todays ridiculous lumber prices! And to top that off, most of these electronics workbenches were really small.

A place to attach some kind of glass magnifier or a place to put a digital microscopeД«eyond price, I also encountered another hurdle: Price! These benches range from $375 to $4000+.

Many outlets for plugging in equipment and projects.

The top must be made of out of something durable (like Melamine).

It must be counter height so that I can stand or sit on a stool.

It needs a side a side table for parts bins and for small projects that are not yet complete.

It needs to have multiple levels for test equipment, such as power supplies, meters, and oscilloscopes, as well as somewhere to store items that are waiting on replacement parts to arrive.My ultimate electronics stations finally came down to these basic requirements: In fact, this needs to be the ultimate electronics station, not just a workbench!

BUILD YOUR OWN ELECTRONIC WORKBENCH PC

IвЂ™d wanted a workbench that had plenty of room not only for multiple small projects, but also to work on the occasional big project, such as a PC restoration. After searching online through countless catalogs and online stores, I was unable to find an electronics workbench that really fit my needs.

Build your own electronic workbench