Show us a photo of your Workbench. Here is the bench of the LION. Said LION actually *does* work on this workbench, albeit it has been cleaned up a bit recently, and is almost a joy to work on now. I'll make more photos of it so that you can see the "after" rather than just the "before".
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Wow! Pretty sure this is where the stuff I've lost over the years has ended up! Can you clean that mess up BWL and return my stuff to me?
NP 2626 "Northern Pacific, really terrific"
Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association: http://www.nprha.org/
LOL
Well that didn't take long, LION.
I gotta run down and snap a photo.
ROAR
Rich
Alton Junction
Thank you, Lion. You've made me feel surgically neat.
Rick Krall
Ok, here''s mine... :-)
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Why?
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
gandydancer19 Why?
Just because.
And, besides, do you really want to risk offending the LION?
Him easily lose him temper.
Speaks for it's self
Bob
Don't Ever Give Up
OK, here's mine. Just a repurposed computer table that I got when we cleaned out my Parents house after my Dad passed. My sisters were going to throw it out, because it had a scratch on it. Big deal! I had a use for it (And it matches my own computer desk around the corner)
It usually though, is not this clean!
Karl
NCE über alles!
More projects on the bench...............now if I could just find that damned Flax-Capacitator?
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Workbench? Dear Lord, in my case it would be any clear spot on the layout, the chest freezer, washer and dryer, and an old dresser on rollers that fits nicely under one part of the layout!
I made a rollaround table for working on sections of my layout, so I can turn the sections nsideways, upside down, etc. to get at places. Can't do that while they are in place with ends of track of one section catching next section.
At the moment though, I have stopped working on a section and stack little boxes and boards with pieces of small structure project I am doing (when I should be concentrating on getting the layout as a whole running.) Of course, I can't do fine structure work standing up at this workbench so I carry the tools and materials down the hall to the kitchen table where i can sit down at a comfortable height.
Why not a workbench UNDER my layout? Because this is what was under my layout...
but this is an old picture before I added a lot more stuff and clutter.
I thought Monks and Lions were "Neat Freaks"
Johnboy out.....................................and looking for my glasses
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Stupid Beast is planning to leap down and dash away somewhere. She was hand placed on the bench to jazz up this photo. This is my bench right after a shop cleanup. Model railroading tools are in the red wood toolbox to the right side of the bench. Besides model railroading, I do wood working, auto repair, electronics tinkering, and other stuff in this shop. Not in this picture are some very useful full sized power tools, drill press, band saw, and radial arm saw.
David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
Right, we keep the heavy power tools out of the train room. Here is me working on parts for my model railroad.
This sander has two motors on it. The red on is the original DC motor, and once we stopped generating our own power and went on line with the utility company we mounted an AC motor right on top of it, and kept on working.
The carpentry shop does not count as part of the railroad operation.
last mountain & eastern hogger I thought Monks and Lions were "Neat Freaks" Johnboy out.....................................and looking for my glasses
Sisters, yes, monks, not so much. LIONS do not clean up after themselves, that is what we have zookeepers for. And I must tell you, the zookeeper is very punctual with the plate of meat.
Nice topic thread, I always enjoy looking at others workbenches. Here is mine, the pic I took last year but its pretty much the same still.
Hmm, can;t say I ever saw a breaker box mounted sideways before - was it alwyas that way, or did you relocate it to provide more space?
This is one of the only shots that I have that shows my workbench area at all:
Out of sight to the right edge is my computer, and under the benchwork on the left with the drawers facing to the workbench is a plastic drawer unit that has styrene, decals, and other stuff in it. I don;t have enough tools to have a set on the bench plus a set in a portable toolbox, so I work out of the toolbox all the time. I haven't lately, but usually if I have to travel for more than a couple of days I grab the toolbox and a couple of kits to work on.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
Here's my workdesk. This represents its neatened state. Each time I need to kick the cat out of my chair; I then have to take a minute or two petting her or else she'll be incessantly walking back and forth across the desk (which tends to slow my modeling productivity just a bit).
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
Thanks for this thread, folks! Now I don't feel quite so bad about the state of my own work area.
It would be nice if I had the space for a real woodworking space in addition to my hobby area, but alas, it all shares the same area of the basement.
And the other problem is that projects are fun, cleanup is not. Hence cleanup only happens when it is necessary to make space for a project!
Connecticut Valley Railroad A Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." -- Henry Ford
My contribution??
I don't claim to be much of a modeler, but I do have lots of room. Since I don't believe in putting more money into a hobby than is necessary I re-purpose as much as I can. The desk I built 40 years ago and raised it 4" for a comfortable work height.The computer and programing track, I built out of scrap.The upright was a microwave roll around, that I added on to with scrap and some plastic containers.I guess you could say I have 4 work bench's. There is a wood working shop in the garage. Now all I need is skill, Although I never intended to get this deep in MRing. It was for the Grand kids after all. Who have about a 10 second attention span.
Oh, the display case was a Funk & Wagner book case.
I really admire those two guys that built a great layout in a crawl space.
Having fun!!!
Lee
My desk came out of the RCMP Forensics Lab in Vancouver. Public Works Canada had auctioned off a whole bunch of surplus furniture. The company that bought the "lot" couldn't fit this on their truck and left it behind. They said it wasn't worth coming back for it. It sat at the Lab for a few day's and was headed for the dumpster. So I had the guy's throw it in to my Government vehicle and drove to the airport where I had the guy's move it to my own truck for the trip home. It was so heavy that I left it in the truck for weight when it snowed. It was a real Bear getting that thing into the house, I'll tell ya. It was in perfect condition, what a score!
It gets real messy while I'm working on a project, however everything gets returned to pristine condition before the next project starts. It's how I was trained both by my Dad and Work.
I also had a Bar put in the trainroom with a Lazyboy for when I need to do the "dream part" of the Dream, Plan, Build part of the hobby.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
JeremyB Nice topic thread, I always enjoy looking at others workbenches. Here is mine, the pic I took last year but its pretty much the same still.
OK Gang, get the straight Jacket and or cuffs and lets get this Jeremy character out of here.
My wife took one look at his work bench and started to complain about the mess mine was in. We just can't let this tidiness and organization into this group it will cause no end of trouble for us.. "Out, Out Darn Spot" Quote Bill Shakestick.
Johnboy out.............................now to try and calm this woman down ... Oh, No, I hope she didn't get a look at Brent's Palace .... Man, I'm done for, unless there is a Workbench Anonymis Group close by.
Lol, Tell your wife thanks for the kind words John boy.
I'm kind a of a stickler for always keeping my work area clean,lol. Here is where I keep my PC
Lion, The only thing missing is a Maytag parts washer.
Randy, Yes, it's been proven that electricity will flow sideways.
Holy Cow Batman, That work area is amazing.
Not only is my layout low tech but even my humble my work bench is, well humble. Now, If I were to get ambitious, the basement walls are about 40' X 40' for an around the wall layout.
Truly. Amazing. Batman
Have a good one.
Gee you wierdos and your clean work benches.
Here is my
Should we have a contest? Winner for the neatest and the messiest.
The lion wins the messy ribbon
UPinCTShould we have a contest? Winner for the neatest and the messiest.
No fair! I cleaned mine up for the picture! My usable work area is typically about 30 square inches.