Aaronw Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I've become a big fan of LED lights. They are expensive but very energy efficient and create almost no heat. I have 11 LED lights over my bench, four 50w spots and 7 90w floods. They only draw about 200w total and I would cook like an easy bake oven if they were incandecents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrknowetall Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Nice setup. I just cleaned my bench this weekend. I couldn't stand it anymore. I'll try to get some pictures of my organized work area before I find a way to mess it up again. And I will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnslow Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 30" x 12', and if I'm lucky I have a 12" x 18" space to work in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Right now, the house is under MASSIVE re-organization, so I've even lost my TV tray! I'm hoping to have some space in the next 2-3 weeks again. Barring that, I'm seriously looking at using a friend's dining room table sometime in the next couple of weeks so I can get a couple of projects finished. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettecote Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Took me several years to get to this point. But, I still could use more room...Joe http://images58.fotki.com/v506/photos/3/713993/10194014/005-vi.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 hope that's not the Fire EXIT door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrknowetall Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Took me several years to get to this point. But, I still could use more room...Joe http://images58.fotki.com/v506/photos/3/713993/10194014/005-vi.jpg NICE room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I'm like everybody . . . 8' bench, 1' square effective working area. But I find myself working piecemeal at the dining room table . . . just to be with others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Creative Explorer Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 These are pictures from when we went into the house 3 years ago and the layout is still the same, the computer is gone and that area is my sanding area. But like everybody else, I end up with 1 square inch of room on all 18feet of desk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I would love to have 1square inch of room, here is my little area , dont laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettecote Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 hope that's not the Fire EXIT door! That would be scary, but there are 2 exits...lol...Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Some very cool benches for sure. I too agree that the lighting situation seems to be harder to satisfy the older I get. Here is my space. unbuilt kits are in the closet, and in stacked to the left just outside of the pictures Edited July 24, 2013 by Modelbuilder Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 My little corner of the world, I have two 4 foot wardrobe cabinets setup not a lot of space but it gets the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeekodadi Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 (edited) Tony that's a nice and clean set up. Here is mine, its been couple of months since i started in modeling still setting up. Im working on getting more paints. maybe some different brands. My spray both, airbrush and a Model. Under the table compressor, vacuum for casting resin parts and other stuff. Rest of my stuff in the drawers and my small collection. the space on the left is going to be the drying both haven't finished yet. Edited July 25, 2013 by Zeekodadi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Thanks Zee, you will always be changing something in your layout. Mine is only clean because I don't build in the summer months due to my work schedule so I clean it up in June and star making a mess again in September, but I do use what time I due have in my off season to plan my builds and get supplies for the winter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 My little corner of the world, I have two 4 foot wardrobe cabinets setup not a lot of space but it gets the job done. Well sir, your "little corner of the world" is very well set up for the space you have. really enjoying seeing folks benches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpletcher55 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 HERE IS MY HAPPY PLACE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project510 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 very nice ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell C Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Mine's about yay big, portable, too, since it is an old cutting board. Call me weird, I'm more comfortable sitting cross-legged on a couch. Typical situation where the actual work space is small in proportion to the space occupied by the surrounding tools. Computer nearby for reference material searching, while other parts and building material is in a nearby room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeekodadi Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Russell i like your style, i think im gona do something like that too. You can build anywhere you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Russel, what scale is that car you're working on? And what is it? Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell C Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Russell, what scale is that car you're working on? And what is it? That's the old Gowland & Gowland 1:32 scale '29 Duesenberg, a glue bomb which my dad bought at a garage sale 'cause he thought it was rare and valueable. I tried selling it on eBay with a starting bid of 99 cents, to no avail, then I thought about using it as a campfire starter for my Colorado summer vacation, but then I came up with a blasphemous idea of a reasonably fun and simple model to build, that would mess with other people's minds. Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 My portable workstation is the board you see here on top of my work bench. It was scrap wood from breaking down an old kitchen cabinet. It became my work surface to protect my kitchen table back before I ever had a model room. Back then I'd put it up on top of the refrigerator every night so my little kids couldn't get at my model project or tools. Those kids are 25 and 29 now. Today it protects my bench (which is an old hollow core door covered with brown paper). Still if I decide to work elsewhere, I'll take the board with me down to the kitchen table, out on the patio table and I've even taken it on vacation with me. It's turned into a lucky charm for me considering I've been building all my projects on it for 30 years now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrknowetall Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Pretty big. 84" long and 41" deep. After I'm done cluttering it up, I'll be back to a square foot of work space. These pics were taken after a clean up session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 My portable workstation is the board you see here on top of my work bench. It was scrap wood from breaking down an old kitchen cabinet. It became my work surface to protect my kitchen table back before I ever had a model room. Back then I'd put it up on top of the refrigerator every night so my little kids couldn't get at my model project or tools. Those kids are 25 and 29 now. Today it protects my bench (which is an old hollow core door covered with brown paper). Still if I decide to work elsewhere, I'll take the board with me down to the kitchen table, out on the patio table and I've even taken it on vacation with me. It's turned into a lucky charm for me considering I've been building all my projects on it for 30 years now! cool story, thx for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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