As previously mentioned, our new museum space will have a small bench area. This won't be a fully equipped workshop, due to space (and also because we can use the IXR hackerspace's workshop whenever needed), but it will be good for quick/simple projects. What equipment should be put in there? So far: - Martin's getting us a nice SFF computer - We will get a budget wide-format (13x19) printer - Corey donated a desoldering station - I still need to check if we already have a scope - Alex J. donated a variac We'll need a decent soldering station and a set of tools. As you would all guess, my strong preference is to have one nice matching set of tools, not a hundred mismatched parts. What else should be seek, especially re: anything of significant cost? Of course, our * other * strong preference is to have everything donated. :)
We'll need a decent soldering station and a set of tools. As you would all guess, my strong preference is to have one nice matching set of tools, not a hundred mismatched parts.
The trouble with that is, not all manufacturers are the best at producing a given item. For instance, I'd highly recommend getting a Wiha screwdriver set to minimize damaging screws (and for removing already damaged ones). But, I think Craftsman makes a perfectly fine set of ratchet and open end wrenches. Likewise, I own a Hakko desoldering station, but my soldering irons are all Hexacon. Thanks, Jonathan
Not sure if this is practical but..... Might be nice to ask IXR to donate/build a small arduino with some blinking leds, so any young / aspiring nerds walking around the VCF museum who looks at the scope can poke at something, see some waveforms moving, hands on. On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The trouble with that is, not all manufacturers are the best at producing a given item.
Of course. Just meant we'd hope to avoid a bunch of random junk. :)
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On 02/07/2016 10:53 AM, Steven Toth via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Not sure if this is practical but..... Might be nice to ask IXR to donate/build a small arduino with some blinking leds, so any young / aspiring nerds walking around the VCF museum who looks at the scope can poke at something, see some waveforms moving, hands on.
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I try to keep the workbench clear, personally, except with what I need right then. On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Steven Toth via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Not sure if this is practical but..... Might be nice to ask IXR to donate/build a small arduino with some blinking leds, so any young / aspiring nerds walking around the VCF museum who looks at the scope can poke at something, see some waveforms moving, hands on.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The trouble with that is, not all manufacturers are the best at producing a given item.
Of course. Just meant we'd hope to avoid a bunch of random junk. :)
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I try to keep the workbench clear, personally, except with what I need right then.
I probably should have said "workshop" not "bench" in the subject line. I like to keep my workbench clean too, but in the new area we'll have very little if any storage space, so just about everything tool-wise will need to be nearby.
On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 12:04:27AM -0500, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
As previously mentioned, our new museum space will have a small bench area. This won't be a fully equipped workshop, due to space (and also because we can use the IXR hackerspace's workshop whenever needed), but it will be good for quick/simple projects.
What equipment should be put in there?
DVM. I use these frequently Various clip leads, heat shrink and heat gun, wire selection. Does the desoldering station have a good tip and do you have spares? Mine has tips with different size holes for size of lead desoldering.
What else should be seek, especially re: anything of significant cost?
For a small station rest is probably just nice to have. Other tools I use Lab power supply, logic analyzer, ESR meter, transistor tester. For hand tools good cutters, strippers, needle-nose pliers, and standard tools for disassembly.
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