what does your "workshop" look like?

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• philpo@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My 3D workshop? A somewhat large custom fitted closet. The printer sits on a extending/sliding base and there are shelves with the filament boxes (I use resealable containers).

  The printer is fully enclosed (adapted U1 with a chamber heater, a chamber air filter), but the cabinet itself can also be ventilated with a exhaust going through a custom made filter array (HEPA and activated charcoal. A mate of mine is builds those for a living/has a PhD in it, so it is somewhat sophisticated) or unfiltered. Additionally I installed a light and various temperature probes in it.

  These days a small display should arrive that I want to fit outside it, so I can control the printer, vents,etc. from there, via Home Assistant. In the long term I will also slowly replace the cheap hygrometers I now have with ZigBee ones so I can list all humidities in the display.

  Additionally I have a Chitu E1 and a Gratkit for drying. While the Gratkit fits, I haven’t found a good space for the Chitu yet.

  Next to the closet is a height adaptable desk I use for electronics and things like that so I have my post-processing tools there as well.

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• fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not the best to give advice, but I follow the “jet mechanic” philosophy. I make bags and boxes of tools of a give common task (i.e. all the things I use to build computers in a bag, all my quick wood worker stuff in a bag, etc). Then try to keep supplies near the best workspace for a give place (normally based on space, messiness of the hobby, power and vent considerations).

  Again it works somewhat for me, the bags replace ADHD piles and are more useful, but I’m a mess lol

  Something I love too is have an away spot for supplies and a in use spot. So my wood scraps are away on shelves on the wall, and my PC parts are in filing cabinets. I keep an active parts place and basket on my desk, that I try to clean up when I’m done working (either project done or just over it for a while).

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  • Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sounds nice but the main issue I personally see with that bag philosophy is needing the same tool for 2 different tasks. I’m sure as heck not buying a second pair of 50 euro knipex because I have the other pair set aside for some other task.

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    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Agreed. I’m kind of lucky that my area is full of elderly machinists so garage sales and estate sales are full of tools like that. Even crappy tools that are right there are better than a good tool somewhere else for me.

      I do have a common tools basket too. Some pliers, wrenches, screw drivers, hammer.

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• Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I had a single desk in my bedroom set aside for projects. Above that desk I had a pegboard for some frequently used tools and a small shelf next to the desk where I out anything that has its own case.

  Not that great but it worked for me.

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• discomatic@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have an addiction to antique crates. My desk is from the 1920s, and instead of shelves, I stacked crates on top of it. It’s hideous but it holds everything I need, and it’s incredibly sturdy. Between my desk and a 1950s sideboard, there’s room for my PC, Cricut, Chromebook, inkjet printer, 3D printer, dual displays, and stacks of filament, vinyl, and other various craft shit. My mouse and keyboard live in a drawer unless I’m actively using them. I have my desk covered with a giant play mat with Middle Earth on it so it doesn’t get scratched, and because I am a nerd. All my printer tools live in a 3D printed tool organizer that’s screwed into the side of the printer.

  This weekend, I’m painting and mounting pegboard too.

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• NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s a hell hole.

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• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My knee-jerk reaction is to answer “Like shit”. Mostly stemming from the fact that I Don have a proper workshop. However, what I do have:

  • A “printer room” in the basement. When we were remodeling the bathroom upstairs, this ancient dungeonesque bathroom in the basement was used temporarily. It had a bathtub, a washing machine, and misc other things you’d associate with a bathroom. (Note: Not toilet. That’s a different room). When the upstairs bathroom was completed, the basement one was no longer needed. The bathtub ended up cut in half as I needed to test my new angle grinder, and other than that it was mostly left as is until I figured I could temporarily keep my printer there. Temporary became permanent, and the old unused washing machine is now a “printer pedestal”. One of the first things I printed was a cover for the drain, and then I put in a huge dehumidifier so that the room is nice and dry, despite its original function.
  • A halway with a large storage furniture. Its height happened to be the perfect height for standing up kind of work, so I’ve annexed the top, which now holds a PSU, a soldering iron, a bunch of things I’m working on, and a 5x5 gridfinity storage shelf with drawers. A substantial amount of Digikeys overseas revenue is in that hallway.

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I bought a couple 30" deep 6’ long butcher block counter tops. I coated them with polyurethane sealer and mounted them to the wall with 24" deep brackets. So I have a huge amount of desk space without any clutter of legs underneath. On the wall is multi board.

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• Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I have 2. One is a real shop with a metal lathe, vertical mill, drill press, hydraulic press, and welders and other stuff. That’s all in a separate building.

  My 2 printers, a Mk3s and an A1 min and AMS sit nicely on a pine log table that’s 21"x49". It has a large drawer that I gridfinitied and holds everything I need to completely disassemble a 3D printer, repair it, and reassemble. I also 3D printed a system with 2 small drawer that hold things like screws, magnets, and heat set inserts. A cheap rolling 5 shelf unit sits tucked into a corner and holds some extra 3D stuff and also some basic hand tools for home repairs so I don’t need to go out the real shop at midnight when it might be -30F out there for doing a quick fix.

  I have 2 plastic totes to store my filaments in under the table. This helps manage my filament inventory by limiting the amount I can store. Though there is room for excess as needed for bigger projects.

  My work surface is my desk with my computer, papers, and other miscellaneous stuff in the 3 drawers it has.

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• IMALlama@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My hobby space is largely in my basement. I have a 27" US General (Harbor Freight) roller cab + topper that stores a lot of my tools with the exception of tools I use for automotive work. Those live in my garage in a second topper. You’ll never be able to beat the density of a toolbox and the drawers really help with organization (the hammer drawer, the measuring drawer, the pliers and what not drawer, the cordless tools drawer, etc).

  I have a partial wood shop in my basement that includes a DIY work bench. It has a number of large (24" x 30") pull out shelves in the middle for hand tools. Pull out shelves are amazing.

  My printer lives on top of two stacked IKEA LACK tables. From a concept perspective, it’s nice. It gives a space under the first table and a shelf for printer things like filament, a dehydrator, etc. In reality, the stacked LACKs are super wobbly and more tightly spaced shelves would be more practical. I want to add pull out shelves to it, which should help give it more rigidity, but I might just build a printer stand from scratch.

  So basically… pull out storage that stacks is great.

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• ccunix@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Mine is a single garage that is a mixture of workshop and gym. Squat rack at one end, cabinets down one wall and bench down the other. There is also a bike work stand too, but the bikes are all stored elsewhere.

  In the middle is a massive pile of empty boxes, because it is a garage and my wife keeps dumping them there.

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  currently reorganizing my own. it’s about 4m x 4m x 2m

  I’ll have a combo station for electrical and miniature hand painting. A combo station for post print cleanup and sanding/air brushing. Enclosed insulated and ventilated cabinets for my FDM and MSLA printers. print medium storage. chemical storage. tool storage.

  I’m also making a space for a small laser cutter/engraver that’s also part of the ventilated cabinet.

  I’m also installing a small chem lab that will help me recondition IPA solvents and test/manufacture my own resin recipes.

  I’ve also got a drill press and tiny craft tablesaw I need to find a home for.

  I’m hopeful to finish it and potentially start streaming some of the crazy ass shit I do.

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