Trash80toHP_Mini
NIGHT STALKER
. . . finally! It has been a LONG time coming. I thought I'd document the progress.
@BrettB: in response his comments about the IKEAboxen pyramid, the pet IIfx' TwinTPD workstation and the AppleDisplayUnit's tidy appearance at the opposite end of the somewhat constricted Dining/Living Room space of my apartment..
The Frankenstein's Laboratory analogy I'm not so sure about. Now that you've got me wondering about it, I'd like to think of it as more akin Dr. Jeckyl's basement workshop where he hacked together the upstairs ChemLab apparatus. I try to keep the electricity bottled up and surge protected from lightening strikes as opposed to being powered by them.
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edit: Pics are full size for detail, but that's OK, I've found that if you click "SAVE" such pics are opened in a new tab and scaled to fill your screen
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As a forward, this project is a consolidation of _?_ running feet of desk and work surface areas into a five foot multilevel, two sided workbench and the 32" wide rolling bookshelf/printer stand from the shop that's under the window. It held up the left side of the pullout work drawer under what was a 99" wide x 33" deep vacuum table/worktop from the shop during the service lives of versions 1-3 of the lab. You can add in the 52" x 33" remainder of that vacuum table as a 52" wide by 3.5" deep stowaway cutting surface that'll be hidden behind the four foot wide (plus multiple, application specific workbelts and hard hat hanging off the left end) wood/plexi/sheetmetal/ironworking bench under the other side of the corner windows.
So this has been a 65.8% successful step toward the oblivion the ex-grlf would have found acceptable. :
Hot air rework/soldering/de-soldering workstation mode: its now 16' on a direct line from the nearest smoke alarm and very close to the exhaust setup in the window for my weather resistant 20" box fan. I can also open the terrace door for fresh air and light when positive airflow ventilation is not required. The TeakHackStation™ in the bedroom was only 6' on a direct line and 40" removed from a very loud and annoying noisemaker. Hence the consolidation project and the electronics workstation's re-positioning and delightful conversion of the bedroom furniture back to it's HackLab Annex status.
Standard mode: I've got an iLamp on call, a multiple non-standard, traditional Mac resolution/refresh inviting 1024x768 17" KDS/Radius LCD anxious to jump down onto the work surface and a 22" ViewSonic Professional Series CRT (that's going to remain right where it is) with VGA and all important 5-BNC inputs available.
I'll probably figure out some way to mount a swing out screen door that doesn't interfere with the blinds the lease says I can't obscure on the swing out door of the exterior that's required to remain the way it is.
A plague upon their inside the box thinking houses! Mosquito season approaches, I like fresh air and the conventional minded shouldn't mess with the sorcerer or even his idiot (that'd be me in case you were wondering) apprentice.
Here we are all squared away. The workstation is tucked 6" underneath the ugly-ass/cheaper-ass shelving unit that was custom built to stuff as many shipping and moving boxes full of my various hoards as humanly possible into the cubic of a ten by ten, climate controlled storage room. I cut it down in width along with undercutting the depth by cantelevering the center support to define a 64" wide customized workspace that's snugged up tight against wall and wall unit.
Speaking of the wall unit, I need to make the frames and stretch the canvases for the 4' by 7' triptych that will conceal the storage cubic above the plotter. White will be much better than bare-assed nothing! I just need to decide what my next painting(s) will be. No, definitely not going to be Mac related!
The "basement workshop" side is about a foot and a half wider and may be in need of a little help. Maybe someday . . . sigh.
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So, mj, this is why your PartsBook1400 has been a bit delayed. The other set of shelves for the storage room and multiple work surfaces that were heaped with junk, toys and various project trays and boxen needed to be cleared before the 1400stack demolition derby could resume in earnest. [] ]'>
It'll be a while before this thread gets updated. [] ]'>
@BrettB: in response his comments about the IKEAboxen pyramid, the pet IIfx' TwinTPD workstation and the AppleDisplayUnit's tidy appearance at the opposite end of the somewhat constricted Dining/Living Room space of my apartment..
I'm getting there, now the "hoarder house" section is behind the camera again, but distributed for project consolidation, sorting, sale/redistribution and storage in the "built in" wall unit/entertainment center overhanging/engulfing all but the front bezel/legs the 40" Roland CAMMJETT plotter/printer.I always pictured your collection room as somewhere between Frankenstein's laboratory and a hoarder house. Makes me laugh a little to see that I was wrong!
The Frankenstein's Laboratory analogy I'm not so sure about. Now that you've got me wondering about it, I'd like to think of it as more akin Dr. Jeckyl's basement workshop where he hacked together the upstairs ChemLab apparatus. I try to keep the electricity bottled up and surge protected from lightening strikes as opposed to being powered by them.
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edit: Pics are full size for detail, but that's OK, I've found that if you click "SAVE" such pics are opened in a new tab and scaled to fill your screen
_______________________________________________________________
As a forward, this project is a consolidation of _?_ running feet of desk and work surface areas into a five foot multilevel, two sided workbench and the 32" wide rolling bookshelf/printer stand from the shop that's under the window. It held up the left side of the pullout work drawer under what was a 99" wide x 33" deep vacuum table/worktop from the shop during the service lives of versions 1-3 of the lab. You can add in the 52" x 33" remainder of that vacuum table as a 52" wide by 3.5" deep stowaway cutting surface that'll be hidden behind the four foot wide (plus multiple, application specific workbelts and hard hat hanging off the left end) wood/plexi/sheetmetal/ironworking bench under the other side of the corner windows.
So this has been a 65.8% successful step toward the oblivion the ex-grlf would have found acceptable. :
Hot air rework/soldering/de-soldering workstation mode: its now 16' on a direct line from the nearest smoke alarm and very close to the exhaust setup in the window for my weather resistant 20" box fan. I can also open the terrace door for fresh air and light when positive airflow ventilation is not required. The TeakHackStation™ in the bedroom was only 6' on a direct line and 40" removed from a very loud and annoying noisemaker. Hence the consolidation project and the electronics workstation's re-positioning and delightful conversion of the bedroom furniture back to it's HackLab Annex status.
Standard mode: I've got an iLamp on call, a multiple non-standard, traditional Mac resolution/refresh inviting 1024x768 17" KDS/Radius LCD anxious to jump down onto the work surface and a 22" ViewSonic Professional Series CRT (that's going to remain right where it is) with VGA and all important 5-BNC inputs available.
I'll probably figure out some way to mount a swing out screen door that doesn't interfere with the blinds the lease says I can't obscure on the swing out door of the exterior that's required to remain the way it is.
A plague upon their inside the box thinking houses! Mosquito season approaches, I like fresh air and the conventional minded shouldn't mess with the sorcerer or even his idiot (that'd be me in case you were wondering) apprentice.
Here we are all squared away. The workstation is tucked 6" underneath the ugly-ass/cheaper-ass shelving unit that was custom built to stuff as many shipping and moving boxes full of my various hoards as humanly possible into the cubic of a ten by ten, climate controlled storage room. I cut it down in width along with undercutting the depth by cantelevering the center support to define a 64" wide customized workspace that's snugged up tight against wall and wall unit.
Speaking of the wall unit, I need to make the frames and stretch the canvases for the 4' by 7' triptych that will conceal the storage cubic above the plotter. White will be much better than bare-assed nothing! I just need to decide what my next painting(s) will be. No, definitely not going to be Mac related!
The "basement workshop" side is about a foot and a half wider and may be in need of a little help. Maybe someday . . . sigh.
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So, mj, this is why your PartsBook1400 has been a bit delayed. The other set of shelves for the storage room and multiple work surfaces that were heaped with junk, toys and various project trays and boxen needed to be cleared before the 1400stack demolition derby could resume in earnest. [] ]'>
It'll be a while before this thread gets updated. [] ]'>
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