Wednesday 8 September 2010

Portable Workspace

Saw this on Make:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/09/portable_electronics_desk.html
...and it looks amazingly similar to mine, but I cheated; using a existing case. Note the LED work light (telescopic fold-away), old computer PSU from my collection of crap and a battery powered soldering iron (OK for light duty work). This is a pic of me using it at Super Happy Dev Club meet #17.
Portable workspace at SHDC #17.

2 comments:

  1. I love this, can you give more details on what's in your case? Which brand of case is that? etc.

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  2. Hi Jim, sorry for the delay in responding.

    It was just one I had kicking around for ages. You can get similar ones in many different places.

    http://www.maplin.co.uk/flight-case-triple-pack-with-dividers-513879

    As for contents; it's just a bunch of business card boxes (happened to fit and I had a number of them) that hold components and odds and ends, along with small needle-nose pliers, side-cutters, scalpel, trim-pot twiddler, a terminal driver, breadboard and an old (small) PC PSU to power everything. Oh, and a small, surprisingly useful (for small jobs), battery powered soldering iron.

    An A4 clipboard and steel rule fit in the base (the lid) and there's also a quick-fit helping hand type thing at the front. There's also a slot to store my Microchip ICD2.

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