I thought it would be fun to see what every ones work benches looked liked, the birthplace of our creations!

I'll start it off. I actually have two work areas I use.

For work that requires a lot of power tool work or spaying of paint or anything messy in general, I use the area out in my garage. Which is usually in some form of chaos.
Most of my tool are there, plus a TV and beer fridge! But I also have a well lite bench and a 8 foot table to use. The only problem is the garage is not insulated, so it's an oven in the summer and freezer in the winter.






My second work bench is in the basement. The previous owners of the house were from Poland and built a second kitchen to make perogies and what not in the basement.
So when we brought the house, I keep the cupboards for storage and as a work counter until we have a chance to redo the basement. This where I do most of my detail work and installing of electronics, plus it's close to the computer.




Alright I showed you mine, now you show me yours.

Everything for my tank model work is in my embarrassing, disaster of a basement, the pictures are edited to make it look not quite so bad.

Its not that I don't care about the mess, I'm just lazy

The basement climate is great, 50% humidity, never warmer than 72F in summer, always 70F in the winter sing the new boiler went in last year with automatic loop controls for the various heating zones in the hot water heating system. Basement has its own thermostat.


Pictures, all taken from the comfort my office swivel chair


The "kids"





Computer desk;




The bench, where everything is done;




Supervisor;

Glen B wrote:

Everything for my tank model work is in my embarrassing, disaster of a basement, the pictures are edited to make it look not quite so bad.

Its not that I don't care about the mess, I'm just lazy

I wouldn't worry about it Glen. The way I see it, when was the last time you saw a mechanic's garage all shinny and clean.

Ha! You call that messy ? I think I would win the award for that, yours looks spotless compared to mine...lol

Submarines, cars, tanks, and all the parts for them all over the place. I keep trying to get it cleaned up, but more stuff keeps gettin pile on...lol

So, I'll reserve my pics for the OMGICANTBELEIVEHOWMESSYITIS file.



Stinger

Stinger wrote:

Ha! You call that messy ? I think I would win the award for that, yours looks spotless compared to mine...lol

Those pictures are the result of carefully controlled camera angles, if they were a few degrees off

Most of my modding / installations / painting is done while sitting in my chair infront of my computer... tank often balanced on my knees!

I'm not sure if that speaks of my skills in a positive or negative manner

well this is mine pretty messy most of the time

You guys guilted me into cleaning up my work bench so I could post a few pics...lol Pictures are cropped together as I couldn't get far away enough to make it in one pic. The surface of the work bench is actually black, go figure...

Ian your place almost looks like a Hobby Store...lol

Thanks for sharing. These pictures of your hobby areas re-enforce my own comfort zone which also spreads from room to room:D

Airbrushler wrote:

Ian your place almost looks like a Hobby Store...lol

"No it doesn't...your imagining things..." (still in denial...) lol