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Some time back I bought a desktop CNC router[^] and today I routed my first project. Nothing exciting just cut out a block with a depression in the middle.
I bought it with the intention of etching PCBs...that's next.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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Keep us posted.
What is your target trace width? Will you do SMT or only through hole?
Mircea
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I recently got a Hot Air station and am now doing SM as well as thro7ugh hole. Trace width right now are pretty wide.5 if I remember right. But the PCB I'm doing is drop dead simple.
Also in the process of making a bigger more powerful one that I can do other more substantial materials. The whole process has really been a neat experience and am excited with the possibilities.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote: just cut out a block with a depression in the middle.
Sounds like your typical IT project.
Step 1: Start project.
Step 2: Become depressed (not in the least caused by incompetent managers and coworkers).
Step 3: Finish project (over time and budget, naturally).
Although step 3 should be considered an optional bonus step that not all teams like to take 
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Sander Rossel wrote: step 3 should be considered an optional bonus step
My last company had that down to a fine art form. 
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Mike Hankey wrote: I bought it with the intention of etching PCBs...that's next.
Will you be grinding away the unwanted copper, or using a resist pen to draw the actual traces and then chemically etching the boards?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I use V bits[^] to etch the copper from PCB.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote: Nothing exciting just cut out a bloke with a depression in the middle.
I didn't know you too were in the goth community 
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I'm stuffed in the bedroom, and I work from this machine, so I've got a workspace that's combination electronics bench, computer desk and entertainment center.
I thought I was slick, making it all multifunction like that, but I can't keep it even remotely organized.
I bought a tacklebox-like setup for the electronics I'm not actively using but I think I just need more space. Shelves aren't really an option because of the size of the screen + where I'm located.
I have a rolling cart - the kind of thing you might have set a couple of TV dinners on in the 1970s when those were still a thing, but it's actually nice looking.
I might use that to set my PC and other gear on but I don't know if it's enough.
Have any of you out there with particularly cramped computer areas come up with clever solutions you're proud of?
If so, I wouldn't mind if you shared them here. I wouldn't mind very much. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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When I was volunteering at State Parks I lived in a camper with computer and all my electronics stuff, and it is a considerable collection. I put a board across the eating table and built shelves underneath it and stored all my electronics stuff there. It was a small camper but I managed, wish I had a picture.
I have a small room now and a lot more equipment so I build bookcases and took the doors off the closet and use it for storage.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Same.
Using large boards on cheap block-shelves, drawers, or similar furniture is the best way I've found to quickly create large desktops.
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My first programming job, back in the dark ages, was a door blank on a pair of saw horses. Plenty of room and cheap!
The cleaning lady came in late one day and was in a chit-chatty mood, she picked up a 5-1/4" disk off my table and was going to clean it.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Quote: I've got a workspace that's combination electronics bench, computer desk and entertainment center.
Not also bed? That would fit in with the first part of your post, which is NSFW. 
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One can also source a convertible bed/desk thingy.
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I don't think that will fit my 55" screen.
I also think it would scare my cats.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Looks like it could take 3 screens or honking big curved monitor, but yeah that is going to scare the cats, bloody ugly piece of kit.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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I use a plano tackle box for my electronic bit and pieces.
It's organized mayhem but better than it was.
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Yeah, I've got one. It's also plano, but it's slightly larger than a standard tackle box with removable compartments.
I have a roller table thing I moved next to my desk now. I put the computer on that, raising it off the floor. It's longer than the PC, and sticks out some, giving me more room to set stuff, and there's a shelf underneath it.
This has opened things up for me quite a bit.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Because of the size of my screen (55") I don't really have a place to put shelves within easy reach, and motorized carousel shelves are large and overly complicated. Any other kind of motorized shelf would only provide transient shelving which is of zero use to me.
And I don't want yet another thing with moving parts, to break down.
And I don't want yet another thing drawing even more power off of this tap.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I have an L-shaped desk. One leg has a utility shelf over the work area that holds my laptop, printer, office supplies, and so on. The keyboard and single monitor are underneath. Dual monitors no longer work well for me since I lost my right eye year before last.
The other leg of the desk is mostly open work area. I've got an antique letter tray that stores USB cables and external Flash/hard drives, and a couple of mugs with pens, Sharpies, and such. The area beneath that part of the desk stores my greyhound Bacchus when he's not in use .
Software Zen: delete this;
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One of my neighbors worked from home and he had his recliner next to a wall.
On the wall he had a swing out arm for his monitor and a shelf for his laptop. Swing out the monitor, kick up his feet, headset on, and throw the keyboard on his lap. Ready, set, go!
Sign out of work everything back on the wall, switch to the TV remote, feet still up.
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Sounds really cool man. I've just bought a bed laptop chair lol, it lets me work from the bed while keeping the posture correct.
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