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Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:55 pm
by methd
I think it's interesting looking at people's work desks. Tells a lot about them :)

I have two, which are about 3m apart.
 POST UP YOURS !


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:27 am
by young_einstein
This is my desk as it stands right now ...


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:01 am
by Kyle
Here's mine, Add black leather chair in the background.

Love my desk :D

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:39 am
by moz
This is fairly typical of how it looks, but we moved yesterday so right now just imagine a big pile of boxes with a flatpack desk leaning on the wall behind them :(
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:24 am
by stubbsy
This is a subject that pops up from time to time and to the best of my recollection there have been two previous posts along these lines. Of course I searched for them to link here, but can't find them. Regardless there are a lot of these images already included in those posts for someone who does manage to track down the posts in question :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:30 am
by sheepie
stubbsy wrote:This is a subject that pops up from time to time and to the best of my recollection there have been two previous posts along these lines. Of course I searched for them to link here, but can't find them. Regardless there are a lot of these images already included in those posts for someone who does manage to track down the posts in question :lol:

But if a Moderator of such high standing can't find them, what hope do we mere mortals have? :twisted:

I like these posts - they give me a chance to show my wife that my work area isn't all that bad after all! :shock:

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:46 am
by radar
Peter,

here it is:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=26664

In the Nerd and Pedant section of course :wink:

Cheers,

André
(EDIT: PS: I know it has been noted before but the search is useless. I search for a string I know is in there and it didn't show the post above :evil: )

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:12 am
by stubbsy
radar wrote:Peter,

here it is:
http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=26664

In the Nerd and Pedant section of course :wink:

Cheers,

André
(EDIT: PS: I know it has been noted before but the search is useless. I search for a string I know is in there and it didn't show the post above :evil: )

Didn't think to look there. And for completeness the other thread is at http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=19048 but many of the images have bitten the dust.

Thanks André. Gee those Novocastrians are a smart lot :wink: :roll: :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:19 pm
by methd
oops :)

cool pics tho, although quite a few are missing now... and i thought i was messy

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:27 pm
by stubbsy
methd wrote:oops :)

cool pics tho, although quite a few are missing now... and i thought i was messy

No oops needed here IMHO. As said searching for something like this is hard and anyway our desks change over time (mine is pretty messy ATM for example)

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:06 pm
by !~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~!
Kyle wrote:Here's mine, Add black leather chair in the background.

Love my desk :D

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ooo G15 :D me haves G15...can't live without it :D:D

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:12 pm
by Steffen
stubbsy wrote:This is a subject that pops up from time to time and to the best of my recollection there have been two previous posts along these lines.


Maybe we should join and sticky those threads?

I think I've posted my desk before, but here's a new shot...

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Cheers
Steffen.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:16 pm
by stubbsy
Steffen wrote:Maybe we should join and sticky those threads?

I'm not sure I can merge posts, but I've just stickied this one. And here is my current very untidy desk being supervised by my cat Monty

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:08 pm
by Killakoala

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:26 pm
by big pix
no pix steve.......

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:35 pm
by Steffen
big pix wrote:no pix steve.......


Of course not, it's classified... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers
Steffen.

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:40 pm
by big pix
....... and I have been cleared up to "top secret".....

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:47 pm
by Heath Bennett
Completely different location to last time, new studio :)

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:34 pm
by methd
that clock is huge! almost time to go from work too :)

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:23 pm
by Heath Bennett
methd wrote:that clock is huge! almost time to go from work too :)


The clock actually needs it's battery changed - but in the meantime I'm happy with the time it stopped on :)

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:29 pm
by Kyle
VERY nice desk heath!! I love it

PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:58 pm
by camera monkey
I'm so jealous of all these clean, inspiring workspaces.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:15 am
by Ferrit
Typical workspace of a professional computer breaker! :lol:

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Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:17 am
by Benny2707
Here's mine.

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Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:44 am
by Myrtle
Since we're showing desks - here's mine looking very tidy for a change!!
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Linda

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:56 am
by matt-chops
Here is where I work...

I spend half my day here...
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... and the other half here. :D
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:16 pm
by Dr Jan Itor
camera monkey wrote:I'm so jealous of all these clean, inspiring workspaces.

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I'm jealous of anyone who is capable of working and watching Scrubs at the same time. I find it impossible. :mrgreen:

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:05 pm
by bwhinnen
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Nothing special, just tidied up since the last one in the old thread...

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:29 pm
by Pehpsi
Some pretty nice deals on here.

Me is simple:

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Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:50 am
by Miliux
Here is mine. Just a laptop. This was taken when i was criss-crossing Italy in a high speed train.

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Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:01 pm
by Onyx
Are people going all out tidying their desks before these shots?! Cos the majority of them look way too clean to be in use! :D

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:13 pm
by adame
Heres mine after a revamp and cleanup today, now have much more space to my left after moving the epson.
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Time for a new pc and some bigger monitors next me thinks.

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:04 pm
by libertyterran
Steffen workdesk, imo, is the best of the bunch :D (just because he's got a huge ACD there :( )

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:32 pm
by Mr Darcy
I took mine for the last W/E Here it is:
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Please note the lathe in the background :P

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:39 pm
by photohiker
That looks horribly like a Jet Mini Lathe to me.

Michael

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:42 am
by Mr Darcy
photohiker wrote:That looks horribly like a Jet Mini Lathe to me.


That's the one. Not a bad little lathe, but not a patch on the Vicmarc it copies.

The big Teknatool lathe is in the lounge room. :twisted:

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:18 pm
by photohiker
Mr Darcy wrote:
photohiker wrote:That looks horribly like a Jet Mini Lathe to me.


That's the one. Not a bad little lathe, but not a patch on the Vicmarc it copies.

The big Teknatool lathe is in the lounge room. :twisted:


Jeepers. :shock:

So the missus has left then? :mrgreen:

Michael

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:23 pm
by Alpha_7
Not in it's neatest state, but it is usually fairly chaotic, this is my work space at work, it stretches a little further to the left, to a dead printer, a box and 3 laptops (2 partially useless). The second whiteboard is in glare protection mode blocking the morning sun off the water outside. Far right is Dawesy chair creeping into the shot.

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Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:41 pm
by Mr Darcy
photohiker wrote:
Mr Darcy wrote:The big Teknatool lathe is in the lounge room.

Jeepers. :shock:

So the missus has left then? :mrgreen:

Hardly :!: The Teknatool is HER lathe

Mind you, MY Kapex, router table, workbench, drill press, tool chests etc block her access to it.

Maybe I should share photos of the lounge room too 8)

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:06 pm
by Mr Darcy
I detected some scepticism about the lounge room.
As I spend more time working there, I guess it's appropriate to include a shot of it too:
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Note the Lathe is right under the camera Lens (Yellow box is the head). Then comes the Kapex (Sliding Compound Mitre Saw), then the workbench, my "desk". Behind that are the lounge chairs, with the TV against the wall.
On the other side of the room are the tool cabinets (there's another one far right), then the router table and drill press. There is a second, portable, work bench in front of them. In the far corner is the dining table, but it's buried (as usual) under work in progress.

There is newspaper on the bench as I was gluing up picture frames that day.

Don't forget the fairy lights on the ceiling. They are an important component of any well equipped workshop.

If you are wondering where the clamps are, they are in the spare bedroom with the other permanent workbench :twisted:

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:20 am
by digifrog
Man there are some classics there

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:35 pm
by iluxa
My workdesk (occupied :roll: )
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Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:06 pm
by photohiker
Mr Darcy wrote:Note the Lathe is right under the camera Lens (Yellow box is the head).


Ok, I'm really interested in your dust control. How are you doing that with all this dust and chip creating machinery in your office and lounge room?

Michael

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:59 pm
by Alpha_7
iluxa - I assume you read strobist from your pic of your desk. :lol:

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:08 am
by Mr Darcy
photohiker wrote:Ok, I'm really interested in your dust control. How are you doing that with all this dust and chip creating machinery in your office and lounge room?


Fairly good really
The mini lathe in the office is just stored there. On the rare occasions it is used, it is taken into the workshop (aka loungeroom) and put on the lathe/scrollsaw bench (aka dining table)

All the power tools connect to Festo dust extractors when in use. I have two. I use both on the router table: One above the table and one below. the other power tools use one at a time. My partner will often use one while I am using the other.

Any dust they miss is collected by a room air cleaner that can be seen suspended from the ceiling near the dividing wall in the photo.

Most hand operations generate shavings rather than dust. This is simply vacuumed or swept up. The exception is hand sanding which I avoid as the power sanders all have exceptional dust removal. When I do hand sand (or use the lathe - another dust generator difficult to control), I use a dust mask & leave the room extractor on as long as possible.

Anything that reaches the floor is vacuumed by one of the extractors - these are significantly better at dust removal than your average vacuum cleaner. This includes Dysons - I have spoken to the man himself about this. - They work well, but will not cope with the volumes of fine dust generated by woodwork.

The machinery (another lathe and two bandsaws) sit outside on the patio. They connect to an industrial size dust extractor that sits outside with them

I also avoid MDF as far as possible. That generates really fine dust which is toxic to boot. All wood dusts are class 1 carcinogens though. Hence the precautions.

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:00 am
by Joshman
and here's my desk....not much work gets done here...

dual monitor goodness for the win!

and yes, that is an ASUS EeePC.

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Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 7:13 pm
by iluxa
Alpha_7 wrote:iluxa - I assume you read strobist from your pic of your desk. :lol:

That's true! :D
And lightingmods and David Tejada as well.
This photo is actually an attempt to reproduce one of David Tejada's image.

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:53 pm
by _robbo_
Joshman wrote:and here's my desk....not much work gets done here...

dual monitor goodness for the win!

agreed... I have to get myself another screen, but dont really have any desk space for it :P

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:21 pm
by Joshman
yeah, my old 17" died last week, so i'm gonna invest in another 22" widescreen


mmmmmm, *drool*

Re: Show us your workdesk...

PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:14 pm
by _robbo_
Joshman wrote:yeah, my old 17" died last week, so i'm gonna invest in another 22" widescreen


mmmmmm, *drool*

yeah i have 1 22" but wanting to double my collection :D I'll take a photo when i clean my room up a bit and pull my camera out from under some papers and debris :P