Re: What's on your workbench?
Prop making has taken a back seat for a short break while I upgrade a few areas of my workshop. I wanted to improve the electronic side of things and that means bespoke circuit boards as opposed to loose wires, so set about making my own PCB fabrication station.
So far my bench has seen:
•HEPA fume extraction box with motor frequency control (fan speed) of which 90% is recycled materials/parts
£250 worth of jammed laminator I got for £29, fixed it in ten minutes (for toner transfer method)
•and just finished assembling a mini PCB drill press with auto on/off switching from scrap alu heatsinks, and a solder bath flux spray head assembly I got from the bin at work. The only new parts on it are the spring, micro switch, motor and the linear rail bracket I used to it mount it with.
Tested it out last night to great success
Home made PCB drill press:
Home made PCB drill press - YouTube
I have to say a big THANK YOU at this point for the resourcefulness and "can do" attitudes of the members of this forum inspiring me to "have a go". Without you, none of my creations since joining would have even been considered attemtable by my good self.
