new home for the laser set up

[Dan Noren]

i was going to hold this one off for later, but with all of these builds going on, i thought, what the heck. as the item the lase is on now was just a temporary home, a few weeks back i designed a new one. the last item to fall in line was the small pc, for a dedicated brain like i have with the cnc. i wound up with one of the last dell precision t1700's being thrown out at work. nothing wrong with it at all, other than not going to be used in the future. loaded it up with windows 10, ugs, lightburn, and all the other goodies needed for running the laser. with that, a spare monitor, and keyboard, i set to with designing a new rolling bench. i already have the good size casters (not the 300 lb rated ones on the other benches, but close). the bench will be 24 x 48" (this works out good, as the laser set up is 24 x 24 inches), and i will have 24 x 24 inches for the layout of the pc and other such, nothing is set in stone mind you. this will be much better than what i have now, and it will free up the laptop for design work.

 

[Darren Wright]

Always good to get organized. Should be plenty of room there for the laser and its products.

 

[Bill Arnold]

That should work!!!

 

[Don Baer]

looks sturdy...

 

[Dan Noren]

arrr, all me benches be sturdy mateys. 2 x 6 construction is so much fun, and i don't have to worry about them being too pretty to use (and abuse at times).

 

[Dan Noren]

Always good to get organized. Should be plenty of room there for the laser and its products.

not sure about what to use the bottom for, maybe a nice set of quick and ugly drawers....

 

[Darren Wright]

not sure about what to use the bottom for, maybe a nice set of quick and ugly drawers....

I've got the same delima, I have a lot of small objects (such as spoons, wood coins, bottle openers, etc.) that need a home. I also have a bunch of thin plywood sheets that could use some dividers to easily see what I have to work with.

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[Dan Noren]

well, today (actually yesterday now), it finally hit 60 degrees, and i figured that it was high time i got off my backside, and get this thing put together. nice thing about designing things around precut sizes, is that it narrows down the number of cuts needed. having just finished moving all of my files to the new pc, all that is left to do, is to add the pc, monitor, and keyboard. now, for some pictures....

 

[Dan Noren]

the rest of the pictures....

 

[Dan Noren]

good thing i did it yesterday when it was 62 degrees, today we will be lucky to see 37 degrees.... minesota.....

 

[Brent Dowell]

Looks like a nice robust cart for the laser. I'm about ready for spring to get here, but our weather is nothing like what you get in Minnesota.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

That little pull out shelf is a smart idea, looks really useful!

 

[Darren Wright]

Looks good Dan, should be a nice addition to the shop.

 

[Bill Arnold]

good thing i did it yesterday when it was 62 degrees, today we will be lucky to see 37 degrees.... minesota.....

It was a Speedo day down here - warmer as the week progresses!

 

[Dan Noren]

slightly warmer weather (low 40's) allowed me to add the final items to the laser bench. got the pc in place, and hooked up the monitor, keyboard, and laser. once everything was plugged in, ran a couple of quick tests, and everything is in working order
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[Darren Wright]

Looks good Dan! Looking forward to seeing your production again this year.

 

[Dan Noren]

With all of the stuff being tossed left, right, and center around here, I managed to score a couple of these file cabinets for under the laser bench.

 

[Dan Noren]

got them to the shop today, and they fit like they were made for the space. there is less than an inch from the top of the cabinet, to the bottom of the 2x6.

 

[Dan Noren]

i also managed to get a 2 terabyte external drive on sale at staples today as well. for the next three days, i will be moving my files from the various flash drives, and laptop, to the hard drive to be a little bit better organized than they are now. i figured main branches to be cnc and laser, then the sub branches to be the years, then by project name within the years. that will keep me busy until the weather warms up.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

i will be moving my files from the various flash drives, and laptop, to the hard drive to be a little bit better organized than they are now

And a backup strategy.. Just after recovering ALMOST all of a friends critical files from a failing computer.