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Originally Posted by M. Mitchell Marmel:
Originally Posted by M. Mitchell Marmel:
Originally Posted by brwebster:

Just guessin'.  Is that the workbench of a south paw, Mitch?

Sort of.  I suspect I was born a southpaw, but have been trained right handed since I was a kid. Makes me somewhat ambidextrous, which is good...

Couple more notes on the layout of the workbench: 

 

Since the seating location of the original desk is on the left, the far right corner was more or less out of reach and didn't get used much.  I decided to put that factor into play when repositioning the shelves; the equipment parked at the far corner is long term projects and other things I don't reach for that often.  In the former bench layout, I had the grinder, soldering iron, Dremel etc. in that corner and had constant cable tangling problems as I'd reach for various tools.   The current setup addresses those issues somewhat; as I need the iron or whatever, I move it to the center of the work space and then move it back when I'm done... 

 

Still a work in progress, and I anticipate more fine tuning.  The major improvement is moving a lot of smaller hand tools, bits, light bulbs and other items into the organizers where they can be reached more easily. 

 

Mitch

Thanks for the in depth description of your workbench arrangement, Mitch.  I'm pretty much pure south paw in every day activities, although I bat, golf and play guitar right handed.  Scissors are one big PITA.

 

It's just that the arrangement suggested that of a left handed owner, much like mine has evolved.  I'll soon be transferring mine to a larger work station...a nice oak desk that's 3'X5'.  Along with change of venue will come a major rearrangement, with my newest, most favorite tool (dremel), up front and center with the soldering station.

 

Bruce

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