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Dave updates the EEVblog lab benches with a continuous 6.3 m roll of dual layer rubber ESD matting.
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And a first glimpse of the Tagarno MAGNUS FHD ZIP USB 3 60fps Full HD Video Microscope
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And special guest appearance by Sagan and Mrs EEVblog!
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[@allenomak]

"Bad product design" you say about the EDS mat roll not being able to roll out by itself. If it was rolled the other way, the corners of the mat would bend upwards from the table, thus not being perfectly flat.

[@illustriouschin]

he seems like the kind of guy who could have his own multi-million dollar corp if he wasn't so happy decorating his little fishbowl.

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

You're probably right. But I really couldn't imagine that a guy like Dave would anywhere be happier than with himself in his lab. Big money would probably only destroy that. And last but not least: He wouldn't have time to make videos anymore...

[@ChatGPT1111]

Gordon Chin I’m the kind of guy who will respond to 5 year old comments!

[@pepper669]

Hey Dave, to get rid of the nasty 1 cm overhang, I'd make little cutouts where the shelf's supporting struts are and then move the whole mat back by 1 cm.

[@aarorasilainen]

Isn't it fun to wake up in the morning, come to your horribly messy work desk and watch a crazy aussie bloke ramble about his messy desk.

[@tra757200]

Nice set up. Lovely family. She is a real trooper for putting up with such geekiness.

[@EEVblog]

As long as it's not in the house or garage!

[@Britec09]

sweet setup dave

[@thingyee1118]

Nice Britec is here :) you into electronics mate ?

[@Britec09]

thingyee1118 Yeah love to do a bit now and then.

[@ineedstuff8286]

yeah WOW... quality place... and all from this channel and stuff?... legendary respect for creating.

[@abdulkadermaqsoud4890]

Thank you all, dave, beautiful miss EEVblog and lovely sagan.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

"symmetrical oscilloscope stacking"... Nice Ghostbusters reference :)

[@hunorshands]

Ha ha ha funny!

[@ClosetYeti]

Don't try to play Jenga with them, okay?

[@chitlitlah]

No human being would stack oscilloscopes like this.

[@RuiSantosdotme]

Great video! Looking forward for the lab tour

[@kempy666999]

I would cut notches in the esd matting at each shelf support. Making the notches just deep enough to allow the matting to slide back enough to make it flush with the front edge of the bench.

[@CurvedSlightly]

It is at the edge of the bench, it butts up to the shelf supports.

[@catdumpling]

EEVblog Did someone measure from the back wall and forget to account for the shelf supports sticking out? ;) Instead of cutting off that big long strip of matting along the front, you could just cut notches around the shelf supports and slide the whole mat backwards.

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

Was thinking the exact same thing. :-) Cutting will also be pretty hard to get nice and even for such a big bench.

[@ForViewingOnly]

I was thinking the exact same thing :) Cut 10mm notches in the mat around each of the shelf supports and drag the mat in towards the wall by 10mm. I couldn't put up with a 10mm overhang at the front. Anyway, great video Dave.

[@KOTR2003]

Those shelf supports are clearly more than 10mm, so I do not think it is a case of mis-measurement. They look to be at least 1" square supports.

[@ForViewingOnly]

***** KOTR2003, I don't think you understand what's been suggested. Have a re-read. If the shelf supports are more than 10mm deep then the above suggestion would work fine. Dave only needs to lose 10mm at the front of the mat.

[@KOTR2003]

ForViewingOnly Or perhaps you need to re-read what I put. Those shelf supports are clearly greater than 10mm. Also, he said the rolls come in 600/900/1200 mm and he measured the width to be 910mm. I am not seeing what you are trying to prove here, as the roll is 10mm wider than it was sold as.

[@20EsOfficial]

I loved watching Sagan during the time lapse :)

[@thecrikster]

Nothing like a good overhaul every now and again....oh and little Sagan is adorable!

[@DonalKavanagh1963]

OMG, after years of watching your clips this was one of your best. Especially during this Covid19. Had tears of laughter in my eyes when Sagan was running up and down the bench. Thanks for all you do.

[@redtails]

8:22 really sweet to have your kid "helping you out"!

[@excavatoree]

You had better start planning. It won't be long before you'll need a new, shorter bench for Sagan. Good thing you have plenty of test equipment for him to use. A bit longer, and it might be the Dave and son EEVBLOG.

[@stclairstclair]

I've been wanting Dave's nice bench-mat ever since i saw him hitting it with a hammer and it didn't mark at all, And here i find Dave even made a video, Beautie!

[@AureliusR]

Also, Sagan is certainly chatting it up! I remember him being so quiet :) he'd hardly say a word before.

[@MarkMcDaniel]

That timelapse with the percussive beat was on-point. Great job cleaning up!

[@electronicsNmore]

When the video started, the first thing I though of was, "EEVblog Hoarding". A new TV show. LOL. The only difference is that everything in Dave's lab is worth money. :-). It is hard to not accumulate all those things. I love the transformation! Nice color blue, and now neat and organized. A+

[@HarrydeBont]

loved your sun running up and down the bench :)

[@Custompc48809]

Are you going to show, how you ground the mat?

[@MarkMcDaniel]

He has in other lab adjustment videos. A little box in the corner of the workbench with a cable that runs to Earth, and a 1 megaohm dissipator resistor.

[@MrRobinhalligan]

Nice to see the mat was well stamped down

[@SeattleRingHunter]

glad to see I'm not the only one with a pile one bench. Just cleaned my garage and installed a proper shelf system and in offie work repair work bench to replaced and cleaned up. Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter

[@superdau]

You HAVE to get rid of the overhang! Even if it's just by moving the mat back 1cm and having a small fold near the struts for the shelf. I had that once on the desk (not with an ESD mat, but a general rubber work mat) and it was on of the most annoying things. It will always catch something, pulling cables up will pull the mat with it, things to be clamped to the edge of a table were sometimes impossible to mount (because they left no room for any overhang). Do it before the mat gets messy again ;)

[@winstonsmith478]

Yeah, that would drive me nuts, but I'm neat. ;-) If there's no way to fold it over in the back, as is probably the case, align it as you want it along the bench, mark mat on both sides of each shelf support, slide it away from the wall, cut out 1cm deep notches at each shelf support location, slide it back.

[@ad4m1]

Lovely setup. Same product as we used for the 12 ESD mats at our work. Fantastic product. Cannot fault it, and we test our mats daily too and we have yet to have one fail yet, even after the 7 years we've been using them. The reason why they roll it up the "wrong" way round is because it's easier for the mat to settle with the fold facing down than the fold curling upwards. Means your mat sits nicely right away after laying it. :-)

[@molekulaTV]

Great to see your family!!!!! :) Lovely ones!!!!

[@JohnKhalil]

What's really impresses me that super accurate scissors cut !! Good work dave !!!

[@ceecrb1]

10:20... Not bad product design.. if it was rolled the "other way up" it would roll up at the ends..... Just as with camping mats.

[@clarencebotkin3957]

Great bench!! Glad you include family!

[@simoncrabb]

That front overhang is rubbing up my OCD...

[@williamhayden7711]

Thanks for taking the mantis scope off and pulling the mat all the way down. My OCD was giving me fits! :)

[@sulrich70]

Nice family, lucky they helped you.

[@bain5872]

I think you miss read that measuring tape...it was a tad shy of 3 feet...Ah, us Americans holding on to our old habits and you Aussies having measuring tapes with inches and feet...LOL. The anti-static mat should do wonders for the bench and kudos to you for inviting the family along! I do enjoy your vids.

[@GaRbAllZ]

I had work bench once; if I could only find it again;)

[@CookingWithCows]

well, there goes the oritech website :P you made us overload it dave! :D

[@redtails]

1:31 "Aw I need some more room, shove the stuff!"

[@MilanKarakas]

Excellent video! Thank you for uploading it. I had so much fun watching it.

[@theinsanityunleashed]

Holy crap that was a mess! Definitely looking forward to seeing that lab tour.

[@HillOrStream]

A LONG way from that funky little bench in the corner of the garage just a few years ago.

[@tornuptom]

Dave, I can really relate to how much I love having my kids (and sometimes even SWMBO) in my lab! It really makes working on projects and my hobby electronics that much more fun! Im going to re-layout my lab soon, so a tour of your would be amazing! grab some ideas! Thanks for all your views!

[@redtails]

18:28 good video! I fear it'll be messy again within a week or two, but rumour still goes that a clean lab is a lab where no one works!

[@DesN4IN]

I feel a lot better about my bench Dave. Beauty of a setup.

[@Psychlist1972]

Cut out notches in the back where you have the wall shelf supports and then push it back a cm.

[@Jenny_Digital]

What can I say except that mess is like a gas: It expands to fill every nook and cranny. At least thats true in my lab. Oh and Mrs EEVBLOG's warning sounded genuine. I charge reasonable rates for hiding behind my sofa.

[@ClosetStacker]

What a mammoth cleaning effort

[@StuartTaylorEsquire]

Jeez Dave, your wife deserves a medal, you hoarding bench rat you! I worked with a guy like you once, he would lose customers equipment to his bench.

[@mannylenz5288]

It's that time of year to have a good clearout.

[@zaprodk]

Sagan makes my day:)

[@ChrisGammell]

The family that cleans up crap on a workbench together....stays together. That's how the saying goes, right?

[@redtails]

2:12 sweet to have a rubber roll exactly the size of your bench!

[@ian-c.01]

Great family day out !

[@UberAlphaSirus]

Dave , Could you do a Fundamental Friday on Power Factor and different tools/ways to go about to measure it, I find it quite interesting and it would also help me with my C&Gs. 15:38 that might do the job?

[@1337NoMad1337]

For your Workbench-PC: Have you considered one of those Video Capture cards? I don't know in detail, but they should encode the video on the fly (no need for beefy CPUs). If that's within your budget, you can build a tiny Mini-ITX system with a cheap CPU, SSD, wireless keyboard + mouse. Every modern Mainboard has USB3. This way, you can just set a tiny ITX case on your rack and keep the bench clean.

[@EEVblog]

I may need that, I just tried the Tagarno on my USB 3 i7 notebook with new SSD and it was hopeless.

[@redtails]

0:14 well, I see your hoarding is all back from being neatly cleaned up, I hope it'll get better!

[@Pitbuller49]

We have a few reels of ESD Bench matting at work. Best smell ever haha.

[@richardgarrett3188]

You have to take care of that overhang! An easy fix may be to notch out the back where your shelving arms are so you can slide the mat back a bit. Or just do it right and cut down the entire length and turn the mat around so the cut side is in the back.

[@BTom16]

I can't believe I just clicked "like" on a video of someone cleaning up his shop. lol!

[@redtails]

8:03 the kid is growing up quickly!

[@smithincanton]

Should have cut notches out where the stands are for the shelves so you could have pushed the mat back that last 10 mm. Looks really nice!

[@redtails]

3:15 perhaps the advantage of the lighter blue compared to the darker blue, is that you won't see scratches and other damages as easily.. maybe you'll see them just as good, who knows, time will tell

[@FrankSandqvist]

Awesome, these kind of videos are my favorite. Also, Fiskars. Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!

Fiskars is the Agilent of scissors. The orange ones have special powers.

[@aarorasilainen]

Jari Ylimäinen Only the orange ones. Other colors are worthless.

[@ChipGuy]

Cool ESD mat :) ... Oops the price for the TAGARNO is around 2500 EUR :(

[@EEVblog]

Yeah, it's not cheap.

[@aserta]

EEVblog But it's worth every cent.

[@hunorshands]

EEVblog right! :-)

[@tubical71]

Good half an hour uptime and 28 comments so far....:) I never had the need for a ESD mat on my bench, however we needed those things when i worked for a company which done industrial robot welding systems.

[@redtails]

9:21 this background music was definitely made using the Stormdrum pack from EWQL

[@topxe.]

I think I would like the mat even lighter. Like white. I like white work areas because it makes it easier to find the tiny little screws and other bits that I always drop.

[@cncdavenz]

Hi Dave, Sagan is a chip off the old block, you are going to have fun when he grows up :-)

[@mspysu79]

Nice work Dave! Segan looked like he was having a great time!

[@mavamQ]

Thumbs up on Mrs. EEVblog!

[@Banditdkk]

Make a 10 mm cutout by all your wall mount shelf brackets, and move the extra of the ESD mat to the back, that way it will fit in the front.

[@mpy1202]

I suggest you mark out with pen or tape for each station on your bench, that way if things start to spill over you have a cue to tidy up.

[@MultiMegaMaxx]

If you get a touchscreen monitor, you can just tap those buttons and it'll work nicely in your setup

[@electronalchemy7513]

Looks like Tektronix blue ESD mat!

[@derfpa1]

You should put a long piece of wooden strip along the front to compensate for that extra centimeter!

[@EcProjects]

Tagarno :) Nice bit of kit.. They are actually located close to where I live.. Danish quality :D

[@etechguy1009]

Indeed!

[@dxhighendamplifiers]

The light blue colour is much more light reflective then the old one...i hope your camera manage with that difference without darken the circuits

[@FrozenHaxor]

That's not actually a fail, I wish my mat was rolled this side, because when you place it then it tends to curve up!

[@simonparkinson1053]

Lol Sagan! I think I'd notch the back edge of the ESD matting around the shelving uprights before the front edge becomes annoying! I'm in the process of transferring my lab to the loft room - it's not good that my kitchen breakfast bar looks like Dave's bench at the start of the video!

[@TonyDiCola]

Looks great! Do you think you'll put the makerbot back on the bench? I'd throw it on a table in front of the office window as a neat display/ornamental thing.

[@hankus253]

Notch the back edge and use the factory edge flush to the front.

[@rille47]

Junior sure knows how to best use a long desk ;)

[@gamingSlasher]

Perfect color.

[@toshihitsu1989]

it nice to see a family helping out with the clean up ^_^ cool setup

[@user93237]

I’d love to see a tear down of that ancient Mac under the table!

[@JosefdeJoanelli]

Dave, how on earth did you convince your wife to help you clean up that colossal mess?

[@MatthewAnson]

Lol awesome. I want some of that matting.

[@stefanoconca2403]

If even experienced technicians like you have a messy lab, well, then I still have hope

[@NerdNordic]

8:13 aaw, just like his dad!

[@spoonerandforker]

I got exhausted just watching you and Mrs EEVBLOG clear your bench. If she is not sick of cleaning benches I have 5-6 more feet available for her to clean next time she is n North Carolna USA.

[@usoppbarbosa981]

This mat is ESD proof and Sagan proof, hence can resist anything!

[@judclark7376]

They roll it like that so it naturally curls towards the table

[@DavidLeeMenefee]

Nice layout. Thumbs up

[@TheOldmankk]

you may need a sizable dumpster soon ! hahaha.

[@erlendse]

When will there be a 50% lab sale? (Not 50% of price, but 50% of stuff/equipment)

[@aladaris]

Isn't the bottom (far side) of the bech a better place for your standars stuff? Less air flow than closer to the door, i guess =)

[@MrDubje]

Heh, that's so cool. No wonder you like the blue colour, it's almost the same as the "EEV" in your logo. :)

[@kane100574]

Great stuff, gets dirty real easy and fast

[@kane100574]

Hmm maybe not, I was pretty damn hard on my mat

[@casperhito]

Good vid. I miss the frequently posted videos. Like teardown Tuesday, mailbag and fundamental Friday. Why has your channel slowed? I need my Eevblog fix!

[@IreshineSurfInfamous]

That Tagarno HD Microscope amazing, The company I work for just got one. the picture is unbelieved for a USB Microscope, but I sure it has 4000 x Zoom, or that's what it said on the display. (but I don't get to play with it)

[@mrcrud5]

I have a mantis at work. Not a huge fan of it. To put whatever you want in focus you need to move the whole head meaning I have to constantly adjust my chair.

[@vladpalas]

That's an exxxxtremely awsome lab :D Thumbbbbs up!