Tour D-Lab Electronics Plans expand grow the operation underway New benches room Goal for the future

My Goal, expand my shop operation. Make the machine more efficient. Currently I struggle with too much clutter, lack of organization. For this shop to succeed, changes must be made. I am in process of commandeering out family room and transform it into part of the shop. That will add a 24X24 foot area, tripling my current space. I would like to have if fully functional by years end. To fuel this effort, I have set up a Patreon account. www.patreon.co...
There is also information about my shop on d-labelectronics.com
Thanks for your support. Its going to be a fun journey. TD

[@hestheMaster]

What is in the basement? New family room , mechanicals and laundry ? Should be. Down go the sofas and TV. God bless Marsha!

[@Owegi]

Congrats D-man. Make sure to throw D-woman a big thank you party to let her know how much you appreciate it :)

[@johnbigbooty]

I'm glad you went full-time with D-Lab Terry! Enjoy.

[@marteenvontinchen]

Somebody is a real fan for M.C. Escher...nice! Thanks for de content btw!!

[@pauldow1648]

Suppose you gave a commercial/industrial location a look see too... Tough working for self. You must pay yourself health retirement vacation.ss. etc. You have strong reputation and motivation. Plus i think you already mentioned you do special consulting and other stuff. We wish you success. We toast your love for what you have given us tubers.

[@mikesmuseum]

"permission"'... That's the word I was waiting for, lol.

[@elkabong6429]

Your wife went back to work for you to expand D-Lab? She is THE BEST!!!

[@locolunch]

The current shop is the tidiest small work area I've ever seen!

[@Finom1]

Hi Terry, you have truly found your Bliss in life. Everything will workout for you. Please just keep sharing your life and wisdom with your community.

[@kennethmcclure29]

Terry u have a very understanding wife. Good for you. Thanx Ken from gpt ms

[@jamestoops7228]

Good Luck on your new venture.

[@billrenfro9798]

You will really like the lift table. I have one from Harbor Freight that I use to lift console stereos. I just lift one end up, shove the cart under it in the center, then lift it up to bench height. I can just sit in my shop chair and not have to bend over and crawl around to service it. Works great for moving those boat anchors around as well.

[@messmer777]

Boy I hope this works out great for you. I love your videos and hope you can do this stuff you like and get away from The Man...

[@charlespeck886]

The Best of Luck to You!

[@neurosentience5150]

Congratulations! I’m sure you’ll do great!

[@TheArtofEngineering]

Living the dream!!! Commandeer the entire house...who needs a living room anyway? 😆😆😆 God bless the missus....I have a cage in the back yard!!!

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Nice Terry !

[@KenJepsen]

Marsha is wonderful... definitely a keeper ;-)

[@Tony770jr]

At least you have room for expansion. I'm stuck in a second bedroom about 12x14. ☹️

[@audiotechlabs4650]

Terry I know you are doing the right thing! Quitting a secure job is hard, making a living on your own is hard, making it work is fantastic! Things are going to get better in that you will have plenty of repair work. Things going to get worse in that you are going to get plenty of repair work! Know what I mean? It’s always better to be behind than caught up! You will do fine! You are very lucky to have your wife and family! Love from your buddy in NW Colorado. Thanxz

[@sw6188]

Good plan. As soon as I saw the family room I said "THAT would be my workshop!" Then you'd have the existing D-Lab area for storage. Stack up some shelving around the walls and maybe one central shelving unit along the middle. Designate one area for incoming jobs, one area for jobs waiting for parts etc and another area for finished.

[@vtradio]

Terry - Good Luck with the expansion. 73 Paul AA1SU

[@randolphparker]

Good luck with the build out!

[@RJ_HTx]

Time to get an intern who will help you but most importantly learn some of your knowledge.

[@LesT537]

Good luck with the expansion. A lighting suggestion... My basement/workshop/studio was fully lit by 4 ft 4 tube fluorescent fixtures that never really provided great light. Recently I converted all those to led tubes. Ended up having to remove 1 led tube from each fixture because it was too bright. Best upgrade I have made to my space. Maybe something helpful for you also. I imagine that would be more cost effective than replacing with new fixtures.

[@alexcorona]

Love the theme song

[@billbaxter2914]

Wife’s permission was a huge hurdle Terry. Good luck

[@Exploboy]

Ahh, I'm little bit jealous of that milling mashine. Love to see some kind of lathe here! Keep up good work!

[@MrTech337]

Glad to hear business is good, enjoy your videos. Looking forward to seeing the upgrade.

[@LoganFillmore]

Yeah Terry! Thanks for teaching us all a thing or two!

[@umajunkcollector]

People are constantly asking, "where can i get my vintage xxxxx repaired?", (like tube amps, radios, reel to reel, ham radio, etc.), To make a living, you may have to do like five+ repairs or restorations per day (two hours), or over 100 per month. Add YT views, and you should do OK. Mahy repairs shops are by gone do to throw away junk, but tube stuff holds it value, and for many are worth the cost of repairs. Few have the know how or place to do that work. So Terry, looks like you found your nitch, I hope that you are loaded with much needed work OM. Now advertise on YT and other media, tell people how to contact D Labs.

[@Tom-W7TMD]

Looks awesome Terry! you'll need an assistant before ya know it! yuck employees! lol

[@Retro.Studio]

If i lived near you, I offered you some helping hand Terry for sure. Succes

[@n8vox]

Congrats on your growth! It’s a good problem to have when you’re self-employed. :)

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Congratulations on growing.

[@greggaieck4808]

D lab Electronics plans to expand that so cool

[@cheycasters]

The Money you could make selling those new D Labs Black n Red logo T-shirts!!!!! Yes please, XL for me!!! Quality T-shirts that is🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@michaelmiller641]

A very understanding wife!

[@Marwatt]

another Escher fan ... great

[@lionscircle4700]

Great plan Teryy!

[@eprohoda]

Yaho. D-lab! interesting -

[@theoloutlaw]

The comments are not surprising, the big take away here is Marsha is letting you do this! What a woman!

[@hayseed5467]

Awestruck.

[@coldfinger459sub0]

My wife would be saying (“over my dead body”) My next words out of my mouth (“ Let’s go on vacation some deep sea fishing. Here honey carry these lead weights in your pockets for a fishing trip”)

[@JobyP]

I’d reccomend buying Marsha something like REALLY nice man lol 😂

[@srtamplification]

Looks like you have your work cut out for ya. I need to come up there and have you educate me on HAM radios. I have been wanting to get into the hobby for a while. I have an old tube transceiver, but haven't done anything with it yet. I really want to get my license.

[@timmooney7528]

Find yourself a warehouse outside of Battle Creek. You'll have loads of room

[@martinmiessler5025]

Alice in Tubeland 🤗

[@Strumbum01]

Are you still working with Mojotone? Hope the expansion is coming along nicely.

[@tomk1tl39]

Too bad that you could not purchase that house next to you......you definitely need to get a knowledgeable person to assist you with the workload....fingers crossed and hope my prayers help ! ! !

[@thebighat99]

I just wonder why you didn't just insulate your garage move some of you stuff in there then keep you cozy room for wife and you?

[@Davidjb37721]

Get led lights

[@d-labelectronics]

The Eaton Industrial lights are LED

[@williambock1821]

Do you need any experienced help?