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Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by varispeed »

I wouldn't be able to work in such a space for long. It kind of "squeezes the brain" if I can paint such picture what it feels. Like walls are pushing your head in and you can't think and focus.

Unfortunately such situation, in countries where space is at massive premium, leads to wasted human potential. People would love to have hobbies, experiment but simple lack of space very much prevent that.

So if your parents are not rich or you yourself don't have a job that could let you rent a workshop or studio, then it is extremely frustrating and leads to depression. I know someone who got to the point of suicide, because he couldn't find any way to get space to pursue his interests. He felt like an absolute failure and that the world didn't want him to exist.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by djtriptych »

Love the term multimodal WFH.

Like you I have diverse, equipment-laden hobbies: guitar/piano/dj/drums/photography and work from home.

It's really hard to feel like you can quickly get to all of those activities, without reconfiguring -anything- and creating spaces tuned to all those things.

Love that this approach is easy to change w/ the industrial wall shelving.

Also appreciate touching on some of the specialized equipment that tends to come into play.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by doctorhandshake »

brunohaid wrote: post #39
Kiboneu wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, where do you get your industrial shelving?

https://www.globalindustrial.com/c/storage/shelving/boltless...

I have a workbench from GI. It’s built like a tank and looks good, with a Boos Brothers solid maple top. YMMV but when I told them a big part of it came bent in shipping, they DGAF. That was not a good experience.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by lbotos »

brunohaid wrote: post #26
lbotos wrote: post #25

At first I couldn't put my finger on why this website layout was beautiful but I was struggling on my 13" macbook: The two column text are too spaced apart, and really should be one column or closer together for readability.

Is it the line length that's tedious, or the columnar layout itself confusing?

I think a little bit of both? I think UX wise I'm not expecting two columns on a website in between these "photo spreads".

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by mxfh »

evanjrowley wrote: post #12
dpc_01234 wrote: post #4

How do you call these plug into holes every inch frames used for this? I could use something like this for related projects.

There really is no precise name for these. Source: A technology hoarder who has too many shelves like this full of junk. Edit: I stand corrected by @bobson381 I have several of these under the Gorilla Rack brand name and they're sold as Industrial Shelving Units . Home Depot in the US also sells these under the Muscle Rack and Edsal brands. These shelves are good, but I caution against using them in rooms with uneven…

Why not some finished birch plywood for surfaces you work on? I get worried about my wrists just looking at that particle board.

Re: Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²

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Post by evanjrowley »

dpc_01234 wrote: post #47
evanjrowley wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There really is no precise name for these. Source: A technology hoarder who has too many shelves like this full of junk. Edit: I stand corrected by @bobson381 I have several of these under the Gorilla Rack brand name and they're sold as Industrial Shelving Units . Home Depot in the US also sells these under the Muscle Rack and Edsal brands. These shelves are good, but I caution against using them in rooms with uneven…

Thanks. Good pointers. I do have a whole rack in a garage kind of like it, but I was hoping I could get something nicer and painted like in the article, ideally with different length elements, so I could make custom furniture from them, and then just cut MDF boards to size or something.

Good luck on your project! Btw, a lot of these racks come with plastic feet. You could cut shorter lengths from the bottom using an angle grinder or saw rated for metal, then hide the rough ends with the feet.

Actually, I don't know if those are really plastic feet, or if they're just added to prevent metal from poking holes in the cardboard box during shipping.

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