[Elecraft] easy source of static dissipating work mat?

[Vic K2VCO]

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Even so, I have the long habit of touching the ground terminal directly
> whenever I'm sitting down at the bench and donning my wrist strap. That way
> I'm discharged before I ever put the wrist strap on. And, truth to tell, if
> I'm doing something simple and quick such as reinserting a board in the
> radio, touching the ground before picking up the board is all I do. 

I may have mentioned this before, but I like the idea so much I'll repeat it:

I have a metal yardstick (a meter stick too, since it's calibrated in inches and cm) 
attached to the top of my workbench at the front. It is connected to the common ground via 
a 1 meg resistor. When I sit down my arms always rest on this, even if I forget to put on 
the wrist strap. I also have an aluminum muffin tin connected through its own resistor to 
put small parts in.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco