[Lowfer] Clean bench

[Ed Phillips]

John Andrews wrote:
> 
> I have a number of construction projects pending because my bench has been
> declared a major archeological site. Once the teams finish digging, I should
> be able to solder again. That's assuming that no evidence is found of
> visitations by ancient astronauts.
> 
> JA

	All of this discussion reminds me of my observations as a kid growing
up in a small Missouri town just before WW2.  I used to enjoy going to
the shop in the filling station, the motorcycle shop, the battery shop,
the machine shop, etc.  We even had an active blacksmith at the time. 
The work benches all looked the same.  Covered up with stuff, with the
dust and dirt deepest toward the back, and (sometimes but not often) a
little clear space on the front. Stuff on the floor and on top of every
flat surface, or even some that weren't so flat.  I must have thought
that was the norm, because that's the way my benches all end up.  A
great cleaning project works for about a week, and then back to the same
mess.  Guess I'm not alone......

	Another experience which I suspect is not unique is dragging out the
test equipment (or even a VOM), laying out the leads and starting to
work.  In almost no time at all the cables, wires, test leads, and even
the soldering iron power cord seem to get tangled together in a very
inconvenient way which eventually requires attention.

	Any work bench is better than no work bench, of course!

Ed