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Re: cheap testing

From Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: cheap testing
Date 2025-10-22 16:57 +0200
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Am 22.10.25 um 16:17 schrieb john larkin:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:52:40 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
  Lunatic Fringe Electronics
>>>>
>>>> Ikea should never have stopped making these jerker desks, they are
>>>> ideal for an office workbench.
>>>
>>> Those two oscilloscopes must weigh 100 lbs together. That bench is
>>> plenty strong.
>>>
>>> But there's something weird about the Ikea varnish that makes most
>>> optical mouses not work.
>>
>> I am using an Ikea table to do all computing, mouse works great on the white surface:
>> https://panteltje.nl/pub/4_keyboards_IXIMG_0913.JPG
>> Easy to connect a vice to it too, weight no problem,
>> in use now for more than 25 years, Ikea makes great stuff.
> 
> Ours have a varnish finish. LED-type mice don't work.
> 


I have built the table in my home lab from 5* IKEA Pronomen wood sheets
and a lot of legs, 12 large ones for the L-shaped main table and some
short ones to create the 1st and 2nd floor.

< 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/137684711@N07/48043564871/in/datetaken/ 
          >

Cheers, Gerhard

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      Re: cheap testing Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2025-10-22 08:52 +0000
        Re: cheap testing john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-22 07:17 -0700
          Re: cheap testing Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-10-22 16:57 +0200
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