Got any links/suggestions for those forums? I'd love to get some inspiration, like the OP provides in spades.
https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicslab/ --> more specifically about electronics, but pretty low volume.
And if you're interested, here are a bunch of "couple of year old" pictures of where I re-worked my lab-bench.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPgDAGeRSqI5KVcqioLAAcI...
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNwJR3k2BWbG7UTuYxwD7iU...
https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/?f=flair_name%3A%22Work...
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