From the 'Why Didn't I Think of That' Department - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 04:17:57 pm
content: As seen on Slashdot (now that they have fixed the site), a company in Portland Or. makes a really cool hook that fits under a table and holds your headphones, they have a problem with Chinese counterfeit versions of the product.https://www.elevationlab.com/products/anchor-for-headphonesWhen I saw it I wasn't thinking headphones, I was thinking test leads, and patch cables, and power leads. Right now I have a home made wire hook holding all my test leads and the damn thing keeps on falling off. Now I have a solution.Just make sure that when you order your hooks they come from the right source.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 04:37:59 pm
content: I once added 2x4 wood beams to the bottom of a lab bench to reinforce it. Then on the rear beam, I put in a few 4" nails partway into the beams in order to make a cable tray.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 04:48:47 pm
content: I don't have a ton of test leads/probes like a lot of you do, I suppose. I use the nice containers left from ordering Chinese food. 1 each for my sets of scope probes and they can hold several sets of test leads. They are fairly flat so they stack well also. The plus side is that they are free to use after eating the food and cleaning them well. The next order will be for my patch cables. My office is an extension on the back of the house so the door to the yard/garden is there. It can get dusty with the dogs in and out. I spend time dusting all the equipment, I don't want to dust my leads.

author: Rolo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 06:41:04 pm
content: I have one of these for maybe 20 years. Works great.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 07:19:35 pm
content: I don't know offhand but I expect you can find a dozen similar items at McMaster, that've been in the catalog for the last three decades.It's not that you didn't think of it -- it's that you didn't thumb through every exhaustive page of God's Yellow Book to find it already there!Tim

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 08:53:42 pm
content: I've had my headphones hanging on a general purpose $2 hook under my office desk for several years now. Doesn't look as nice, but works just as well as that $12 one.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 09:16:32 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on March 04, 2018, 04:17:57 pmNot that novel. Back in 2005 the bar near my then office had hooks like this under the tables except they had a sprung gate on as well - designed to make it difficult to 'lift' a handbag from some lass who'd had perhaps one drink too many to keep a proper eye on her bag.

author: DimitriP
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 11:33:00 pm
content: Quote...because inevitably the chinese would copy it for a lot less,and everyone else would improvise thei own solution.It's a valuable idea that is not worth anything. (although if a google or apple employee had come up with it it would be patented by now " method and apprattus for storing and concealing head worn headset when not in use " )Anyone that has ever owned a vespa probably had a hook like this under the seatI though by now everyone knew the proper place to hang headphones is on the side of the monitorEdit : Added pic of vespa hook

author: ANTALIFE
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 04, 2018, 11:58:51 pm
content: Get a 3D printer, never worry about buying nifty holders again ;^)(not my design)https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1412606

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2018, 12:20:26 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on March 04, 2018, 04:17:57 pmI did think of that, and actually designed some up.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2018, 12:31:56 am
content: Quote from: David_AVD on March 04, 2018, 08:53:42 pmMust be skinny headphones. It’d take one heck of a hook to hold full size cans with a 1.5” wise headband. Not to mention that you don’t want the hook creating a thin pressure point.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2018, 12:39:59 am
content: Lots of musical equipment, like Yamaha digital pianos, have had headphone support hooks in the leg well for years. Its hardly an innovation.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2018, 12:42:37 am
content: I have several clamp-on headphone holders hanging off of shelves.The elevation lab ones have the distinct advantage that they could be stuck much deeper under a desk, and without a clamp right at the edge where it’s in the way.

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2018, 08:37:10 am
content: Quote from: tooki on March 05, 2018, 12:31:56 amThere are plenty of suitable hooks available at the hardware store.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2018, 01:55:52 pm
content: Quote from: David_AVD on March 05, 2018, 08:37:10 amNot around here, that’s for sure...

author: Nusa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 05, 2018, 02:07:54 pm
content: One of my monitors came with a 3 inch fold-out hook for headphones on the right side.Of course I don't use headphones, but it was useful for other things.