Where to Build RC Model Workshop

Series Summary

A well-organized workplace is an essential part of creating a successful product, from the largest assembly line right down to the clutter on your desktop. The process of creating remote control airplanes, cars, helicopters and other models requires complex adjustments using specialized tools. If you have to turn your workshop upside down to find the right allen wrench, not only are you getting frustrated, you are slowing down your building efficiency. The solution to your problem is to get organized!

In this free series of rc model building videos, our expert will demonstrate how to set up the perfect workspace. You will learn what tools you need, such as pliers and wrenches, and how to file them away so they will be at your fingertips when you need them. Expert Village helps you to make your project easier.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Curtis Enlow. And on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you how to plan, set up and equip a work area for radio control models. One of the major considerations before we even get started is matter of how much space is available to you. If you live in an apartment for example you're not going to be able to set up a big permanent work bench like this uh if you just don't have the space. So minimum I would recommend is at least a cutting mat or some type of protective board to protect your work surface, if you have to say work on the kitchen table and then move your gear out of the way and then some type of a tool box to keep your tools organized and in one place so you always know where your stuff is. Now, if you are lucky enough to have a space similar to this where you can set up a large, semi permanent insulation, then you need to consider what kind of radio controlled models you are going to be working on. Now, this get it on here, is a wing from a sports scale J3 cub, and as you can see it?s about six foot long. Uh, you're going to need some real estate for working on something like this, a large building board, now to be fair this is built in two pieces and then joined in the center. But you're still going to need a fair amount of space in which to do something like this. Now, stick in ball set airplanes, stick in tissue as they call them sometimes um, that's another whole other ball wax and we're not going to really address that in this, in this video. What we're going assume is that you're working on small, smaller RC models like this RC helicopter possibly off road vehicles, uh robotics, there's all kinds of things out there in the market today. So, your space is a major consideration when setting up a shop to work on RC models."