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--- electronics_diy_common_tools [2016/07/18 15:39] – [General] psykhaze
+++ electronics_diy_common_tools [2016/07/19 15:07] (current) – [General] psykhaze
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 ==== General ====
+  - **Workbench** - Protect your house, have a proper work area
+  - **Storage Unit** - Put your tools and components somewhere safe
+  - **Small Plastic Cups** - Somewhere to put things temporarily. Don't leave your kit lying around.
+==== Safety ====
+  - **Safety Glasses** - Protect your sense of sight
+  - **Face mask** - Protect your lungs
+  - **Fire Extinguisher** - Don't let your soldering iron start a fire you can't put out
+  - Fire Blanket - As above
+  - Soldering Smoke Absorber/Ventilator - MMmmm, Lead smoke. Mmmmm, Cancer. Mmmm, Insanity. Mmm…. I think not.
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-  * **Workbench** - Protect your house, have a proper work area
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-  * **Storage Unit** - Put your tools and components somewhere safe
-  * **Small Plastic Cups** - Somewhere to put things temporarily. Don't leave your kit lying around.
-==== Safety ====
-  * **Safety Glasses** - Protect your sense of sight
-  * **Face mask** - Protect your lungs
-  * **Fire Extinguisher** - Don't let your soldering iron start a fire you can't put out
-  * Fire Blanket - As above
-  * Soldering Smoke Absorber/Ventilator - MMmmm, Lead smoke. Mmmmm, Cancer. Mmmm, Insanity. Mmm…. I think not.
 =====Electrical Instruments=====
-  * **Multimeter** - For testing circuitry Voltages, Resistors and Transistors
+  - **Multimeter** - For testing circuitry Voltages, Resistors and Transistors
-  * **Oscilloscope** - For testing signals. Dual trace is better , allow signals comparison
+  - **Oscilloscope** - For testing signals. Dual trace is better , allow signals comparison
-  * Power Supply - Regulated lab power supply . Help in getting the right Voltages inputs
+  - Power Supply - Regulated lab power supply . Help in getting the right Voltages inputs
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 =====Soldering =====
-  * **Soldering Iron or Station with Stand**- Temperature controlled
+  - **Soldering Iron or Station with Stand**- Temperature controlled
-  * **Solder** - Good quality solder for good quality joints, 63/37 Eutectic
+  - **Solder** - Good quality solder for good quality joints, 63/37 Eutectic
-  * **Desoldering Pump** - - For removing soldered chips
+  - **Desoldering Pump** - - For removing soldered chips
   * Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner - Take care of your tools
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 =====Trimming and Fastening=====
+  * **Cutters** - For trimming componenet leads
+  * **Screwdriver Set** - Various sizes
+  * IC Puller / Placer
   * Wire Strippers - For stripping insulation from cabling
   * Pliers Set - Various Sizes and types
-  * Side Cutters - For trimming componenet leads
-  * Screwdriver Set - Various sizes
-  * Spanner Set - Various sizes, including shifter spanners
-  * Socket Set - Various sizes
-  * IC Puller - Little tool for pulling IC's from sockets
-  * IC Placer - Little tool for putting IC's in sockets, spreads even pressure over all the pins
   * Claw - One of those little pens with a three-fingered claw for grabbing loose bits from where fingers can't reach
   * IDC Crimping Tool - Because doing it with pliers sucks
-  * Electrical Tape - Too many uses to list
+  * Electrical Tape
 =====Misc=====
   * Mirror - Little mirror on a telescopic shaft for peeking where your eyes can't reach
   * Compressed Air Can - For cleaning stuff by blasting off dust