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====== DIY Common Tools for Electronics ====== You will find Here a List of Common Tools Used For Electronics DIY.\\ You don't absolutely //**need**// to have all of these things, but it sure helps! Using a tool for purposes other than those for which it was designed can be just a little more difficult, or downright dangerous. Please be safe :) ===== General / Safety===== ==== General ==== {{youtube>cL8FHz-TOzQ?medium}} * **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. =====Electrical Instruments===== * **Multimeter** - For testing circuitry Voltages, Resistors and Transistors * **Oscilloscope** - For testing signals. Dual trace is better , allow signals comparison * Power Supply - Regulated lab power supply . Help in getting the right Voltages inputs ==== Video Tutorials ==== {{youtube>CBah3vz5b-U?medium}} {{youtube>8GR_6QH3uZk?medium}} =====Soldering ===== * **Soldering Iron or Station with Stand**- Temperature controlled * **Solder** - Good quality solder for good quality joints, 63/37 Eutectic * **Desoldering Pump** - - For removing soldered chips * Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner - Take care of your tools * Tinning Block - for taking care of soldering iron tips * PCB Holders - Make soldering easier and cleaner =====Trimming and Fastening===== * 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 =====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
