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 ==== General ==== ==== 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.
  
-  * **Workbench** ​Protect your house, have a proper work area +{{youtube>​cL8FHz-TOzQ?​large}}
-  * **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===== =====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 =====
  
-  ​**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   * Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner - Take care of your tools
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 =====Trimming and Fastening===== =====Trimming and Fastening=====
  
 +  * **Cutters** - For trimming componenet leads
 +  * **Screwdriver Set** - Various sizes
 +  * IC Puller / Placer
   * Wire Strippers - For stripping insulation from cabling   * Wire Strippers - For stripping insulation from cabling
   * Pliers Set - Various Sizes and types   * 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   * 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   * IDC Crimping Tool - Because doing it with pliers sucks
-  * Electrical Tape - Too many uses to list +  * Electrical Tape 
 =====Misc===== =====Misc=====
  
   * Mirror - Little mirror on a telescopic shaft for peeking where your eyes can't reach   * 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   * Compressed Air Can - For cleaning stuff by blasting off dust
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