====== 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 ====

  - **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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=====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 ====

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=====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=====

  * **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
  * 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 
=====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