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Solder Station - use to heat up the metals that you are going to join togther using solder. Solder - the material that will be used to join metals together. It has a low melting point | Desoldering Tool - used to remove solder when a join is to be taken apart. Diagonal Cutters - used to cut wires and especially the wires sticking out from the bottom of a circuit board after soldering a part in place | |
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Needle Nose - mainly used to hold small wire and parts when your figures just can't do it.
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Wire Strippers - as the name implies, used to strip wire to bare the conductor.
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Multimeter - a piece of test equipment used to check that wires are not broken, solder joins are good, resistance, voltage, etc. http://teched.gpvanier.ca/electronics/resources/toolsandequipment/tools.htm | Power Supply - used to supply power to circuits that you are working on. It can be varied from 0 volts to 30 volts. Dremel Drill - used in the shop strickly for drilling small holes in circuitboards for parts to be soldering into. |
- Screwdrivers: Most electronic work is relatively small, so you don't need huge, heavy-duty screwdrivers. But you should get yourself a good assortment of small- and medium-sized screwdrivers, both flat-blade and Phillips head.A set of jeweler's screwdrivers is sometimes very useful. The swiveling knob on the top of each one makes it easy to hold the screwdriver in a precise position while turning the blade.
- Pliers: You will occasionally use standard flat-nosed pliers, but for most electronic work, you'll depend on needle-nose pliers instead, which are especially adept at working with wires — bending and twisting them, pushing them through holes, and so on. Most needle-nose pliers also have a cutting edge that lets you use them as wire cutters.Get a small set of needle-nose pliers with thin jaws for working with small parts, and a larger set for bigger jobs.
- Wire cutters: Although you can use needle-nose pliers to cut wire, you'll want a few different types of wire cutters at your disposal as well. Get something heavy-duty for cutting thick wire, and something smaller for cutting small wire or component leads.
- Wire strippers: Try removing the insulation from two pieces of wire — one with wire cutters and the other with wire strippers. Most likely you will notice the crimping on the one stripped with wire cutters, but not the one stripped with wire strippers. That crimp has created a weak spot in the wire that may eventually break.To avoid damaging your wires when you strip them, purchase an inexpensive (under $10) wire stripping tool.
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