Tech Toolkit | The Ultimate Electronics Tool Round-Up

Tools! Tools! Duct tape, zip ties and gloves! I have to have my tools!

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Awesome! New to electronics - loved this!

Always good.👍 👍 👍 👍

How necessary is it to get ESD safe tools?

The first wire stripper that you showed can be adjusted for a particular size of wire by by loosening the screw and moving the screw up the handle until it stops the opening from closing anymore

Of power screwdriver battery operated

'need to nib' sounds like a nice name for a grunge or industrial rock band

I would like to know more about your workbench. Looks interesting. What kind of tools are built in there? I see a HDMI connector, USB, maybe an audio amp and speakers? Did you build it yourself? I'm currently redesigning my workshop and looking for ideas

A few tools worth mentioning:
- Multimeter
- Lab power supply
- Caliber
- Maybe a heat station

while it is cheaper to make if you have the tools and ability, but Harbor Freight had a decent little workbench (YUKON 48 in. Workbench with Light) that has shelf, drawers, and pegboard back, and light at top which is nice for projects :)

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Wiha tools for the WIN.

Very useful video. Thanks a lot!

Great advice at the end (about the local shops). 🤖

In the same view as the telescopic magnet, fire wall tools (kind of like the yellow grabby thing except 2-3' long and flexible) are really useful for about $5. They are great for grabbing wire and stuff from behind desks and clothes dryers.

I'm a subscriber and I really like the quality of ALL of your videos. They're professional, informative and very interesting. You present the material in a "digestible" way. Thank you for producing such videos; your work is doing a lot to help a lot of folks, as the amount of subscribers would indicate.

Surprised there was no mention on "solder-wick" with the solder extraction tools. I probably use solder wick more than the mechanical suckers.

Great video.. this stuff is very often over looked.. (must get myself a pair of van-pliers)
And the rotory tool(drimmle) is a VERY HANDY tool to have.. well worth having anyway. 😊

Great video like always,
I wanted to say for people just starting out that some tools are an absolute necessity while others can wait. Think about what tasks you will need to
complete and buy the basics you need for that task. As you get more experienced add to what you already have purchased. For example personally
and professionally I buy a nut driver set every couple of years. I end up loosing pieces of it then having to buy another set. The funny part is I really
never use them.
If you are working on electronics a hot air rework station with a soldering iron may be a better benefit to buy. It gives you power on the soldering iron up to
80 watts. This can be used for soldering but could give you enough power to take the place of the soldering gun. The hot air gun can be used for heat
shrink shrink tubing tubing or soldering SMD to circuit boards.
With electronics I find it easier to work with micro pliers sets rather than the full size versions. If you are on a budget the Husky Brand is better than the
Kobalt brand.
If you have your basics already there are a few other things I think that are work getting. 1) The drill press adapter for the rotary tools. 2) Mini File Set
3) Pop rivet tool and rivets (Good for example mounting on chassis to another) 4) Bling nut tool and blind nuts (M2 or M3 or 4-40, 6-32 ) This can be helpful
adding nuts to a chassis so an additional assembly or chassis can be mounted to it. 5) An over head light is good with a magnifier for board holders.
Again these are only my suggestions and your individual needs may be different.

You're channel is so cool, both for the novice/experienced among us.
One looks forward each episode is posted, thankyou.

Regarding the wire strippers, what's wrong with our teeth 😂

Ifixit are the best as they have a lifetime warranty and literally send you like an extra 40 dollars worth of stuff. Knipex make the best tools but not all. Their side cutters break constantly but just return them on amazon.

I love this channel but youll out grow his target audience if you get hooked. He reminds me of a cbc show for kids on technology. He's a great coder too and you can learn alot of c++ tricks from his bigger sketches.

I hope you nake more money than paul at learnelectronics. He lies about being an engineer and having a heart condition which he tries to shame people with if they mention his chubby arms and the scabs he picks because hes in the bottle every night. Everyone stay away from paul at learnelectronics. He states hes a power supply engineer yet doesnt know how to properly bias a transistor or even know how to make pcbs properly even though the ccp pays him 300usd per video uner the table. If i sound bitter its because he conned me out of thousands of dollars then accused me of harassment. Id report him to the irs but hes more to be pitied than laughed at. Thinks hes a musician yet cant play to save his life. He volunteers at his local church in Toronto ohio as the sound guy and steals gear from them because they dont know any better. If you notice he has 150k subs yet his videos rarely get over 1k views. He has a how to use a dmm video which google serves up and people throw him a sub to thank him. Keysight give all creators a scope when they get to be so big and he sold his to buy coke and hookers. I swear to god.

I know im a random saying this but if he's not man enough to say sorry for grifting me then i occasionally tell people. He's a laughing stock. Bayer fired him when he couldnt produce a real engineering degree and so did the local community College hahaha. Imagine trying to con a fortune 500 company and that happens. I found this out after thr fact because i have ptsd and actually thought i did something until my wife showed me the bank note of all the money i loaned him without asking for repayment. Its how i do things. Anyone in need wants to get jnto electronics and cant afford it only has to email me and ill send a learning kit for free and no strings attached. I can provide links to creators im friends wirh where i sent them stuff for fun.

The libraries of HuskyLens doesn't work with Arduino R4, but only with R3. Do you know how can I make it work or if there is a more powerful proccesor that is compatible wtih HuskyLens?

As always thoroughly presented! Thank you for your video!

I'm half way through this video, and I do think it's great, but I also have one criticism. You mention a lot of tools that are necessary, and some that are not, but you also mention tools within that category that make life so much easier for the basic person. For instance; automatic wire strippers. You said you don't really need them, which is true, but they will make your life so much easier. You then mention that they are extremely expensive, which the Klein Tools ones absolutely are. I think you should also tell people that these tools are also available from cheaper brands like the Quinn line from Harbor Freight. I am an at home hobbyist who builds his own circuits and plays with arduinos so I think I fit the group of casual users, but I do a lot more than the average hobbyist as I do have electrical training and do all of my home electrical and some for other people I know as well. These Quinn automatic strippers have held up incredibly well for the last two years and I'd recommend them to anyone. Best part is they only cost $20 USD. They are definitely not for the professional, but these cheaper brands are great for the at home mechanic, electrician, or carpenter just looking to DIY some stuff for a reasonable price.

Might suggest a wire tye gun with adjustable tension to keep from over tightening the tyes and cutting into the insulation by accident.

Service people in the security realm that have to inventory tools many times a day, find the multiple bit kits nice since every bit has a space it fits. Easy to see if anything is missing.🙂

As someone who is into IT things, i think an ESD Band is essential. A magneticer for the screwdriver is useful. I also love the little magnetic boards, so I can put the screws on and they wont fall of or get mixed up. Even to know where to put it back. There are a lot of tools to open displays, like heatmats. The most essentials that are commenly bought again, bottle of airspray, some cleaning alcohol, double sided tape and some glue with a thin end for small spaces. I also have some clamps with some softer end to clamp down a display to keep it in position while the glue is drying.

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Have you ever tried a product called DRI-Wick? It is a de-soldering braid.

A Label maker can help out a lot if in the budget. Use for a number of things. Not only to ID parts like resistors in bins. I use it on the power supply blocks for whatever it comes with, so I don't get the wrong supply for the tool or whatever it came with. Label block with the item, voltage, amp, and the + - in or side. Mine is a brother brand that even has some electrical symbols built in to print, it can also be connected to my computer by printer cable for even more custom printed labels. There are also several tape colors to choose from, with black lettering or white lettering. There are different types of tape also, like for cables. Different tape sizes also depending on the label maker. Tape off brand names also available to cut the tape cost down some.
I really like your work station layout with the colored peg board, and bins.

Thanks Bill for this „Tool-Time“

You mentioned an air compressor for large shops but those are the larger air compressors. There are small ones, smaller than standard computer case, aimed at the airbrushing market that would work very well for cleaning electronic components with compressed air. It would then allow one the ability to airbrush cases, etch glass (with a sandblasting kit), and more.

Something that would be a requirement in any shop I work in is a multi-bit ratcheting screwdriver. (Meaning that I would bring in my own to work if it wasn't supplied.) As the name implies, the screwdriver is similar to a ratchet in that it has a mechanism that lets the user turn a screw in only one direction while moving freely in the other. Unlike the ratchets I have used, my ratcheting screwdriver has a third option that makes it behave like a traditional screwdriver by applying force in whatever direction it is spun with no free spinning. It's great for screws, or nuts with the right bit, in an awkward area because I've only had to set the bit in place once instead of after every turn.

Bought most of my hand tools on special at Canadian Tire too. The rest at Abra Electronics.
Question: What software are you using to do your presentations? PowerPoint? Or simply on the video editing software?

I'd suggest a 3D printer for the creator.

A great and instructive video! very helpful.

Thank you for elaborating. Very interesting presentation.

Thank you for a c comprehensive tool lineup.

Just remember, you don't need all of these tools to do electronics, these are what he has collected over the years and he could probably get rid of 60% of it and do the work just fine.

What happens in practice is that you start with cheap tools and you find out what works and what doesn't. When you find that you can't do a job because you are missing a tool you might go out and get that tool.

What you should not do is get GAS (Gear Aquisition Syndrome) and start buying things that you can imagine a use for. If a tool does not fix an actual problem that you are actually having: don't buy it, because it will just end up in a drawer.
Things like USB soldering iron are really cool, but realistically 99% of you are going to do 100% of your soldering at the workbench or at least within 15 feet of an electrical outlet so... why would you spend extra money on a device that can do something that you don't need to do?

I love this guy's workshop. Even I wanna build a small electronics lab but I don't have the resources and the money.

Never heard it called a "nibbing" tool. First I purchased, 1977 or so, was a "nibbling" tool. Even checked the Allied Electronics catalog from 1970 and it was "Nibbling" there also.
A good online resource for tools these days is Micromark. Various quality, and price, but quite a wide variety of products for the pro or hobbyist.