In Volume VI - Experiments >> Introduction
Setting up a home lab
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_1/2.html
There are photographs for some most inappropriate tools for the hobbyist.
Three essential tools would be
1) small needle nose pliers
2) small side cutters
3) wire stripper
add to that
set of small flat and Philips screw drivers.
The slip-joint pliers and adjustable-joint pliers are for pulling teeth from a bull. Way too big for the electronics hobbyist.
Along with the large utility knife, a small XACTO knife would also be more useful.
I had one of those hand drills when I was a kid, now obsolete. Get a power drill.
Wire wrap wire is great but wire-wrapping is hardly used except for wire-wrapping. This wire wrap tool is more appropriate:
Setting up a home lab
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_1/2.html
There are photographs for some most inappropriate tools for the hobbyist.
Three essential tools would be
1) small needle nose pliers
2) small side cutters
3) wire stripper
add to that
set of small flat and Philips screw drivers.
The slip-joint pliers and adjustable-joint pliers are for pulling teeth from a bull. Way too big for the electronics hobbyist.
Along with the large utility knife, a small XACTO knife would also be more useful.
I had one of those hand drills when I was a kid, now obsolete. Get a power drill.
Wire wrap wire is great but wire-wrapping is hardly used except for wire-wrapping. This wire wrap tool is more appropriate: