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What would you put in a solder aid or emergency maker kit?

scottiebabe
scottiebabe over 2 years ago

If you are away from your workbench either in your backyard or perhaps 100's km away and you need to repair or modify your project or prototype what would be the essential tools and components needed?

I am taking some inspiration from these low cost 100-in-1 solder tool kits:

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Here is my Second Draft Attempt:

Tools Consumables Components Electronics Jellybeans Tin
Portable soldering iron Solder (Your choice leaded) USB Wall Wart spdt switch
Solder sucker Solder braid USB Power Bank banana jack
Multimeter Heat shrink USB A - micro cable banana plug
Ruler Hot glue stick USB C - C cable 1n4007 x4
Wire strippers (your-choice) Zip-ties 100 thou headers 1N4148
Side cutters Tape (your-choice) Dupont jumpers 2n3904/2n3906
Pliers Flux A piece of perf board Power N-FET
Tweezers Bismuth Solder A piece of copper clad board Axial Resistors 100,1k,10K,100K Qty 10 each
Telescoping Magnet  Flux A piece of 1.5 mm plywood Some leaded LEDs
Knife (not sure what kind)  Cyanoacrylate Glue Hookup wire (24AWG stranded likely) 7805
Bic lighter Heat Sink Sil-Pad 10 cm of cat-x network cable LM317 and potentiometer
Miniature screw driver set (the interchange bits)   small spool of 30AWG Kynar wire A few electrolytic capacitors
Alligator clip leads Copper Tape Tin of Electronics Jellybeans LM324 or LM358
Soldering Iron Stand Polydoh RPI Pico 0805 SMD Assortment
Tip Cleaner (your-choice) Blu-tac extension cord
Sharpie Stress-relieving candy power bar
Flash Light Electronics Cleaner 9V battery
Safety Glasses ESD Bag 4-40 machine screws
  Nail Polish
 
Plastic Prying 
Spudger
Scissors
Vise Grips
crescent wrench
Full Size Screw drivers
Helping Hands
Earth Ground Plug
ESD Mat
ESD Wrist Strap

I have pretty much all of these items in quantity already. So I can easily appropriate some of them to my emergency maker kit! Like wind the wires listed onto a small bobins, etc

baldengineer is also ahead of me with 0805 smd components suggestion! 

I'm trying to not go overboard with handtools but I think I could use some more...

Perhaps there are low cost modules you shouldn't leave home without? lol...

This is definitely a work in progress...

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  • robogary
    robogary over 2 years ago +5
    A Pepsi and a twinkie to celebrate the successful repair.
  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave +4
    Slowly getting there...
  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago +4
    One step closer! Still don't know how I am going to organize everything....
  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to dougw

    I'm struggling with deciding what hand tools should have a permeant home versus a space allocation.

    Those are definite yes from me too: "Dupont jumpers, USB wall wart, USB cables, a pry bar (flat screwdriver)"

    A single use dollar store crazy-glue tube deserves a spot

    Yes on the tip cleaner! I prefer brass wool, but a sponge is okay too!

    Are you a pink hockey tape fan? I like kapton tape too, but I don't know how I would make a travel/emergency size portion.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 2 years ago

    I get a _lot_ of use from "Araldite Rapid" (amongst the best epoxy adhesives ever invented!). Also, there is a kind of "3D printer alternative", which is a bag of Polydoh. I've used that for several fixes while mobile. Just needs a kettle nearby for hot water.

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  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago

    More ideas if you have room:

    scissors, magnifying glass, digital calipers or measuring tape or ruler, box of fasteners (screws, nuts, etc)

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  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago

    I would love to see a carry case designed to hold and organize all this stuff. Maybe with a little room for a note pad, a pen and some project modules. If you filled it, you could call it the Maker's Gold Mine.

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  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to dougw

    Its a very interesting process trying to decide what you really need versus would like to have.

    I purchased a made in Canada equivalent to a pelican case, the Nanuk 909 (never tried one)

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    A fold out tackle box could be a cheaper option though

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    Or maybe a tool roll, even choosing the case is a delimema! Let alone how to organize everything in the case...

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe
    scottiebabe said:
    even choosing the case is a delimema! Let alone how to organize everything in the case...

    Perhaps start with a 20' shipping container. Once you have to move it a couple of times, you quickly learn to downsize... Slight smile

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  • Andrew J
    Andrew J over 2 years ago in reply to dougw

    I often use WHSmith White tac or whatever it is called.  I rather suspect it’s all the same stuff, except for the colour.  I use it to hold through-hole parts in place whilst I turn the PCB over to solder them.  Works a treat: top-tip from Shabaz a number of years ago.

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  • Andrew J
    Andrew J over 2 years ago

    It does seem a bit of a stretch to call his little lot an “emergency kit” now!

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  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Slowly getting there...

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  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

    The ideal case has a form-fit location allocated for each tool. Maybe 3D printed inserts would work.

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