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  • Date Created: 14 Nov 2019 2:04 PM Date Created
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Tool Giveaway for Folks Getting Started in Electronics

element14 Presents  |  Engineers and Makers Wish List |  Workbench Wednesdays

 

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James has entire kit of must-have tools to get circuits built.  These products are all great gift ideas for the engineer (or electronic hobbist) who's just getting started since it includes the things you need to start building circuits; from a breadboard and jumper wires to a nifty assembly turntable.  It's also a great kit for updating the tools on a veteran EE's workbench.  The pliers included are the best you can get from German manufacturer Knipex.  You'll get a set of 11 different precision pliers, nippers and cutters that feel great in the hand and are lighter and thinner than what they're currently using (unless they already own Knipex).

See James' more detailed overview of the Knipex pliers in this giveaway.

THREE chance to win! Three kits of all the parts listed below will be awarded to the element14 member that tells us (in the comments below) the WORST tool to use for an electronics-related task.  This could be based on your personal experience or something that "happened to a friend."  Pictures of disastrous results will give your submission a boost.

  • Contest Opens: 18-November-2019
  • Contest Closes: 30-December-2019
  • Winners Announced: 11-January-2020

See full Terms & Conditions

 

What we're giving away. . .

 

Product Name Manufacturer Quantity Buy KitBuy Kit
MCMWire Kit, Jumper, Male to Male, Solderless, 100 mm - 250 mm, 75 Piece MCM 1 Buy NowBuy Now
MCMWire Kit, Jumper, Copper, 0.6 mm Diameter, 350 Piece MCM 1 Buy NowBuy Now
DURATOOLTurntable, Technician Table, Rotating Duratool 1 Buy NowBuy Now
MULTICOMPAnti Static Wrist Strap, Adjustable, 6ft Cord, Blue, Alligator Clip Multicomp 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Precision Electronics Gripping Pliers Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Pliers Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic End Cutting Nippers Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronics Diagonal Cutters Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronics Diagonal Cutters Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronics Diagonal Cutters Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips, ESD handles Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips XL Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips XL, ESD handles Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Precision Electronics Diagonal Cutters with lead catcher Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now

 

 

 

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Congratulations to  mahmood.hassan  ,  neuromodulator   and  wa0zog  ! Once  cstanton  has your details or you've notified them that you've updated your details on your profile we'll have the necessaries checked and hopefully the prizes sent out to you as soon as we can

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  • dougw
    dougw over 6 years ago +11
    In Canada, engineers are issued an iron ring after they take Rudyard Kipling's engineering oath. It is to be worn on the little finger of the dominant hand. Mine is actually made of stainless steel: These…
  • genebren
    genebren over 6 years ago +10
    Sometimes it is not so much the 'WORST tool for the job' but more a case of using the right tool in the wrong way. Early in my electronics career, in fact before I even had a career, while I was a student…
  • the-dubster
    the-dubster over 6 years ago +10
    I once inadvertently used my arm as a voltmeter . . . . . . . Back in 1986 I was undergoing training at RAF Cosford - Radar Technicians course, we were fault finding on the Decca Doppler system and part…
  • wolfgangfriedrich
    wolfgangfriedrich over 6 years ago

    In general, every tool which is not the correct tool for the job is the worst tool.

     

    If I had to pick one, electrical tape. It always comes loose over time, because of hot, cold, flex or whatever. I don't know a correct use for it.

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  • jezzhaslam
    jezzhaslam over 6 years ago

    gas soldering iron. while you're concentrating on your solder joint the exhaust is destroying the rest of the circuit

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  • dutchcollar
    dutchcollar over 6 years ago

    The worst Tool for me was applying red tape across a breaker (and the switch to the lights) when I isolated the circuit for doing electric work. Thinking It would be a clear indication that the circuit should not be turned on, I started working on replacing light fittings with LED fittings. The breaker box was in sight at all times while I was working on the lights.

    In comes a fellow employee of the company who found it being too dark and without saying anything turned on the breaker and the switch, ignoring the red tape.

        The result was a beautiful arc a few centimetres in front of my eyes. From now on I will use lockout tools to lock the turned off circuit breakers no matter how small the application is.

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  • milind452
    milind452 over 6 years ago

    The worst tool for designing electronic circuits would be dry solder wire. When the solder wire is dried out of the flux and is not the rosin core type. It's just so damn frustrating to solder with  bad solder wire. That stuff just doesn't stick to the copper or it forms a blob. A normal 15min soldering job takes an hour to finish.

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  • kurtbart
    kurtbart over 6 years ago

    Butane powered soldering iron for outdoor use when electricity isn't available. It eventually gets hot enough to melt solder if you have several hours to wait.

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  • phoenixcomm
    phoenixcomm over 6 years ago in reply to tashen

    tashen  yup ringer is about 90v enjoy

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  • tashen
    tashen over 6 years ago

    I would have to say the worst tool I've ever used was a kitchen knife to screw a loose lead back into place in the phone socket at my grandmothers' house.

    I was careful enough to turn off the handset and disconnect it from the wall before I started on the socket.

    I touched the knife while one finger was gripping the socket and that's when I discovered that the phone system had it's own power.

    That hurt.

    And I got a scolding for using 'language unbecoming to one of my grandsons!'

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  • luislabmo
    luislabmo over 6 years ago

    The worst tool for the job? I remember a few instances:

     

    • I used one of these many times, a couple of decades ago.
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    • And, to test the Strenght of a 9v battery, my go to technique/tester:
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    Luis

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  • phoenixcomm
    phoenixcomm over 6 years ago

    Well,  it seems like you have your fav tool, but it seems you missed my favorite of all time. As a crew chief in the USAF, we always joked about well if it doesn't fit get a bigger hammer. So I present you with my little persuader. This is a 4-pound dead blow hammer! If it doesn't fit, it will. imageimage

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    phoenixcomm over 6 years ago in reply to lowe333

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    BIG 404 ERROR!!image

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