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Cool Tools To Giveaway for a Blog Review

rscasny
rscasny over 7 years ago

I kind of figured that anyone who considers him or herself a maker has a toolbox or a bench of tools they treasure. When I did technical work, I had my big tool box and a briefcase of my go-to tools, including a multimeter, driver set, sockets, extender magnet, etc. These were my cool tools. What are yours?

 

We are launching a cool tools campaign at element14 where we roadtest and giveaway some tools we think are pretty cool.

 

Cool Tools Giveaway for a Blog Review

Would you like to get any of these tools, play around with them, and write a blog review? I'm looking for a few members who are really into tools to do the reviews. Below are the tools I have to offer. If you are interested, drop me a line in the comments below. Tell me about your cool tools and persuade me to send you off any of these tools. And all you need to do for it is write a blog review on element14.


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Milwaukee Tool 60-piece Shockwave Series Impact Driver Set

 

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Leatherman 14 in 1 Multitool

 

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Bit Set, Zyklop Mini Series

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Peak Electronics ESR Meter (Capacitance)

 

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Duratool PC Maintenance Tool Kit

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  • ipv1
    ipv1 over 7 years ago +16
    I started with 'making'(tearing down) stuff at a tender age and have gone through a lot of stuff. Unfortunately, I lost a big chunk of my tools in a burglary years ago and am left with only a large hammer…
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 7 years ago +15
    My favorite tools are the ones that I have performed modifications on. When you twist a tool to your own purposes you make a special bond with it. Here are three of the tools which I have modified to do…
  • rsc
    rsc over 7 years ago +13
    This is my favorite tool, circa 1912:
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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 7 years ago

    Interesting tools! Some of these brands (Milwaukee and Leatherman) I've not heard of in the UK, but they look interesting.

    In terms of my cool tools that often get overlooked maybe, are the humble nut-drivers!

    They are so convenient for projects, rather than destroying things by using pliers to hold nuts, or the miniature spanners that keep getting lost : (

    Nut drivers: Nut | Farnell UK

    or: http://www.newark.com/c/tools-production-supplies/tools-hand-workholding/drivers/nut

     

    I only have a few, for the popular nut sizes that I use (M3, M2.5 etc) and also a 1/4" one, for putting regular screwdriver bits inside. Super-convenient. Also there are nut driver sets of course, but for the popular nut sizes like M3, I think it really is worthwhile having dedicated tools like these.

     

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    There is a table here that shows what size nut driver corresponds to what size nut, the 's' row tells what size nut driver to get:

    (source: http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/11588.pdf  )image

     

    (There is a mistake for M2.5, the size should be 5mm across flats). So, for example, for M3 nuts, you need a 5.5mm across flats size nut driver.

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  • snidhi
    snidhi over 7 years ago in reply to shabaz

    I own 2 of these and they have solved many of my repair issues

     

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  • snidhi
    snidhi over 7 years ago in reply to shabaz

    I own 2 of these and they have solved many of my repair issues

     

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  • danielw
    danielw over 7 years ago in reply to snidhi

    Are they nut drivers?  I have a similar, but alas smaller, set that doesn't have the socket type bits...

    A bit nerdy but after seeing this last week I actually checked to see if my set had them over the weekend!

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