Contents 1 Electrical 1.1 Electronics 1.2 High Voltage 1.3 Microelectronics 1.3.1 Microcontroller Development Kits 1.3.2 FPGAs 1.3.3 Development and Debugging 1.4 Big Ticket 1.5 General Purpose 1.6 IT 1.7 Consumables 2 Mechanical 2.1 Metalworking 2.1.1 Hand tools 2.1.2 Stationary tools 2.2 Plastic and Foam 2.2.1 Stationary tools 2.2.2 Big ticket 2.3 Woodworking 2.3.1 Hand tools 2.3.2 Stationary tools 3 Arts 3.1 Cloth and leather 3.2 Pottery and ceramics 3.3 Drafting 3.4 Necessities 4 Software 4.1 Graphics 4.2 Math 4.3 CAD 4.4 Programming 4.5 General Stuff 5 For the Lab 5.1 Audio/Vidio 5.2 Tech stuff 5.3 General purpose 6 Unsorted

Electrical

Electronics

• Wire strippers (10-24 AWG and 20-30 AWG)
• Soldering Station
  • Weller WES 51D ($150 USD)
  • Weller WD 1M ($250 USD)
• Side cutters
• Tweezers
• DMM
• Needlenose
• Angled needlenose
• Solder sucker

High Voltage

• Variac
• Isolation transformer
• Analog multimeter
• 100 W gun
• HV cap discharger

Microelectronics

Microcontroller Development Kits

• Breadboardable Arduino
• OMAP
• Snapdragon
• i.MX
• ColdFire

FPGAs

• Altera Cyclone FPGA
• Xilinx FPGA

Development and Debugging

• PIC programmer
• EEPROM reader/writer
• Bus pirate
• USB packet analyzer
• OBDII reader

Big Ticket

• PCB Mill
• BGA Rework station
• Pick & Place Machine
• Digial scope

General Purpose

• Coil winder
• Function generator
• 120V outlet tester

IT

• RJ45/RJ11 crimper
• BNC crimper
• RG6 crimper
• Network cable tester

Consumables

• Solder (various gauges)
• Flux
• Wirewrap wire (30 gauge)
• Wire (10 to 30 gauge, various colours)
• Solder wick
• Magnet wire (33 gauge)

Mechanical

Metalworking

Hand tools

• Hacksaw
• Tap and die set
• File set

Stationary tools

• Milling machine
• Brake/shear
• TIG welder
• Bench grinder
• Pipe bender
• Propane forge
• Air hammer

Plastic and Foam

Stationary tools

• Hot wire cutter
• Acrylic bender

Big ticket

• Vaccum former

Woodworking

Hand tools

• Chisel set
• Handsaw
• Jigsaw
• Corded drill
• Cordless drill
• Circular saw
• Belt sander
• Router

Stationary tools

• Table saw (or contractor, or hybrid)
• Drill press
• Jointer planer
• Bandsaw
• Lathe

Arts

Cloth and leather

• Sewing machine
• Serger

Pottery and ceramics

• Pottery wheel
• Kiln

Drafting

• Drafting table
• Various pencils, inks, paper
• Ruler
• T-square

Necessities

• Matte cutter
• Papercutter
• Scissors
• Exacto knives
• Cutting mat
• Hot glue gun

Software

Graphics

• Adobe CS Master Collection

Math

• Matlab
• Maple

CAD

• Altium
• Solidworks
• MastercamX

Programming

• FogBugz Account

General Stuff

• Hard drive recovery software
• Microsoft Action Pack (includes Windows, Visual Studio, Office, etc.)

For the Lab

Audio/Vidio

• High speed video camera
• PA monitors
• Audio mixer
• Lapel mic
• Boom mic

Tech stuff

• 19" rack
• Web/source control server

General purpose

• Hot water heater

Unsorted

• Orbital death ray