Contents 1 Arts 1.1 Audio/Video 1.2 Cloth and leather 1.3 Drafting 1.4 Pottery and ceramics 1.5 Necessities 2 Electrical 2.1 Big Ticket 2.2 Electronics 2.3 General Purpose 2.4 IT 2.5 High Voltage 2.6 Microelectronics 2.6.1 Development and Debugging 2.6.2 FPGAs 2.6.3 Microcontroller Development Kits 2.7 Consumables 3 Mechanical 3.1 Metalworking 3.1.1 Hand tools 3.1.2 Stationary tools 3.2 Plastic and Foam 3.2.1 Big ticket 3.2.2 Stationary tools 3.3 Woodworking 3.3.1 Hand tools 3.3.2 Stationary tools 4 Software 4.1 CAD 4.2 General Stuff 4.3 Graphics 4.4 Math 4.5 Programming 5 Unsorted

Arts

Audio/Video

High speed video camera PA monitors

Audio mixer Lapel mic

Boom mic

Cloth and leather

• Sewing machine
• Serger

Drafting

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

Pottery and ceramics

• Pottery wheel
• Kiln

Necessities

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

Electrical

Big Ticket

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

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

General Purpose

• Coil winder
• Function generator
• 120V outlet tester
• 19" rack

IT

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

High Voltage

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

Microelectronics

Development and Debugging

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

FPGAs

• Altera Cyclone FPGA
• Xilinx FPGA

Microcontroller Development Kits

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

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

Big ticket

• Vaccum former

Stationary tools

• Hot wire cutter
• Acrylic bender

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

Software

CAD

• Altium
• Solidworks
• MastercamX

General Stuff

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

Graphics

• Adobe CS Master Collection

Math

• Matlab
• Maple

Programming

• Web/source control server
• FogBugz Account

Unsorted

• Orbital death ray