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* Some more cheap kits for newbies
 
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===Sub-£500===
 
===Sub-£500===

Revision as of 22:20, 15 July 2010

Wishlist

If you want the space to buy something, add it to the list. If you need it urgently you should probably mail the list and prod people.

Books/Magazines/Subscriptions

If you can, add an amazon link or equivalent please!

Equipment

If you provide links, things will arrive quicker. Suppliers are preferred in this order:

  1. Farnell (we have an account with them)
  2. Amazon (next-day with Russ's Amazon Prime account)
  3. Everything else

Sub-£100

  • A fire extinguisher [1]
  • Center punch - various
  • Dremel drill bits of various sizes
  • Hacksaw blades
  • G clamps
  • Gas soldering iron
  • Gas heat gun
  • Laser Printer [2]
  • Dremel flex shaft [3]
  • Dremel circular saw [4]
  • A screen for the projector - being donated by Adrian (I have retrieved an old slideshow screen from my parents. It's still usable but has a small tear, which I mended with duct tape .. I think the plastic is going brittle and it may not last long. I'll bring it down when I get a chance but suggest you look on freecycle for something newer - there are probably a few being dumped - artag)
  • USB 1-Wire interface and 1-Wire temperature sensors. [5]
  • Decent set square
  • Vice/mole grips
  • Lock jaw
  • Socket set [6]
  • Wood saw [7]
  • Bow saw [8]
  • Tenon saw [9]
  • Mitre block/box
  • Kitchen towel and/or blue paper towels
  • Claw hammer [10]
  • Screwdrivers, large and small [11], [12]
  • Spirit level [13]
  • Extension leads etc [14]
  • Conical drill bits [15]
  • Flatscreen computer displays. Extending your lappy desktop makes development a lot easier. Available extra cheap 2nd hand on ebay.
  • DIY SMT Oven. Cheap Option 1, Cheap Option 2, Cheap Option 3. I'm willing to co-ordinate a project to make one of these. --PaulR.
  • Metal desk vices (We have one, but it's itty-bitty)
  • Helium canister
  • An iron [16]
  • Sheet metal / PCB guillotine
  • Laser safety glasses for various spectrum.
  • http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pcilx4-5-p-12865.html but not until i've checked that it will work and also fiddled with interfaceing the HP1650A to a computer JasperWallace
  • possibly this: http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pci2mpci-02-p-793.html and/or this: http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/mpci-flex-p-795.html I think my soekris net4521 has the pci card and minipci cards on the same pci bus? If so the pci/HP1650 card above would be fine. (But thats 5V? and the Soekris is 3.3v only iirc?). JasperWallace
  • Plastic boxes x 20
  • USB A-B cables
  • A bunch of these and suitable headers
  • Some more cheap kits for newbies
  • Laminator
  • Industrial vacuum cleaner

Sub-£500

  • Whiteboard and pens! buy make Or maybe build this blackboard table? (We have a magnetic blackboard painted on the wall now...) -- Alas we nolonger have that wall - CMooney
  • Small fridge NOT: [17], we already have one like that!
  • Pillar Drill
  • SMT Oven
  • Bench sander
  • Box-pan brake (for fabricating robot brackets) [18]
  • PCB through-hole riveter
  • A decent microscope (Digital would be nice)
    • I have one of these, 40x Magnification, Mirror, Not digital though. Can drop it off next time I come (Joe)
    • While Joe's Motic would provide much hacker's delight, a long-arm stereo microscope would be more useful for working on small electronics.

Over £500

  • Lathe
  • Laser cutter
  • CNC Milling Machine
  • Band saw
  • Computerised sewing machine

Components

See the Components page.