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Gotta start somewhere. I've been doing electronics prototyping, and some light manufacturing, for 40+ years. In that time, the technology has changed dramatical
by analog31 4y ago
Gotta start somewhere. I've been doing electronics prototyping, and some light manufacturing, for 40+ years. In that time, the technology has changed dramatically. Had I tried to keep a fully equipped shop throughout that time period, I'd be broke today. Instead, I choose my battles in terms of what technologies I want to work with, and what tools I need.
Likewise with bicycle tools and music gear. ;-)
Nonetheless, your list contains many things that a person is likely to want or need, and that are not exorbitant or too big for a small shop. My surface mount tooling is still fairly limited, and I don't own a logic analyzer. I do share many tools with my regular household tool set.
Another thing I'd mention is a basic stereoscopic inspection microscope, like maybe 10x, or adjustable if you want to splurge. Maybe it's my age, but vision aids are close to the top of my must-have tools. Nothing is getting bigger.
- the__alchemist 4y agoConcur on that - and/or a jewler's loupe with light. Cheap on amazon etc, and nice to have.
- dgacmu 4y agoYou can get surprisingly cheap and nice head-worn binocular magnifiers now - like an optivisor but lighter and cheaper with interchangeable lenses. I absolutely love mine, which may say something more about me approaching 50 than it does about the tools. It's useful beyond solder work, from reading IDs on tiny parts, to plugging in tiny antenna connectors, to removing splinters from your kids.