Reddit reviews Stanley 84-114 3 Piece Basic 6-Inch Slip Joint, 6-Inch Long Nose, and 6-Inch Diagonal Plier Set

I highly recommend the Hakko 936 soldering iron Hakko 888 soldering iron, which is still actually available. It's hard to fathom how a $100 soldering iron could be that much better than a $20 one, but once you start doing anything more serious than just sticking some wires together, it's worth it.

As for other tools,

• Standard needle nose, dikes, and pliers set
  
• Tweezers - Additionally plastic ones if you're going to do PCB etching.
  
• Dental Picks - for positioning surface mount parts and pushing wires into molten solder.
  
• Wire strippers - You'll often see people using the combo wire stripper / crimpers. They're not as nice as a real pair of strippers.
  
• +/-12V power supply for basic analog electronics, 5V for digital work
  
• Breadboard
  
• Solder sucker - Copper braid is useful for the same thing, but given the choice of the two, I prefer the sucker to undo soldered joints.
  
• 30x Jewelers Loupe - Mostly useful for surface mount work, but pretty much all soldering is easier when you're able to look at it.
  
  As for components, I've been buying them piece-meal for years, so other's will probably be able to yield you a better recommendation for kits than anything I can find just from a quick search. I do mostly digital work, so as far as passives, my main stock is:
  
  
• 0.1uF and 100uF capacitors, 25V
  
• 100, 330, 1k, 4.7k, 10k, 100k, 1M resistors
  
  If I need any other resistor for a specific project, I'll tend to just buy an extra 10 and keep them in labeled coin envelopes.
  
  Random other pieces:
  
  
• Precut Breadboard jumper wires
  
• 7805 - 1A 5V linear regulators
  
• 1N4007 diodes
  
• 1N4148 small signal diodes
  
• 3V linear regulators if you do low power work (MSP430, etc)
  
• An Arduino - If not for real projects, I use this a lot to hack together crude digital signal generators to test other chips.
  
• LEDs - I found a good deal on bright red ones, but any will do
  
• push buttons, power switches, DIP switches (4 in a tiny package that fits in breadboards)
  
• Copper clad perf board - To make through-hole projects permanent. Be careful because this also comes without the copper pads, which is just more of a pain in the ass to use.
  
• Copper Solder braid
  
  Edit: Fixed the soldering iron model.
  
  Disclaimer: I'm using my Amazon Associate links for all of these, which always feel a little amoral and a conflict of interest, but really, if my apartment were to go up in flames and I could afford it, I'd buy every link on this list right now. Does anyone have strong opinions one way or the other on using them?

Here's what I would personally recommend for a decent minimum starter set, assuming you're just looking for general homeowner/handywork tools:

• 5-in-1 screwdriver
  
• 16 oz. claw hammer
  
• 6 in. adjustable wrench
  
• Measuring tape
  
• Allen wrenches
  
• Pliers
  
  Those are all solid quality tools that I've personally used in the past. There's obviously tons of other stuff you'll need along the way if you're into fixing things but that's a great starting point.

You don't actually need 'chainmail' pliers. Some basic pliers from your local home center will be just fine. Like this set will be fine I think:
https://smile.amazon.com/Stanley-84-114-Piece-6-Inch-Diagonal/dp/B0006HVU4W/ref=sr_1_2?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1481595883&sr=1-2&keywords=pliers

Bonus crappy cutters as well!

Well, 100 ft of wire runs about $8, a simple plier set runs $9,and then all you have left is to find something to use as a base.

All you need is $16 and some time. And maybe practice.

Well, I think I can shed a little light on what you're in for.

Years ago, a good friend of mine was still living at home with his father. We were both around 20 years old and my friend had just met his future wife. Finding time to be intimate in his father's small house was difficult at best.

One fortunate afternoon, his dad was out and about... my friend took full advantage, purchasing a 3-pack of Trojans and a rose to woo his beautiful lady. Sexy times ensue...

Afterwards, my friend tossed the condom in the bathroom trash (a notoriously short, easily accessible trash barrel). He then left to take his lady for a bout of laser tag or whatever us kids did at the time for amusement.

Cut to later that day, my friend returns home to find his dad crouched behind the family dog on the kitchen floor. Armed only with a pair of pliers and limited veterinary skills, he was pulling the used condom from the dog's rear end. The condom stretched about a foot before snapping free in a miasmic haze of Alpo and regret.

His father turned to my friend with a look of utter disappointment on his face and said, "I have no idea what you're up to when I'm not around but this will never happen again."

We all know the dog ate the condom... but on those nights when he's alone in bed, dark and cold, he wonders what his dad thinks.

TL;DR buy yourself a set of these: http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-84-114-Piece-6-Inch-Diagonal/dp/B0006HVU4W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335527522&sr=8-1

The oven pan, the frying pan, etc. Mittens breack. The tail of the frying pan melted.

The idea of grabbing anything hot, and securely move it from one place to the next. Key word is secure.

For example I love to cook potatoes on a metal plate. I cut them into round wheels nd place them on the heated steel plate. Let them cook then serve hot or cold with onions and sunflower oil.

Use knife to turn them bad boys while holding the plate with the other hand, using pliers.

Sorry, english is not my native tongue

This things https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-84-114-Piece-6-Inch-Diagonal/dp/B0006HVU4W/ref=sr_1_4?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1541369010&sr=1-4&keywords=pliers.


Steel plate: https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Rolled-Steel-Plate-10/dp/B00YWBQ5AW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1541369144&sr=8-3&keywords=steel+plate

I cut out mine from a big sheet of steel using a grinder. Not sure about thickness tho.

Honestly, I learned the importance of pliers in the kitchen back in highschool and my burned fingers/ year dropped to 0. But, to each his oun.