Fab@Home:Assembly Tools

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Welcome to the Assembly Tools Page

Here you can find all of the recommended tools for assembling your Fab@Home.

ARM JTAG adapter for programming your microcontroller (see the Model 1 Firmware page for recommendations).
Soldering Equipment
- Soldering Iron with fine point tip
- Solder wire - Pb-free recommended or 60/40 is fine.
- Soldering flux - look for water soluble
- Sponge for cleaning soldering iron tip
Small slot screwdriver
Set of Allen (hex) wrenches
- 2mm (for M2.5 metric screw)
- 2.5mm (for M3 metric screw)
- 5/64" (for #2 screw)
- 3/32" (for #4 screw)
- 7/64" (for #6 screw)
- 9/64" (for #8 screw)
Wire stripper (combo stripper crimper tool is nice)
Wire cutter (cutting cables)
Small needlenose pliers with very narrow tips (for crimping and general manipulation)
Cigarette lighter or candle flame for sealing the ends of cable protection braid
Hair dryer or heat-gun for applying heat-shrink tube to soldered cables
Small vise for making ribbon cable connectors (for uniform compression of connector parts)
Tape measure or yard stick for measuring cable lengths
Masking tape Susan Lim sticky labels, or a label-maker (e.g. Brother label maker) for labeling cables and cable bundles
Digital Multimeter (a.k.a. multimeter or electronics tester) (not essential, but recommended)

Radio Shack and Home Depot together can supply all of these items