====== Wishlist ====== ===== Tools ===== * Self-gripping pliers (mole grips) * Adjustable spanners * Lathe centres * Set of security screwdriver bits * RCDs (residual current devices) * Wire snips (small, for electronics work) * Hole-saw kit * Feeler gauges * Jigsaw * Wire brushes * Extra long screwdrivers * Desoldering Gun ===== Computing ===== * USB keyboards * USB mice * Micro-USB cables * USB A-B cables * Gigabit switches * Better router ([[http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WR1043ND-300Mbps-Wireless-Gigabit/dp/B002YETVTQ|TP-Link WR1043ND]]) ===== Supplies ===== * Machine screws, nuts, bolts, washers (metric) * Wood screws * Compressed air can * Flux pen * Crimp connectors * Safety glasses * Latex/nitrile gloves (disposable) * 35-litre Really Useful Boxes * 9-litre Really Useful Boxes * Silicone grease * "DeoxIT D5" contact cleaner * Swarfega (or other heavy-duty hand cleaner) * Printer Toner * Black High Yield: CF540X * Colours: CF541X, CF542X, CF543X ===== Stationery ===== * Stapler * Whiteboard pens * Sharpies (fine/medium permanent markers) * Magic tape + dispenser ===== Other ===== * 110V-output converter * Numatic Henry vacuum cleaner ===== Amateur Radio ===== * Main lab station - Yaesu ft-857d or similar. * Transceivers - working or broken * Coaxial connectors, particularly BNC, N type and UHF (PL259). Adaptors too * 50 Ohm coaxial cables. Yellow 10-base2 cable, heliax, standard RG213, RG58 etc. * Antennas and antenna parts. Old TV antennas, metal tube and box section, ham radio kit, rotators etc * RF Test equipment (spectrum analyser, network analyser, directional coupler etc)