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Purchases
Pending Deliveries
- Drills and Taps
- CPC
- Electrical Screws
- Diodes
- Fuse Kit
- Hex Socket Adapter
- Spanners
- Heatshrink
Small Stuff
What small items does the lab need? You can help by doing the research and listing the best item, price and quantity. Preferred suppliers are CPC, Farnell, Amazon and eBay.
CPC:
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Farnell:
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Amazon:
eBay:
- Hard floor tool for vacuum cleaner
- 0603 SMT resistors/caps
- I2C LCD adapter (re-stock for Tim)
RS:
- Nice banana leads for the power supply:
- Replacement Metcal soldering tip?
IKEA:
Screwfix:
Other:
- null modem / serial breakouts
- layout paper (big masking tape)
- flux
Small Tools
G14
Item | Cost |
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Vinyl flooring 5m x 3m, Marble 673 (pale blue) | £165 |
Worktops, approx 6m by 60-80cm | approx £250 |
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Twin-slot shelving brackets and verticals | |
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Storage
Raaco louvre-mounted bins
Health and Safety
Tool | Cost |
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Chemical storage cabinet | £150-250 |
RCD sockets for electronics area (11 twin sockets) | £156 |
Workshop Aprons, decent quality waxed canvas - best 2 of them | £16.99 |
Laser Safety Goggles | £25 |
Better safety overspectacles:
- JSP Stealth Coverlite - £8.99
- Swiss One Coversight - £5.99
- Univet 5x7 Ultimate - £12.99
- Bolle Overlight Small - £6.99
- 3M - £4.73
The only prescription safety glasses site that actually mentions pricing: https://www.safetyspecs.co.uk/
Fire Extinguishers
Lithium-battery:
Water Mist:
Makita 18V Cordless System
There is some support for the lab to start purchasing good quality cordless tools. Makita seems the most popular option, with a single system being desirable for sharing of batteries. These purchases will be postponed until we have suitable secure storage. Purchases have started where there were good price opportunities.
Purchased already:
Tool |
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2x 5.0Ah batteries and dual charger |
DJV181Z Jigsaw |
DTD154Z Impact driver |
Wanted, in approximate priority order…
Tool | Cost | Notes |
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DHS680 circular saw | £149 | |
DHP481 combi drill (powerful) | £159 | |
DTM51 oscillating multi-tool | £105 | |
DGA517 angle grinder | £150 | We have some mains grinders but the good one broke & the Makita one is far nicer to use |
DHP484 DHP485 | £90-100 | We have two regular drills already |
2x 5.0Ah batteries (additional) | £102 | Not required yet, wait until demand requires it |
Other suggestions: die grinder, router/trimmer, planer
Drills:
- RMJ suffix = with battery
- Z suffix = tool body only
- DDF = drill drivers (no hammer mode)
- DHP = combi drill (with hammer mode)
- DHP481 (heavy and powerful model, Tim K has one)
- DHP484 (intermediate model) replaces DHP480
- DHP485 (intermediate model) replaces DHP459
- DHP484 is slightly heavier and stronger than DHP485, but not by much
Impact Bit Sets:
Erbauer 32pcs set £9.99moved to Screwfix list
Air compressor
- Big enough to serve multiple users in multiple rooms
- Quiet enough for the workshop, or able to be boxed-in with acoustic panels
- Air lines to other rooms
Workshop
Better bandsaw, probably Startrite- Planer-thicknesser-jointer
Hot Water for G1
Tim Kerby estimates £120 including plumbing supplies.