Buy

Tools on dx.com

• Centre Punch
• Dial guage?
• Dowling Tool (for right angle drilling).
• Flexible Coolant Pipes
• Mitre Box. (Have one)
• Try Square. (Right Angle)

Molding/Casting

• Transparent Silicon
• Epoxy

Wood

• Drill saw blades.
  • 28-in-1 Stainless Steel + Copper + PVC Wood Grinding Tool Set
  • 6pc HSS Circular Saw Blade Set For Metal & Dremel Rotary Tools
  • 6pcs Metal HSS Circular Saw Blade Set Cutting Discs for Dremel Rotary Tool

• 10/13mm Electric Drill Cutting Seat Stand Machine Bracket Rod Bar Table with 2 Wrench - $16

• 25-150mm Magnetic Hex Anti Slip Screwdriver Bit Long Screw Nut Torx PH2 - ~$2

• Standardised Bolts/Nuts/Threaded Rods. M3?, M5?

• Small precision drill bits

Electronics

• Rechargeable Batteries
• MAX4051/2/3 - Analogue Multiplexer... And/Or 4157 SPDT switch.
• MCP23S17/MCP23017 - i/o expanders (shift registers?). Once is i2c the other is SPI.
• eBay - Electric Components

EEVBlog forums, Melbourne recomented stores

• Some more breadboards.
• Solid State Relay (DC?). Probably don't need DC with mosfets...
• IR2110 - Mosfet Driver (also IR2113).
• PicKit (and maybe some PICs unless i ordered them?, Bigclivedotcome (or julien liet?) did a comparison of the types, one does ADC, then next does PWM) - NOTE I have some PICs, although probably not the ones with ADC/PWM... Might not need a pickit with FTTDI/Arduino...
• Polypropylene Safety Plastic Film Capacitor Kit
• nRF24L01
• Jumpers [foosoo] - 100x blue
• Digital Potentiometer - foosoo
• i2c bus. (Bus? Is this a thing?).
• Flipflops. - Have some 7400 series ones on order (Not D-Flipflops though).
• Zener diodes. - Have some SMD ones. Apparently voltage regulators of some kind are a better choice now.
• SMD Diodes. - Have M7 (rectifier) and S14 (Schottky) and some various Zeners.
• LM337 - Negative adjustable voltage regulator.
• Stripboard/Veroboard - 5 for $5, just basic vertical augburger has various types
• OpAmps - LM358 Have heaps of LM358's. (I have 4 LM386's, not sure if they are opamps...), also look at NE5534. Maybe get a newer one than LM358. lm324 Seem cheap, quad opamps. TL08X apparently good... Datasheet on family. PC817 also mentioned. foosoo's lm358
• Useful ICs, More Useful ICs, Again
• PL9823 (RGB LED with WS1012 protocol...) - Have 100 5050 SMD ones with WS1012 on order. Probably don't need though hole ones (plus they are more expensive).
• Timers 7555/556 - ICM7555

• Breakout Board DAC Have one on order. Plus 5 other types.
• ESP-12 Breakout Boards x2

RepRap Gen7 Electronics

• Nicromium Wire, Kanthal Wire is apparently better - Ordered some Nicromium which is cheaper and good enough for reprap hotends. Kanthal would be needed for a smelting furnace...
• DIY Oscilloscope DSO138 (preassembled with case for $30) - http://www.banggood.com/search/dso138.html + USB TTL (Or make an Arduino/soundcard one).
• DC-DC stepdown powersupply $7
• An IGBT? Still not sure why these are different to mosfets...
• DIY radioshack learning lab???

IGBTs

• FGPF4536 - V(ge)=3.3v. Turns on at 3.3v
• HGTG30N60B3 - V(ge) = 4v(min), 5v(typ), 6v(max) 10 for $13.30 ebay
• FGA25N120 - V(ge) = 3.5(min), 5.5 typ, 7.5 max - 5x $5 Ebay
• RJH3047 - V(ge)=2.5-5v - N-Channel- 5 for $7 ebay
• H20R1202 - No good. V(ge)=5.8
• HGTG11N120 - No good. V(ge) = 6.8

MOSFETs

Chanel	Mode	Type	Name	Status
N-Channel	Depletion	Logic	IRLZ44N	Have 10 (Using 3-4)
N-Channel	Depletion???	Logic	FQP30N06L	10 on order 21 -> Oct-03 Nov
P-Channel	Depletion???	Logic	FQP27P06, NDP6020P, 2SJ598	FQP27P06, NDP6020P, On order... End of Nov?
P-Channel	?	Power	IRF9540N	Have 20
N-Channel	?	Power	FQP50N06	Have 3
N-Channel	Depletion	Low Amp Logic	2N7000	Have a bunch...
NPN	???	Darlington (Is this logic level)?	TIP142	On order...
PNP	???	Darlington	TIP125,TIP135,TIP145	TIP125 on order... End of Nov?

Foosoo Tip's

TIP1##/BD33# Transistor types, TIP120=60V, 121=80V, TIP122=100V, TIP14#=10A, TIP12X=5A, TIP11X=1.25A, BD33X=6A

IRLB3034 - Shieldsfan

Cleaning

• Isopropyl alcohol is commonly used for the task, and is inexpensive. You can also increase it's cleaning capacity by adding small amounts of either xylene or acetone if necessary (always test in a small, inconspicuous spot to see if it's going to remove the solder mask or legend).

• You can also substitute ethanol, methanol, or denatured alcohol for isopropyl alcohol (may also be called IPA or isopropanol).

• http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-of-5-ESD-Brush-1x2-Bristles-Anti-static-Cleaning-PCB-/181553264360?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a456af6e8

3D Printer

• Casting Resin
  • 2.3kg of Hydrocal is about $75, 100 pounds hcal to 45 water
• 5x Stepper Motors - NUMA 17
• Filament
• Hot Head
• Extruder

SMD LEDs

• 5050 - 30Pcs Rgb Smd Smt 5050 Super Bright - $1.50 - *foosoo

• 5050 - 100Pcs 100X 3Chips Rgb Plcc-6 5050 Led Light Smt Smd 3-Chips Ic Develope Diy - AU $3.32 - *foosoo

• 5050 - 200Pcs Rgb Plcc-6 5050 3-Chip Smt Smd Led Light Develope New Ic Diy- AU $5.03 - *foosoo

• 3528 - 500Pcs White Led Lamp Bulb 3528 Super Bright Smd Smt Develope Ic New Diy - $5.21

• 3528 - 100Pcs 3528 Super Bright Smd Smt White Led Lamp Bulb Develope Ic Diy New M - AU $1.16 - *foosoo

• 0603 - 50Pcs 0603 White Led Super Bright Smd Smt Develope Ic New Diy - $1.14 - *foosoo

• 50pcs WS2812B LED With Heatsink (10mm*3mm) DC5V 5050 SMD RGB Pixel Light - $12.46

• 100x 5630/5730 Wite LEDs - $2.59

• 100x 3528 SMD SMT LED - Choose Colours - $1 - GoGoLife

• 120PCS SMD SMT 1206 White Red Green Blue Yellow Orange LED Kit MIX Super Bright - $3.05 - GoGoLife

Finished

• Breadboard pins & Pin headers

• Vaccume Desolderer

• Tiny stepper motors (5 are like $4)

• Transistor/Capacitor tester ($12)

• 2x Wireless modules. ESP8266 ESP-03, About $3 on ebay. (Remember to look up voltage divider). Need USB Serial programmer, FTDI with 3.3v support.

• Photodiodes

• LM1117 (VReg does 5v to 3.3]

• Boost Buck
• Step Up Power thingy
• Wire / spools

===Multimeter===

• EEVBlog Forums Cheap multimeters with a PC connection

Digitek/TekPower TP4000ZC - - $51.41

[Vichy VC97] - $30 on ebay - Does Hz, temp and cap.

Uni-T - Various, some for <$30 some more. Uni-T - 139B Does capacitance but not temp, 139C does temp but not capacitance. Both about $30

Solder

Should have gone with this store... :( - Or was it fucking fake???

Element14 - DURATOOL SOLDER WIRE, 63/37, 183DEG C 226.796g - 0.64mm/0.025"- $31.44 + shipping (free on orders over $45, Actually seems like shipping might be free anyway...)

• Element14 Don't have the correct Multicore :(. They do have some 60/40. They also don't specify the flux type, although they have the id numbers sometimes.. Apparently Multicore 511 doesn't need cleaning.

• Element14 *Don't have any 63/37 for 250g* :(

• Element 14 have this unlisted one according to this it seems ok, although MM00981 seems to be a datasheet, not solder type. Links to an *old* datasheet. - $45

Digikey MultiCore C502 227g, 3% flux, 63/37, 0.015"/0.39mm - $25.01 + $35 shipping...

Digikey Multicore Infos

KESTER 24-6337-0027 WIRE SOLDER .031 RA ROSIN SN63 PB37 66 FLUX 44 CORE 1 lb NEW $22.36+22.14 shipping.

110 GRAM REEL OF HIGH QUALITY 0.7mm LEADED MULTICORE SOLDER - $8.72 + $5.24 shipping.

Loctite 60/40 C511 5C 0.46mm 0.25kg $27+$11

Multicore X39 60/40 No Clean Solder Wire, 0.56mm, 0.25kg $26+$11 - According to Digikey Loctite is the new name...

Multicore Size 10 Reel Alloy Solder O.7mm Diameter 60/40 0.7mm - $27.00 (free shipping?)

Multicore SOLDER wire 250g 0.7mm - 60/40 ERSIN 309???- $28

• different kinds of lead-free solders. Not really happy with Sn99.3Cu0.7 solder, but I've used Sn100Ni+ lately and that's pretty great.

• Some guys are on a forum are recommending .015 (or ~0.025, 0.28 - 0.71mm).

• Carlsons Lab recommends .032 for through hole (some SMD, 0603,0805, 1206, middle of the road. At 0402 just use iron tip with external flux (so size doesn't matter?), 0.020 as being good for SMD and ok for through hole

• Type R rosin, no activators needs a clean surface. RMA middle, most are no clean. RA (maybe as liquid flux).

• Kinds of Solder (RO=rosin, RE=resin, OR=organic, IN=inorganic)

• Kester 44=RA, Kester 285=RMA, Stannol also a good brand

• Kester's spec sheet for "44" (RA) flux that says it does not actually require cleaning.

• Core size/flux amount in solder wire = 3.3% (sometimes called 66 core or P3)

• EEVBlog MG Chemicals makes good flux and solder IME (on equal footing with Kester, Multicore, AIM, and so on). They don't offer as many variations as other manufacturers though. Even Multicore has cut back on their lead alloy offerings... AIM (American Iron & Metals) or Alpha (Cookson) make some excellent quality products as well, and at least here in the US, tend to be a tad less expensive vs. Kester.

• EEVBlog MG options include RA and no clean flux, stating that cleaning is optional for the RA

• 0.032"/.81mm is a little bit on the thick side

Desolder Wick

Flux

MG Chemicals 835 MekTronics - $14.04 + $15 shipping. [Upton http://uptonaustralia.com.au/mg-chemicals-liquid-rosin-flux-100ml.html] - $13.09+$15 shipping

Kester 186 -

Digikey Fluxpen - Digikey has basically no flux choices

Mouse Flux choices

This flux pen... - $13.10

DIY/homemade Rosin flux with Isopropyl alcohol/glycerine/rosin? - flakes off a resin block / fluxoff comparison

That said, MG Chemicals 835 (liquid RA), is available in small bottles that are reasonably priced which is very useful for hobbyists (125ml and 1L sizes), and is easily found in North America, the UK and EU. Not sure about other markets.  :-// Kester flux is excellent stuff IME (186, 186-18, and 1544 are all liquid & rosin based). Unfortunately, Kester only offers their fluxes in disposable pens or large containers (1gal & larger, up to 55gal drum). It's readily available in the US, and although can be had in the UK/EU, it's expensive as it's usually shipped from the US from what I've seen (Farnell).

• don't use "no-clean" solder--it's very likely that you don't need to clean the regular rosin-cored solder.

• For hobbyist use (parts & PCB's sit around for years), RMA would be the minimum I'd recommend, and on occasion, RA would be more appropriate to have on hand (or equivalent NC). Best to keep a little of both types of flux on hand if at all possible (pens, small bottles, ...).

• For paste, Kester RF741 is a modified rosin no-clean that's very nice to use (comes in a syringe). Amtech is supposed to be good as well (also a syringe), but the real stuff is hard to find as their distribution is nearly non-existent (highly counterfeited too).

• FWIW, I usually use liquid in a refillable brush pen as it's less expensive and gives me better control than the disposable pens.]

Gardening

===Crystal Soil===

• AU Seller 13*10g=130g for 17.95. - $0.138 per g

• 100 packs China 100*3g = 300g for $11.95 - 0.0398 per g

• Banggood - 50*4g = 200g for $8.53 - 0.0426 per g