Hemostat

[Butler]

Wow, I just discovered that a hemostat (a small locking needle nose type of pliers deal) is an indespensible tool when doing hardware work on PC's. I bought an 8" hemostat, and it has really saved me some time and knuckle-skin. If anybody else has found some uncommon tools that really make things easy, maybe you could share with the rest of us...I've been skinning knuckles for quite some time, and I'm sure there's somebody out there laughing at guys like me, who never thought (until yesterday) that "Hey!! I'll bet one of those would really make (FITB) job easier/faster/less painful, etc." Any other cool gadget type tools we should know about?

[BBA]

Ok...Dremel tools
Tweezers
magnetic screwdrivers ( yes magnetic...I said it, I use them and I work on PC's for a living...so don't even start )

Oh, and flashlights.

[jman01pa]

There nothing wrong with magnetic screwdrivers. Just dont take apart your hardrives with them. I have been using them many years.

I have a pair of hemstats that have scissors below the tip. Picked them up in the tackle department at Walmart.

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[ceedee]

i have a 7 pound hammer that comes in mighty handy when i get mad with a bit of hardware

[shadow]

I've been working with and fixing electronics for alot of years. A magnetic philips screwdriver is an absolute necessity (sizes 0,1,2) and a 1/4" magnetic nutdriver. Also a long shafted #2 philips, a good solder pump to remove solder, a good set of mini screwdrivers, and my favorite is a small diameter wooden dowel honed to a point at one end for poking around in live circuits to find bad connections. And you can't forget a good DVM, I have an old Fluke 77 that serves me well.

[Chainsaw]

One of those oversized dental mirrors is handy too, as long as you can tell the M's from the W's and the 9's from the 6's when trying to read info.
c:::CHNsaw

[psyklone]

i have a pretty pimp lookin' assortment of stainless steel surgical tweezers that are perfect for reaching any small areas on motherboards ... especially jumpers!

[grandslammer]

Hemostats! Sooo Cool!

Geez, I remember what we used to use them for waaaaaaayyy back in high school. Like 20 years ago!

HA!

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M

[Chainsaw]

Well 'slammer,
at least you don't have any "long term" memory loss from using 'em. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif
Later,
c:::CHNsaw