Community Repair Checklist

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Community repair events come in all shapes and sizes. Below is a list of items that have come in handy. Please help us by adding to this list:

Extension cords and outlet strips
Computer Access / Laptops to research problems and access disassembly guides, order parts on the internet
Signage / Banners
Check-in table
E-mail signup
Have Business Cards out
Sign in Sheet / Waiver

Jewelers Screwdriver Sets, both phillips and flat head (Lots of good 0 and 00 phillips)
Specialty screwdrivers and bit heads - torx, security torx, metric hex, pentalobe, tri-wing (for cell phone disassembly). etc. Tamper proof fastener tool set
Wrench and hex nut drivers of various sizes
Pliers
Needle nose pliers
Clamps and hemostats
Small saw / Hacksaw / coping saw
Drill and drill bits, bit gauge
Dremel tool
Goggles to protect eyes when using power tools like the dremel tool
Old credit cards and guitar picks as "spudgers" to pry open tabbed plastic things without marring (like you would with a screwdriver)
Lighting! - Anything providing light, especially lighting that can deliver a focused beam of light like a flashlight or headlamp will be very useful.

Multimeter - VOM - continuity tester
Alligator clip test leads, small sizes
91% drugstore isopropyl Alcohol (and, ideally, an eye dropper to apply it), Q-tips to apply alcohol. If you can get it, 99% isopropyl alcohol's even better. It's usually available in specialty stores and not drugstores.
Compressed air
Clean paint brush for dusting things off, old toothbrushes, rags/towels for cleaning things
Batteries: AA and AAA, at least 4 of each,
Button cell batteries of various sorts is a plus
Eraser for cleaning electrical contacts, battery contacts
Steel wool for cleaning electrical contacts, battery contacts
Emery board for cleaning electrical contacts, battery contacts
Files (particularly jeweler's files), fine sandpaper
Contact cleaner spray
Freon spray to test thermal behavior of components
¼” to ⅛” stereo adapter, and vice versa, to use earbuds with older stereo equipment, older headphones with new stereo equipment
Colored sharpie magic markers to mark electrical wires before pulling them (or different colors of nail polish)
1-3 music CDs to check CD players (and changers)
1-3 DVDs to check DVD players (and changers)
Small monitor (or TV) with line input to display video, appropriate RCA cable for video input

Healthy assortment of lubricants e.g. WD-40, lithium grease
Healthy assortment of glues and adhesives, super glue for sure
Hot glue gun
Clear packing tape, scotch tape, electrical tape
Scissors
Soldering Kit - iron and solder, rework station would be great (and someone comfortable with using it)
An assortment of DC power supplies: 5V, 6V, 9V, 12V, (?), both to test things and to offer as replacements
paper clips
assorted wire, various gauges and lengths
AC zip cord, plugs (some sort of way to determine if the AC line cord and/or power switch is bad)
Shrink tubing

Rework station (Iron + Hot-air). A heat gun can be a good substitute.
Extra bench iron
Bench power supply
Logic analyzer
Handheld Oscilloscope
Signal generator with various cables
DVM
Assorted hose clamps
Inner tube rubber of various diameters (to make rubber bands, insulating sleeves)
Lamp cord wire and a light bulb socket