- How-tos
- Coming sometime
- Tools of the trade
- Tool
- Why you want it
- Sharpie Markers
- Great for sketching patterns onto your case.
- Q-Tips and cotton balls
- Escellent for applying ink, paint thinners, paint, ect.
- 70% rubbing alcohol
- Plastic safe paint thinner, also a great general cleaner. Works wonders on some of the paints Apple uses on its products
- Mineral spirits
- Sometimes Rubbing Alcohol doesn't do the trick.
- Paint Thinner
- Then theres the stuff mineral spirits won't touch
- Soldering Set
- Overclocking, extending cables, adding almost anything electrical
- Screw Drivers, lots of them
- Either you know or you shouldn't be here
- Utility Knife
- Great for cutting stuff, like plexiglass
- Pliers
- Gripping stuff your fingers can't - or won't.
- Boot Disks and drive utilities
- Remember, you're ignoring your warranty, your on your own
- Plastic Glue
- I like E6000, stog as hell and easy to form. Also clear for those plexi hacks.
- Hot Glue
- Easy to make prototypes from cardboard, also good to make a quick fix or a secure mount.
- Dremel
- The super tool, cuts, cleans, polishes, slices, dices, and more
- Power Drill
- Drills, good for holes
- Hacksaw blades
- If the name didn't invite our hobby to begin with. Excellent for make more controlled cuts
- Coping Saw
- Curved cuts and detail work
- JigSaw
- For the impatient
- Sealent
- Good for securing windows without forking over money for more expencive solutions
- Masking Tape
- Masking and securing items your working on.
- Materials and cool parts
- LEDs
- Who doesn't like LEDs?
- Cold Cathode Flouresent Tubes
- CCFTs, aka Neon, aka LCD backlights. Bright light and low power
- Neon String
- Similar to CCFTs but lower light but more flexible
- Spray paint
- Endless possibilities
- Acrylic Sheet
- Cheap plastic with many possibilities. I love this stuff because it has great modding potential and can create amazing cases.
- Resistors and other electrical components
- You're on your own, may as well ensure that thoe extras won't blow up your system.
