# Necessary Tools

**URL:** https://community.inventables.com/t/necessary-tools/16506
**Category:** Assembly
**Created:** [November 28, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/necessary-tools/16506 "2015-11-28T19:18:39Z")
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### Author: ![KellyHickel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/kellyhickel/32/67275_2.png) [@KellyHickel](https://community.inventables.com/u/KellyHickel)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/necessary-tools/16506/2 "2015-11-28T19:41:31Z")

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I didn’t buy the tool kit, I had pretty much everything in my garage that I needed.  
I did buy the crimper for the header pins, that was worth the money, and I didn’t have one.  
You do NOT need the whole header pin “kit” that they offer though, just the crimper, or if you have to, use pliers or a butt-splice crimper. The one they sell definitely works better.

Things I can think of that you’ll need off the top of my head:

- Wire Ties
- Wire cutters, small
- Wire strippers
- Crimping tool
- Drill driver with assorted drill bits and driver bits
- Velcro
- Magnifying lenses, either stationary or head mounted (at least if you’re old like my, I used [these](http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B007R6JVYG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00)
- Blue loctite
- Tap set, I used these from another forum post [tap set](http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FXK8GTO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s02)
- Square
- Soldering iron
- a large workspace.
- Extra M5 x 50mm cap bolts and nylon insert nuts to do the stiffening mod from this [forum post](https://community.inventables.com/t/a-30-minute-x-axis-mod-to-reduce-chatter/15775), for certain if you have the 1000 x 1000 machine.
- A selection of endmills and material, I got the started set from inventables, but ordered a bunch from Drillman1 on ebay.
- If you have the DeWalt (or other 110v router), and want to let the x-carve control it, the relay mentioned in this [forum post](https://community.inventables.com/t/its-alive/10540/73) works very well.

I’m sure there’s other stuff, but that’s it off the top of my head.  
-Kelly

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