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A few thoughts on things that we have found pretty essential household tools: All homeowners will need to fix toilets eventually. Maybe sinks, too. How about a basin wrench? Do they have a general-purpose stepladder for holiday lights, bulb changing, trim painting, etc? If they have a...

An option to consider might be work pants with lots of pockets and loops. Might not fit the nail gun, but everything else should stow nicely. And as a bonus, some versions can have knee cushions added. Nice to have if your job is going to involve lots of kneeling.

Erem tweezers are pretty good. Zoro has them

Those Fluke products are great tools for electronics. But if he is going to be swapping modules in and out, he will need mechanical tools, too. Unless I miss my guess, modern robotics stuff will have lots of metric fasteners, with all sort of drive styles. You might see if something like...

Yo! <Throws hat in ring...>

Following up on what rlitman said, it looks like there are 6 electrolytics on the top of the board, and two on the bottom. One is marked 4.7uF/35V, the others are all 10 uF/16V. These SMD electrolytic capacitors can fail with a tell-tale "fishy" smell from the leaked electrolyte. Might be worth...

Lucas will remember this summer for the rest of his life. With increasing pride in himself and fondness for his Dad. Well done, Gregor!

Just to confirm -- when you test the motor, is it set up with the leads with the black terminals each connected to one of the brushes, and is AC power applied between the two leads with the bare metal terminals? And what resistance do you read between those two leads with the bare metal...

I have had pretty good luck with these heavy-duty tarps available on Amazon: Queen of Tarps Heavy Duty.

Most switching power supplies will accept 240VAC input. So how about figuring out something around an old laptop supply hooked to the mains, with a low-voltage indicator on its output?

This MG Chemical Type 835 RA flux works well. A fine-tipped dispenser, like a syringe, is helpful. Just add a drop to the joint before applying the heat and solder. It is not strictly necessary if the materials in the joint are all fresh, clean, and untarnished. But for less-than-perfect...

The search term you are looking for is "soldering station". [Edit: oh there it is right in your topic title. Doh!] That will get you something modern. Weller and Hakko are excellent choices, like cvairwerks and RoninB4 mentioned. Here are some hits from Zoro.com. Maybe you could find a coupon...

Your friend might want to check out this episode of TorqueTestChannel on Youtube: WalMart Gen2 Hyper Tough Tools Ruin our Entire Rankings

A proper bench power supply like that HP should be used with care if you plan to charge batteries -- in some cases the protective circuits do not play well when the "load" back feeds voltage into the supply's output. A series diode is recommended by some manufacturers. Here is what Siglent has...

Simpson changed the sockets on the 260 along the way. Newer models, like the OP's Series 8, use "reverse banana" leads. These are not compatible with Fluke leads, as noted above by the OP. Older models (Series 3 - Series 6, I believe) have the more common arrangement of male plugs on the leads...