Pedal building equipment, what do I need?

[zedoktor]

second helping hands and maybe some locking pliers. Saves a lot of time and aggravation. Multimeter would likely be useful. A heatgun for the heatshrink (I tried a hair dryer once but it didn't get quite hot enough). Zip ties are almost universally useful.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:27 am Post subject:
i feel i need to speak up here a little with my own personal experience with this shit.

DON'T EVERR BUY ONE OF THESE FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT, THEY SUCK DEEZE NUTS

I have strippers similar to those that work just fine but I also had an automatic pair at one time (no clue where they are now) that were pretty flash. They looked like this

18 gauge wire was the smallest I would work with, though.

[Bacchus]

Antex 30w soldering iron. I didn't use a solder station for a year and a half. Maplins sell these.

In TK Maxx today they had Amtex or Amtrex soldering irons for a fiver. I can't find anything on google about either of those names.

It's yellow and looks very similar.