Battery Tester – Tools You Need

Well, I didn’t even realize, until I started this post, how many tools it takes to build the battery tester. I am so used to just getting the tools I need from my workshop that I never even think about them. Here are the tools that we actually used to assemble the battery tester. You can probably make do with a lot less. Maybe you can borrow what you don’t have until this job is done. 

1) Drill (hand or electric)

2) Drill bit (3/32″ or 5/64″ or both) for drilling pilot holes for the screws

3) Scratch awl (Craftsman 42017) a pointy thing for making a pilot hole in the wooden base to guide the drill bit. Alternates: an ice pick or, better yet, a small nail.

4) Hammer of any kind to give encouragement to the pointy thing so that it makes a small dent to guide the drill bit

5) Diagonal pliers for cutting wires

6) Stipping pliers for removing the insulation from the wires

7) Long nose pliers for holding the wire while you’re stripping insulation and any job when your fingers are not long enough and pointy enough

8 Soldering iron for tinning the ends of the wires before connecting them

9) Solder

10) Sponge for cleaning the tip of the soldering iron

11) Small Phillips Head screwdriver for screwing in those tiny screws. Mine came from Ace Hardware and it is marked as a #0×2-1/2″ (P/N 24348). It is just the right size for the screws.

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Some other things that might come in handy for our future projects.

1) Rechargeable drill (We actually used this drill because Blue Yonder had our hand drill.)

2) Set of drill bits

3) Roll of electrical tape

4) Rolls of insulated hookup wire

5) Irwin Quick Grip (1 1/2″ - 38mm size) for holding stuff - when two hands are not enough

Grandfather