Jordan's Tiny Toolkit

A tiny toolkit hard-case for building drones, fixing robots, and fiddling with Jet Suits.

This is my everyday toolkit that lives in my backpack. The intention was to make a baseline toolkit for most jobs or projects, that I can add to with another toolkit or project specific equipment as needed. Rather than to create the most minimal, or all-encompassing toolkit for one specific task.

Case

The Peli M50 is a nice (but expensive) choice, being just large enough to fit the Wera Tool-Check in the lid, held in place with some 3D printed blocks. Sitting flush below is a 3D printed divider, separating two sections - one for mostly long skinny things, and another for everything else.

The hard case protects the contents, and a layer of foam keeps things from moving around too much.

The downside of the hard-case (especially when this densely packed) is that things must be relatively well organised to allow it close easily.

Contents

• Wera Tool-Check PLUS
• Foam divider
• KNIPEX Cobra XS
• TS101 Soldering Iron
  • BC2 Bevel Tip
  • Included flexible USB-C cable
• Small solder reel
• Generic Aliexpress small flush snips
  • With 3D printed TPU cover/protector
• Sharpie Twin Tip
• Wera 2054 Kraftform 3mm Hex
• Wera 2054 Kraftform 2.5mm Hex
• Wera 2054 Kraftform 2mm Hex
• Reverse Tweezers
• Cheap Precision Tweezers
• Ear plugs
• Cable ties
• Adhesive lined heat shrink
  • Doubles as cable tie organiser
• 7mm hot glue stick
• 15cm Ruler
• USB-PD Decoy (12V)
  • XT30 directly soldered to the back.
  • XT30 to 2.54mm connector.
• microSD card + SD adapter
  • SanDisk 128GB
• Victorinox Waiter
  • I almost never use the corkscrew so an alternative SAK would likely be a better fit, but this is the one I've had forever.
• iFixit Precision Driver
  • Driver and 5 bits from the Moray set.
• Third Hand
  • 1x clip and magnetic foot, taken from the OF-M4 kit.
• Li-Po Voltage Checker/Alarm
• Small carabiner (unknown source)
• USB-C mini right-angle extension
  • I used to have a micro-USB version too, but it's being borrowed by a project.
• Velcro cable tie/strap (unknown source)
• Misc fastener bag
  • M5 nyloc (for drone props)
  • M2.5 nuts + bolts
  • M3 nuts + bolts
  • M4 nuts + bolts
  • Wood screws
  • 2020 & 3030 T-nuts
• Misc electronics bag
  • ~300mm 28AWG flexible silicone stranded wire
  • misc heatshrink (mostly RS adhesive lined or clear)
  • XT60 connector pair
  • XT30 connector pair
  • 2.54mm pin header
  • Small ESP32 (Adafruit QTPy) tucked inside big bit of heatshrink

To add

Tools and things I am considering adding in the future:

• Tape, ideally VHB but I haven't found a nice way to store a small amount.
• Multimeter, but I can't find one small enough to fit.
• 65W+ USB-C charger (for soldering iron/phone/laptop), it'd take up a lot of room, and I almost certainly already have one with me.
• Lighter, mostly for heatshrink (but the stem of the soldering iron does a good enough job).
• Digital caliper.
• Torch, but I usually have one attached to my backpack.
• Soldering tip cleaner - maybe something in a small soldering tin.
• USB-C data cable, but I almost always have one with me anyway.