Good hobby knife, #11 blades; single-edge razor blades; razor saw and mini-miter box, heavy scissors(like an upholsterer would have), small scissor with fine tips (surgical iris scissor), and something in between; good metal straight-edge, 1-foot and 3-foot; Jewelers file set; good pair of forceps (Flea markets are great places to find used surgical instruments); small hammer; small carpenter square or combo square, variety of small clamps, needle nose pliers; good ABSOLUTELY FLAT building board (a lauan veneer hollow core closet door works great- you can push pins through the veneer, or put a 2 x 4 ceiling tile on it or get a roll of 3/16 cork ang glue it on) The door costs about $20 at any Home Depot; 5-min. and 30 min epoxy, fast med and slow Ca, TiteBond; screwdrivers asst sizes from tiny to std, straight and Phillips, Ball tip hex wrenches, std. and metric;tape measure. And a couple of million other things, but that's a start. Oh, yeah, Dremel Tool, variable speed, cordless is great but not required, SST is right, get a keyless chuck.