I don't know about club, but

I don't know about club, but at home I usually keep the following on hands:

- 2-56 screws, check

- variety of X-acto blades including chisel and #11

- assortment of needle files and one or two big mill files

- a bulk pack of perfered regular Kadee's, in my case #156 scale head, and a few specialty, underset, overset, shelf etc.

- Soldering iron

- Demel Motor tool with both sizes of cut-off Discs

- Pin Vice

- Assortment of tiny drill bits

- ME spikes

- Altlas track nails

- 33" and 36" wheel sets, mostly Intermountain

- Canopy glue

- CA glue

- Set of Jewelers screw drivers

- small screw drivers

- Scale steel ruler for HO

- Zuron rail cutters

Continuation - other things I have:

- Cordless drill driver

- Impact drill (much more compact and fits between bench work cross beams that about 12 inches apart.

- wire cutters and strippers

- Compound Mitre saw for cutting benchwork wood.

- Jigsaw/sabre saw for cutting curves

- needle nose pliers

That's a start anyway.

This would have been helpful earlier

Just used my last chisel blade up the other day.  Good advice to have a few extras next time.  I've heard of canopy glue before but I'm not sure what it's used for.  How do you use it?

-Matt 

I have two types on hand. 

I have two types on hand.  But the most recent recommened Canopy glue is was Zap Canopy.  I have something similar by Testors as well.

I believe it was originally used to glue cockpit canopies onto model planes but model railoraders use it to glue in windows on engines and passenger cars and I believe etched metal roofwalks onto covered hoppers?

Canopy Glue

works great for gluing dissimilar parts together like plastic and wood, sets up rather quickly and it dries clear. I've used the Formula 360 version for some time now. I wouldn't use it in a high stress joint, but other wise try it, you might like it !

Espee over Donner

Must haves for wiring

Almost finished my layout wiring. Here are some more items you need to have on hand:

Soldering iron has already been listed, but nobody mentioned solder - either resin core or solder + flux

Heat shrink tubing - various sizes and colours

Electrical tape

Terminal strips

Wire stripper

Cordless drill and spare battery (nothing worse than being in the middle of a job and the battery dies)

"Regular drill bits"  as well as # drills.

The short list for one layout

Shovels
Rakes
Pruners
Nippers
Saw
Leaf Blower
~ 500 lbs of Stone Dust
Insecticide
Insecticidal Soap
Sun Screen
OFF
Knee Pads
Gloves
Regular, Fine and Very Fine Scotch-Bright pads
Hose and Nozzle

No One Answer

It kind of depends on what stage you are at on your layout.  The needs will be different for a layout you are still building on vs. a layout that is pretty well complete.

I would think “maintenance and operational” supplies for a running layout would always be needed.  Examples would include track cleaner, extra throttle for visitors, extra batteries for throttles, etc.

Joe