PE Tool Purchase

For just getting started, a pair of small screwdrivers suffices, with maybe small nose pliers too.  I'd advise building several models with PE before spending muney on any expensive PE bending units.  I built one similar to those being sold, and find I don't use it much- I keep getting better with the screwdrivers (conventional, not phillips) and pliers.

I use 4 different style of pliers as well as a couple of different style tweezers for bending and shaping. I have regular needle nose, long thin needle nose, round tipped, and blade tipped. Make sure the ones you buy are not knurled inside the tip as these will leave marks on the PE. The tweezers have various width on the tips. For long bends I just use 2 steel 6" rulers.