A Bitzenburger was one of my first tools, and one of the most useful. Saved a lot of time and money fletching and replacing damaged fletchings on my own arrows. Comes in handy even more now with my son's arrows. He's getting so good that he keeps shooting fletchings off his arrows at 15 to 20 yds.

A good level is helpful. I use the Hamskea 3rd axis. Nock pliers, a box of razor blades, lighters, D-loop material, 3D serving material, needle nose pliers, tweezers, diagonal cutters, magnetic tool tray. Those are the things I can think of offhand that I use a lot.

 

This right here is pretty much all I use aside from the draw board, vise and press.
Oh and d-loop pliers. I forgot to put them in the picture.

 

Longer T-handle allen and torx keys: keeps you from having to use smaller ones and potentially run into clearance for fuller turns, hand in the way of something else, etc.

Magnifying glass/good lighting: shadows might prevent proper awareness of how something is attached/routed, and smaller things might need magnification.

Camera phone: take pics before starting in case you need to reconfigure to start over/when you put everything back together.

Good ruler/tape measure: Not all tape measures/rulers are the same. Use the same one on all builds, especially if you are measuring ATA and such. Measuring before and after with a different ruler/measure is potentially going to induce stacking of tolerance where none was.

Levels: nuff said.

Safety glasses: While I highly respect folks like Kelly/BlindArcher, I don't necessarily want to compete against him.

Bins/organization: everything in its place and a place for everything; a messy work bench is a no-go.

 

Longer T-handle allen and torx keys: keeps you from having to use smaller ones and potentially run into clearance for fuller turns, hand in the way of something else, etc.

Magnifying glass/good lighting: shadows might prevent proper awareness of how something is attached/routed, and smaller things might need magnification.

Camera phone: take pics before starting in case you need to reconfigure to start over/when you put everything back together.

Good ruler/tape measure: Not all tape measures/rulers are the same. Use the same one on all builds, especially if you are measuring ATA and such. Measuring before and after with a different ruler/measure is potentially going to induce stacking of tolerance where none was.

Levels: nuff said.

Safety glasses: While I highly respect folks like Kelly/BlindArcher, I don't necessarily want to compete against him.

Bins/organization: everything in its place and a place for everything; a messy work bench is a no-go.

The t-handle allen wrenches would be nice. I always wish i had some when I get into a bad spot with my little allen set

 

Learning how to make your own threads for your bow.

 

T handle Allen wrenches, short necked Allen wrenches. The new hamskea 3rd axis leveler
A 48" level to square limb pockets up.
About 10' of your favorite d loop material and a spool of serving you'd tie nocking point with if you do that. A plasma lighter.
Press, draw board, paper tuning set up. Chronograph
Other than arrow stuff, those are my go to tools on a regular basis

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Opinions needed here. Outside of a draw board, press, and vise, what would you say are the other essential maintenance tools that are needed for a bow.

If you have those three items, you have a good start.

You might want to add a chronograph. It allows you to do a quick check of your tuning state.
Bow squares are OK, but I find a plain torpedo level is more accurate when the bow is mounted in a decent vise, (I have a Apple that's about as old as half the members on AT, it still works).

I have one of these, and it works well mounted to a solid bench.

Hammer Hanger Bow Draw Winch

• Draws bow easily (90 lb. max) • Heavy duty steel construction • Powder coated finish • Mounts on a bench or table • Disassembles for easy storage • Great for checking draw length, cam/drop away rest timing and recording measurements

www.lancasterarchery.com

But this one looks like a much better option.

ArcheryDezign Stand Alone Draw Board

Machined aluminum construction Winch features a safety clutch that prevents the handle from spinning in case you let it go Check draw length, cam timing, arrow clearance, rest height, and more with this easy to use tool Draw length and brace height scale printed on the draw board Made in Monee...

www.lancasterarchery.com

Things like Allen wrenches are a given, and I can't imagine any guy not having several sets for vehicles, garage, and workshop. Nock pliers come in handy though, and some nice ones come with a D-loop stretcher. I have three serving jigs with different diameter serving in each one, (avoid the cheap ones). A scale, essential, I like the digital type.

Lots of gadgets out there.

 

4 foot carpenters level, serving string roller, Don't buy Chinese allen wrenches, they will destroy your bolts.

 

Handheld bow scale. I prefer a simple straight long stabilizer to use in place of levels. Put on stab, set rest then adjust dloop to proper height while lining up arrow parallel to stab (proven to work very well). Like others said a GOOD set of alien wrenches. Razor blades, BCY 3D

 

I also carry a full array of bolts. There's a hardware store near me that I can go to and match everything on my bow over the next wars, I've collected quite a collection of skates are regularly replace bolts that look a little worse for wear.

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You've a good start. Unless really needed don't go out of your way to buy something. Most of all I have I got as needed and most I got cheap because I waited for a bargain.