This is the kit I've been playing with. Got a cheap aluminium frying pan to melt the tallow in (simply because it was a flat metal dish with a handle!), my blow torch and a couple of extra body files and paddles. The paddle I'm looking forward to using is a stanless steel one a friend made - he's used a couple of them for a few years and prefers it to the wooden ones. If the files are too "grippy", rub them acros your bench vice to take the edge off the teeth. My favourites were given too me by another friend and are several years old. Got a flat one with a regular type handle and a curved one with the holes to fit it into one of the adjustable frames.
Biggest tip - watch the solder! when it starts to go shiny, its hot enough!
Tip number two, get some of that Cold Front stuff - it really works!