Surplus Catalog 2013

AMERICAN SCIENCE & SURPLUS
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October 2013
Volume 308
Your Halloween Harvest!
Camo LED Flip Light $7.95/each Page 5

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Light up the woods!
Jumbo Projection TV Lens $12.50/each Page 47

All you add is the TV!
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Blues Harp $5.95/pkg(2) Page 20

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Y oure the harmonica king!
No Cut Gloves $7.95/each Page 61

Hang on to your digits!
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to our American Science & Surplus catalog. Here you will find a unique mix of industrial, military and educational items, with an emphasis on science and education. We supply a wide range of unusual and hard-to-find items (some say bizarre stuff) to the hobbyist, tinkerer, artist, experimenter, home educator, do-it-yourselfer, and bargain hunter. Our items are great gifts, inexpensive supplies, and an endless reason for a giggle or a "Gee whiz! We try to be scrupulously honest in presenting whatever we know about what we have, and always take it back, no questions asked, if the customer isn't satisfied with it. Please remember that we offer many more items than will fit on these pages. You can both peruse and purchase every item we have at our website: www.sciplus.com. Thank you for taking the time to browse our catalog. We appreciate your business. Patrick Meyer, President
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"Love" and "Hate" on your knuckles might help in the big house, but our customers pick their tattoos from this beautifully done 271-page hardbound book of "Science Ink" by Carl Zimmer. He should have called it "Fascinating Tats." You'll get endless illustrations of folks with scientic theorums, chemical formulae, atomic structures, periodic table entries, taxonomies, scientic instruments, endangered and extinct species, benzene rings, set theory, the golden ratio, Occam's Razor and much more. Imagine The Girl with the Double Helix Tattoo, or the physicists' answer to Thug Life. 94422 Science Ink Ephrans Favorite! $21.95/each $19.95/each
Scientic Tats
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Get creative with a half-dozen soft, cuddly, 4" tall stuffed black kitties, cute as the dickens and with heads held on with hook-and-loop patches. Switch the heads onto bodies of a different color indiscriminately, or devise your own creative game to play with them. (Pin the head on the pussycat.) The label calls them "Stress Kittens" because, of course, having the option of changing your mind is a relief, even for a cat. 40842 Creative Kittens Jeffs Favorite! $2.95/pkg(6) $1.50/pkg(6)
Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty
Frequently Asked Questions

What is surplus?
We buy closeouts, inventory overruns, mis-manufactures, and items whose time has not come. We can usually acquire these items on a one-time-only basis. When a surplus item is gone, it is gone. So if you see something you love, best get it now since we may not have it tomorrow. Our website is frequently updated with our inventory. If you see an item in our catalog, but cannot find it online, it means we have sold out of that item. If our stock of the item you have ordered is exhausted we will refund that portion of your remittance. When we can't find surplus, we may carry regular merchandise which we think those interested in learning and tinkering will find appealing, but only if we feel it is good quality at a fair price.
This 15" x 10" aluminum "SCIENCE LAB" sign has a white background with microscope, beaker and Bunsen burner graphics. (And scattered mathematical formulae which we understand, of course, because we're AS&S!) The 1/4" dia mounting holes on the top and bottom are suitable for both laboratory and bedroom doors. 94149 Science Lab Sign Pauls Favorite! $12.95/each $11.95/each
Sign Of Intelligent Life
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Our amber glass dropper bottle holds 20ml (approx 2/3 oz) and is 2-1/4 tall x 11/8 dia with a 1/2 ID mouth and a childproof plastic dropper cap. Dropper is marked at 0.4 and 0.8ml. 41716 Dropper Bottle Marlas Favorite $3.75/pkg(4) $3.25/pkg(4)
Lock That Drop!
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Transform your biological microscope into a digital microscope and transmit live, full-color video images to your computer. This Premiere MA88 digital camera has a 640 x 480 pixel eyepiece, and comes with an adapter so it can be used with either a 23mm or 30mm barrel microscope. Its 6-ft lead terminates in a USB jack. Use the software that comes with it with Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP. 92416 Digital Eyepiece Bills Favorite! $59.95/each $49.95/each
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HOUSE & GARDEN

You get 35 (which is almost (3) dozen, after all) little bitsy beads of light on a 6-foot long, 2-strand copper wire. As small as incandescent grain-of-wheat lights, these LEDs are powered by (3) "AAA" batteries in a 3-1/2" x 2" x 3/4" thick plastic battery pack. A single push-button switch controls off/slow blink/fast blink/steady on, to meet your most festive needs. You pick red, green or white. You also buy the batteries. 93740 93741 93742 92294 LED Strand, Red LED Strand, Green LED Strand, White "AAA" Alkaline Batteries
Extremely Itsy LEDs On A String
Mighty bright for its size, this 8-1/4" x 13/16" dia (with a 1-1/16" dia lens) ashlight has a Cree Q3 LED bulb. Our VP for Illumination called it "scary bright." Rated at 100-120 lumens, it has a collimating lens (can be focused to a small spot) and a ashing mode for emergencies. Black aluminum body and a beltmount carrying sleeve. Recommended by the manufacturer for hunters, security and law enforcement personnel, etc. Uses just (2) "AA" batteries but you still have to provide them. $14.95/each $14.95/each $14.95/each $1.95/pkg(4) 94512 92293 Super-Bright Flashlight "AA" Alkaline Batteries $14.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Scary Bright Cree Q3 Light
No plugs needed to light yourself up. This 11foot light strand with (20) tiny white LEDs is powered by (3) "AA" batteries tucked into an easy-to-conceal little box. Modes include off, ashing and steady-on, depending on just how festive you want to look. Battery life is projected to be 72 hours, which means you, or your poodle, palomino or Presidents Day centerpiece can be ashing for a whole 3-day weekend. 94460 92293 Battery LED String "AA" Alkaline Batteries $6.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Light Yourself Up
Our pocket-sized mini-flashlight has (8) ultraviolet LEDs and myriad uses, from checking for counterfeit U.S. currency to working the door at hip downtown clubs, spotting radiator and transmission fluid leaks, mineral identification, and (yes, its true) finding scorpions in the dark. Measures 3-7/8 long x 1-1/8 hexagon, and comes with (3) AAA batteries for power and a canvas carrying case with a belt loop. You supply the scorpions. 93507 Mini-UV $10.95/each
The Ultra (Violet) Pocket Light
Those long boring nights spent recharging your rope lights are finally at an end. This 16-1/2 foot rope light is 3/8" dia with (50) white LEDs inside. Mount the 2" x 1-5/8" solar cell in the yard or on the deck, plug the rope in and (8) hours of sunlight will give you up to 12 hours of glowing rope when the sun goes down. Includes the rechargeable NimMH battery, ground stake and hardware. Has standard on/off or auto modes. Water & weather resistant and rated to last more than 100K hours. 94709 Solar Rope Lights $14.95/each
Solar Rope!
NEW!
Just like the big tactical flashlights used by SWAT teams, but in a handy 6" long x 1-1/2" dia size. In black anodized aluminum with an adjustable flood-to-spot zoom, knurled handle, 3.7V Lithium-ion rechargeable battery, wall wort and accessory-plug chargers, an orange traffic baton attachment and a 3W Cree XPE bulb. Push-button switch activates high and low intensity and strobe settings. Includes a holder for (3) "AAA" batteries 94662 Small SWAT LED Light $19.95/each
Pocket SWAT Team Light
Small enough to slip into a toolbox or pocket, this little oval work light hangs on its 1" ID folding hook or sticks up via a strong 3/4" dia magnet on the back. Measures 3-3/4" x 2-1/2" oval x 1-3/8" thick, and lights with (24) white LEDs on the face or (3) more on the bottom. Runs on (3) "AAA" batteries, included. Nice as a traveling closet/night/ashlight, too. 94179 Little Work Light $5.95/each
Pocket Work Light
Lotta letters, because this is a great dual-function ashlight! Handy, waterproof, multifunctional! Measures a convenient 51/4" long, with a total of (16) LEDs: Turn on (10) super bright white or (6) ultraviolet (The best UV LEDS we've ever had!) with the shielded, glow-in-the-dark pushbutton switch. Black anodized aluminum body. Runs on (3) "AAA" batteries that are included. Includes a wrist strap and a black nylon case. 93996 UV-LED Light $8.50/each
UV, LED, GITD
White nightlights are over. This 4-1/2" oval light will sit in the bathroom, hallway or top of the stairs and morph through blue, green red and yellow LEDs while you're in the arms of Morpheus. Wake up to a surprise every time--gives you something to look forward to. A photocell means it turns itself on every night. Also has a dimmer and a one-color set if you hate change. 41812 Rainbow Nightlight
The Chameleon In The Bathroom
Born at the conuence of crafts and laser power-pointing, the Playser is a small, 2-1/8" x 1-3/4" x 3/4" thick oblong red laser pointer with a choice of a dozen images instead of a just another dot. You can point, or entertain your cat, with a heart, two different arrows, star, crescent moon, circle, mouse, cricket, buttery, Pisces symbol, ying saucer or ant. (All the symbols have a red dot at their center.) Runs on (3) included and replaceable button-cell batteries and comes with a 6" wrist strap. We'll pick a pointer with an attractive pattern on the case. 40961 Playser Pointer $4.95/each
What's The Point?
$5.95/each
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HOUSE & GARDEN

Da Mare could use this to point out cracks in the infrastructure at Wrigley Field. You, having a forgiving nature, will resist the urge to point out cracks in da mayor's infrastructure. You will, of course, use it to point out chimney cracks to the tuck-pointer, a cracked limb to the tree-trimmer, and the crack in your prot picture during a slide presentation. You can do all that and much, much more with the bright light from this 5mW green laser pointer. It's an unbelievable tool. If you need a laser pointer that seems to go on forever and is so strong that you can actually see the beam in the dark, it will be the best low-cost investment you ever made. Or the coolest high-end toy. The 532nm Class IIIa light is 5-5/8" long x 1/2" dia, with (2) "AAA" batteries (included), a momentary-on switch, pocket clip, and case. An absolute necessity for construction, surveying, warehousing, inspection and other large sites. And for playing in the dark. 92512 5mW Green Laser Pointer $14.95/each
Green Laser Par Excellence!
Our common red or green pointer too blas for you? Make your point violetly with one of these rare violet laser pointers. Its non-slip black rubberized case with silver accents is 6-1/8 long x 7/16dia, with a momentary switch and a pocket clip. Includes the (2) AA batteries youll need. Youre welcome. 94657 Violet Laser $14.95/each
Sometimes Violets Is The Answer
NEW!
It looks like a thick flip phone from '90s, but it's camo, and it's really a ridiculously bright 18LED, 128 lumen light. The LEDs face a 2-1/2" x 2" polished mirror surface that hide (3) "AA" batteries (included) and a magnet big enough to hold the light. If there's no steel in the woods, it has a fold-away swivel hook. Rated for 10 hours on fresh batteries, it includes a black canvas case with a belt clip. Measures 3-1/2" x 2-1/8" x 1-1/2" and is endorsed by Jimmy Houston because nobody knows lighting like a professional bass fisherman. 41938 Camo LED Flip Light $7.95/each
Flip Your Light
We dont like to brag, but it's tough not to in a case like this. This is a wonderful penshaped laser pointer, 51/4 long, at black or silver with gold pocket clip and head. It throws a red point a loong way (weve thrown it two city blocks, and it wouldve gone farther, but buildings got in the way). And what are we so proud of? Weve seen a very similar itemnot identical, mind you, but essentially the samein one of those glossy, toysforgrownmen catalogs. Their price? $20! Were proud not to be prot-mongers; buy it here and you can take pride in your smart shopping habits. Batteries included. 91071 Laser Pointer $9.95/each
Tootin Our Laser
This little light of yours will illuminate the dark corners of your life, and stick around for the next time you visit that corner. The Pop-Up MicroLite is a 3/4" cube with a self-adhesive pad on the bottom. Slide the top and it pops up and lights up with a bright white LED. Think toolbox, fusebox, tacklebox, anybox, or clipboard, sock drawer, remote, purse, wherever. Includes button-cell batteries. 41958 Itty Bitty Light
Ittyest Bittyest Light Of Them All
Or the light will come on! Now your hallways at home can be just like a European hotel with our motion-sensitive LED light. No plug necessary, since it runs on (3) "AA" batteries (not included because we can't do everything, after all). Mounts via a 1/4" keyed screw hole, but doublesided tape would also work. Measures 2-3/8" sq x 1-1/2" thick and has (10) white LEDs in a white plastic housing. Lights up with motion approx 4 feet away. 93880 92293 Motion Light "AA" Alkaline Batteries $9.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Don't Move!
$2.95/each
More goose-sized than chicken-sized at 3-3/4" tall x 2-3/4" max dia, this soft, translucent-rubber egg glows with color. It can be set to stay one hue, or to change very slowly from purple through blue, green, orange and red to purple. Very Zen. Or very cute in an Easter basket. Runs on (3) replaceable button-cell batteries, included. 93768 Color-Change Egg $4.95/each
Mesmerizing Egg
Glowing gloop isn't the only way to put a little light in your life. Glitter and glycerin lamps can make your room a sparkly paradise. Our 15-1/4" tall offering has an electric-green base with a zillion silvery hexagons floating inside a bottle filled with Kelly-green glycerin. Has a 6-foot cord, a 25W bulb and a cap that says Don't Open Don't Drink, which is mighty good advice, if you ask us. 41912 Glitter Lamp
Man Does Not Live By Lava Alone
$9.95/each
On tiny tables or the desktop, this lamp throws a nice puddle of light for its size. The 4-1/4" x 3" x 1-1/2" tall base supports an 8" long gooseneck with (14) bright white LEDs at the top. Silver-plastic and chrome, with a pushbutton switch on the base, it comes with (3) "AAA" batteries. We're putting ours on top of the dresser so maybe we'll nally be able to tell what color socks we're taking out of the top drawer, but it would make a nice little reading or camping lamp. Should give 15 hours of light with fresh batteries. 92977 LED Table Lamp $8.95/each
Tiny Table Lamp
Despite parental advice, here's a good reason to sit in a dark room and think small. This Plasma Storm isn't as large as a standard plasma ball, so not only is it much more affordable - the effect is concentrated and startling. When turned on, the 3" dia clear globe (think baseball size) lls with blue stems that are to pink, looking like dozens of electric owers searching for a way out. Very Cool. Comes on a black-plastic base with an on/off switch, and has a 6-ft power cord with transformer. 92222 Plasma Storm $15.95/each
A Little Lightning
HOUSE & GARDEN

Black and white sand in a viscous colored uid. The sand and uid are between 51/2" wide x 3-1/2" high panes of glass, framed on a gimbaled stand. Flip the panel and watch the sand swirl and eddy into endlessly new pictures of dunes, drifts, mountains or moonscapes, depending on your imagination and the pattern they form. The mix of black and white creates a denite third dimension to the images. They come in assorted colored plastic frames (our choice) and are pretty neat, as these things go. 88881 Moving Sand Picture $5.95/each
Moving Sand Art
Introducing the clock-safe. This slick, modern-design 9-3/4" dia analog clock has a face that opens to reveal an 8-1/2" x approx 2" deep compartment with (3) shelves to hide valuables. Silver plastic case, white face with black numerals and a second hand. Has (3) keyed mounting holes on the back. You add a "AA" battery. 94531 92293 Clock-Safe "AA" Alkaline Batteries $12.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Pearls At 12 O'Clock
Tired of being beholden to the computer mega-corporations? Get back to basics with the original computer. This ne wood abacus is approximately 9-3/4" x 4-3/4", with (13) sets of (5) balls and (13) sets of (2). Computing speed is considerably slower than even an old 286, but then it's guaranteed to never need rebooting. Instructions included. Made in China, naturally. 91132 Abacus $8.95/each
Computer Revolt
You could put photos in these clear acrylic standing easel frames, or you could use them as place cards, or you could have photo-place cards and nobody would have to read to find their seat. You get a dozen little standing frames, 3-1/2" tall x 2-1/2" wide with 2" x 1-1/4" bases, at a very nice price. 41905 Acrylic Easel Frames $4.95/each
Easel Does It
Well, if you had a crystal ball, you'd be able to see that there's a crystal ball in your future, and you'd know not to pass up this very, very nice glass gazing ball. It's 4-1/4" dia (and heavy) and comes with a footed dark-wood stand that spins smoothly. The stand is just over 3" dia. Together, the ball and stand are 61/4" tall. Comes in a presentation and storage box. The perfect accessory for your next fortune-telling gig. 94069 Gazing Ball
See A Crystal Ball In Your Future?
$24.95/each
Turn this little 40-second hourglass over three times for two-minute eggs, give or take ve seconds a turn, because this is really a desk accessory and not a timer calibrated at Greenwich. And it drips gloppy glycerin because it's much more fun to watch than sand. Measures a chunky 2-3/4" tall x 1-3/4" dia. You get a set of (3), one each with blue, red and green glop. 40937 Red, Green & Blue Timers $5.95/each
Forty Seconds (+/-) Over Easy
Bigger than a baseball across the top, this is one ginormous jewel. You pick a clear or deep-translucent-blue, 24% lead crystal, cut-glass gem. Its 3-1/8 dia at the top, tapering to point 2-1/8 deep. Could be mounted in a stunning, but really, really, really big engagement ring. 93959 93960 Clear Crystal Gem Blue Crystal Gem $12.95/each $12.95/each
Ginormous Gem
Perfectly portable blacklight, with a bonus white LED ashlight on one end and a ip-out easel so you can stand it up while checking IDs, looking for art forgeries, or lighting a tiny dorm room. You add (4) "AA" batteries. The unit measures 61/4" x 2-1/8" x 3/4" thick with a wrist-strap. The UV-A bulb is replaceable. 93987 92293 Portable Blacklight "AA" Alkaline Batteries $6.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Wee Black Light
This super-bright work light has 24 white LEDs and collimating lenses, and is permanently collimated to concentrate the light where you point it. And the 8-1/4" long x 21/4" wide x 1-1/8" thick device looks like a TV remote, to lure couch potatoes back to work! Comes with a pull-out rotating hook and a magnet on the back for mounting, but without the (3) "AA" batteries you'll need. 41496 92293 Flat Work Light "AA" Alkaline Batteries $8.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Remoteish Work Light
This compact 5-LED strobe light takes (3) "AA" batteries that you should buy from us, so you'll have enough cash left to buy the orange juice for the Harvey Wallbangers. The strobe measures just 47/8" x 3-1/4" x 2" and has a pivoting mounting bracket, but you could just stand it on the oor. Flashes approx (3) times per second. Now go walk like a pharaoh. 94169 92293 Compact Strobe Light "AA" Alkaline Batteries $8.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Party Like It's 1972
When your mom's in the room, it's just a plain, white 8" dia frosted plastic globe, but turn it on when she leaves and watch the red, green and blue LEDs inside glow as they rotate through a motorized diffuser lens. Has (4) different modes. It's called the Supernova Globe, and the manufacturer assures us that the everevolving colors and congurations create a calming atmosphere, and who doesn't need that? Makes a particularly trippy night light. 94166 Supernova Globe $39.95/each
Far Out & Groovy Globe
HOUSE & GARDEN

Recognize this digital atomic clock? You must be hanging around hospitals and other government institutions up in Canada, because this came from their actual supplier. Accurate to a fault and visible across a very large room, this giant digital clock refreshes and resets the exact time each night and is 16-1/2" wide x 10-1/2" tall x just 13/4" thick, with a clean, brushed-aluminum-look plastic frame. Displays time (digital LCD h/m/s, with h/m being 4" tall), time zone (select any of 6 North American zones), indoor temperature, day and date. It has 12- or 24-hour settings, choice of C or F temps, and mounts on a wall or sits on a built-in stand. Runs on (3) "C" batteries that come with it. 94231 Digital Atomic Clock $79.95/each
An Atomic Clock, Eh?
Our smaller LCD atomic clock tells you the hour, minute and second in 12- or 24-hour format, indoor temperature in C or F, the date, the month, and the day of the week. Self-setting and self-adjusting (youll never spring forward again) with the time in numbers over 4 tall. It hangs on a wall or sits on a pop-out easel. Measure 9 wide x 5-3/4 tall x 1-1/8 deep. Runs on (2) AA batteries (included!). Not backlit, but the display is panoramic, or readable from any angle. You pick the authentic faux wood grain or genuine matte silver plastic surround. 94658 94659 Wood Grain Clock Silver Frame Clock $37.95/each $37.95/each
Just Remember What Year It Is
Time used to fly, but with global warming what it is, it now dripsoff your mantel, desk, bookcase or the top of your cubicle. The melting clock is inspired by Dalis painting The Persistence of Memory and is surreal enough for anyone, even you. Measures 6-3/4 x 4-3/4 x 5-1/4 and requires a single AA battery which you have to supply, but can get at our affordable prices. 94367 92293 Surreal Clock AA Alk Batteries $12.95/each $1.75/pkg(4)
Time Drips
Tired of that soft, comfortable bed of yours? Try this Hedgehog nail mattress to relieve headaches, back and foot pain, stiffness, nervousness, sleeplessness, and (for half of you) menstrual pain. It might even boost your energy! They swear by these things in the Far East and suddenly they're all the rage in our stressed-out West. Nail points are plastic and almost as sharp as puppy teeth--so be still. They're affixed to a cushion covered in 100 percent cotton approx 25" long x 16" wide x 3/4" thick, in a calming olive green. 42360 Acupuncture Nail Mattress $17.50/each
Get Nailed and Relax!
Sets itself and adjusts itself via mysterious communication with a satellite it knows, plus uses a radio to talk to an outside sensor to tell you what its like outside while youre still in bed. (The sensor also shows the temp.) This remote atomic clock is 8-1/2 wide x 7-3/4 tall x 1-1/8 thick and hangs on a wall or stands on a pop-out easel. Large LCD characters show the minute and second in 12- or 24-hour format, indoor and outdoor temperature in C or F, the date, the month, and the day of the week. Also tells you what time zone youre in, in case you get confused. Clock and remote sensor run on (2) AA batteries each (included!). Not backlit, but the display is panoramic, or readable from any angle. In a matte silver case. 94660 Remote Atomic Clock
Remotely Atomic Clock
Inatable Torsos
Inatable human torso. Life-size. Female (32). White plastic. With internal white LEDs so it lights up if you plug in the included wall adapter. Nice 30 chrome chain at the top with a caribiner so you can hang it up. Perfect as a display mannequin in a store. Not to be used, the packaging warns us, as a otation or life-saving device. Other than that, we dont want to talk about it. 94126 Female Inata-Torso
Top Seller!
$49.95/each
These big, 4" long steel safety pins are practically jewelry in their own right. You pick from a 5-pack in assorted colors (gold, black, metallic pink, blue, green or others) or the 12-pack in your standard safety pin silver. Perfect for closing buttonless sweaters and tops or securing scarves in fascinating configurations. 94251 94623 Five Colorful Pins Twelve-Pin Pack $3.95/each $3.50/each
Big, Beautiful & Perfectly Safe
$14.95/each
Were using semantic obfuscation to crowd this plastic nger hook into a scientic category. It really doesnt cut it as science, but sure has been a popular novelty in our stores. An embedded 1/2 long wood screw will secure this esh-colored nger to a rail, the side of a desk, a wall, or the back of a door. It then functions as an amusing hook for towels, robes, coats, tools, or attention. In fact the silly things seem to be beckoning, but we were afraid to call them come hither hookers for fear of misinterpretation. When installed, the ngernail, which might look a bit better with a little bright red polish, stands 2 from the mounting surface. Sold in fours because this importer doesnt deal in thumbs. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 6201 Finger Hooks $7.95/each
Digital Suspension Device
Soft rubber blades will waft a breeze your way if you have this D-cell-powered personal fan. Blades are 4-1/2" across, mounted on a 2-3/4" dia hand grip that slips into a 2-3/4" dia suction-cup base. Tilts 180 and is 7-1/2" tall. Very nice. Why the outstanding price? Because the case of this allwhite item is beginning to yellow (though it retains all its flexibility, strength and inner beauty, perhaps like someone you know). At this price, we can't include the battery, but we can remind you to buy one. 41759 Rubber Fan $1.95/each
It's A Softy
And we'll scratch yours. You send us a little cash, we send you (3) back scratchers. They measure 17" long x 1" wide, and are lacquered bamboo. These are our special, multi-itch design, so they work just as well on feet. 29293 Long Scratcher $2.95/pkg(3)
You Scratch Our Back
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We feel sorry for those flesh-colored bandages that are just trying to hide. Stand up and be healed with bandages that make a statement! Say Oink with this box of (15) sterile photo reproductions of a raw bacon slice, plus a bonus plastic pig in every box. Mustache bandages work even if you cut something other than your lip; just tell people it's a mustache transplant. You get (15) in (4) hairy styles, plus a secret gift. For people with a sweet tooth, cover your wounds with cupcakes. You get a dozen, plus a little gift sticker. And Mom will be glad to see that, even if you weren't wearing clean underwear before the accident, our tighty whities underpants bandages prove that you are now! You get (12), sterile and 2-1/2" long, plus a surprise inside. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 92725 94495 94686 94685 Bacon Bandages Mustache Bandages Cupcake Bandages Underpants Bandages $4.95/each $4.95/each $4.95/each $4.95/each
Bandages Of The Proud
All butteries are solar, we suppose, but this one needs more concentrated power than the cocoon kind. We'll pick either a monarch or yellow swallowtail for you. Spookily real-looking and ying to a farethee-well on a delicate 10" inch wire that's mounted on the offset cam of a small DC motor with a buttery-shaped solar panel. Snug the device, on a 13" dark-green plastic support column with its easy-to-insert stake, close to a plant in the garden or a owerpot, and it will blend right in. The buttery won't get tired and won't leave until you move it. Add a "AA" battery for cloudy days or a housebound or night-ying buttery. So much easier than trying to train nature. 94330 92293 Solar Buttery "AA" Alkaline Batteries $11.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Solar Buttery
You think a solar-powered windmill makes no sense? Well, yes. Or, no. This is your desktop toy/demonstration sort of windmill, so just be quiet and put it together then watch it turn around and around. Measures 8-5/8" tall with a 3-piece, 6-1/4" wide blade. Powered by a 3-1/8" x 1-1/8" solar cell on a 4-1/4" square base. Runs on sunlight, halogen light or an incandescent spotlight. 94652 Solar Windmill $15.95/each
Solar-Powered Windmill
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Find out if you are alive, and if so, whether your blood pressure is so low you will tip over when you stand up. This home blood pressure kit includes the usual D-ring cuff, a nurses stethoscope and full instructions on their use. Not a toy, it is the real thing. Great for monitoring your health and for educational purposes. It is a two-party set, meaning it is most easily used by two people. Anyone want to play doctor? 91502 Blood Pressure Kit $22.95/each
Thump Swish
I am not a rock, I just look like one. I'm actually a 3-1/2" x 2" x 1-1/2" deceptively rock-like hunk of gray and black polyresin that's hollowed out to hold your spare key and hide among all the other rocks. 94603 Key Hiding Rock $3.95/pkg(2)
I Am A Rock?
This is the fan that any girl with a pony or a shirt with a kitty on it would plug into her laptop. It's a flower with power in a pot with safe rubber-leaf-blades with a 4" span. It stands 6" tall x 3-1/4" dia. Runs off a USB plug on a 40" cord, or on (3) "AA" batteries that mom buys. We'll pick one in pretty flowery colors. 94731 92293 Flower Fan AA Alkaline Batteries $7.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Pretty Fan
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Snap this pair of Spanish fans open and start sending messages in the Language of the Fan to the boys on the other side of the coffee house. (You don't? That's what search engines are for, toots. Just tell them your name is Carmencita.) These romantic, yet functional, folding fans are 9" long, open to 17" across, and are decorated with filigree, lace, and Iberian designs on the cloth. You'll get (2) different. 41967 Spanish Fans $3.95/pkg(2)
Flirt With Both Hands
Our favorite rubber horse's head mask might unsettle the other folks on the bus, but don't let that stop you. Measures 17" long from genuine fake horse-hair mane to wide open nostrils and mouth, which are open so you can see through them. (You really have to see this on someone to appreciate it!) This colt's a sorrel/bay - OK, brown - with a white blaze and great big eyes. Looks a little like he's not real happy about going into the gate. Wear it with, yes, jockey shorts. 94352 Horse's Head Mask $24.95/each
Head For Hialeah
This isn't the Cold War metaphorical bamboo curtain, it's an actual bamboo door curtain, handmade in Vietnam of 2-1/4" long x 1/4" dia sections of actual bamboo in a natural color. We like it for productions of Flower Drum Song, for turning your house into a Graham Greene novel, or just for hearing that cool rattle of wood against wood as you walk through it. Measures 78-3/4" tall x 35-1/2" wide, with a 7/8" X 1" wooden bracket ready to hang by four built-in wire loops. 42050 Bamboo Curtain $14.50/each
The Doorway Of Suzie Wong
And easy to store. One of the better pick-up tools we've seen. Folds to just over 16" to store, but locks open at 30" with spring steel arms on an aluminum frame. It has soft, suction-cupshaped grabbers and big, locking pistol grip. Pretty good gripping capacity too-maybe to 10 lbs or so. Get one for Mom, because at her age she can't reach the things she used to. And then get another one for yourself, because you'll be Mom's age before you know it. 92849 Pick-Up Tool $5.95/each
Soft Touch
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As seen it on TV! Called THEEASYWIPE, this window cleaner has a 14" long pivoting handle ending in a 5" x 3-1/2" pad with a removable and machine-washable microber cover. It's designed to clean glass with just water and to t easily into that tricky space where the inside of your windshield meets the dashboard. Works for back windows, too. Even works in trucks. And houses. 94078 Glass Wiper $3.95/pkg(2)
Hand-held Swiper
Devoted surpies and the scientically minded everywhere can be seen sipping their hot beverages from these staggeringly impressive white ceramic mugs with our name, web address, slogan and an inspirational picture of Jarvis on the side. Each holds 11 oz of liquid, dozens of pencils, or (372) button-cell batteries, not included. 94001 Jarvis Mug $4.95/pkg(2)
Jarvis Mugs
The manufacturer calls it the Quik Fix Zipper but they obviously don't pay a copywriter to create dumb puns. So...it's the Zip-a-dee-doo-dad, a set of (3) replacement zipper tabs/sliders in graduated sizes that come apart so you can slip then onto a zipper and tighten them with a little thumbscrew. Handy for busted jackets and sleeping bags. Even handier for pants. Removeable and re-usable. 94759 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dad $5.75/each
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dad
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You don't really need the other (47) shades of gray at your age. These (3) shades are in a 3-pack of 9" square microfiber cloths. Packaged as "Screenrags," they're made for monitors, smart-phones and assorted pads, but are just as handy for eyeglasses, crystal, fine furniture or anything else where soft is the operative adjective. 41895 Gray Microcloths
Softer Than A Baby's Screenrag
Twelve-year old Tommy is a whiz with kits and modelsbut who knows which one he wants? Tommys teacher creates great art and craft projectsbut who knows what off-the-wall materials will inspire her? And Grandpa Sam! Who knows what motors or bearings or resistors or piezo speakers he wants? Or what in tarnation he wants them for? Doesnt matter! Give them all gift certicates! Just select whatever combination adds up to the amount of the gift you want to give, for mail orders include the name of the recipient (write extra legibly, please). Well send you or him or her one of these handy gifts, complete with our signature sketch of Jarvis. (No charges for shipping and handling on a gift certicate, but those will be charged on the order against which the certicate is redeemed.) 31860 31870 31880 Gift Certificate, $5 Gift Certificate, $10 Gift Certificate, $25 $5.00/each $10.00/each $25.00/each
GIFT CERTIFICATES !!
$3.95/each
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Like all Gaul, this steel broom handle is divided into three parts. The 19" long parts have threaded clutches to connect to one another, ultimately measuring 49-1/2" long x approx 13/16" dia when assembled. In white with a molded plastic handle on the end, it's perfect for people without a broom closet, painting contractors, traveling witches or fussbudget campers. Standard thread so all you add is the head. 42221 Three-Piece Handle $4.50/each
Broom Est Divisa In Partes Tres
A lovely mini-funnel, made for pouring Dad's special medicine into a hip ask, but just dandy for lling salt and pepper shakers or anything else with a little yap. Stainless steel with a 1-3/8" ID intake mouth and a 5/16" ID outlet. 1-7/8" tall OA. 92731 Stainless Funnel $1.50/each
Not For Big Mouths
If the Tin Man had been plastic, this would have been his lid, and he'd have been rust-free. Our giant red-plastic funnel is 9-3/4" dia with a 3-1/8" long x 15/16" ID neck. Just under 10" tall top to bottom. Hang it by the little tab with a hole on the top edge. Buy (3), get a tennis ball, and run the biggest shell game in town. 93937 Giant Funnel $3.95/each
A Funnel As Big As A Hat
Called CleanEase, these polyester gloves turn your hands into polishing cloths with microber palms and ngers (the business side of your ngers, anyway). They also provide scratchfree dusting, scrubbing and cleaning. The removable PVC liners are secured with a hook-and-loop band at the wrist. The machinewashable gloves measure 12" long from wrist to ngertip. Medium only. 40918 Microber Gloves New Lower Price!
Let Your Fingers Do The Shining
$7.95/each $5.00/each
For your kitchen drawer/toolbox convenience, this collapsible, red rubber funnel starts at 1-1/2" tall by approx 51/2" dia and extends to become a 6" deep funnel with a 3/8" ID outlet. The 1" wide lip on one side by which you hold it also makes it look exactly like a little red cap, quite suitable for a gnome or jockey. And each pack is really a pair of them! 41808 Collapsible Funnels $5.95/each
Funnely Enough
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Looks like a cheap kidsized tennis racket, but brother, this aint for the kids. Its actually a ne way for adults to work on their upperbody strength and kill bugs at the same time. 18 long, with a 6 wide paddle lined with metal grid. A coil in the handle sends high voltage through the paddle when a button is pushed; hit a bug with it and the bug will bug you no more. But despite the manufacturers claims that its safe for people, Scott reports that eshpaddle contact delivers a nasty shock, nasty enough to say Keep this away from kids! Weve seen these in other catalogs for about twice the price, so buy it from us. Just be careful with it. (2) AA batteries, not included. 27356 92293 Insect Terminator AA Alkaline Batteries $5.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Ouch!
This idea is for the birds. Literally. A green plastic perch, dish, and dispenser that you can screw onto an inverted plastic pop bottle to convert it into a bird feeder. Obviously, the bottle should have been emptied of pop and lled with seed. One of those 100 things to do with old coat hangers ideas that really works!! Complete with instructions and bail to hang the completed feeder. 89308 Wild Bird Feeder $2.95/each
Clever Idea #763
Looks like a mini version of an old street lamp, but it's solar powered with rechargeable batteries, and it makes a lovely accent light in the garden. It's also a killing machine, using that solar power to zap the bugs that are heading for your neck. Measures 6" across x 8" tall (14" tall mounted) in black plastic and can be hung or mounted on the included 3-piece stake. 94761 Bug Zapper Lamp $9.95/each
Insecticidal Solar Accent Light
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Hang this holographic prism in the window for delicate, changing color effects. As the sun shines through, it throws splashes of red, yellow, green, blue, violet and more around the room. The glass disc is 41/8 dia x 1/4 thick with a chrome-look frame. Comes with a suction cup hanger to mount it on a window. (Find a way to make it rotate for an especially cool effect!) 92429 Rainbow Window $14.95/each
Dancing Colors
Tape like a orist, sting like a bee. Okay, forget the stinging and just buy this 60foot roll of that magical self-sealing green tape that orists use to make ower stems and wires all pretty. Nice for any sort of oral arrangement but a necessity for bridal bouquets and wrist (and ankle) corsages. 41116 Floral Tape $3.95/pkg(2)
Tape Like A Florist
From our collection of telescoping stuff you really needour first extendable fly swatter. Starts out a spatula-sized 10-3/8 long and zooms via a 4-draw telescoping shaft to an extra-long 28-1/2. Swatting surface is 3-3/4 x 3-1/8 with a target on it so you can check your accuracy after the deed is done. Well pick one in a bugunfriendly red, blue, green or yellow. 94600 Extend-A-Swatter $3.95/each
Death On A Radio Antenna
Grow a beautiful garden full of plants that love your soil! Its easy if you know your soils pH, and we have a gauge to help you! Stick the probe into moist soil for the pH to register in a separate 4 x 2 x 1 gauge box on the end of a 26 ft. cord. That lets you keep the probe in the garden while reading the gauge at your doorstep! A needle indicates the pH on a scale of 3.5-9, and you get a list of which plants like which pH levels. 91586 Garden pH Gauge $17.95/each
Suit Your Soil
Death on a stick. And this latest mosquito zapper is solar powered, so you save yourself from the bugs while you're saving the planet. The dark-green plastic unit, ideal for a yard where power is a problem, measures 7" x 4" x 5-1/2" not counting the 14" plastic stake you stick it on. A blue LED bulb attracts the critters and an electrical wire you-should-pardon-theexpression-kills them. Only a small spark, but it's got enough juice to get the job done. Also includes a tabletop stand and a folding wire hanger as alternatives to the removable stake. 94279 Yard Zapper $22.95/each
Skeeter Zapper
Keep the plants happy, the corks tight, and the tobacco moist. Our tiny hygrometer/thermometer combo is made for greenhouses, wine cellars/fridges, and humidors, but works equally well for your bedroom, because you don't want to dry out either. Measures 2-1/16" x 1-9/16" x 9/16" thick with a 1-5/8" x 11/16" digital LCD read-out. Shows temps from 14-140F (+/- 2); humidity from 10-99% (+/- 6%), with min/max readings and a clear button. Stands on an easel or mounts with tape or a tiny magnet, all included, along with a button-cell battery. 93573 Mini Hygro-Therm $13.95/each
Super-Mini Hygro-Thermometer
Reduce recycling space with this wallmount steel can crusher. Very satisfying to use: pull the 12-1/4" long padded handle and it easily smooshes cans up to 5-3/8" tall (standard aluminum beverage size) into squat little accordion-pleated stumps. The black and gray steel unit mounts with the included screws and has a handy bottle opener under its the front lip, because you don't. 23024 Can Crusher $8.50/each
Scrunch A Buncha Cans
Fat Shoelaces, neon red-orange and black checkered. They're UV sensitive, which means they'll glow under the black light at your neighborhood disco! They stretch to 45" long (the better to t your Doc Martys or high-tops) x 3/4" which is wide, dude. Our package is (4) Pairs. 40465 Crazy Laces $2.95/pkg(4)
Crazy Laces
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So much friendlier than a Venus ytrap, the TickleMe Plant responds by folding its leaves when you tickle it, opening them when you stop. Semi-guaranteed to cheer up cranky shut-ins. You get a minipot, (10-20) seeds, and a peat pellet. Sprouts in a couple of days. (Tickle yourself in the meantime.) !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93790 TickleMe Plant $6.50/each
Silly Sprouter
Whole lotta needling going on. Stock up with either of our specials. These assorted packs are (4) needles each: (2) #7s at 1-1/4" and 1-1/2" long; a #5 at 1-11/16" long; and a #3 at 2-1/8" long. 37980
Needle, Needle, Needle
Asst Needles
$2.00/pkg(5)
Now you can shower with iodine, thulium, titanium and all the other elements when you hang up this translucent vinyl periodic-table shower curtain. In full color, 71" square, it's also suitable for hanging in chemistry labs or fashioning into an extremely geeky rain poncho. 94473 Periodic Shower Curtain $29.95/each
Shower With Bismuth
"Micro Fiber Colths," is what the label actually says. We love surplus, especially when it means perfectly good merchandise from folks who can't spell so good. These cloths were marketed for car care, but you can use them to dust and polish pretty near anything, particularly delicate surfaces. Each pack has (1) 14" x 7" and (1) 14" square cloth. Both are as soft as baby blankets. And both feature "efciency of Micro Fiber for perfect wiping." 39066 Micro Fiber Cloths $2.95/each
Super-Soft Cloths
Thinner than a human hair! Smoother than a babys bottom! More absorbant than an enthralled groupie! Its a microber miracle cloth. It really is amazing folks. A 6 square cleaning cloth woven of 90,000 microbers per sq. inch, each 0.5 mm dia. Super absorbant, it can be used wet or dry to clean the most delicate lens, CD, or for that matter, your car or kitchen counter. As seen on TV except this one really lives up to the hype. You need several to clean super clean where it really counts. Like your specs and other coated optics. 91497 Miracle Cloth $1.95/each
Miracle Fiber
Never a dull moment, with this hand-held sharpener around. The contoured blueplastic handle holds replaceable carbide blades and protects your ngers while you zip it over a knife edge. Its 6" long OA. 92428 Knife Sharpener $2.75/each
Sharp
If you cant bring yourself to put a few small rodents in a gift-wrapped box for your cat, try this leopardpatterned vibrating cat-massage mitt. Really. Its from Purrrfect Pet Products, and theyve applied for a patent! Measures 11 long, with a vibrating thingy in each of the (4) fingers plus the palm, if thats what they are on leopards. The PPP people call it a new way to connect with your pet but we think you could slip it on to connect with any species. Includes instructions on how to rub a cat the right way. Sorry, not washable. 41829 Cat Massager $14.95/each
Paws That Refreshes
Fun with little pix. This photo cube set has (6) 1-3/8" square frames (think passport or drivers' license pix) with a magnet on each corner plus (8) 1/2" dia magnetic balls to grab on and make a cube, string, model of a molecular structure, or peculiar shape of your choice like a family tree. We know you'll want an extended family tree, though, so you'd better buy (3) or (4) sets while we still have them! !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 40581 Magnetic Photo Holder $1.25/each
Mug Shots & Magnets
From our collection of assorted soft-shell eyeglass cases from Foster Grant. You'll get (2) leather-like cases in a dignied color, measuring 6-3/8" x 31/4". Made for eyeglasses, of course, but they're just dandy for your eye-phones, eye-pods, or any other electronic goody that could use a little pocket protection. 38847 Soft Cases $1.50/pkg(2)
Soft Slipcases
Freeze-dried Neapolitan ice cream, it says on the foil package, just like the astronauts got if they ate all of their freezedried peas. Not frozen, of course, or even chilled, but you get one yummy pack, ready to eat, just under half an ounce, which is more than you'd think. 89036 Freeze-Dried Ice Cream $3.50/each
Astronautical Snack
Check the heat on that backyard grill this year before you serve up your special blackened brats again. Our stainless steel grill surface thermometer is 2-5/8" sq x 1/2" thick with a rotary dial scaled from 50 to 500F in 25 increments and 10 to 260C in 10 increments. Clips onto the grill rods from below so it doesn't interfere with the grill surface. 41160 Grill Thermometer $5.95/each
Grill's Gone Wild?
What? Your bird doesn't wear shoes? Then use this brown Flying Bird brand shoe polish to put a shine on your own shoes. It's the paste-wax type in the familiar at, 3" round tin with the clever twist-opener. Tin holds 40g, or about 1.4 ounces. 37392 Shoe Polish $0.95/pkg(3)
Bird Shoe Polish
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This skeleton is actually used in medical and other schools for teaching. The bones are plastic, but other than that it's as realistic and anatomically correct as they come. The ready-to-use 5 7 tall skeleton is mounted with a 360 swivel at the pelvis from a heavy-duty metal rod on a stand base with castors. It has a skull with a removable section, hinged jaw and (2) removable teeth; plastic zippered dust cover; and stainless steel wire, brackets and wing nut assembly for long life. It's articulated at all joints except the spine, so you can demonstrate exion/extension, or merely pose it in a debonair posture. 88824 Lifesize Skeleton $269.00/each
Ready Or Not Skeleton
All doctors have to start somewhere, and this transparent human anatomy kit, otherwise known as Squishy Science from Head to Toe from Smartlab, will appeal to any kid with an interest in the squishy parts. Includes a 12" transparent body with glow-in-the-dark nerves, bones and eyeballs; 8-part squooshy brain; (9) removable gooey organs; a dozen bone and muscle groups; plus forceps, tweezers and a scalpel for added fun. Includes (10) activity cards and 24-page booklet. 94552 Squishy Anatomy Kit $34.95/each
Human Anatomy, The Gooey Parts
Make a nice start at constructing your very own universe with this excellent molecule model set. You get (24) 3/4" and (25) 1" plastic balls in assorted blue, black, yellow and orange colors with varying numbers of holes for connectors; (26) white ball/rod combos to stand for hydrogen; and (27) connector rods in (3) lengths for valency bonds. Includes a chart explaining the system and a periodic table inside the sturdy storage box. Great classroom tool for ages 13 and up. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94681 Atomic Model Set $22.95/each
Build Your Own Universe
Introducing our first ever mermaid excavation kit. Like archaeology for princes, except the mermaid you dig out of her 41/2" x 3-5/8" x 2" plaster tomb isn't actually Ariel, but one of two generic but no less lovely undersea maidens. (And you're not a prince anyway.) Includes a small wooden chisel and brush for cleaning her up. She might have blue or purple hair, depending upon which ocean or lagoon she's from. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94680 Mermaid Archaeology Kit $6.95/each
You Dig Ariel?
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Our micro rocket packs a lot of fun into a small package, much like hockey's original Pocket Rocket, Henri Richard, the 5' 7" brother of Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. Unlike Henri, this rocket's powered by baking soda and vinegar (not included), and actually ies quite high. Bullet-shaped, it's just 2-3/8" tall x 13/16" dia and sits on a launch base 2-3/4" tall x 3/4" ID. For rocket scientists over 5 years of age. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94546 Micro Rocket $4.95/each
The Pocket Rocket
Right after you build your own working medieval trebuchet. All you'll need is glue, scissors, a steady hand, and a small bag of marbles or rocks as a counterweight to construct this wooden, Canadian-made siege engine kit. The nished trebuchet will be 26" long x 18" wide x 24" tall and will propel stuff (meatballs?) 20 feet or more, depending upon the stuff. Includes detailed instructions. Note: Please don't propel small mammals, and please don't put anyone's eye out. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 92887 Model Trebuchet $39.95/each
Lay Siege To The Doghouse!
Shoot one of these little plastic arrow-helicopter-rotor gismos straight up with the included rubber band launcher and watch it soar as far as 300 feet! A fun outdoor toy that grows in sophistication as you learn how to adjust the arrowcopter for wind conditions and ight patterns: distance, return, circular descent etc. Our "each" contains a package of two (2). Recommended for kids over the age of 9. 89602 Arrow Copter $6.95/each
Arrowcopter
We woodn't kid you; we always like wooden kits best. More organic. These are all precut, unnished pine and include nails. You add wood glue, simple hand tools and paint. Pick the little birdhouse, which will be approx 6" long x 3-1/4" square; the pirate ship, which will be approx 8-1/4" tall x 7" long x 1-5/8" wide, with black-string rigging and paper sails that are included. For ages 8 and up. 94260 94261 Birdhouse Kit Pirate Ship Kit
Wood Would Always Be Better
Or break, actually, as an heuristic exercise. Here's a classroom-full of bridge-building supplies based on the Illinois Institute of Technology's national bridge-building contest. Each kit contains enough balsa wood pieces and glue to supply (24) budding engineers or physics students with what it takes to test their skills at wooden bridge construction. Includes a 12pp teacher's guide with info about (6) bridge styles and (8) types of trusses, (24) rules/instruction sheets for students, (360) pieces of 1/8" square x 24" long wood, and (24) bottles of white glue. Among the most engaging and popular classroom projects in the country, it's designed for grades 7-12. 93359 Classroom Bridge Kit $89.95/each
Bridges To Burn
$1.95/each $1.95/each
Back in the days when technology was a good guy, kids got diving submarines that they charged with baking powder and played with in the bath tub. Now kids can have the same fun again.We have found a (gray) submarine, about 3" long, that can dive and surface up to a dozen times with a single charge of the baking powder that you get to supply. Comes with instructions. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 89189 Undersea Explorer $3.95/each
Diving Submarine
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When lightning strikes a barren desert, there's nothing to hit but sand. And what happens when you heat sand to a gazillion degrees, boys and girls? That's right, it makes glass. Actually, it makes small fulgurites, which are sand that has been fused into oftentubular glass shapes. (Glass, but sand colored, and not the Sweet Home Alabama variety. This isn't Hollywood, after all.) Yours will measure approx 1" to 1-1/2" long and be in a plastic box along with a description of the source of that particular fulgurite. 94678 Fulgurite $4.95/each
If Lightning Strikes In The Desert...
Agates are the rock stars of the rock world. Let us pick a pretty one for you, why don't you? We'll select a hunk approx 3" dia, maybe about a third of a pound, that's been cut in half and polished to a high gloss so it's all smooth and beautiful with colorful layers inside. Our choice of colors. 94494 Sliced-Open-Agate $7.95/pkg(2)
Rock Stars
From Brazil, rescued from the guts of quartz crystal antennae, these clear rock crystals are pebble sized (some maybe 3/8" long, most smaller). We're thinking classrooms and microscopes, small jewelry items, or, at these prices, a nice little bowl of crystals for the table. Each small box contains approx 2-1/4 oz of crystals. We'll send you (2) boxes, which will about ll a test tube if combined. 40313 Quartz Crystals $4.50/pkg(2)
Crystal Clear Geological Bargain
Grow your own. Our crystal kits come with a small bag of base rocks, 20g of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (just like Mom used to make), small plastic tweezers, an acrylic magnifier, mixing stick and containers to grow the pretty crystals in. You pick from topaz yellow, diamond -white, green, rose pink, amethyst purple or sapphire blue. 94646 94649 94651 94654 94655 Topaz Crystal Kit Diamond Crystal Kit Rose Crystal Kit Amethyst Crystal Kit Sapphire Crystal Kit $8.95/each $8.95/each $8.95/each $8.95/each $8.95/each
Crystals For All Occasions
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Crystals are for pointing toward you or away from you, depending on what you believe or want, or for polishing, or just for looking at. You get a 3-pack of quartz point crystals, approx 1" to 2-1/2" long, ready for psychic healing, jewelry, or plain old-fashioned lapidarian fascination. Your hunks of point crystal might have an actual point, might not: nature's like that. 94132 Quartz Point Crystals $4.95/pkg(3)
What's The Point Of Crystals?
We've got rocks by the box. You pays yer money and you takes yer choice of our gallimaufry of geological goodies. The Mohs Kit is a mineral hardness scale set, with (9) specimens: gypsum, talc, calcite, uorite, apatite, orthoclase, quartz, topaz and corundum. The Mineral Kit has (15) specimens: uorite, microline, feldspar, hematite, pyrite, calcite, magnetite, talc, pyrolusite, graphite, milky quartz, mica, satin spar, selenite and alabaster gypsum. The Rock Kit has (15) specimens, (5) each of igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rock types. All kits include a small magnier, nail, ceramic streak plate, tray and an instruction pamphlet. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93719 93720 93721 Mohs Kit Mineral Kit Rock Kit $11.50/each $11.50/each $11.50/each
Multiple Minerals
Don't panic. A meteorite is speeding toward you, but it will only hit your mailbox. These small hunks of genuine meteorites are approx 4,200 years old and have been harvested from Chaco, Argentina. (We never miss the meteorite harvest in Chaco.) Most will weigh 25-30 grams and measure approx 1-1/4" x 3/4" x 1/2", which is very dense. Carry one in your pocket and you'll never be hit by a large meteorite. (And if you are, we'll give you double your money back.) 94493 Hunk Of Meteorite $24.95/each
A Meteorite Is Heading Your Way!
vacuuming bug gun, for humane, catch-andrelease insect inspection. Young entomologists will spend hours slurping up creepy critters to study. Has a pistol grip, (2) speeds, slotted and round nose cones, catch-pot with a pivoting lid, viewer tube with magnifying cap, tweezers, and a corrugated plastic "pipe sucker" for getting into hard-toreach bug lairs. You add (4) "AA" batteries. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93857 92293 Bug Vacuum "AA" Alkaline Batteries $9.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Insect-A-Sucker
Turn rocks into jewelry, a few pieces at a time. Our small Science Tech Rock Tumbler (1lb capacity) plugs into the wall and rolls those rocks around until they're all shiny and beautiful. Includes coarse and ne grinding powders, ne and ner polishing powders, 4 oz of practice gemstone rocks, glue, and mounting hardware to make a keychain, adjustable rings, earrings and other items. Can be set to turn from (1) to (7) days (rocks are hard, which is why they're called rocks). Measures approx 9" x 11" x 6" high overall, including the plastic dome to reduce the sound of the operation. For 10-year-olds and up. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93685 Rock Tumbler $42.95/each
Rocks and Roll
Rainbow fans are no longer slaves to the weatherperson with the Solar Rainbow Maker. You assemble the little solar-powered motor, stick it on the inside of your window, hang the (3) glass crystals from it and your room is like unicorn heaven with rainbows bouncing off every surface. Motor is approx 2" sq and crystals are 5/8", 7/8" and 1-1/8" across. 94366 Rainbow Maker $17.95/each
Rainless Rainbows
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This is the new, improved, bigger and better CHEM C1000 beginner chemistry set from Thames & Kosmos. Follow Professor Probenius, the world's most distinguished cartoon chemistry professor, through the 80page manual while he provides safety advice and instructions for carrying out 125 diverse experiments. Build a re extinguisher, make water ow uphill, identify chemicals, split water into hydrogen and oxygen and much more. Includes the simple lab equipment and supplies you need to experiment with air pressure, surface tension, acids and bases, indicators, electrochemical reactions and chromatography. You add some common household materials. A superior kit for ages 10 and up. Winner of the Gold Award from Parents' Choice. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94374 Basic Chemistry Set $59.95/each
Chemistry Lab In A Box
The budding home scientist and horticulturist will both delight in the ease with which this self contained soil test kit brings discovery. The kit measures not only ph., but also Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash content and contains material for 40 tests. Since these are the essential ingredients affecting plant nutrition, we see a science project in the making: experimental plant growth in soils with different amounts of acidity and/or nutrients. From Luster Leaf, the kit is entirely self contained and includes complete instructions for use and explanations. Be careful, please, the kit does have chemicals and should not be used by young children without supervision. 88690 Multi Soil Test Kit $14.95/each
vSoil Test Kits
It's Colorful. It's Magic. That's what the package says about this 3-1/2" tall specimen, and that's more than you can say about those big, clunky un-magical trees. Just slide two parts together, stand them up in the little tray with the magical water in it, and watch your tiny tree begin to bloom with an array of multicolor crystals after an hour. Reaches full magical bloom in 12 hours. Just the thing to watch on those days when the cable goes out. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 29752 Magical Tree $2.50/each
Gee! That's A Tree?
before we dip our tongues into it. You might want to, too. Try Watersafe WellWater Test Kit, a 10 parameter, singleuse kit made for testing well-water or city water. Contains tests that will detect coliform bacteria, pesticides, nitrates, lead, iron, nitrites, pH, chlorine, copper and hardness. Includes an instruction manual and EPA drinking water standards. Easy to use, with results on the spot. 93587 Water Test $25.95/each
We're Just Testing The Waters
From Tamiya, one of our favorite construction kit companies, comes this plastic wheel and treaded track kit. Includes (2) 7-3/4" tracks, (4) 2-11/16" tracks and (4) 2-1/8" tracks, all 5/8" wide, along with a pair of 1-1/4" dia drive sprockets, (2) 7/8" dia drive sprockets, (2) 1-1/4" idler wheels, (6) 7/8" dia road wheels, (10) 7/16" dia road wheels, a dozen wheel caps plus round and hex shafts and screws. You add a screwdriver, side-cutters, a hobby knife and whatever you want to build to put on top-tank, personnel carrier, 'dozer, robo-duck, you decide. (Maybe our #93998, the Tamiya Dual Gearbox/Motor Kit!) 94440 Track & Wheel Kit $12.50/each
Make Tracks
Eight bodies, eight. All (nearly) life-size at approx 48" tall. Card-stock, punch-out bodies with copious color details showing separate skeletal, urinary, nervous, endocrine, digestive, respiratory, lymphatic and muscular systems, plus a bag of brads with which to hook the models together. They're mega-heuristic for you anatomy teachers, but they'd also make dandy Halloween decorations for your home or dorm! !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94357 Human Anatomy Kit $49.95/each
Exquisite Corpora
To play bridge, rst you have to build one. Here are (2) of our favorite bridge kits to choose from. The two-level bascule bridge is a 30-plus-piece wooden kit for a working model of a Strauss trunion bascule bridge-the French invention that's seen in all the bridges over the Chicago River. The wooden swing bridge is a truss design, not unlike the one Leonardo designed in the 16th century. Both are approx 28" long x 11" high x 4" wide when complete. They're designed to carry small wooden toy trains, but will hold most small toy cars, plastic people, whatever. Kits include glue, instructions and stickers and, while unpainted, are paintable. For ages 8 and up. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94037 94038 Bascule Bridge Swing Bridge $19.95/each $19.95/each
How To Play Bridge
For archeologically minded numismatists, now comes the "Dirty Old Coins" kit, complete with (5) genuine, hand-struck ancient coins from 1,500 to over 2,000 years old, all with their own authentic dirt and ancient schmutz still attached. All "Made in the Roman Empire. Assembled in the U.S.A." You get a 12pp instruction booklet, a PC or Mac-compatible CD-ROM coin image database for identication, a stiff brush, double-lens magnier, and cleaning and de-corrosion uids. Most coins will be worth a few dollars, the supplier says, but some rare nds could be worth "hundreds or even thousands." Plenty of fun either way. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93364 Dirty Old Coins $39.95/each
Filthy Lucre
Just what can solar powerpower? Find out with RobotiKits 6 In 1 Educational Solar Kit that comes with one solar module and one gear box, and 21 snaptogether plastic parts. No tools required. Build 6 different solar-powered models (windmill, revolving plane, airboat, plane, car, solar puppy) or one of your own. Assembled units are roughly 4" across, in varying heights. For age 10 and up. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93873 RobotiKits Solar $22.95/each
Fun In The Sun
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Everybody loves a surprise, so order these Erector Design Starter vehicle kits and we'll surprise you with (2) different ones. All have 60+ to 90+ pieces, and range from 6" to 8" long when assembled. No motors. We'll grab from our bin of tractor; front-end loader; helicopter; single-engine plane; dune buggy; and motorcycle kits. All include instructions and require simple hand tools. Ages 8 and way up. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94281 Erector Set Surprise $21.95/pkg(2)
The Erector Sector
Use this little stainless beauty to teach teenagers and older students how heat engines work Then keep it on your desk, where you deserve to have it! This low-temperature-differential Stirling engine is beautifully machined. It works with hot water, ice water, a combination of hot water with ice cubes, or a hair dryer. It measures 53/4" tall with a 3-5/8" dia ywheel and a 3-1/2" dia x 7/8" tall base. The speed with hot water is approx 150 rpm. This is a real showpiece, the best we've ever seen at this price. Includes a 7-page instruction booklet. 94353 Stirling Engine $89.95/each
Beauty Of A Stirling Engine
We'll pick one of these 3-pack vehicle construction kits for your bolt-together pleasure. All have between 267 and 303 pieces total, depending, and include a small wrench and screwdriver. You'll get either: motorcycle, race car & dragster; bulldozer, excavator & forklift; or seaplane, helicopter & fighter plane. Made of Stanley's "high quality Steel Tec System". Models average approx 6" long. For ages 8+. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94717 Stanley 3-Pack Kits $14.95/each
Get Ready to Bolt
A good basic kit with everything you need to build a very simple crystal radio. This is not hi-tech hi. Geared for ages eight and up, it is a complete kit with wonderfully straight forward instructions which walk the experimenter through winding the coil, hooking up tuning needle, crystal diode, and earphone, and experimenting to nd useful antennas. Excellent education, recreation and discovery device all at the same time. A simple kit with hours of fun in it. No soldering required. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 88028 Crystal Radio Kit $11.95/each
Build Your Own Crystal Radio
The Erector "Cable Command" set has 252 pieces, instructions for (6) models (including a truck, plane, end loader and crane), and suggestions for another (9). Comes with claws/grabbers/lifters, rubber treads, cables, metal beams, screws, plastic wheels and basic tools. Designed for ages 8 and up. In the event of projects lasting over (4) hours, call a mechanic. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93795 Erector Set $37.95/each
Genuine Erector Set
One-stop solar car shopping: The Solar Car Book by the editors of Klutz.com is colorful, nicely packaged and includes a full solar car kit. For ages 8 and up, it has (41) pages of copiously illustrated solar power lore and instructions, plus a small solar cell, DC motor, wheels, chassis and wire to make a tiny solar-powered vehicle. It's fun and educational at the same time, which makes it funducational. 94631 Solar Car Kit $20.95/each
The Sun Also Drives
You get over (190) pieces, mostly steel, in this Erector Multimodels set. Includes detailed instructions for building a derrick, ghter plane, helicopter and motorcycle, with another (6) model suggestions with full instructions on their website. Rated at a "two-wrench" level of difculty, it includes plastic gears, wheels, pinions and pulleys. Whole lotta construction fun in a small package for ages 8 to 88. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94291 190-Piece Erector Set $29.95/each
Ten-Model Erector Set
Cool kit to introduce the beginner (age 10+) to the fabulous world of electronics. You will learn the basics of putting together circuits through over 50 projects building actual devices like an alarm, a radio, a metal detector and much more. The simple but complete instructions explain voltage, current resistance etc. This kit from Elenco is a giant "breadboard" with wires that can be connected to form the circuits as explained in the instructionsand all without soldering! A fabulous educational item at a fabulous surplus price!! !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 29781 Electronic Playground $19.95/each
Begin Electronics!
Design your own planes, then y 'em. This kit has (35) parts including balsa wings and bodies, plastic struts and landing gears, rubber-band drives and (3) props. Comes with instructions for (4) planes, including an X-wing and tri-plane, but it's made for you to experiment with your own designs. Also made to build, disassemble and rebuild different models. For ages 8+. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94300 Multi-Plane Kit $22.95/each
Design-Build-Fly Airplane Kit
if you want to sound like a steam engine, and who among us doesn't? This Velleman steam-engine sound generator kit comes with circuit board, components, battery connectors, speaker and instruction sheet. You add solder, a soldering iron and a 9V battery. Volume and (implied) speed are adjustable and there's a horn button, so it'll go both choo-choo and whoo-whoo. Great for train hobbyists or people bored with their doorbell. 93802 88242 92297 Choo Choo Kit Soldering Iron 9-Volt Alkaline Battery $13.50/each $6.95/each $1.95/each
Just What Choo Need
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You can't help but laugh at Larry the Slider, a green dancing fool who waves his jazzy little white-gloved hands, wiggles his head and drops into the splits when you wind him up. Push him sideways and he slides like a music-video fool. At 4" tall, with a smiley face and big yellow feet, he's denitely the funniest wind-up toy we have. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94288 Larry the Slider $4.50/each
Wheelie-Feet Wind-Up
Wind them up and they chatter while they walk around, these teeth with feet. A perennial favorite, updated. These teeth are the mini version, 1-5/8" x 1-1/4" on a pair of 1-1/2" wide feet. You'll get red gums, white teeth and pink feet (just like you!) or pink gums, white teeth and green feet, which makes for a nice change. Impolite or not, we pick the teeth. 94463 Wind-Up Teeth $2.95/pkg(4)
Teeth With Feet
Say your prayers, Catholic school survivors! You've met your match with Nunula. Her size and gait are remarkably similar to those of Sparkdino, and she spews similar (though much more holy) sparks from her gaping mouth. She's decked out in the church's nest: black robe and hood with a white wimple, a cross around her neck, bible in one hand, and a ruler (shudder!) in the other. Now stop playing and get back to your lessons! !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 91030 Nunzilla
Does Sister Spark a Memory?
This is Philip's new favorite toy, since he blasted a rocket so high over our parking lot that he lost sight of it (the rocket, not the parking lot). The Air Burst Rocket system has a 26" tall, air-powered tri-pod launcher made of plastic and rigid foam. A 65" long air hose connects it to any stand-up bike pump. After a few pumps, the air pressure bursts a replaceable booster disc in the launcher and sends a 10" x 3/4" dia rocket 250 to 1000 feet into the air. Wow! The system includes the launcher, (2) rockets, and (60) boosters (two different weights). Sending rockets out of sight, even if they usually come straight back down, is an ingenuous ploy for selling extra rockets. Our each is a pack of (2). And having extra rockets is an ingenuous ploy for selling extra booster discs. Our each is another bag of (60). No bicycle pump? The 18" black Tech Team pump blew majestically through a "double bozon" booster for us! It creates up to 120 lbs of pressure while most pumps will only generate 80 psi. It ts a Schrader (American) valve. Warning: The Air Burst Rocket is for ages 10 and up, with adult supervision. Don't let us catch you out there without a kid! !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 92025 92026 92027 92028 Air Burst Rocket System Extra Rockets Extra Booster Discs Air Pump $31.50/each $7.95/each $3.50/each $17.50/each
Wow! Double Wow!
Nothing says motoring fun like a zombie on the dashboard. He's green, he's quivering, he's undead, and he sticks to your dash! We're especially fond of the spring-attached head and arms which shake just like a real zombie. About 5-5/8" tall with a partially exposed brain. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94441 Dashboard Zombie
Quivering Dashboard Zombie
Top Seller!
$4.95/each
Ten furlongs are condensed to (7) inches, with very small horses, in the Desktop Derby, a 6-horse straight track that lets you win money while you teach the children the evils of parimutuel betting. The electric track pulsates and moves the nags along at a pace of about 45 seconds per race, with heart-stopping lead changes. The best part is that they're un-handicapable: a different horse, in a different lane, seems to win every time. Measures 9-7/8" x 31/2" x 2" high and runs off (2) "AA" batteries, included. (Stable the horses in the base between races.) !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93816 Desktop Derby $9.95/each
Hialeah At Home
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AKA hand boiler. An exotic bit of hand blown glass with a bulb at top and bottom connected by some zippy tubing that spirals, loops, and/or jogs. In the closed system is some colored liquid (methyl chloride) that is very light. Hold the lower bulb in you hand and as the air in the system is warmed it pushes the uid through the loops to the upper chamber. When all the liquid is pushed out of the lower bulb, expanding air will bubble through the tubing making it appear that the liquid is boiling. WARNING! The glass is fragile and the liquid is nasty. If you drop the thing on e.g. the kitchen tile, it will eat the nish off the tile and the stain in the liquid will permanently stain the oor. So don't let kids handle this item unsupervised. About 7" tall, it is a favorite in our stores. 6199 Love Meter $4.50/each
Love Meter
You're buying the drinks and this wacky, yet debonair, bird with a top hat and plastic base (7" tall OA) can't get his ll of water. Get him started, and he dips his beak into your glass repeatedly. How? Fluid inside his glass body condenses from the evaporative cooling of the water off the bird's beak, making it top heavy and dunking it back into the water. The condensate rejoins the liquid pool in the bird's bulb, and he tips up again. Process continues indenitely. It works, but it's not any more than moderately well made, and not any more than moderately priced. WARNING! The uid and dye inside the bird can permanently stain, and the bird's glass body can easily be broken. Children are fascinated by the bobbing bird, and the educational possibilities are great. But they should watch him, not fondle him!! Manufacturer warning states this item is not intended for children 8 and under. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 3808 3808P3 Drinking Bird 3-Pack SAVINGS! $5.95/each $15.75/pkg(3)
Drinking Bird
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Weeblers wobble but the doublewing Woblong just flies through the air with the greatest of ease. The interlocking ovals give it twice the lift of your basic pie-plate flier (says so right on the package, so it has to be true) and you can catch it on your arm cuz it's got a big hole in the middle. 41875 10 Woblong Flier $3.75/each
Woblongs Don't Wobble
Smallish, 7-1/2" dia, plastic flying disc toys in blessedly plain, unadorned colors of black or white. (Call it the Manichean mix.) Design them yourself for Dougie's birthday bash. You get a whole bunch for a song. 42359 Flying Disc Toys $5.95/pkg(10)
Phrisbiettes
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The Electric Hamsters may have been Buddy Holly's first band, but these are the Hurry-Up Hamsters, extremely cute motorized mammals that follow their little pink noses while they motor around your desk or floor, reversing periodically while emitting a strangely endearing squeaky monologue. All you add is (2) "AAA"s and a little love. Like most hamsters, they come in twotone light brown, dark brown or black, over white. We'll pick one, shall we? And you can order as many as you like--electric hamsters are no longer an endangered species. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 42076 92294 Hurry-Up Hamster AAA Alkaline Batteries $2.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
The Electric Hamsters
As seen on TV! Mystify your companions with the Wandarama, an electrostatic wand that lets you oat and y assorted tinsel-y shapes in the air above the wand. Measures 18-3/4" long and comes with (24) Mylar-like oaters. You add an open area free of metal and electronic devices, a pair of "AA" batteries, and a wizardish demeanor. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 40991 94666 92293 Wandarama Flyer Rell Pack "AA" Alkaline Batteries $6.95/each $4.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
The Gravity-Defying Wandarama!
You know the one-big stupid grin, chatters, jumps up and down, pounds really annoying cymbals together and won't stopan American classic. The originals from the '50s bring $75 or so on Ebay, but you can get your own brandnew, latter-day cymbal-clanging primate in a little red hat for a fraction of that. Approx 7-1/2" tall, runs on (2) "AA" batteries (not included) with a power switch under his monkey bottom. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARDSmall Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 92814 Magic Monkey $11.95/each
Cymbalic Monkey
It's one of the Sky Ripperz, our super-zippy 11" long slingshot rockets. Fire it from its very own rubber-cord launcher and watch it soar up to 250 feet. Has a foam nose to prevent serious damage and an on-board whistle to add to its rocketishness. Carl uses his to shoot in orders for burrito deliveries (bean, extra cheddar), but he lives really close to a Taco Horn. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94732 Sky-Ripperz $8.95/each
Look, Up In The Sky...
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Does anyone need to be told what a Slinky(tm) toy is?? Okay, it is a very slack spring, 2-7/8" dia x 2-1/2" long, compressed. It will stretch out to about 5 or 6 feet long without deforming. That's the boring part. The interesting part is that it "follows" itself. Slosh it from hand to hand. Put in on the top step of stairs, ip the end down a step, and watch it walk down stairs, or down an incline. Believe us, no childhood (or adulthood) is complete without an original stainless steel Slinky(tm). It was hard for us to nd it, but we are glad we did. You should be too. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 88701 Original Slinky $5.95/each $15.95/pkg(3) 88701P3 3-Pack SAVINGS!
Original Slinky
The biggest improvement ever in ying screaming monkey technology. This 8inch primate launches slingshot-style just like his slightly larger cousin and screams just as monkishly, but instead of landing with a sickening thud, he oats gently to earth in his own 20" dia parachute. A must-have for Screaming Monkey fans. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94192 Parachute Monkey $10.95/each
Parachuting Screaming Monkey
Our crack sound-effects-evaluation vice-president calls this cartoon-in-a-box. You get (16) wacky cartoon sounds, from gunshots and explosions to ga-boings, ah-oogas, whistles, wood-sawing, jabbers and tweets (the original tweets, from birdies.) Digitally recorded, in a 4" x 2-3/8" x 7/8" box with a 1-1/4" dia speaker. It's small enough to carry in a pocket so you can be the life of the elevator! !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93968 Box-O-Sounds $12.95/each
Ga-Boooing! Boooing! Machine
When it's your bat, they have to let you play. Better bring the gyroscopic Batwing Flyer. This 2-3/8" dia rubber ball has a spinning gyro center and 9-1/2" long molded rubber bat wings. Practice with it a little (it's a bit like throwing a slider) and you can throw it like a ball and watch it y like a bat. Complete with little bat eyeballs. 94226 Batwing Flyer $7.95/each
Lemme Play! It's My Bat!
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Just the thing for sending people back in time or turning them into toads. This super-flashy wand (looking much like a small exercise dumbbell for Lady Gaga) has a clear, faceted 3" dia prismatic globe in genuine plastic at each end of a 7" bejeweled chromeish plastic handgrip. Red, green and blue LEDs flash, strobe or oscillate at your discretion and light up the walls. Best, like so many other things, in a dark room. Give one to your favorite wizard. 41913 Flashing Wand $4.50/each
Flashing Two-Headed Wand
Can't have too many invaders from outer space, we always say. We do, really. Get yourself a sixpack of these pose-able, glow-in-the-dark aliens, just like the ones who land in Area 51 every night except these are only 3-1/2" tall. Bend 'em, shape 'em, any way you want 'em. 94461 GITD Aliens $6.95/pkg(6)
A Pocketful Of Aliens
It's now against the law in most states to walk around without a plastic bracelet. We recommend the FlashBanz LED bracelet, which will say only that you are stylish and easy to find. And maybe a little flashy. They measure 2-1/2" dia, which is mediumish-adult and are powered by (2) included and replaceable button-cell batteries. They have steady-on and both fast and slow flashing modes, depending on your personal speed. We'll pick a red, green or blue one for you or whatever princess you're buying it for. 94748 FlashBanz Bracelet $2.95/each
What Would Lady GoGo Do?
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Our largest-ever and most impressive googly eyes are a full 6-7/8"dia and ready to adhese themselves to the surface of your choice. And yes, of course they glow in the dark. (If you were a little older we'd tell you they were bigger than Jerry Collona's eyes, but we won't because you probably wouldn't even bother to Google him.) and yes, our each is a pair. 94682 Giant Goodly Eyes $7.50/each
GOOOGLY Eyes Of The Gods
This sinister device seems at rst glance to be an innocent ping-pong ball. Touch both of the metal strips on the weighted bottom, however, and a circuit closes, making the ball ash red and moan eerie electronic sounds. Can be used to illustrate the idea of an electric circuit to childrenshow how electricity can ow through a chain of people holding hands, or that a little dampness can improve conductivity, et cetera. Powered with two watch batteries (included) so there is no danger of shock. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 89911 Energy Ball $3.95/each
Alien Ping-Pong Ball
This genuine steel lunchbox in black and blue features Edgar Allan Poe in his embossed glory. Box is the traditional 8" x 7" x 4" with a handle and a bonus puffy Poe key fob. Carries excerpts from The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart on the sides to read at lunch. ("I felt that I must scream or die!") Carry your tuna sandwiches in it or put it in the garage for 75 years so your great-grandchildren can get rich on Antiques Roadshow. 94687 Poe Lunch Box $13.00/each
This Will Make You Ravenous
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For squirrely lawyers? No, that would be stupid. These are genuine squirrel underpants. Nothing salacious, just your standard white cotton jockeytype drawers with an elastic waist. These are XXXXS, with a 9" waist, but for squirrels they're pretty much one-size-ts-all. (Will also t most guinea pigs but are probably over-sized for the average gerbil.) 93894 Squirrel Shorts $6.50/each
Squirrel Briefs
You've seen everybody's favorite desk toy. The one that makes you swear you can pick up the coin that's right inside it. Too bad it's really a hologram you're looking at! Now you can own this petite version of the popular "illusion" toy. This one, 6" dia x 2" tall, with a 1-5/8" opening on the top, leaves more money in your wallet and more room on your desktop. And try to touch that little rubber frog that comes with it. It's either enchanting - or enchanted! !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93374 3-D Mirascope $8.50/each
3-D Mirascope
For reasons beyond our ken, this High Flyer pistol-grip blower toy seems to hold one's attention for extended periods, even if you're a grown-up. Pull the trigger and see how long you can keep one (of the two) painted styro balls and/or the plastic cup spinning and oating in the air stream above it. Give the kiddies a watch and let them do it competitively while you have another digestif. Includes a green LED so it can be played with in the dark. In multi-colored plastic, about 7-1/2" tall. You add (4) "AA" batteries. 94589 92293 High Flyer Toy "AA" Alk Batteries $14.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Strangely Captivating Toy
2 ywheel in well made metal frame. The trick is the same as it has been for 100 years. Wind the string through the spindle, pull it rmly to set the ywheel spinning, and perform effortless balancing magic on pencil tips, string tightropes, and the like. We tend to forget that bicylcles and aircraft navigation both rely heavily on gryoscopic principles. Its never too early to tell the kids. Besides, its fun. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 3804 Tedco Metal Gyroscope $7.25/each
Gyroscope
From France comes this fun mechanical plastic bird that really ies by apping its wings. It is about 8" long and has a wingspan of 16" tip to tip. Snap the wings in place, wind up the rubberband drive and toss it gently into the air on its maiden ight. It ies up to fty yards with a satisfying uttering sound. Comes with a spare rubberband drive mechanism. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 88566 Flying Bird Toy $12.50/each
Flying Bird
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What's yellow, 7-1/2" long and lowers your blood pressure? The Stress Banana. Filled with some sort of gooshy fluid that we can only imagine, it's squeezably soft and returns to its original banananess right in your hand, which CJ says is "strangely cathartic," and who among us can't use a little catharsis from time to time? 94540 Cathartic Banana $6.95/each
Tropical Stress Fruit
Deuces, but they're 5-1/4" tall x 3-1/4" wide. For folks with really big paws, or really bad eyes, these oversized playing cards, the standard (52) plus a pair of giant jokers, is the answer to a prayer - and nice decorations for a Las Vegas night, to boot. 36772 Jumbo Size Cards $3.95/pkg(2)
"I've Got A Big Pair"
The shortest pick-up tool in the world, for when you're just a very few inches short of reaching something. Also good for lending a gerbil a hand. Or reaching the burnt toast without electrocuting yourself. Or building a plastic crab. You probably shouldn't attempt lifting anything more than a half a pound with this thing but anything lighter than that, lift away. Measures 51/4" long with a 3/4" jaw, in attractive blue and pink plastic. 70060 Tiny Pick-Up Tool $2.95/pkg(6)
Need A Little Pick-Up?
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Remember the (5) ofcial Hoyle dice, (4) green and (1) red, that come with (2) blackplastic dice cups? Remember that we originally didn't know what game they were for? Thanks to an AS&S customer who spent his misguided youth playing it at Purdue's Wiley Hall 20 or so years ago, we now know the game is Five Dice, and we expect everyone who played this instead of going to class to order a set for oldtimes sake. The rest of you, look Five Dice up on the Internet where you'll nd several versions of the rules, and then order a set for yourself. And your college-age kid. 41473 Dice And Cups $3.95/each
Play 5 Dice At Purdue, Didya?
We found this gnome-on-a-rope soap on a Narnian personal-hygiene website that's since gone bust, so now it's yours. And not just gnome soap on a rope, but "Fine Handmade" gnome soap on a rope. And big, for gnomes, at 6" tall. In a watermelon fragrance. It doesn't get more special than this. 94146 Gnome On A Rope
Gnome-On-A-Rope Soap
Our only magnetic mustache is a classic handlebar, but measures over 26" wide x 53/4" high and isn't really hairy, but is printed with a photo reproduction of actual black mustache hair on 1/16" thick sheet magnet rubber. Paired with our giant, 6-7/8" dia, googly eyes, these could turn your minivan into a parade float or keep the toddlers out of the refrigerator for years. 94684 Giant Mustache Magnet $14.95/each
What's Two Feet Wide & Hairy?
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$10.95/each
YYou take the Moo Popper, an openmouthed 6" tall rubber Holstein, stick one of the (6) 1-1/8" dia chartreuse (or grass-colored?) foam balls in its mouth, give its bovine belly a good squeeze and it expels the ball across the room. Harder you squeeze, farther it flies. Impressive ballistics, good clean fun and an educational look at dairy farming practices all at the same time. Sorry, no fully automatic cows are available. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94733 Moo Popper $9.95/each
Single-Shot Holstein
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This newest advance in ykilling is a spring-loaded plastic pistol packing big, red clown hands. Pull the action back (it gets easier after the rst few times), then position the at hands on either side of the y and pull the trigger. It's the clapping action we like. It either kills the y or gives him a nice hand for escaping. Not available at Neiman-Marcus. 94566 Two-Handed Swatter $2.75/each
Two-Fisted Fly Swatter
Grow your own croc. Normally only possible for mature female crocodiles, but now available to you. The detailed, 11-1/2" long rubber crocodile, perfectly suitable for standard home crocodile use as is, is ready to grow to about 32" long after a couple of days in water. Your home swamp, a pool or your bathtub will do for growing him. Your sister's bathtub will do even better! He'll eventually shrink back to his original size when back on dry land. ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94027 Grow-A-Croc $4.95/each
Grow Your Own
Or in the lid, actually. Jobar's Money Machine is a clever little bank that counts your change as you put it through the slot on top, and keeps a running total up to $999.99. (That's more than the jar will hold, of course, but you could always attach the lid to a 55-gallon drum.) Measures 63/4" tall x 3-1/2" dia in clear plastic, and you add a pair of "AA" batteries. Counts quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies only. 93475 92293 Money Machine "AA" Alkaline Batteries $8.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Accountant In A Jar
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From the harmonica kings themselves at the Hohner company, comes this 4" long, 3-octave plus, plastic harmonica, in C, the people's key. We'll pick one in an attractive shade of red, green, blue, yellow or whatever color shows up next, and send it in a little vinyl case. 93498 Harmonica $2.95/each
Blues Harp
You say you've got the blues? Good. Now find two unhappy friends and get this duo of 2harmonicas. 1/3-octave They're in the people's key--C-and they're blues harps so they won't do a full diatonic scale, but they don't need to. Lucite frames with metal reeds and trim, they come in plastic carrying cases so they won't drip residual spit in the pocket of your nice skinny black suit. 94674 Blues Harps $5.95/pkg(2)
Blues Harps X Three
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Tubular balloons. Tie off one end and blow in the other and the result is an 8-foot long by approx 6-inch dia latex-free tube ready for you to "throw it, catch it, bounce it!!!" Instructions include the tip to "inflate the balloon with your mouth" which makes sense to us, and we think that the average time it stays inflated (1-3 hours) is plenty for the average kid's attention span. We'll pick (3) in assorted patterns. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 41849 Tubular Balloons $3.95/pkg(3)
Totally Tubular
It's the Pteranodon Terror! balloon according to the packaging, but frankly it looks more like an irate cucumber to us. Awfully nice though. Made of a heavy plastic, it's 24" long x approx 21/2" dia and includes a filling straw and a 3-part tailfin sleeve for a ballast 41769 Pteranodon Balloon $2.95/each
Angry Flying Pickle
It could have been called an Alabama Buzzer after Alabama Vest, the man who invented it. Or a Clegghorn, after Thaddeus Von Clegg, the clock master who fabricated the rst one. But the handcrafted 43/4 long steel instrument was a simple amusement, and the 1840s were a simple time. So its simply a kazoo. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 92395 Kazoo $2.75/each
Back To Basics
Or anything else on your horizon with a very nice kids' Safari telescope/spotting scope. CJ calls it a toythat's-not-a-toy, which means that it's a 15X magnication, 35mm dia, 3-draw scope suitable for watching the moon, the fauna if you're in a Safari mood, or the approaching ships if you're in a Master and Commander mood. It's 7-5/8" long when closed, extends to 14" and comes with eyepiece and objective covers. We'll pick one with a red, yellow, green or blue plastic barrel. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 92680 Safari Telescope $9.95/each
Spot The Looney
Don't go down Tchoupitoulas Street without your 5'5" blow-up buddy. Sporting a classic Mardi Gras purple, green and gold harlequin outfit, he's not only the cheapest date this side of the Big Easy, but he lends a whimsical air to your living room all year 'round. Comes with a vinyl patch because it can get rough in the Quarter. Afraid of clowns? CJ, our official techie hipster-in-residence, reminds us what Charlie Mingus said: "Don't be afraid; the clown is afraid too." 42201 Inflatable Harlequin $5.95/each
Inflatable Fat Tuesday Pal
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The real deal. 21/2 long red eggshaped container with a blob of Silly PuttyTM inside. Does anyone need me to explain all the fun you'll have with Silly Putty? I thought not. Just get some today! ! WARNI NG: CHOKING HAZARDSmall Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 89935 Silly Putty $2.00/each
Silly Putty!
From Sun Catcher, a transparent prismatic sheet, roughly 4-1/4" x 5-1/4", inside an oval frame, roughly 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" with a variety of motifs. We'll pick (1) of (3) diffraction patterns inside (1) of (6) heavy cardboard frames: undersea critters, fairyland, jungle life, a wizard, dolphins or a garden with butteries and a hummingbird. It will "transform light into an explosion of multiple hues," and who doesn't like that? Comes with a suction cup to mount in your window, and if you're a minimalist you could cut the cool prism out of its frame and we wouldn't tell a soul. 92684 Sun Catcher $6.95/each
Rainbows All Over The Room
lear acrylic sealed tube, 3-1/8" dia x 8" tall, divided into two equal chambers. The dividing wall has a hole in the center, and the tube has a quantity of viscous violet goo (glycerin?) in it that lls one chamber about 3/4 full. Stand the tube on end with the full chamber up, and over a 10 minute period the goo will ooze from the upper to the lower chamber, blowing bubbles and dribbling droplets in the process, all in slow motion. The action is somewhat reminiscent of a lava lamp, without the heat and light, and with a mixed air and goo chamber that yields much more interesting patterns. Mesmerizing, disgusting, fascinating, soothing. It comes in a variety of colors from which we will choose yours. 88963 Soother Goo Tube $11.95/each
Lampless Lava
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The original Google was Barney, and he had goo-goo-googly eyes. You could ask your grandmother. Now comes your chance with a pack of (50) googly eyes, 11/16 dia x 3/16 thick with big googly pupils rolling around inside. A small bottle of glue and you can have everything in the house looking at you, kid. (For kids 3 to 8 years old, only with adult supervision.) !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94628 (50) Googly Eyes $2.95/pkg(3)
Google It!
French blue! Yellow! Lime! Orange! Cerise! Bright wooden craft sticks, easy to work with, sized so that even young artists can paste or glue these together, but with the great potential for experienced crafters. You get a pack of (100) 6" long x 3/4" wide x 1/16" thick sticks with rounded ends, (20) each in color. 41954 Colorful Craft Sticks $3.50/each
Crafty But Colorful
Make your own farm animals! No artificial insemination needed! This handy craft kit lets you make (2) cows and (2) pigs in a jiffy. Contains chenilles (pipe-cleaners), a bunch of pink, black and white pom pons, (4) sets of googly eyes which befit fuzzy farm animals, and directions so you don't end up with a zebra and half a poodle. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 41942 Fuzzy Farm Critters $2.50/each
Fuzzy Barnyard In A Bag
GRIP 'N STICK Fibre-Craft tape is really a sticky, stretchy substance that comes on a roll, is waterproof and is made to stick flower frogs, foam and pin holders to the insides of vases and other containers. Think of it as green blu-tack for wet settings. You get (5) feet of the taffy-like stuff that's 7/16" wide x 1/8" thick, plenty for your underwater adhesive needs. 41946 Frog Tape $1.95/each
Frog Tape
Put a little major-league glam in your printer with our heavy, sparkly, silvery, glittery paper that displays rainbow hues when moved. No loose glitter to gum up your printer, of course. The sheet measures 8-1/2" x 11" x .007" thick and works in both ink-jet and laser printers. Perfect for attention-grabbing signs, photo mats, those extra-fab memos, or wrapping up Ziggy Stardust CDs. 38719 38719P100 Glitter Paper Classroom Pack $3.95/pkg(20) $12.95/pkg(100)
Rainbow Sparkly Paper
When two-dimensional tape just isn't going to cut it, try our extra-engrossing holographic tape with eye-popping prisms. You get (75) feet of 1-13/16" wide tape, duct-like in all other attributes, but with a gold or silver holographic surface. From Kaizen Products. 42185 42186 Gold Holograph Tape Silver Holograph Tape $1.95/each $1.95/each
Sealed With A Hologram
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The ultimate in refrigerator-door decorating: a 25-foot roll of dark brown magnetic tape in a handy dispenser with a tear-off bar. Rip off a strip of tape, stick the sticky side to a photo, art project, or note and the magnetic side will hold it on a refrigerator door, le cabinet, or any other steel surface. Light duty, like all fridge magnets, so stick to notes and pix and other uff. 93059 Magnet Tape $6.95/each
Magnehesive Tape
There are endless aesthetic uses for mirror tiles, from arts to furniture and wall decoration. (Just reflect upon starting a Venetian mirrorcrafting career, or adding bling to a dull dollhouse!) These little glass mirror tiles are 1 square x 1/16 thick with unground edges. Youll get (14) tiles in each package. 94629 Mirror Tiles $3.75/pkg(3)
Heres Looking At You
Craft wire in a dozen lively colors: red, pink, burgundy, teal, medium blue, navy blue, violet, forest green, black, silver, copper and brass. You get (9) feet of each, all in 26gauge. Jewelers, scrapbookers and crafters in general love this stuff. You think black isn't a lively color? It's what they use to make jewelry for merry widows! 93801 Craft Wire $7.50/each
Live Wires
From Hallmark, these acid-, lignin- and PVC-free photo sleeves are 8-1/2' x 12" and made to place in 8-1/2" tall x 12" wide medium horizontal 3-ring photo albums. Each sleeve holds (6) 4" x 6" pix (3 facing the front, 3 the back). Each pack has (12) sleeves, and we're going to send you (2) packs (pre-priced at $6.95 per pack!), so you get enough for (144) pictures. Gross, huh? 40900 Photo Sleeves $3.95/pkg(2)
Got Photos Up Your Sleeve?
So you can decorate it, you crafty thing. This tan-colored papier mache mask is 8-3/8" tall x 5-3/8" wide at the eyes, pretty much the size of your average human face. The side curves around so the mask is 1-3/8" deep. The material is 1/32" thick and very sturdy. Not crafty? Left unpainted, the mask has a certain spooky charm. 93085 Papier Mache Mask $3.50/each
Why The Blank Face?
Originally made to accessorize your tabletop fountain, these Fountain Magic" epoxy resin gurines are handpainted and very detailed. We've got a million of 'em, or a plethora anyway: turtles, bridges, hummingbirds, sh, dolphins, Buddhas, frogs, pagodas, ladybugs, otters, and many more. They average approx 2" tall x 2" to 3" across, and we'll pick (5) different for you for collecting, crafts, cake decorating. 38970 Figurines New Lower Price! $7.95/pkg(5) $4.50/pkg(5)
Hand-Painted Figurines
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Our Design 3899 drawing pencils from Sanford have thin B leads for sharp, longwearing points. Says so right on the package. In 2-packs, so youll get (4) total, all of them 7 long, for sketching, portrait and figure drawing, and long, long AS&S shopping lists. 41787 Sanford Drawing Pencils
Draw Your Own Conclusions
If you're going to sketch, sketch big. Try our spiral-bound, top-flip 20-page sketch pad of 11" x 14" sheets made for pencil, markers, crayon and paints. From Kaizen Products. 42184 Large Sketch Pad $3.95/pkg(2)
The Big Picture
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We love oil pastels here at the arts and crafts center of the surplus world. Sort of crayons, but with a little blendability thrown in for your drawing pleasure. The (12) pack has white, rust and black, plus a range of yellow through red and green through blue. The (24) pack repeats those colors, and adds lavender, purple, gray, gold and brown, and other variations on the originals. All are 2-3/8" long and all are from Duro. 41765 41767 Set Of 12 Oil Pastels Set Of 24 Oil Pastels $1.95/each $3.75/each
Oils Well...
Time was, everybody's grandmother had a button box. Today's grandmothers are too busy updating their Mugbook page to cut buttons off discarded clothing, but you can start you own collection with this bag of approx 100 buttons. Very assorted, because you never know what you'll have to match. Sizes range from roughly 3/8" dia to 1-1/2" and they're sew nice you should get several bags. 93836 Bag-O-Buttons $2.95/each
Button, Button
Make your own custom clock in a tick with this quartz movement. Its in a 23/16 square x 5/8 thick blackplastic case with a builtin hook for hanging it. Comes with minimalistic hour, minute and second hands, the latter (2) of which will extend 2 from the clocks center. You supply (1) AA battery and the clock face. 92307 Quartz Clock Movement $2.95/each
Quartz Movement
This potter's tool set has (10) twoheaded tools, 7" to 9" long, with wooden handles, plus (1) knurled aluminum brush. The (21) heads include blades, spades, brushes, scrapers, drills and many more. Very nice set. Equally handy for other crafts, including carving and print-making. 94077 Pottery Tool Set
Twenty-One Heads Are Better
Having a pirate party? Get all the parts for making a dozen little pirate hats, including 14 wide brims in black rubber, head-straps that can be cut and glued to size, gold rick-rack, plastic rhinestones, rubber skulls and crossbones, and strands of teensy pearls with which to festoon them. Could fit up to maybe a 22 circumference head, but theyre really a kiddie kraft project for your budding pirates. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 40527 Pirate Hats Kit New Lower Price! $12.50/each $6.95/each
Piratical Hats
$9.95/each
Apply this neon fabric paint, let it dry, then blast it with a hair-dryer and watch the paint puff up and get all pretty and perfect for tween girls or other aesthetically impaired folk. You get (4) bottles (approx 3/4 oz each, which goes farther than youd think): pink, orange, green and yellow. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94643 Puffy Paints $5.95/each
Puff, The Magic Paint
Made for your home darkroom, but loaded with dozens of uses for you creative types, this is a set of (5) 3/4" alligator clips, each on a 2" length of ne steel cable and strung on another 12" cable. Mount the 12" length, using the small ring or the removable 1-5/8" suction cup at each end. Hang pix to dry, multiple phone messages on a glass door, holiday/birthday cards on a mirror, freshly washed socks on a motel bathroom wall. Or buy several and accessorize any room in the house. It's a look that will drive that Crockery Barn bunch crazy with envy. 93641 String of Clips $1.95/each
Clips On A Wire
This set of alphanumeric stencils features 1-1/4" tall characters in a blocky, serifed typeface and includes the uppercase alphabet, numbers 0-9, a question mark, period, exclamation mark and ampersand. Each is on a separate, 23/4" tall x 1-3/4" wide red plastic tab. 41615
There's A New Serif In Town
Budding builders build best with construction paper. You get (48) 9" x 12" sheets in assorted colors: mostly a couple of almost-identical yellows and 2 nice shades of green, plus some brown, gray and white. Just ignore that misleading "8 color" thing on the package. $2.95/pkg(2) 41855
Attn: Construction Workers
Alphanumeric Stencils
Construction Paper
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First you squeeze, then you paint. All are Shiva by Delta. You choose either the 0.34 oz or the larger 1.25 oz artists' oils We'll pick (5) different colors, all with lovely names, from our staggeringly large assortment that includes colonial blue, Quaker gray, Norsk blue, palomino, red iron oxide, adobe, walnut, phthalo, yellow citron, cerulean blue, sweetheart blush, terra cotta, hammered iron, old parchment, straw, cadmium green and a bunch more. 12713 41272 Oil Paints, 0.34 Oz Oil Paints, 1.25 Oz $4.95/pkg(5) $7.95/pkg(5)
Squeezable Paints
Maybe a little eclectic for an artist with a single style, but perfect for one whos still searching for himself. Or for any hobbyist. There are no (2) brushes exactly alike in this set of (15). They all have natural bristles, colorcoded wooden handles and metal ferrules, but they range from fairly ne to 1/2 wide, and 7 to 10 long. There are at least (3) different kinds of bristles, and they are round, blunt and pointed. A nice variety, and a very nice quality for this price. 91856 Artists Brush Set $3.75/each
Artists Brushes
Brand names are for people who pay retail. You'll love our black, sharp-tip permanent markers marked simply "PERMANENT MARKER" on the side. Measure 5-1/2" long. Have pocket clips. Buy 'em by the dozen. 41390 Permanent Markers
The Pen With No Name
You pick the big blue or big red marker, both made in Canada where stuff is bigger on account of all that extra space. These markers measure 6-1/2" long x 7/8" dia with a 1/2" wide chisel tip, and would make nice gifts for IBM employees or Cincinnati fans. 42156 42157 Big Blue Marker Big Red Marker $3.75(pkg3) $3.75(pkg3)
Humongo Markers
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How many brushes in a clutch? Forty: exactly as many brushes as Van Gogh could hold in one hand. You could look it up. This clutch is (40) small nylon-bristle artists brushes, 6-3/4 long with bendable nylon shafts so the student painters wont stab each other. If you have a lot of students, or would rather toss them out than wash them up, opt for the bargain-pack of (200). 41218P40 41218P200 Artists Brushes Classroom Pack $5.95/pkg(40) $17.50/pkg(200)
A Clutch Of Brushes
One pen, nine colors. Develop complicated notetaking systems, or just send colorful hate mail with this 6-1/4" long ballpoint with cartridges in black, orange, dark green, purple, light green, red, brown, magenta and aqua. Slide the button of the matching color to write, push the top down to release it. 94430 Multicolor Ballpoint $2.95/each
The Full Spectrum Pen
This clever little artist's brush holder/cleaner will keep those oil or watercolor brushes standing up (or down) straight with their little heads under water or paint thinner, clean and unbent until you need them. A 4" dia x 2" deep aluminum cup is topped by a 6" tall Ushaped handle with a brush-holding spring across the top. Inside the cup is a mesh screen (with its own handle) for to clean the paint off and let it settle to the bottom, away from the bristles. The handle is removable for storage or travel. 93264 Brush Washer $4.75/each
Picasso's Pal
These blue permanent markers from Keson are waterproof with pointed tips. Made in the USA. 42256 Blue Point Marker $3.25/pkg(5)
Get The Point
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We saw articulated, foot-tall wooden artists' mannequins just like these in a Paris gallery window last year, with all their little articulated parts painted in different high-gloss colors. Very harlequinesque, and many, many Euros. Our 12" mannequins are in unnished wood, but if you've got paint you could get all avant rive-gauche and paint your own. Not that sensitive? Paint your local NFL uniforms on 'em. In a pinch, you could use them as intended, as artist's models, but where's the fun in that? 92934 Wooden Artisit Mannequin $9.95/each
Fully Articulated!
These charming magnets are actually magnetic charms, which is palindromically appropriate. Nice designs, nicely made, and originally to be used with B. Lily accessories like metal picture frames, each charm is approx 1-1/4" across. We've got 4-packs of related charms such as jewel clusters, sparkly shoes, purses, lipsticks, jeans, jackets, hats, dog bones and bejeweled paw prints, among others. Not for 'tween girls only, but they're right in their wheelhouse. You'll get (2) 4-packs from the assortment and we get to pick because we're so charming. 40660 Magnetic Charms $3.50/pkg(2)
Charming Magnets
Forestation for your diorama, or for under the big holiday tree, or to dress up your architectural models. You pick from the small, 2-1/4" tall deciduous tree shape, the medium 3-1/4" tall evergreen pine shape, or the 4-1/2" tall cypress shape. All are in very dark green with brown plastic trunks and each is a package of (2) trees. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARDSmall Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94264 94263 94265 Small Deciduous Trees Medium Pine Trees Tall Cypress Trees $1.95/each $1.95/each $1.95/each
Dioramical Trees
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Black rubber stoppers for all your unmet rubber-stopper-top needs. You pick the bored (for laboratory tubes or making shakers) or the unbored, if you need closure. Stock No. 88328 88330 88333 88346 Description Stopper, #00 Stopper, #00 Stopper, #0 Stopper, #5 Holes 0 2 2 None Top Dia 15mm-19/32" 15mm-19/32" 17mm-21/32 27mm-1-1/16 Bottom Dia 10mm-13/32" 10mm-13/32" 13mm-1/2" 23mm-29/32 Length 25mm-1" 25mm-1" 25mm-1 25mm-1" Price $2.95/pkg(10) $2.95/pkg(10) $2.95/pkg(10) $3.50/pkg(10)
Stopper Tops
Little plastic bottles with a semi-oval prole, as in oval-shaped with at sides. Ovalesque. Or maybe ovaltine. Both are clear PVC. You pick the small oval, 3-1/4" tall overall x 1-1/4" wide x 3/4" deep, with a 3/8" ID mouth and a gray-plastic screw cap. Holds 1/2 oz. Or the medium version at 3-7/8" tall overall x 1-9/16" wide x 1" deep with a 9/16" ID mouth with a blue plastic screw cap. Holds 2.4 oz. 39615 39617 Small Oval Bottle Medium Oval Bottle $3.50/pkg(10) $3.95/pkg(10)
Ovalesque Bottles
They're called Boston rounds, these clear, round bottles with the sloping shoulders and screw caps and no, we don't know why. Can't you just accept these things? These are PVC, 3" tall x 1-1/4" dia with a 35ml capacity, 1/2" ID mouths and 1" tall black plastic gasketed screw caps. 40871 35ml Boston Bottle $3.50/pkg(10)
Boston Rounds
Our clear PET plastic (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle holds 11 oz, measures 6-7/8" tall x 27/16" wide x 2" thick with a sloping shoulder and a big 13/16" ID mouth. Has a gasketed plastic screw cap. 40221 Bigmouth Bottle $3.75/pkg(4)
Bigmouth
Best name we could think of, OK? Attach this white HDPE spray bottle to a garden hose and it spews the contents plus water on, well, whatever you're spraying stuff on. A new, unused bottle that was made for Armor-All, it'll do the same thing with car wash detergent, fertilizer, or any other liquid. It's sized for a standard 1" hose tting. The top has a 3-way, on/off/water-only control plus a little snap-in shim to direct the spray downward (although this is easily removed). Shaped like a plastic motor oil bottle, it holds approx 36 oz and measures 111/2" tall x 4-5/8" wide x 2" deep. 36730 Spray Bottle $1.25/pkg(2)
Hoser?
Black is the new black, and this is the solid black plastic HDPE dispenser bottle (think hand-lotion style) that the cognoscenti will be putting their dishwashing detergent and other nonfood liquids in, so they don't violate the aesthetic of the loft. Holds approx 12 oz and measures 7-5/8" tall x 3-1/16" x 1-5/8" oval, with a ip-up spout. Has a slight countersink nearly the full length of both the front and back if you want to add a tasteful label. Very sleek. 37647 Black Bottle $1.50/pkg(4)
High Fashion Squeeze Bottle
You say you love crystal but you're a touch clumsy? Or you like to have really formal picnics? You need our almost-elegant cake plates/serving trays in cut-plastic crystal. Plystal, here at the home ofce. Pick the nely detailed 12" dia round with a 1" lip or the graceful pattern on the 14-1/2" x 9-1/2" oval with a 1-1/4" lip. Or both. 41427 41428 Round Cut-Plystal Tray Oval Cut-Plystal Tray $5.95/pkg(3) $5.95/pkg(3)
Cut-Plystal Trays
Clear glass bottles. All rectangular, all hold 1/4 oz, and all measure 21/6" tall x 1" wide x 7/8 thick, with a 5/16" ID mouth. You pick a gasketed plastic screw cap in yellow or translucent white. 39981 39982 Yellow-Cap Bottle White-Cap Bottle $3.50/pkg(10) $3.50/pkg(10)
Quarter-Ounce Bottles
Craps-shooters' special. Like a regular, hard black plastic cash drawer, but with (8) approx 2-3/4" x 2-1/4" roundbottomed bins for coins or chips, (5) vertical sections with adjustable dividers for paper money, a 7" wide space underneath the coin/chip bins; and 1" x 6" x 3" deep section for maybe a sponge. Measures 17-1/2" across x 6" x 3-1/2" tall overall. Don't own a casino? Use it for cash or as a handy desk organizer. 40485 Casino Tray $2.95/each
Caesar's Cash Drawer?
Here's a lotion dispenser with the best of intentions. Easily llable with whatever lotion or liquid you choose, this empty frosted-glass bottle stands 4" tall overall x 1-9/16" dia and has a sloping nozzle and a delicate "Body & Soul" logo in script. Ideally, the nozzle is protected from accidental dispensing by the separate slide-off cap, but you may have to line it with a layer of clear tape or nail polish to make it tight enough to trust it in your purse. 41575 Dispenser Bottle $3.75/pkg(8)
Dispenser With A Safety
Whole bunch of four-section, two-part pillboxes. Each box is 2-9/16" square x 13/16" thick in clear but frosted plastic with a secure snap closure and rounded corners. Inside is a drop-in white plastic tray divided into quarters for your various and sundry medicines or anything else. Use them together or separately. 41020 Quadratic Pillbox $4.50/pkg(10)
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We're calling these hotel bowls because we got them from the a big hotel chain, but they're really just monkey dishes, although nobody knows why they're called that, no matter what you hear. Shaped like mini pie pans, they're black, 4" dia x 3/4" deep paper bowls with sloping sides and a gloss finish. We like them for holding all those things that keep rolling off your workspace, from bugle beads to but trumpet buttons. 42009 4" Paper Pie Pans $3.95/pkg(50)
Paper Hotel Bowls
Whos an old bag? Watch your mouth. What we have around here are young plastic bags with clear complexions and tight zipper closures. Sizes range from itty bitty to sizable and spacious, so be sure to stock up on all of them! Each of the bags are 2 mils. Our each is a bag of 100 bags. Just pick the size you like! Please note that the exact size can vary, usually smaller, due to the manufacturing process. 90273 90274 36562 34552 92904 34551 92905 Poly Bag, 1 X 1" Poly Bag, 2 X 2" Poly Bag, 2" X 3" Poly Bag, 3" X 4" Poly Bag, 5" x 7" Poly Bag, 6" x 9" Poly Bag, 8" x 10" $1.75/each $2.00/each $2.25/each $2.95/each $3.50/each $4.95/each $6.95/each
What Old Bag?
Little bowls like these are called monkey dishes in the restaurant business. Doesn't pay to ask why, we think, but they're extremely handy. These are stainless steel, 4-1/2" dia x 1-1/2" deep. They're marked "Pet Bowl," but wouldn't work for anything over kitten size. We'd use 'em for peas, paints, pickles, peanuts, paste, prune pits, like that. You run out of p's, you could use them for ketchup, mustard or mayonnaise. 40453 Small Steel Bowl $4.95/pkg(3)
Monkey Dishes
Originally intended for hospital use (Think Nurse Cratchit. Think cold, wet sponge baths.), these 12 x 91/2 x 41/4 deep washbasins have rounded ends and at lips. The #5 plastic is that wonderful institutionalyellow color. But theyre indestructible, short of melting them, and they nest when not in use. Use them to store your craft supplies, the kids action gures, the cats squeeze toys. Or take up nursing. 91728 Washbasin $1.00/each
Tub For Toys
Not so good for travel, but just right for home storage, this clear vinyl "suitcase" measures 28" x 20" x 6" thick. It has a wired black frame, a zipper around three sides and a pull-out carrying handle of the same clear vinyl. It stores at and expands when you need it. Nice quality, less expensive than bulky plastic bins, and very, very convenient for under-bed storage. 41134 Clear Vinyl Bag
The See-Though Suitcase
A bargain, this box of (250) 1/2-oz portioncontrol paper cups, 1-1/4" dia x 1" deep, the sort that holds pills in hospitals or cole slaw at really cheap snack shops. We like them as little paint pots or for condiments or candy dishes at kids' parties. 41972 1/2-Oz Paper Cups
Hit 'Em With Your Best Half Shot
4.50/each
Once upon a train, no well lipsticked woman would dream of traveling without a make-up case. They were even called train cases. Ours is coppercolored vinyl, shaped like the one Tony Curtis carried in Some Like It Hot when he was Josephine the saxophone player. Measures 13-1/4" dia x 7-1/4" deep in a half-plus circle with a carrying handle, black velveteen lining, removable 17-compartment tray and a mirror plus (10) sleeves to hold sundry unguents inside the lid. 42073 Make-Up Case $14.50/each
Train Case Without A Train
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Just a bunch of super-bargain baskets. In assorted colors of plastic with the slightest touch of glitter, they're 5-3/4" across x 3-1/4" tall with a 4" dia bottom, an open mesh pattern, and (removable) double folding handles across the top. We can't hear ourselves think for all the noise they're making screaming to be party favors, snack holders, small Easter baskets, or centerpiece bases. 38779 38779P48 Mini Baskets Classroom Pack $2.95/pkg(6) $17.95/pkg(48)
No Tiskets, No Taskets
Our dark blue canvas zippered pouch is 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 by approx 2 thick, with a second, 4-3/4 x 4-1/2 zippered pouch on the front. An unobtrusive and unidentifiable (at least to us) logo is stitched on it, and on the back are (2) elastic straps and a snap-open belt loop perpendicular to them, so you can wear it vertically or horizontally. No belt? It has a 5 long wrist strap. 41974 Pair Of Pouches $3.95/pkg(2) $5.95/pkg(5) 41974P5 Five Pouches
For Pouch Potatoes
These roll up compression bags from Concierge Accessories work like those vacuum storage bags except you don't need a vacuum. Just stick your drawers or shirts or whatevers into the bags, seal them and roll 'em up to push the air out the one-way valve. Gives you 70% more space they say, and you can't lie on packaging. You get (3) bags, (1) each at 28" x 20"; 24" x 16"; and 20" x 14". 42062 Compression Bags $7.50/each
Suffocate Your Undies
Our each is a pair of black mesh luggage packs, the things you use inside your luggage to keep your stuff organized as you embark. All the cool travelers use them. You get a 14" x 10" x 3" pack and a 11" x 7" x 3" pack, both with 3-side zippers. Made for that company with the red bulls-eye logo, so you know they're chic-ish. 42066 Luggage Packs $4.95/each
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Remember the old times when you ate your popcorn out of these 6-1/4" tall x 3-1/2" square (at the top) tapered red and white popcorn containers, from the era when a "small" wasn't 128 ounces? Back then, the popcorn tasted better, too, because the cardboard boxes said Hot, Fresh, Delicious right on the side. Now they're just memorabilia, but perfect for centerpieces at a movie-themed party, or for decorative accents in your home theater. 42060 Popcorn Boxes $2.50/Pkg(10) $6.95/Pkg(36) 42060P36 Bulk Popcorn Boxes
Hot, Fresh And Delicious Boxes
This deluxe ABS storage case is called a Store-It-ALL, and it does. But it could be called a Carry-It-ALL, for the sturdy handle and locking clasp, or it could be called a See-It-ALL, for its translucent lid. Or a Fits-It-ALL, for the removable dividers that let you congure it with any number of compartments from 5 to 26. But the 12" x 18" x 3" OA case should really be called ALL-I-Ever-Needed- To-Get-Organized! 92454 Store-It-ALL Box $12.50/each
ALL Things To ALL People
Return with us now to those halcyon days when no living room was complete without a cigarette dispenser, and then use this one to serve up a single crayon, golf pencil, piece of chalk, pretzel or cigarette (chocolate or otherwise). In golden, unfinished pine, the box measures 6-1/8" x 4-5/8" x approx 3" with its base molding. Fill the inner box. Lift it and release it and it serves up one cigarette, or anything approx 3/8" dia x 4" or less, and makes you feel like Myrna Loy. Or William Powell, depending. 41966 Cigarette Dispenser $2.95/each
You Can Just Dispense With This
Don't you hate it when the spare batteries don't t perfectly in the kitchen drawer like they do in the remotes and ashlights? Yes, we know who you fussbudgets are. Try this translucent whiteplastic box with compartments that are the exact size to hold (12) "AAA"s, (12) "AA"s, (6) C-cells and (4) D-cells, all standing right up like little soldiers. Measures 6-1/4" long x 3-3/4" x 2-5/8" and has a hinged lid. 94605 Spare Battery Box $2.95/each
Fussbudget's Battery Box
These translucent flip-top plastic containers measure 4" x-1-3/8" x 3" in an indented ovoid shape, as if they held very small plastic binoculars that got lost. We'd put soap in them, but you could put anything you want inside. We'll pick a quartet from the pink, blue, chartreuse or gray selection. 42200 Flip-Top Boxes
Flip-Top Mystery Boxes
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It just ain't gonna spill the beads. Or the shhooks, or screws, or whatever you're storing in the 7-1/2" x 5" x 1-1/2" deep Store-in-It box. The translucent-plastic box with (1) 3-1/2" x 1-1/4" and (10) 1-3/4" x 1-1/2" compartments has a hinged lid that not only snaps shut, it has an extra little security latch. Rounded bottoms in the compartments make it easy to pluck out even the smallest items. 92578 Divided Box $2.25/each
Safe Storage
Lots of little boxes, (42) of them, inside this 10-1/2" x 4-3/4" x 17/8" box. The little removable boxes are 1-1/2" square x 5/8" deep. Every box has a snap-closed lid and is translucent polypropylene, so you can nd the contents, which we think ought to be beads or jewelry parts, or maybe insects or shing ies, but you go right ahead and store whatever you feel like storing because it's a free country. 94104 Boxes In A Box $9.95/each
Little Boxes In A Big Box
Our aluminum canisters with clear glass pulloff lids are cool. The smaller canisters are aluminumcolored, a set of (20) 11/4 dia x 3/4 deep in a 61/2 x 51/4 x 7/8 lightweight aluminum box with a hinged lid. When the box is shut, a layer of foam padding inside the lid presses down on the canisters, keeping them securely closed. If you need slightly larger canisters, and a cardboard box will work instead of a carrying case, try our colorful display of anodized tins. They are packaged in sets of (12) and come in great assorted colors and are 2 dia x 7/8 deep. Each is an ideal carrying case for paints, many different screws, or other sets of small items or quantities that must remain separate. Prices are per set. 89964 91895 (20) 11/4 Canisters (12) 2 Cansters $8.95/each $9.95/each
Peekaboo Canisters
And see-through, too. Handy clear plastic storage box/sorter with a doublesnap lid and (18) compartments, slightly rounded on the bottoms for easy pickin' of tiny things-beads, sinkers, washers, like that. Has a hanging tab on the short side and measures 105/8" x 7" x 1-5/8" deep, with 1" hash marks across the top. 92817 Storage Box $5.75/each
Easy-Pick Storage
This hard-plastic black box has brassplated, spring-loaded hinges that snap it shut or hold it open at a 90 angle. (And that don't snap off themselves after six months, like the plastic hinges do.) Measures approx 6" x 4" x 2-1/4". The surface is textured, with a 2" x 4" smooth label section on the top. 93702 Black Box $2.95/each
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Consider our cornucopia of crystal-clear and cute capped containers. You pick: Round bottles are clear plastic HDPE in a roundish profile, 2-5/8 tall x 2-1/16 across x 7/8 thick with a 1/2" ID mouth and a spherical deep-teal gasketed screw cap They hold 1.5 oz. Oval bottles are clear plastic, 3-1/2 tall x 1-1/2 x 7/8 oval with a 1/2 ID mouth and a copper-colored gasketed screw cap. They hold 1 oz. The Fluted Bottles are clear PVC in an elongated octagon with fluted ribs on the smaller facets, 2-3/4 tall x 1-5/8 x 1 thick with a 1/2 ID mouth and a copper-colored gasketed screw cap. They hold 1.5 oz. Reminder: These are surplus, so the color of the caps may change from one crate to the next. 39884 39884P100 39886 39886P100 39887 39887P100 Round Bottles Bulk Savings Oval Bottles Bulk Savings Fluted Bottles Bulk Savings $3.75/pkg(15) $19.50/pkg(100) $3.75/pkg(15) $19.50/pkg(100) $3.75/pkg(15) $19.50/pkg(100)
Clear And Cute
"Very interesting," our chief bottle washer said. This 3-1/16" tall x 1-7/16" dia glass bottle has a cream-colored rubber coating on the outside and a 15/32" ID mouth, with a little lip like an old-time baby bottle. The coating may make the bottle less likely to break if you drop it; It will certainly make it less likely to scatter shards of glass all over the oor! Holds approx 30ml (1 oz). 40667 Coated Bottles $2.95/pkg(10)
Rubber Baby Bumper Bottles
Hydrate your face, your plants, or your cat with these 2.7-oz HDPE misting pump bottles. Measure 5" tall x 2-3/8" x 7/8" thick with clear caps over the pump buttons. Also handy for conserving whatever it is you like to conserve. In assorted colors including pink, blue, yellow-green and a dignified gray. 42199 Plastic Pump Bottles $2.95/pkg(4)
Spray Misty For Me
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You pick from our clear glass vial collection, all with gasketed black-plastic screw caps. The small vials hold approx 2ml and measure 1-3/8 tall x 9/16 dia with a 9/32 (approx 7mm) ID. The larger vials hold approx 5ml and measure 21/4 tall x 19/32 dia with an 11/32 (7mm) ID. 94506P20 94506P144 94511P20 94506P144 2ml Vials Bulk 2ml Vials 5ml Vials Bulk 5ml Vials $4.95/pkg(20) $27.95/pkg(144) $5.95/pkg(20) $27.95/pkg(144)
Vial Bodies and Caps
This 3-11/16" tall x 1-1/8" dia clear glass bottle, about the size of a roll of quarters, holds approx 1-1/4 oz (35ml). The neck is 1/4" tall, with a lip and an 11/32" ID mouth. It will take a #2 cork, which, by strange coincidence, happens to be our item #1711. 40165 40165P216 Round Bottles Case Pack Savings $3.75/pkg(10) $39.95/pkg(216)
Tubular Bottles
You can store a plethora and a half of things in this staggeringly cute set of a dozen screw-top clear plastic canisters, 11/4" dia x 3/4" deep, that t perfectly inside this 6-3/8" x 4-3/8" x 1" deep clear plastic lidded box. How they got those circles in a rectangle is a Euclidean mystery. 93503 Clear Canisters In A Box
Circles In A Squareish Box
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This 14-oz PVC spray bottle is pretty much the shape of a hip flask, so you can stick it in your back pocket for squirting on the go. Measures 91/2" tall x 3-1/2" wide x 1-5/8" deep and has spray and stream modes and a trigger like your standard window-spritzer bottles. 42133 Spray Bottles $3.95/pkg(3)
Hip Spritzer
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Add a little pizazz to your nitro pills! This 1-3/4" x 1/2" dia container for meds is anodized aluminum in mostly silver but also could be in blue, turquoise, purple, red, gold (our choice). It's gasketed so it's watertight. We recommend cleaning the inside with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol before using, since some have a bit of rust-colored residue in them. Flashy! 92287 Pill Carrier $3.75/pkg(3)
Pills With Punch
For a whole lotta paints, glues, glittersor a whole lotta students. At this price you can afford to outt a whole class or Cub Scout troop with 3-oz translucent white plastic bottles. They're 3" tall x 1-3/16" dia with 1-7/8" long x 1/4" ID nozzles. Thanks to the "keepers" on the tight-tting caps, there's a chance those Cub Scouts will even recap the bottles when they're through. You'll get a combination of blue, hot pink, green or yellow nozzles and caps. Try our bulk classroom pack of (340) for huge savings! 36991 36991P340 Dispenser Bottles Classroom Pack $3.95/pkg(10) $39.95/pkg(340)
Whole Lotta Bottles
Nice little hard-shell eyeglass (or anything else that ts) cases, with faux suede-ish-like interiors. Very, very assorted, from a burgundy plastic with a thin ersatz gold-esque edge, to a fake ocelot-fur pattern, and lots in between, each measures a rounded 6-1/4" x 2-3/4" x 1-3/8" thick. We'll send (2) different cases to you. 38487 Eyeglass Case $5.50/pkg(2)
Flip-Top Case
Eye dropper, tongue dropper, test tube dropper, petri dish dropper, anywhere dropper. Use this 3" glass dropper, with a rubber squeeze bulb to drop small amounts of liquid wherever you think they should go. You will have to measure by counting drops, though, because there are no markings on it. Also, it is called 3 because that is about how long the glass tube is. Overall, it is 4" long. 89039 Dropper, 3 $2.75/pkg(8)
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This 1" globe with dual LEDs inside ashes like mad when attached to a spoke on your bike wheel. We'll pick from clear plastic or translucent green, red, purple or pink. You slide the slot onto a spoke, tighten the screw mount, push the little button on the bottom and you're a ashing, ying light show. A safe one, too. Each runs on (3) button-cell batteries, included and replaceable. Could be strung on a wire for festive holiday or party effects, too. Or ashing earrings. Better buy more than just a package of (2). !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94518 Spoke Flashers $3.50/pkg(2)
For Flashy Spokespersons
Big and bright, with (3) red LEDs anked by (2) yellows in a 5" wide x 2" high x 1-1/4" thick housing with a belt clip and handlebar bracket. Flashes fast or slow, right to left and vice versa, or constant on. For joggers, bikers, hikers, kids, road emergencies or any other time when visibility is important. May also be clipped to a bride's tiara for nding her at a crowded wedding. Water resistant. You add (2) "AA" batteries. 94103 92293 5-LED Flasher "AA" Alkaline Batteries $2.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Super-Safety Flasher
These triple-LED safety flashers are 2-3/16" dia and hang on 1-1/4" long lanyard clips. Batteries are included but not replaceable. Modes are steady on, back-and-forth and allflashing. You'll get (2) flashers from our red, blue, white and yellow assortment. 41981 Safety Flashers $2.95/pkg(2)
Flashing Fobs
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Bike Light Special: The rear light has (5) red LEDs that will stay on or flash in (6) different modes, which is more modes than you even need. Snaps onto an included under-seat mount. You add a pair of "AAA" batteries. The headlight, which is shaped like a flashlight, has (5) white LEDs and a diffuser lens. Slides onto an included handlebar mount. Has steady-on and flashing modes. Requires (3) "AAA" batteries, but you're used to that. 41901 Rear Bike Light Bike Headlight AAA Alkaline Batteries $2.75/each $2.95/each $1.95/pkg(4) 41902 92294
Lights You Coming and Going
Nifty because it's got (8) LEDs and (3) modes: (5) white LEDs all-on for use as a, well, headlamp; (3) red LEDs ashing so the cave-rescue team can nd you; and (3) red LEDs steady-on for that behind-enemy-lines work. The whole thing is attached to an adjustable, 3-strap elastic headband which also holds the battery compartment at the back with its own red LED bar as a taillight. Weather resistant. Runs approx (12) hours on the (3) alkaline "AA" batteries that you add. 93708 92293 12-Hour Headlamp "AA" Alkaline Batteries $9.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Nifty Combo Headlamp
These 5-1/8" long x 3/4" dia glow sticks are US military surplus and glow with a blue-ish hue. They aren't super bright but they last a very long time--make your own jokes-up to (8) hours. There's both a hook and a 3/16" hole at one end. 42148 Glow Sticks $7.50/pkg(8)
Government Glow Sticks
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This two-piece bike safety light has a bright headlight, 4-1/2" x 2-3/8" x 15/8", and a 3-LED red taillight, 2-5/8" x 17/8" x 1-1/8", that will run steady-on, slow ash, or fast ash. Both will slide out of their handlebar mounts: the headlight becomes a mini-ashlight; and the tail light has a belt-clip for jogging visibility. You add (4) "AA" batteries for the front light and (2) for the taillight. 93667 92293 Bike Light "AA" Alkaline Batteries $5.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Be Safe-Coming And Going
Laser safety lights each with super bright LEDs run by (2) AA batteries that you supply. Its square and has a ashing or steady LED lamp visible up to 2500 feet (distance may be exaggerated). A 2 x 2-1/2 red plastic reecting lens covers (3) lamps. Hook it on your belt or pack with the belt clip, use the included elastic strap for arm or leg mounting, or the included aluminum ange to attach it to your bike.. Its great for general use as a warning device or as an emergency signal for roadside breakdowns. 89594 Laser Safety Light $2.95/each
Safety Flasher
Metal detectors by Bounty Hunter to t your needs! The kid-sized Bounty Hunter Junior is 31-1/2" long overall, but loaded with professional features. It includes a 6-1/2" dia detector coil, ballistic meter, controls for power/sensitivity and target elimination (which helps eliminate iron, for example). Also has an audible proximity sensor that works in tandem with the meter. The manufacturer says it will nd coin-sized objects up to 5" deep and larger ones up to 2 feet deep. Or move up to the 2.8 lb Bounty Hunter Tracker IV, with a padded arm support and cushioned hand grip, and an overall length that can be adjusted from 45" to 52". Its fully automatic Ground-Trac constantly adjusts to scan through dirt, rock, wood and mud, and the 8" dia open-face search coil is completely submersible. It has three-mode discrimination (all metal, tone and full); a sensitivity control that lters interference; a large ballistic meter; and an internal speaker that works with or without headphones (not included). It will nd small objects up to 8" deep and larger ones up to 3 feet deep. Each comes with a well-written instruction manual, and requires a pair of 9V batteries (not included). 94006 94066 92297 Metal Detector, Junior Metal Detector, Tracker 9-Volt Alkaline Battery $59.95/each $119.95/each $1.95/each
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Even as we speak, there are nefarious techno-thieves on the streets ready to read the personal data on the RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) chips in your wallet. Foil them, we say, foil them with these RFID shields. You pick either the 6-1/4" x 2-3/4" sheet to slip into your wallet and fold around your cards, IDs and passes, or the 3-pack of credit-card sized sleeves, 3-1/2" x 2-1/4". Or both. Made in the USA. 94688 94689 RFID Shield Sheet REID Shield Sleeves $4.95/each $9.95/each
The Electronic Pocket Protector
Meet the stainless steel wallet. Woven from stainless steel thread, the mesh feels like silk but prevents inpocket scanning of credit cards and IDs. Extremely thin, extremely hip, and much more durable than skin from a dead cow. Measures approx 4-1/2" x 31/2" x 1/3" thick when folded and has (1) windowed ID pocket, (5) card slots, (2) pockets under the card slots and (2) compartments in the billfold area. A must for DeLorean fans. 94138 Stainless Wallet $21.95/each
A Wallet To Match Your Fridge!
This high-power auto vacuum plugs into your car's cigarette lighter and sucks up dreck both wet or dry, with a minivan-handy 9-foot cord. Measures approx 11" x 4" x 3-1/2" and has (2) attachments, for oors and for getting into seat seams. Includes a cleanable lter. 94079 Car Vacuum $9.95/each
Wet-Dry Car Vac
Stick your specs in these lightweight, soft-foam zippered cases and hang 'em on your backpack with the plastic lanyard clip. Measure 8" x 2-3/4" in, unsurprisingly, an eyeglass shape. We'll pick a couple in black and/or neon red for you. 41511 Spex Case $3.95/pkg(2)
Gooshy Glasses Case
We hate it when we wake up in Rio and the flashlight on the nightstand doesn't tell us the time and temperature. We know you hate it, too. Fix it with the world travel alarm clock/LED flashlight combo appliance. Has settings for (18) world time zones (with a Dial-aCity handle), thermometer (C & F) time/day/date in (5) languages and a count-down timer. Has an Indigloish back-lit 1-1/2" x 3/4" display and a 3-LED light on the end. Comes with (3) button-cell batteries for the clock and you add a pair of "AAA"s for the light, but they sell those in South America. Oh, wait--we sell them, too. 42177 92294 World Flashclock AAA Alkaline Batteries $9.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
World Travel Alarm Flashlight
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And Lash impersonators can now carry our authentic 6-foot bullwhip. Also suitable for Xena and Indiana Jones impersonators, but denitely not a toy, so exercise extreme caution when cracking. In woven black leather, with an 11" long handle, 5" looped wrist strap, and a 10" popper on the business end. Tested by the Ofcial AS&S Bullwhip Team and found capable of the Hungarian Pig Drover's Crack. 93850 Bullwhip $5.95/each
Lash LaRue Lives
Don't go in the woods in the 21st century without an electronic forest ranger. The Celestron TrekGuide digital compass shows bearings in degrees due north and (16) cardinal points, and includes a digital barometer, altimeter, temp in F & C, bubble level, time, date and alarm on a backlit screen, plus instructions on calibrating the compass and altimeter. We'll pick one in a yellow, orange or black case, with both wrist and neck straps 94272 Digital Compass Plus $34.95/each
Digital Forest Ranger
You need this pair of vinyl-lined canvas bowls for food or water, for you or the pooch, when hiking, camping or even traveling in the car. Each is 6 dia x 2 deep when open but really small when folded (approx 31/2 x 1-1/2 dia). Snug the single integrated elastic strap around them, and clip the little bundle to your pack or belt or the dogs collar with the attached snap-bolt. 41440 Set of Folding Bowls $2.95/each
Fold-A-Bowl
How to shoot an azimuth for fun and prot: Get the ultimate direction nder, a lensatic compass. It has a 2-1/8" dia face marked in 5-degree increments, a 1/4" dia sight lens, 9/16" dia bubble level, and a 11/2" sight with crosshairs. Measures 3-1/4" x 2-1/2" x 1-1/8" when folded and comes with an 18" long cord and an olive drab belt pouch. For instructions, go to www.armystudyguide.com, click on "land navigation," then click on "determine a magnetic azimuth using a lensatic compass." Piece o' cake. 93675 Lensatic Compass $14.95/each
Military Lensatic Compass
Automatic shing reels (yo-yo reels) are the high-tech version of trot-lines and jugshing. This galvanized spring-steel reel is 2-1/2" dia x 1/2" with a 9-foot spool of 60-lb nylon line and a locking bracket. Nail it to a tree, then just set it and forget it. Some persnickety states have laws against these, so best check with your game warden. Our calls to local crappies and catsh were not returned. 40463 Automatic Reel $4.95/each
The Auto-Fisherman
Even "mature" Boy Scouts and hikers who nd that their eyesight isn't what it once was will be able to nd their way back home with this 3" dia x 1/2" thick aluminum compass with its BIG, HUGE acrylic face. LARGE letters and numbers, black on a white background, very easy to read. 92787 3-Inch Compass $1.95/each
JUMBO Compass!
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No chance of burning the barn down with this oldfashioned kerosene lantern with (14) white LEDs where the wick would be and an on/off/dimmer switch where the pump-knob/wick adjustment was on the original design. Lamp is 9-1/2" tall x 4-1/2" dia at the base and has a fold-down handle/hanger. Runs on (2) "D" batteries, not included. We'll pick one in black, silver or green camo. 94137 92296 Keroseneless Lantern D Alkaline Batteries $7.95/each $3.50/pkg(2)
Keroseneless Lantern
Or closet ceiling xture back home. The white-plastic, 5-3/8" dia x 3/4" thick disc has a 1-5/16" opening in the center that has a reversible, removable hook for hanging with the LEDs facing up or down. Has (24) white LEDS in a circular row and a push-button switch. Takes (3) "AA" batteries (not included) which will last around (12) hours at full throttle. 93413 92293 LED Camping Light "AA" Alkaline Batteries $7.95/each $12.95/pkg(2) $1.95/pkg(4) 93413P2 2 Pack SAVINGS!
LED Camping Chandelier
Sextants came along after astrolabes but before GPS. (Just like you.) They're used for finding latitude and the distance between objects, and are still the non-electric, nonsatellite-dependent backup for navigators. Ours is a beauty in solid brass with glass optical components, at a tiny price. Measures approx 4-5/8" x 4-1/4" x 3-1/4" overall and comes in a very nice wooden case. Includes instructions, which you're going to need unless you went to Annapolis where they still teach it. Handy for learning the principles of how a sextant works, but please don't try to find your way to Bora Bora with it, this one is more decorative than accurate. 93559 Beauteous Brass Sextant
Beauteous Brass Sextant
Tools, safety devises or jewelry? You get (3) 1-1/2" long x 1/2" square LED flashlights with removeable hook-and-loop straps that fit around your finger. Make them rings to light your work, let folks see you jogging or biking, or just flash while you boogie. Or the little strap can be slipped off, leaving a self-adhesive mounting tab. We'll pick at least (2) different colors (blue, clear, green, pink or red), with steady on/slow flash/quick flash modes. They run on included and replaceable button-cell batteries. And it's gonna be dark when you use them, so you aren't even going to see the unobtrusive promotional websites printed on the sides. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 42054 Finger Flashlights $2.95/pkg(3)
Fingerflashlights
Have a blast at the family picnic or your next trafc jam or when boating, coaching the soccer team, or calling the kids for dinner. Jobars lightweight Mega Mite Megaphone is only 81/2 long, with a 51/2 dia horn and a folddown handle, but its 5watt power output lets you project up to 165 yards. Volume control, on/off switch, voice/siren option, hiimpact ABS body thats shock and weather resistant. Adjust the nylon strap to hang it from your wrist or around your neck. Uses (4) C batteries (not included). 92024 92295 Megaphone C Alkaline Battery $14.95/each $2.75/each
ProQuality Mini Megaphone
Top Seller!
$38.95/each
Our solar-powered ashlight is a mere 4 x 1-1/2 x 3/4 thick, with a solar panel in the side and a built-in carabiner-style hook in the back. Snap it onto your belt, backpack, keys, or any place else thats handy. Has (2) bright white LEDs on the front. Ours has run for over an hour on an indoor charge. Plastic housing in assorted colors. 93830 Solar Flashlight $5.75/each
Sunlight At Night
Don't leave the bat-cave without your folding steel grappling hook. You never know what evil might lurk on top of the next 33-foottall building. Has (4) black steel hooks, 1/2" dia x 8" across, point-to-point, on a 91/2" long shaft, and 33-feet of 1/4" dia black nylon cord, which is heavier than it sounds. Folds at for utility belt storage and is spring-loaded to lock open. Less-than-super heroes can use it to grab canoes and get stuff out of trees. Weighs under 3 lbs. 93739 Grappling Hook $29.95/each
Grapple With This
Newly manufactured P-38 Can Opener from the same folks who supply them to Uncle. It folds! into 1-1/2" x 5/8" at piece which is easily carried and lost. Reportedly works much better than the Asian knockoffs for those who really want to gain entry to the Spam! 20787 G.I. Can Opener $2.25/pkg(5)
G.I. Can Openers
A bright little ashlight with (8) super-bright white LEDs in a circle and a less-than-5mW red laser right in the middle. One click and it's a ashlight, another click and it's a laser pointer. (Note: ashlight and pointer can't be on at the same time.) Measures 4-3/8" long x 11/8" dia in dark silver aluminum with knurled grips at both ends, and comes with a black-canvas belt pouch and a wrist strap. Lasts 30 hours on a set of new alkaline batteries (3 "AAA" heavy duty batteries included). 93094 2-In-1 Flashlight $7.50/each
Light 'n' Laser Twofer
This camping cutie is an incredibly portable stove that weighs less than a pound, folds into a 3-1/2" cube, and comes in its own carrying pouch. It folds out to look very lunar-landing-moduleish and stands on (4) fold-out feet with (4) fold-out pot supporters on top. Measures 6-1/2" square when open, with a 2" dia burner. Takes butane cans (available at sporting goods stores) through a bayonet style tting and has a piezo igniter and an adjustable valve for the ame. 94513 Camping Stove $15.95/each
Micro-Stove
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Best black messenger bag/briefcase weve seen in nigh onto a really long time. In all-black canvas, 16" x 12" x 4" with a handle and a removable and adjustable 37 long x 1-1/2 wide matching strap. Sides and bottom unzip to spread the width to 61/2 across. Front flap has buckles and a zippered pocket 14 x 91/2; inside has a full-width and depth zippered pocket and a second unzippered slot; a third zippered pocket is 12-3/4 x 7-1/2 with a key-holder and bunch of pen slots and other small pockets and sleeves. Go compare prices and be amazed. 41614 Black Briefcase/Bag $8.50/each
Basic Black Bag
Always be prepared. Even if it's not raining, toss one of these one-size-ts-pretty-much-everybody (they're 61" x 65") assorted colored polyethylene hooded ponchos in the car, another in your backpack, a third in your coat pocket or purse. They're thin, emergency-type protection and come folded up in a packet about 3" x 5" x 1/2" thick. You get (3) because you just can't be too prepared. 94102 Rain Poncho $3.95/pkg(3)
Be Like A Boy Scout
Walking sticks have moved into the space age! This walker's/hiker's friend has futuristic features and the look of an inter-galactic weapon. The high-quality collapsible aluminum stick extends from a packable 27" to a full 56", and has a carbide tip with a rubber cover, a removable 2" dia disk to keep the stick from sinking into soft ground, and an internal shock absorber that can be turned on or off. At the top, a 5-LED ashlight with a 90 pivot is embedded in a molded-plastic cane-style handle to light your way. For mountain trekking, lengthen the stick, slip the adjustable canvas wrist strap over your hand, and clutch the stick by the padded foam section below the cane handle. Directions, diagrams, and 1100mm to 1350mm gradations are marked clearly on the 3-draw pole. We'll pick a black or anodized red, green, blue, silver or purple version for you. 93032 Walking Stick $13.95/each
21st Century Walking Stick
They have the look of something designed for the space program. They're mylar, a paper-thin shiny metallic sheet, that comes in handy when your car breaks down in winter, or when you're separated from your climbing group on the slopes of Mt. McKinley. Barring that, they're also a perfect material for a do-ityourself cold-climate Halloween costume-near impossible to rip by hand, but cut easily with scissors. There's no padding, so they wouldn't be too comfy on your bed, but they sure are warm. They both come folded about the size of a wallet. The Blanket is 52" x 82", the Sleeping Bag is 34" x 84". 91007 91432 Emergency Blanket Mylar Sleeping Bag $2.50/each $5.50/each
Mylar Warmth
The Survival Bottle itself is an acrylic, 27-ounce water bottle with a screwcap and keeper. Inside is a compressed towel that magically expands to 23" x 11-1/2"; a 52" x 82" Mylar blanket; a 3" x 1" magnesium re-starting block with a 3" saw blade; a 5-function penknife/tool/whistle/thermometer/compass/mirror/magnier/LED ashlight combo (phew!) powered by a couple of included coin cell batteries. 93668 Survival Bottle $13.95/each
Boy Scout In A Bottle
You say you dont need your foot pumped up? How about your beach ball? Bicycle tire? Air mattress? Attach the quickconnect valve head of the Pumpt and tromp away on the foot pedal. The heavyduty metal pump has a highpressure hydraulic air chamber, 100 psi pressure gauge, 24 air hose, and nonslip rubber feet. Comes with (1) ball adapter and (1) universal adapter. 15401 Foot Pump $5.95/each
Foot Pump
Nobody would dare vote you off the island if you have this stainless steel survival tool. Smaller than a credit card at 2-3/4" x 1-3/4", it has (11) functions: can opener, knife edge, athead screwdriver, small ruler, bottle opener, 4-position wrench, saw blade, 2-position wrench and a couple more. Slip it into your wallet or hang it on your keychain, then go get lost. 94073 Survival Tool $2.50/each
Reality TV Survival Tool
Flatware service for one on your belt. Call it the Trencherman Tool. Includes a fold-out can/bottle-opener, corkscrew and a 5-1/2" long non-serrated knife blade, plus a slide-out spoon and fork that reverse and snap into the handle for your alfresco eating pleasure. Comes with a belt-mounted canvas holder, so you're never more than a reach away from dinner. 94723 Eating Tool $4.95/each
Fork It Over
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C'mon baby, light someone's re with this magnesium and int re-starter kit. The 3" steel hack-saw-type blade and a 31/8" x 3/8" x 1-1/8" hunk of magnesium, with a rod of int embedded in one long side, are on a keychain for carrying but are easily removed from it. With the serrated edge of the blade, shave some Mg into a small pile of tinder. Strike the int with the opposite edge to spark the tinder-Mg's interest, and you're Prometheus. 93825 Flint Fire Starter $5.25/each
Light My Fire
We don't believe we've ever uttered that phrase before, but here it is, the world's lightest nonplastic spork, which matters, campers, when you're toting your atware, along with your bed, in your backpack. This spork is corrosion-resistant titanium, weighs 1/2 oz, is 63/8" long with 3/8" dia hole to hang it from, and sports (4) tines. And you'll never need a plastic spork again. 93888 Titanium Spork $9.95/each
The Ultra-Light Spork
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Our mechanical color pencils are Sanford .05mm pencils in assorted colors, lled with a couple of pieces of the same color (erasable) lead. We'll pick a 3-pack, which will make (6) pencils you'll get, in some combination of amber, pink, purple, yellow, green, blue or red barrels and lead. Barrels are plastic, 5-1/4" long, rellable with any color .05mm lead, but at these prices, no erasers or clips. 41300 Color Mech Pencils $3.95/pkg(2)
Mechanical Color Pencils
Everyone's favorite number for pencils is, yes, number two. Get ready for tests of all sorts with these (2) 10-packs of #2s, with erasers for the error-prone. (Those are ferrules holding the erasers on, by the way, and you're welcome.) 94675 Number Two Pencils
What's Our Favorite Pencil Number?
$2.75/pkg(2)
Just like buying salami, except you can't take notes with lunch meat, and these pens cost less than sausage. We bought them in bulk, and we're selling them in bulk. Our each is (2) lbs of assorted, but very nice, ballpoint pens with a gallimaufry of logos and names. For future reference, pens weigh in at approx (50) per pound, give or take. Please Note: Many pens in our current inventory contain religious material and photos. 39490 Pounds-O-Pens $9.95/(2lbs)
Pens By The Pound
Ambidextrous ball points. Black ink finepoint (0.7mm) pens at one end, little LED penlights at the other. You get (2): (1) with a blue barrel and (1) with a red barrel, to match your suits. Includes nonreplaceable batteries, but you can't have everything in this vale of tears. Our package of (2) is four pens 42187 Penlights With Pens $2.95/pkg(2)
Penlights With Pens
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The problem with touchscreens is that when you touch them they get smudges all over the screen. Some people, whom we will not judge here lest we be judged, hate that. Hence, our 2-pack of Smart Pens, a pair of styli that will touch those icons and turn those pages without leaving greasy prints and smears. Bonus: each has a red laser pointer and a white LED flashlight at the non-business end. Measure 4-13/16" long with pocket clips and the batteries are thoughtfully included. 94698 Touchscreen Styli 6.50/each
Hate Fingerprints On Your iThingy?
Each package is a writing set with a fat-barreled blue ballpoint pen with a fine point and black ink, plus an equally fat-barreled red mechanical pencil that takes thin, 0.7mm lead. Both have pocket clips for your mobile storage convenience. Yes, pkg(2) means (2) sets, each with a pen and pencil in it, which sounds like a deal to us. 94624 Pen And Pencil Sets
The Fat And The Thin Of It
No self-respecting number cruncher can afford to be seen without one of these fashion classics. We'll pick out (3) black or white vinyl pocket protectors in the traditional 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" size. Order quickly; It's only a question of time before these are seen on the runways in Milan. 18995 Pocket Protectors $4.25/pkg(3)
Engineer's Fashion Accessory
Those flimsy yellow stickers are for the help. These Executive Stick-On Notes are 5" squares of 24lb ivory paper (25% cotton) with a 1/2" band of stickiness at the top. Made by Southworth. They're so nice our executive Pat just promoted somebody with one. 42134 Big Ivory Sticky Notes $2.95/pkg(3)
Executive Sticky Notes
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$2.50/pkg(2)
You thought you were the only shark in your ofce! Maybe up until now! Add this time-crunching, multitasking tape dispenser / calculator / letter opener that looks sleekly shark-like (or mouse-like, or egg-like, depending on your point of view). It's actually a 7" x 3" x 3-1/4" space-saving oblate elongated spheroid that does all sorts of things. Comes with (3) dead "AAA" batteries so you can see where to put the new ones. 41509 92294 Ofce Shark "AAA" Alkaline Batteries $3.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
What A Shark!
OK, this is not your Founding Fathers' quill pen, it's a pharmaceutical company's promo ballpoint but the name is in very small letters, and the white pen has a foot-long genuine uffy white feather on the end. Fits into a brass-ish ball-socket that mounts via an adhesive pad on the surface of your choice. Adds a nice romantic, if not colonial, touch to any desk or counter, plus you get a half-dozen for real cheap. 40458 Quillish Pen $4.85/pkg(6)
Founding Fathers' Quill Pen
These non-toxic, neon-yellow markers have 1/4" wide wedge tips, the better to highlight with, my pretty. They are actual Magic Marker Brand highlighter markers. (Accept no substitutes, unless we happen to be selling some.) 41613 Yellow Highlighters $3.25/pkg(8)
They're Yella, We Tell Ya
This plastic clip is 4-1/2 wide in a gibbous moon shape (thats just over half a sphere, bunky) with a disc magnet on the back to hold it to a file cabinet or fridge and a 3-3/4 long dry-erase strip on the front to identify whats in the clip or who its for or whatever the dickens you want it to say. The clip holds a small marker with an eraser head for your convenience. In assorted pastel colors that well pick because we have impeccable taste. 41457 Big Clip With Marker $3.50/pkg(2)
Gigantic Gibbous Clip
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Can you say handytastic? This 3" x 4" ip-top pocket/travel pack has post-em sticky notes inside in (3) sizes and (5) colors: (45) yellow sheets 3-15/16" x 2-7/8"; (45) yellow 2-7/8" x 1-15/16"; and (225) of the editors-friend 1-13/16" x 7/16" size in blue, green, yellow, orange and hot pink pads of (45). Ignore the promo on the cover and just be happy for the world of surplus. 40396 Post-Em Note Pack $3.75/pkg(3)
Poly-Post-Em Pocket Pack
These extremely simple, uncluttered white card-stock mailers are for sending CDs or DVDs. Just under 6" square, each has a self-adhesive ap. Don't mail discs? Send square birthday cards. You get a pack of (15) mailers. 40761 CD/DVD Disc Mailers $4.75/each
Discvelopes
An imported tape dispenser specically for the 2" wide carton tapes listed below. Guns of this type retail at $9.50 to $11.50, but we're offering this price to you as an accommodation to introduce you to the thrill of packaging, and to let you transform your dining room table into a shipping department overnight. The clear tape is an uber-sticky 2 X 55 yards. A high-quality tape made in the USA can be used as protective covering over labels or for sealing cartons. And do compare the savings -- even discount stationery catalogs can't touch these prices. 10851 3994 Carton Tape Dispenser 55 Yards Clear Tape $5.95/each $3.75/pkg(3)
Carton Tape & Gun
You get (3) 80-page notebooks/exercise books, staple-bound, three-hole punched and 7mmruled in the uniquely sized 8-3/8" x 11" format. And we'll send you two packages of 'em for a total of (6) notebooks. Can you say "Time to start that autobiography"? Made in Brazil, like the caipirinha, Ronaldo and the girl from Ipanema. 42136 Ruled Notebook $3.95/pkg(2)
480 pages from Brazil
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Tiny but perfectly accurate, and the only pocket postal scale most folks will ever need. Stick your envelope in its alligator jaws, hold or hang it up and read the weight in grams (0 to 100) or ounces (up to 4) in increasing increments. Handy in the US, and very handy for travel to metric lands. Pretty much flat and approx 3 long in its vinyl pouch, it takes up virtually no room, costs next to nothing, and has no batteries. Nice little teaching tool for kiddies, too. 10902 Postal Scale $3.25/each
Worlds Smallest Postal Scale
Sticky notes by the roll. And in neon colors. You get a roll 2-3/8" wide x 30 feet long, with the sticky along one edge just like the padded notes. That means you could leave over 150 standard-size notes or one really, really long message. You'll get (2) packages of (3) rolls each, in some combination of colors, probably neon red and neon green. Our pick. 41302 Sticky-Note Rolls $3.95/pkg(2)
Really Loooooong Sticky Notes
You protect your data and presentation sheets the same way fussbudgets get into a freshly made bed--sliding in from the top. You get (2) packs of (20) top-loading clear plastic page protectors, 9-3/8" x 115/8" with holes to fit 2- or 3- or more-hole binders. 42191 Page Protectors
Slide 'Em In From The Top
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$2.95/pkg(2)
Get their attention with our electric yellow and blinding fuchsia copy paper. It's sized just oddly enough that we scored a bunch of it at a sweet price. You get (3) packs of (20) sheets of 8-3/8" x 11-5/8" lightweight copy paper, assorted and suitable for laser and ink-jet printers, copiers, and ransom notes. 42188 Neon Copy Paper $2.95/pkg(3)
Send Neon Memos
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No, no, we mean actually cool, as in no heat and no laminating machine needed. (In fact, you can't put them in hot laminators.) You get three 5-packs of clear, 21/2 x 4" sleeves (1/2" bigger than business cards) for a total of (15). Made to be used with a Cool-Seal Laminator, but you can just slide the card or paper inside, and press together or put in a book for few minutes. Trimmable after sealing. 39070 Laminate Sheets $2.95/pkg(3)
Cool Laminating Sleeves
How do we know this clear acrylic Helix ruler is made for ofce use? It says ACRYLIC OFFICE RULER right on it, so it has to be true. Measures up to 15" in 1/16" increments and up to 38.1 cm in 1mm increments. Inches are in black, mms in red so you don't get confused. Comes in a little plastic sheath with a hole to hang it. 41404 Acrylic Ofce Ruler $1.95/each
Acrylic Ofce Ruler
Cut down on your overhead overhead. These Simon Transparency Films are all 8-1/2" x 11". We offer a box of (100) heat-stabilized sheets with a permanent white strip along one long edge, made to use in most dry-toner copiers. Compare our price! We dare you! 39861 Copier Transparencies $9.95/each
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This clear cellophane tape is twice as sticky -- it has adhesive on both sides! It's at, like that narrow tape that comes with the famous plaid label, but it's 3" wide. The roll is 21-3/4 feet long on a 1-1/2" core. Great for bigger jobs. 92358 DoubleSided Tape $1.50/each
DoubleSided Tape
Our most Scandinavian tape dispenser ever is in gray and fashionable lime green. Looks like a designer hockeypuck, but pop up the cutter and it's a tape dispenser with "Sren" discretely printed on the non-green side. Measures about 3" dia x 1-1/2" thick, and dispenses 3/4" tape. 42072 Existential Dispenser $1.95/each
Kierkegaard's Tape Dispenser
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These miniature versions of the traditional floor fan say "Retro Mini Fan" on them, and the retro part is that the blades and cages are all metal. The handy part is that they're just 5-3/8" dia and the plug is a USB, ready to cool you off right from your (actual) desktop. Tilts 180 up and down and comes with a 4-foot cord. Super quiet, too. We'll pick one in red, blue or black. 94606 Desk Fan $7.95/each
Metallica Fans
Easy to see, easy to store, no batteries to replace. We think this is the apotheosis of calculator design. Solar-powered, it's 7-1/2" x 5-1/4" x a super-slim 3/16" thick, in black with big white numbers. The answers appear in an 8-digit, 21/8" x 11/16" LED window. Has all the standard calculator features plus percent and square root functions. 40785 Skinny Calculator $3.75/each
Big Easy-To-Read Calculator
The low-prole, approx. 5" wide steel clip stands just 5/16" above the 1/8" thick natural-tan pressboard of this trim clipboard. Measures approx. 12" x 9". Made to slip conveniently into a briefcase, but also has a hole on the backside of the clip for easy hanging. 38398 Clipboard $1.95/each
Low-Prole Clipboard
These black plastic accordions won't play a note, but they'll make your files last a bunch longer than those reddish-brown paper ones, plus they're snazzier, which is important in your business. These measure 13" x 9-1/4" with (6) clear plastic inside pockets, with tabs, and elastic cords to keep them closed. 42190 Accordion Files $4.50/pkg(2)
Can't Carry A Tune
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We wont tell anyone. We know youre a mature adult whos seen a lot over the years. Youve seen so much that youve worn out those old eyes of yours. We wont tell anyone that now you need a 71/2 x 57/8 x 7/8 OA calculator with a big 8digit 3 x 3/4 adjustable display. With big, highcontrast buttons. With all the standard memory, square root functions, etc., that youve forgotten how to do without a little help. And its battery operated so you dont even have to remember to use it in the sun. Aint maturity grand? 31298 Big Calculator $1.95/each
For Mature Adults
Nothing saves time like pre-collected collections. Herewith, our pre-wound quarterpound ball of multicolored rubber bands, ready to bounce on your desk until you've used them all up. How many rubber bands in a 2-1/4" ball? Unwind it and nd out. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94389 Rubber-Band Ball $2.95/each
Rubber-Band Ball
The light brown, padded-cover rellable journals are Staples Rolla brand, with "the convenience of a notebook, the versatility of a binder," by which they mean they're bound with small solid rings, so they open at and stay at, but the ruled sheets can be slipped out and reinserted elsewhere in the book. You pick your favorite color of the 8" x 5-1/2" journals, as long as it's light brown. They all have 70 pages, ruled on both sides and with a blank heading/date space on each side, plus a small ruler, business card holder, pen strap and two dividers, one with a pocket. 41354 Small Brown Journal $4.95/each
The Adjustable Journal
For both tots and folks with arthritic ngers, these ergonomic comfort grips are 1-5/8" long triangles of soft rubber, approx 3/4" wide on each side, from Ticonderoga. Note that (despite the pencil pictured on the label of the bulk pack) these are the Jumbo size, with a 7/16" bore, slightly larger than a standard pencil, so they're made for the larger diameter crayons, pens, and markers. You'll get an assortment of colors that may or may not be neon. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARDSmall Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 38404 E-Z grippers $1.50/pkg(12) $12.95/pkg(144) 38404P144 E-Z grippers, Bulk
Crayon & Pen Grippers
Yer in luck, we're selling lms by the foot. Drafting lms. The standard quantity is a 2-foot length of this good-quality translucent-white drafting lm, 48" wide x .005" thick. From Polaroid, made in the USA. 40025 Drafting Film $5.95/(2ft)
Wanna Be In Films?
Weve got your standard classic traditional hole punch right here. Makes your standard classic traditional 1/4 dia round holes in paper or cardboard, but includes a springloaded hole catcher so you can keep the office floor clean, or go into the confetti business on the side. 39587 Hole Punch $1.95/each
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They're coming. Women in white coats, too. They got them here, and said they were a steal. You choose from disposable, waterresistant lab coats, sizes Medium (36" long), XL (38-1/2" long) or 3XL (41" long), all with snap closures and waist pockets. Or the disposable, water-resistant coveralls, sizes XL (62" long) with zippered fronts and elastic cuffs. 93335 93336 93337 93338 Med Lab Coat XL Lab Coat 3XL Lab Coat XL Coverall
The Men In The White Coats
Extra-good quality disposable masks: Latexand berglass-free, with a PVC nosepiece, 95% bacteriological and particulate ltration efciency, and uid resistance. Measure 7" x 3-3/4" with elastic ear straps and 4-fold, cone-shape construction. Packaged individually. We'll pick a box of white or pale blue. 93490 Face Mask $12.50/pkg(50)
Disposable Face Masks
$2.95/each $2.95/each $2.95/each $3.50/each
Our anatomically correct T-shirt is black with full-color illustrations of your essential internal organs from throat to small intestine, displayed in both ventral and dorsal views, which is front and back for you anatomical civilians. In heavy, 100% cotton. Perfect for biology and anatomy students and teachers, and for people who need to explain their operations. We recommend wearing it backwards to see if anyone notices. 94152 94153 Anatomical Tee, Medium Anatomical Tee, XL $17.95/each $17.95/each
Insides-Out Tee
Grow your own bacteria with this lab kit from EduSci. You get (3) sealed sterile Petri dishes plus a 1/8-oz bag of agar and instructions for use. Bonus: they teach you that agar is pronounced like jogger without the j. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARDSmall Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 94317 Bacteria Growing Kit
Petri & Agar, The Perfect Pair
$6.95/each
This funnel looks delicate, but it's Pyrex so heat won't hurt it. The tough little glass funnel has a 75mm (approx 3") ID mouth and an 80mm long neck with a 6mm ID uted outlet. No markings. 92613 Glass Funnel $5.50/each
Glass Funnel
Just like on TV! These are what all your fashion-forward crime scene investigators are wearing this year: black latex exam gloves from Phantom. Powder-free, non-sterile, with a textured surface to improve your grip. Our each is a box of (100) in either Medium or Extra-Large. 93488 93489 Medium Gloves XL Gloves $12.95/pkg(100) $12.95/pkg(100)
The Black Hand
Or funnelette? Whatever. It's a polypropylene minifunnel, for putting a little something through little openings. Measures 2-1/4" long OA, with a 35mm dia mouth and a uted, 4mm ID neck. 93225 35mm Funnel $1.95/pkg(3)
Funette?
rubber gloves! These are ultra-strong examination gloves, super grippy for the most slippery jobs. Our high-performance gloves are 9-1/2" long, ambidextrous, single-use, non-sterile, powder-free and very tearresistant. Each box contains (100) gloves (by weight). The latex gloves have a microtextured satin nish and enhanced grip. The latex-free nitrile gloves are blue, have a textured surface, with even more grab. 92059 92060 92061 92062 Medium Latex Gloves Large Latex Gloves Medium Nitrile Gloves Large Nitrile Gloves $10.95/each $10.95/each $12.50/each $12.50/each
These Arent Your Fathers...
So you don't have a gas jet in the garage? You don't think Margie and Ted are old enough to handle the high temperatures of a Bunsen burner? Our alcohol lamp is the answer. It burns alcohol (available at the hardware store), and is hot enough to boil water, to soften glass tubing for bending, and to generate the chemical reactions generally called for in science projects. The lamp is shaped like a long-necked ink well, 3-1/2 tall x 3 dia at its widest point and comes with a wick assembly and a handy little glass lid/extinguisher.. 88236 Alcohol Lamp $5.95/each
Un-Bunsen Burner
On a slightly convex aluminum plate, with small mounting holes top and bottom. Our glass alcohol thermometer measures between -30 and 230F in 2 increments and between -30 and 110C in 1 increments. The unit measures 6-1/2" x 1-1/16" with a 4-3/4" long element. Made for the laboratory, but nicely readable and able to hang on your wall without looking like part of a weather station. 93226 Metal Thermometer $4.50/pkg(2)
Small, Two-Way Thermometer
Porcelain mortars and pestles. Great heavy duty mortars,with sides that are easily 5/16" thick on the smaller ones, and up to 1/2" on the larger. The mortars are glazed outside, but rough inside, the better to grind, and have a pouring lip. The business ends of the pestles are unglazed, while the shafts are glazed. Very functional, very good looking!! So grind your own spices or lab concoctions as you prefer. You get a mortar and pestle as a single order. Mortar Stock No 88314 88909 Description, Cap Mort & Pest, 130ml Mort & Pest, 600ml Dimensions 4" OD x 13/ 4" 6-1/2" OD x 215/16" Pestle Length 43/4" 63/16" Price/Quantity $6.95/each $13.95/each
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Good price on this good quality, 20X student model stereo microscope with dual 10X eyepieces for a stereoscopic view. Has a 2-1/2" to 3-7/8" working distance, an LED illuminator powered by (2) "AA" batteries (included), and a black/white stage plate with aluminum clips. Eyepieces are also adjustable. Stands 101/2" tall and comes with a dust cover. 14472 Stereo Inspection Scope $71.95/each
Scope It Out
With extra-sturdy construction, international-standard DIN, fully coated eyepiece and objectives, this is an excellent student microscope. It provides good resolution and centering, and maintains focus when objectives are changed. Stage clips, rack stops, smooth positive mechanical movements, built-in illuminator, coarse and ne focus. * Magnication: * Objectives: * Eyepiece: * Illumination: * Stage Size: * Focusing: * Weight/Height: * Viewing Angle: 93724 14488
Advanced Student Microscope
Completely self-contained, this hand-held digital microscope has a 2.4" color LCD screen, captures still and video images and can be used as a regular, non-microscopic video camera when not in the lab. Our Optics Evaluation Bofn calls it an "amazing little device." Camera is 3 megapixels, up to 12 with interpolation, 3.7X and 54X optically, 4X digital zoom for 216X, 128MB internal memory, SD card slot (up to 8G), adjustable 0/3/6 LED illumination. Has adjustable exposure, resolution and color settings. USB 2.0 cable and carrying case included. You add (2) "AA" batteries. Model #44310 from Celestron. 14487 92293 Digital Microscope "AA" Alkaline Batteries $109.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Digital Microscope, Plus
40X, 100X, 400X, 1000X (oil) 4X, 10X, 40X, 100X (oil) springloaded, par focal, centered achro-matic. 23mm 10X wide eld with pointer. Built-in 5 watt ourescent, 110V with condesor. 120mm x 110mm with locked-in stage spring clips. Rack and pinion, coarse & ne controls. 8 lbs/14". 45 $17.95/each
For students or professionals, this Celestron handheld digital microscope that captures still images and videos is a terric computer accessory. Plug the USB 2.0 cable into your computer's port and take advantage of the built-in, upgraded 2mp digital camera (Up to 5mp with interpolation.), 10X to 40X and 150X magnication, and LED illumination. The 4-oz, 4-1/4" x 1-1/4" dia scope may be handheld, or slipped into its metal stand for steadier viewing. CDROM software includes a measurement function. Minimum requirements UVC Plug & Play with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and MAC 10.4.9 and later, CD/DVD drive, open USB port. Very cool.v 14474 Hand Microscope $69.95/each
USB Microscope
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1000X Student Microscope $224.95/each Replacement Bulb
A honey of a little digital scale, the techies in the back room say. This improved Triton T2 scale is pocket-sized (5-7/8" x 3-1/8" x 3/4" thick), and measures up to 300g x 0.1g, 10.5 oz x .005 oz, 190 pennyweight x 0.1 dwt, and 9.6 Troy ounces x .001 ozt. Has a zero/tare button and a cover that can be removed for use as a larger tray. Comes with (3) "AAA" batteries. 93159 Triton T2 Scale $29.95/each
Pocket Electronic Scale
A blackplastic, twin-beam balance scale that will tell you how many grams a pushpin (.6 g), a penny (2.55 g), or a tiny plastic piggy (.525 g) weighs. The scale weighs up to 4g in 1/20 g increments. It is also marked in carats. Comes in a pocket-sized black case 4-4/8x 1-7/8x 7/8, and can be set up and put away quickly. Made in the US. 90022 Portable Scale $12.50/each
Tell-a-Gram
Good things come in (2) different small packages. Our pocket microscopes are compact and perfect for a clear, close look at stamps, coins, ora, insects or assorted minutiae. The 30X version measures 5-3/4" x 1-5/8" x 3/4" in black plastic with a focus knob, on/off switch, small LED for illumination, and a vinyl carrying case. Requires (2) "AA"s. The 60X version is a microscopic 31/4" x 1-3/16" x 3/4" and has a built-in white LED illuminator powered by (3) coin-cell batteries that are included. Magnies from 60-100X, with coarse- and ne-focus knobs, and has a vinyl carrying case. 34407 93252 92293 30X Microscope 60X Microscope Batteries, AA Alkaline $6.50/each $7.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Pocket Microscopy
Weighing is easy with this digital scale's 7" square x 2-5/8" deep dishwashersafe, easy-pour bowl for kitchen use, and letter holder and mailing tube holder accessories for ofce use. Goes up to 7kg (7000g) x 1 gram increments and 15.4 lbs in g, kg, lb and oz increments. It has tare, hold, programmable auto-off, and an adjustable audible beep and backlit read-out angle. Takes (3) "AA" batteries, included. Excellent for kitchen, lab or ofce. 94244 Food/Ofce/Lab Scale $36.95/each
Keep Things In Scale
It's made for holding a microscope, but it's a fine large carrying/storage case with endless possibilities. In navy nylon with grey straps, it's 18" tall x 11-1/2" wide x 8" deep with (4) small feet on the bottom so it stands upright. The straps extend beyond the top to serve as handles. The whole case is foam-padded, with a couple of hook-and-loop straps for securing whatever is inside, (2) elastic pockets in the lid for accessories, and a zip closure around (3) sides. Fits most microscopes, but would hold any number of things, from electronics to dinner-to-go for six, and would be a very nice way to organize assorted stuff in the trunk or back of an SUV. 93132 Microscope Case $36.95/each
Macro-Case For Microscopes, Plus
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New, international-standard, full-sized illuminated student microscope. Professional quality at a student price, it has turret-mounted achromatic objectives, ne and coarse rack-and-pinion focus and substage diaphragm light control, and a metal frame. It is built to international DIN standards and accepts all DIN eyepieces and objectives. With extras like focus stop for slide protection, adjustable tilt and (2) spring clips, it is a ne instrument for most home science work. If you are looking for more magnication purchase the spring loaded 100X (oil immersion) objective lenses. Brings your scopes total magnication up to 1000X magnication. Our (36) piece assorted specimen set comes on (12) slides. All are great additions. * Magnication: * Objectives: * Illumination: * Stage: * Focusing: * Weight: * Height: 52453 12016 38569 40X, 100X, 400X. 4X, 10X, 40X Achromatic. 15 watt built-in. 120mm x 130mm with (2) clips. Rack and pinion coarse/ne 7 lbs., 4 oz. 14.5" 400X Student Microscope (36) Specimen Slide Asst 100X Objective Lens $149.00/each $13.50/each $49.95/each
400X Student Microscope
If you're asking yourself if you need a monochromator, you don't. If the answer is yes, you do, jump at this one! It's from Lomo and is unique in its patented method of determining refractive indices of liquids and other specimens. The 6-lter color wheel was originally for use with polarized-light microscopes. A 3" dia turret is mounted to a partially rotatable stage which in turn is connected to an arm for mounting. Color wavelength and transmittance width/ratio information card included. Email or call for more info. 79120 Monochromator $99.50/each
Lomo Monochromator
Suitable for most microscopes, this spring-loaded 100X oil immersion objective is made in Russia by LOMO. Standard DIN, 1.25 N.A. ateld achromatic, 35mm parfocal distance. Designed for a 160mm tube length, it will also work with others. Comes with a carrying tube. Excellent quality. 37209 100X Objective $49.95/each
Here's Your Objective
This binocular microscope for the serious science student is extremely well-priced. Magnication is determined by color-coded 4X, 10X, 40X and 100X oil-immersion objectives and (2) 10X eyepieces, for 40X, 100X, 400X and 1000X magnication. It offers a 110-volt, 5-watt uorescent substage illumination, interpupilary adjustment, rack-andpinion course/ne focus, an iris diaphragm, and a mechanical stage with an Abbe condenser. It has a comfortable 45 viewing angle. Brand new, and at a terric price! It also includes a 1 year warranty w/proof of purchase. * Magnication: * Objectives: 40X, 100X, 400X, 1000X (oil) 4X, 10X, 40X, 100X, oilimmersion, colorcoded * Eyepiece: 10X, binocular, (1) reticle * Illumination: White light LED substage * Stage: Mechanical, with Abbe condenser * Focusing: Rack and pinion course/ne * Weight/Height: 9 lbs/13 * Viewing Angle: 45 14414 Binocular Microscope $324.95/each
Binocular Microscope
This pocket microscope measures just 1-1/2" square x 3/4" thick but magnies 50X. Don't inspect jewelry without it. The mighty mite comes with (3) button cell batteries to power a pushbutton UV and a slide-switch for (2) brightwhite LEDs, (1) aimed straight down and (1) aimed at an angle to the subject. Has a focus knob and a small wrist strap and carrying pouch. 94232 Mini UV-LED Microscope $6.50/each
Microscopic Microscope
Choose either the 25- or 100slide selection of 3" x 1" prepared microscope slides from Celestron, both in sturdy hinged wooden cases. The selections include a wide range of bacteria; plant, animal and human tissue; insect or reptilian specimens; and a list of each of the slides. 94503 94502
Prepared Microscope Slides
25 Prepared Slides 100 Prepared Slides
$24.95/each $89.95/each
You bought one of our excellent microscopes now you need interesting, good-quality slides. You need our Microscope Accessory Kit. The kit includes The World of the Microscope, a well-illustrated 48-page book that explains the instrument and how to use it. You get supplies to create your own slides, including a box of (72) standard glass slides, about 1" x 3", with ground edges; tweezers with which to position your specimens; a 4" glass dropper with a rubber bulb from which to drop small amounts of liquid onto the specimens; and (100) square pieces of #1 thickness cover glass to place over them. A great way to get focused. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 91942 Microscope Kit $16.95/each
Microscope Accessories
If you want something done right. And yes, that includes laboratory slides. This 17-piece slidemaking kit includes (10) blanks; (12) cover glasses, labels, and static slide covers; magnier; (2) vials & graduated cylinders; shrimp eggs; methylene blue; microhatchery; goggles; and more. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 93690 Slide Kit $16.50/each
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Rejoice, we have nally found a source of reasonably priced borosilicate glass. This is the kind of glass in the trade marked Pyrex and Kimex labware. The stuff you can put right over the ame of the Bunsen burner, or directly onto the hot plate. This stuff is imported from China, and is considered student grade, which is good enough for anything but the most exotic applications. Compare the prices below and you will see that they are around half the U.S. equivalent. Call us for larger quantity prices. All are graduated except the test tubes. 88984 88985 88986 88987 92611 88988 88989 88990 88991 88992 88993 88995 88996 88997 92614 Beaker, 50ml Beaker, 250ml Beaker, 600ml Beaker, 1000ml Beaker, 2000ml Graduated Cyl., 10ml Graduated Cyl., 100ml Graduated Cyl., 250ml Erlen. Flask, 50ml Erlen. Flask, 250ml Erlen. Flask, 500ml Test Tube, 13x100mm Test Tube, 16x150mm Test Tube, 20x150mm Test Tube, 25x150mm $2.95/each $3.95/each $5.50/each $8.50/each $18.50/each $3.25/each $6.95/each $9.50/each $3.25/each $5.50/each $6.95/each $3.75/pkg(8) $3.50/pkg(5) $3.50/pkg(3) $5.25/pkg(3)
Chinex??
So we're pricing these borosilicate boiling asks to move quickly. We've got (3) sizes, all with slightly attened bottoms, each with a single, discreet, capacity mark in white. While the actual physical size can vary slightly, the volume remains the same. The 1000ml ask is 9-5/8" tall OA x 5-5/8" dia with a 1-5/16" ID mouth, and a lip. Takes a #7 rubber stopper. The 500ml ask is 6-7/8" tall OA x 4-1/8" dia with a 1-3/16" ID mouth, and a lip. Takes a #6-1/2 rubber stopper, but a #7 will work. The 250ml ask is 61/8" tall OA x 3-3/8" dia with a 1-1/32" ID mouth, and a lip. Takes a #5-1/2 rubber stopper, but a #6 will do the job. 92912 92913 92914 250ml Boiling Flask 500ml Boiling Flask 1000ml Boiling Flask $5.95/each $6.95/each $11.95/each
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Distillation made heuristic. Nothing explains a process like a little hands-on experience, and this laboratory distillation kit is for showing instead of telling. Includes a 300mm Liebig condenser, Kjeldahl distilling column with 50mm dia bulb and rubber stoppers, 500ml Bomex boiling ask with 8" iron tripod, 2-foot lab stand/base with a single burette clamp, 500ml graduated Erlenmeyer ask and a 6" square of ceramic-coated wire gauze. You add some 1/4" ID tubing for the Liebig ports. Includes good directions for distilling ethanol and acetic acid. And let's remember that this is for laboratory distilling. Don't try this at home. 92610 Lab Still $74.95/each
Still In The Lab?
This 33" long x 1/8" dia latexfree medical tubing has a threeway stopcock with (2) 1/4 OD outlet ports and a 5/32 sleeved fitting at the opposite end. Made in the USA for Smiths Medical. 41697 Medical Tubing $2.95/pkg(3)
Three-Way Stop
Inside the lab, it's a standard translucent-white, LDPE-plastic wash bottle, 500ml/16oz, measuring 2-3/4" dia x 6-3/4 tall with a screwcap and a rightangle, 5/16" dia nozzle. Outside the lab, it's so pleasing to squeeze and squirt with that some of us keep them in the kitchen. 92961 Wash Bottle $3.95/each
Squeeze 'n' Squirt
Stethos is Greek for chest. Indeed you can scope your stethos with this stethoscope, or your friend's or your dog's. But it works equally well for picking up any sound being transmitted through a solid medium. Listen to the air owing through the heating ducts, the water in the pipes, the sounds of machinery, the termites munching on the oor joists!! The color does vary so we will select from what's currently available. We've had blue, teal, red, black, burgundy, green and purple, but there may be other colors yet to be seen! A great discovery device whether for biology or other pursuits. Not of professional quality, but not just a toy. 11077 Stethoscope $5.95/each
Scope Your Stethos!!
Almost big enough to pick up mortals: 10" long, 15/16" wide, with a mouth that rests open at 1-3/16". Stainless steel, non-magnetic tip, with a smooth, ungrooved tip that's .046" wide. Good for giant splinters, crafts, jewelry, electronics, or sushi. 93236 10-Inch Tweezers $2.75/each
Tweezers Of The Gods
Every lab needs one: this springloaded metal pincer lets you rotate a glass tube against a cutting blade, then press down to snap the tube just where you want it snap ped. Simple and precise, for tube diameters from tiny to 1-1/2". 91921 Glass Tube Cutter $11.50/each
It's A Snap
This handheld pH meter from Hanna Instruments measures 0-14 pH to 0.01 resolution, accurate to +/- 0.2. Calibration screw for 7.01, and another for 4.01 or 10.01 pH. The unit is 6-3/4" X 2" X 15/16" OA, with a 4-digit 1-1/8" X 1/2" LCD readout, and a replaceable 4-1/8" long x 9mm dia probe that screws into the case. Comes with a tip cover for the probe and (2) button-cell batteries. Don't forget to order the 20mL foil packs of pH 4.01, 7.01 or 10.01 Buffer Solution, with a chart listing the specific pH of the solution at various temperatures. Made for laboratory or industrial use only, it has a tolerance of +/-0.01 pH at 77F. Also from Hanna Instruments. 92999 93009 pH Meter Buffer Solution $44.95/each $1.95/each
Measuring pH
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Ventriloquism will be easy for you once you've read Better Living through Ventriloquism, the 128-page hard-cover book by voice-thrower Ronn Lucas and stand-up comic Chris Clobber. Includes ventrilostructions, more than enough stupid jokes and a little set of cute googly eyes that perch on your fingers if you can't afford a dummy. Pre-priced at $12.95. 41856 Ventriloquism Book $2.95/each
Talk Like Seor Wences
If you're devoted to explosions, and who isn't, you'll love the new expanded 2nd edition of William Gurstelle's Backyard Ballistics, now 25% longer, with 25% more ka-boomery. Still the go-to reference work for building rockets, cannons (carbide and potato), ingers, re kites, electromagnetic pipe guns, tennis ball mortars, cleaner-bag balloons, ballistic pendula and petards. You simply can't have more fun with common household materials. The soft-cover, 210pp compendium includes detailed and illustrated instructions, parts lists and sensible ways not to be hoist on your own petard. Be careful out there. 92823 Backyard Ballistics $16.95/each
Go Ballistic
Wonderful little book jammed with elaborate colored drawings that tells the beginner a little about everything to do with a microscope. And all in a mere 48 pages! From data on the history and types of microscopes, to introductions and samples and how to prepare them, (from tissues and insects to crystals) to ideas for experiments and lists of simple equipment needs, and how to build them at home, this book is a veritable cornucopia of information. If you are thinking of getting a microscope, we strongly recommend "The World of the Microscope" as a great stimulus for the novice user. It won't answer heavy duty scientic questions. But it will keep the beginner busy, challenged and entertained for days and weeks! By Chris Oxlade and Corrine Stockley. Paperback, 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". One of the Usborne science and experiments series of books. 88741 Microscope Book $8.95/each
Microscope Gee Whiz
Titled "The Field and Forest Handy Book," this volume has been justiably in print since 1906. Written by Daniel C. "Uncle Dan" Beard, the founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone and one of the founders of the BSA, it's a compendium of eternally relevant woodland lore, from building cabins, sleds, boats, and bridges to camping in swamps. The only part we skipped was on how to cook a muskrat. (We know a place that delivers.) Loaded with illustrations. In soft cover from David Godine's Nonpareil Books; 428 pp. 93279 Field & Forest Guide $14.95/each
Field & Forest Guide
Build it like Leonard with this amazing book of DaVincian inventions that you can construct at home. The 122-page soft-cover book has biographical data plus the history and detailed instructions for building (19) of Lennie's projects, from a camera obscura to his helicopter, trebuchet, tank and hydrometer. Our favorite? The Leonardo Monkey Wrench. Very cool. For ages 9+. 94471 Amazing Inventions $14.95/each
Release Your Inner Leonardo
Remember the Civil War? It was in all the papers. Still is, if you order this set of (3) 20-page collections of contemporary newspaper articles compiled from mostly Northeastern U.S. papers including the New York Herald, the Sun, the Philadelphia Inquirer and others, from 1861 to 1865. Printed on slightly heavier than today's standard newsprint in a broadsheet size of 22" high x 30-1/4" wide. Students will be amazed at how long tweets were 150 years ago. 94486 Civil War Newspapers
Civil War News!
Yes, your kitchen is a chemistry lab, especially if you own the 122-page Amazing Kitchen Chemistry by Cynthia Light Brown. Includes many dozens of experiments covering atoms, molecules, mixtures, reactions, acids and bases, solids, liquids and gases, molecular changes and polymers and water, all using common kitchen supplies. Mightily instructive, no actual explosions and a couple of experiments that even produce edible treats. For ages 9 and up. 94472 Kitchen Chemistry $14.95/each
Chemistry In The Kitchen
A whole new take on wooden toys. You get plans for (28) toys that "whiz, spin, pop, and y" in Bob Gilsdorf's 223-page instruction book. Good for adults, even better for adults working with kids, the projects require only basic hand tools, including a coping saw and miter saw. You'll make shooters, launchers, games, toys, gumball machines and much more. Includes an appendix with basic woodworking lessons. Full color, lavishly illustrated with easy-to-follow directions and photos of the zany paint jobs on the nished products. 93842 Wood Toy Book $19.95/each
Whiz-Bang Wood Projects
Why does it do that? Develop an elemental understanding of magnetism, electromagnetism, electrochemistry, radio, thermodynamics, light and optics. Simon Quellen Fields 228page paperback, Gonzo Gizmos, Projects & Devices to Channel your Inner Geek explains processes, equipment and scientic terms and then, for starters, tells you things like how to make a rotary steam engine in 15 minutes from a soda can, a candle and a few scraps of rubber tubing. Its the favorite of our resident geeks but not for kids unless theyre working with an adult. That would be a mature adult. An insured, mature adult. 92339 Gonzo Gizmos $16.95/each
How Does It Work?
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From sea to shining sea. Weird U.S. is a travel guide to local legends and secrets, including the tomb of the world's largest twins; tin foil sculptors; a full-size granite Mercedes Benz; and creeps, ghosts and ghouls galore. This is the seminal work from the acclaimed authors of "Weird New Jersey." Oddly, AS&S is not listed. 93767 Weird U.S. $14.95/each
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That's what you get with this tesla coil!! Brand new, commercial item, great for classroom demonstrations and experiments. The 50,000 volt capacity generator radiates high frequency energy through space... enough to light uorescent tubes two feet away. It uses 115 VAC (60 Hz) with an electro-magnetically operated interrupter buzzer, high voltage capacitors, inductive coil transformer, and a monopolar high frequency transformer generator to do the trick. 11" high, with a 6" sq. x 2" high protective housing for the generator. Includes accessories and instruction booklet with 19 experiments. Pretty amazing. But please, this is not a toy and should be used only under adult supervision. 70301 Tesla Coil $229.00/each
50,000 Volts
Calling all physics teachers: This slick, semiconductor-based unit demonstrates the Peltier effect (conversion of electricity into heat and cold) and the reverse Seebeck effect. Designed to work with a couple of standard foam coffee cups. The unit has a Peltier junction sandwiched between (2) 1-3/4" x approx 7" long aluminum brackets and is connected to a small DC motor with a blade, (2) banana-plug sockets, and a switch between them. Good instructions, despite their spelling Peltier as "Peltire." Made in the U.S. for Pacic Science Supplies, Inc. 93486 T.E. Demonstrator $39.95/each
Thermoelectric Demo Unit
The next best thing to lightning bolts! 200,000 volts of electrostatic energy created by our Van de Graaff generator. Measures 6-1/2 diameter by 15 tall, and a newspaper-like set of instructions includes lots of fun experiments. For grade 6 and up. This is not a toy and should be used under adult supervision. A great tool for teaching about electricity. For your convenience, we now have Lightning Belts: replacement belts to drive that overworked generator. 94250 94057 Van De Graaff Generator Van De Graaff Gen Belt $139.95/each $17.50/each
Lightning Bolts!
when you crank up this 13-1/4" tall, hand-cranked Wimshurst generator. They were the toast of the 19th Century, and remained the hottest thing around, electrostatically speaking, until Bobby Van de Graaf came along. This one works like a top, zapping sparks to a fare-thee-well with very little cranking. It's mighty pretty too, in acrylic, white and silver, and will dress up a dull physics or electronics lab. 93600 Wimshurst Generator $79.95/each
The Sparks Will Fly
Stick the dull, but leaded end of your wooden pencil into the left nostril of this nose and twist clockwise. You will be rewarded with a shiny sharp point on the pencil and a curl of shavings on your desk, lap or oor. Pretty good performance for a life sized, esh colored piece of hard plastic!! If you want to sharpen things up around the ofce or home, send for the following item, and prove you have a nose for great deals!! 89102 Nose Sharperner $3.75/pkg(3)
Nose Sharpener
Newton would have killed for this, but you can have it in your classroom for a song. Our high-quality composition-oflight unit is designed to demonstrate the nature of light wavelengths. A trio of tubes with red, green and blue LEDs inside have converging lenses, in turn mounted in swiveling holders. Sturdy, heavy-duty plastic construction through-out. It's powered by an included 4 "D" cell battery pack (Batteries, not included.). Has individual switches and brightness controls for each color, plus a 6-1/2" x 7-1/2" mounted white screen for display, plus a handy instruction sheet. 93487 Light Demo $57.95/each
A Little Light Experimenting
Periodic table of the elements nicely presented as a 3holepunched 81/4 x 11 insert for a looseleaf notebook. Its a doublesided trifold with peripheral information, including instructions on how to read the chart. A brightly colored and useful reference for everyone from teachers to chemists. 88638 Periodic Table $2.95/each
Elemental
Graph things to your heart's content when you get (2) of these 100-sheet packs of 8" x 10-1/2" quad ller paper, better known as graph paper. White paper with 1/4" squares in blue lines. Three-hole punched. 94392 Punched Graph Paper $3.95/pkg(2)
Just A Bunch Of Squares
If the question is whether to tie a bunch of these giant weather balloons to a lawn chair, the answer is no. (They burst at about 82,000 feet anyway.) Besides, this is a true weather balloon, with plenty of fun, nonfatal uses. The cream-colored latex balloon is approx 40" dia when accid, you should pardon the expression, but has an 8-foot dia when inated. The neck is 9" long x 1" dia. Scientists, meteorologists, inventors, teachers and the imaginative lmmaker are warned to launch the balloon carefully. The material is delicate and not made to survive brushes with pavement, pine branches, or clumsy physics students. 94055 8 Weather Balloon $18.95/each
Giant Whether Balloon
Classroom and Science Fair alert: Now you can order an 8-pack of metals and metal alloys for demonstration purposes. Each pack of 1" dia x 1/32" thick discs includes aluminum, bronze, brass, copper, n/silver (w/nickel), m/steel (mild: low carbon), stainless steel, and zinc. Composition of each is stamped on one side of the discs. 93769 Metal Samples $11.95/each
Metal Samples
And Gibbous never looked better. See this and 99 other celestial phenomena with our deck of night-sky spotter cards: "100 Things to Spot in the Night Sky." You get 56 double-sided, 6" x 37/8" cards illustrating the heavenly hundred plus (3) different star-nder cards, northern and southern sky maps, and a glossary. Imagine yourself outside one night, announcing: "Kids! Look! The moon is waxing gibbous again!" 93569 Sky Spotter $9.95/each
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Whats left of a Kansas City cow after all the steaks are gone? Lots of leather! (Think buckskin, not biker jacket.) You choose from: 1) The one-piece Lace Leather Belly. Really more of a long half-belly, this solid piece of leather is between 2-1/2 and 3-1/2 sq feet. Ours was approx 10-1/2 wide x 45 long x 1/8 thick. 2) A pack of Leather Strips. Ours was a very assorted 2 lbs of strips and larger pieces of leather, 1/16 to 1/8 thick, in rust and brown. 3) The Farmer Bundle Repair Bag, 2 lbs of scraps in various colors. Ours contained a solid 12 x 8 piece and a very large bundle of brown leather thongs 47 long x approx 1/8 square. Lots of variety, and lots of heavy leather for the price. 35664 35665 35666 Leather Belly Leather Strips Farmer Bundle $10.75/each $8.50/each $8.50/each
Leather Leftovers
For papier mache modeling, of course. You get a 4wide x 180 long roll of plastercoated cloth; wet it, wrap it, and dry it until its rigid. Finish it with paint or shellac or whatever. Takes all nishes the package trumpets. And its nontoxic, so dont be bashful about rigidwrapping yourself. 91074 Rigid Wrap $7.25/each
Rigid Wrap
Word has gotten around the ofce that your grab-bag presents leave something to be desired, but youre gift-wrapping is second to none. Maintain your reputation with this festively colored mylar bow. Grasp the (2) inner strands and (2) outer strands, pull, and voila!youve made a bow. The 20 x 7/8 bow-strands make a 4 dia. x 11/2 bow. This couldnt be any easier, or cheaper! 29664 20 Bow-strand $2.00/pkg(10)
DIY Bows
Sprained ankles without borders. This beige elastic bandage from Sweden is 4-3/4" wide x 84" long (that's 7 feet, gimpy) and ready to wrap around whatever you just hurt. Works just like the ones you're used to, and we'll send you (5) rolls. 94704 Jumbo Elastic Bandage $7.95/pkg(5)
It's Aces In Sweden
NEW!
Regular ribbon will never be the same once you use these ashing LED gift-wrap ribbons that would also make nifty belts, hair ribbons or Tinkerbelle costume add-ons. Each is a sheer, pastel 1-1/2" wide x 38" long 2-layered ribbon, with a white LED between the layers approx every 33/4" (10 LEDs in all). We'll pick (3) different ribbons in gold, green, ivory, silver or pink. Can be set to ash or stay on or off with the 1-1/16" dia white battery pack/switch. We admit that upon close inspection, a ne wire can be seen between the 2 layers of ribbon, but the lights are so beguiling that we don't care a bit. Includes replaceable button cell batteries. 41647 Flashing Ribbons $5.95/pkg(3)
Add Some Flash To Your Package
Display all sides of any number of not-tooheavy items on this solar-powered motorized stand (think small model plane, jewelry display, bud vase holding a prize rose). The 4 square base has subtle solar panels on all four sides and supports a 3-1/2 dia clear plastic disc that rotates approx 4 rpm in sunlight and 1 rpm on our desk. Stands 1-3/4 tall with the disc. 94571 Spinning Display Stand $9.95/each
Take This For A Spin
Durkish dowels! Two 8-packs of assorted 10" long wooden dowels, each pack with (2) each of 3/16", 1/4", 5/16" and 3/8" dia in unnished pine. Why Durkish? Maybe we bought them from a guy named Durk. Or maybe it's a stupid towel joke. 40764 Assorted Wooden Dowels $2.00/pkg(2)
Durkish Dowels
Another gem plucked from the A.S.&S. mirabilia. The shape and size of a hen egg, this opaque stone (or mattenished glass were not sure which) is interesting in itself. Touched with a red penlight in a dark room, the entire egg becomes a brilliant ruby color. Blue light/blue egg, etc. Fun and fascinating, and with a little sleight of hand, a sure way to convince the plebeians that you have some mysterious metaphysical power. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 91901 Magic Stone Egg $2.95/each
Egg McChameleon
A neat bag-o-wood, suitable for model-making, art projects and hobbies of all sorts. The balsa bag weighs almost 3/4 of a pound, and is a random assortment of balsa that may range from 1/8" square strips to a 5" long x 2" square hunk, and lots in between. The basswood may have half a dozen 5" long x 2" square pieces, 8" x 3" sheets, and a whole bunch of 1/16" to 1/8" strips. Whatever the variety of sizes, either bag will total approx 72 cubic inches in all, which is more than it sounds like. 92910 92911 Bag of Balsa Bag of Basswood $9.95/each $8.95/each
Wood You Believe
Thin-sheet-metal workers, that is. As in crafter/jeweler/model-maker types. You get a 3-pack of very nice, bendable, metal foil sheets, 5" x 7" x .005" thick, (1) each in copper, brass and aluminum. 85058 Metal Sheets
Sheet-Metal Worker Alert
Small pieces of very thin plywood for your craft and model-making needs. You get 18 cubic inches, which will translate into multiple sheets of 3-ply poplar, birch or similar wood at 1/8 to 3/16" thicknesses in random shapes. Our sample was (6) sheets, 6" long x 2" to 3" wide, some at 1/8" and some at 3/16". Perfect for custom-made dollhouse doors! $6.50/each 93818 Thin Wood $8.95/each
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Once upon a time, a copywriter put this little magnet next to his computer monitor and got really pretty, wavy, aurora-like effects. And then got a new monitor! Don't try this at home. Our shiny, silver-colored 1" x 1" x 1/2" neodymium magnet looks innocent, but is industrial strength, pulling something like 25 lbs with enough strength left over to erase all your credit cards. And wreak havoc with your monitor. 38694 Killer Magnet $14.50/each
Killer Magnet
Our magnetic sheets aren't large enough to make a magnetic bed, but they're just right for making a bulletin board, hanging on to a rounded surface, or clinging to a car door with their glossy magnetic side while their selfadhesive side holds your removable sign. They're a flexible, very dark brown rubber-like material, easily cut with scissors. The 12" x 12" sheets are just over .031" thick, selfadhesive, and strong enough to hold light objects. For the larger sheets, a 2-ft piece is cut from the 2-ft wide material, and you pick a light (.011" thick) non-adhesive, a medium (.018") self-adhesive, or a slightly thicker (.021") self-adhesive sheet. 4303 41586 41584 41585 1-Ft x .031" SA Sheet 2-Ft x .011" Sheet 2-Ft x .018" SA Sheet 2-Ft x .021" SA Sheet $6.75/each $2.95/(2ft) $3.95/(2ft) $3.95/(2ft)
Stick-To-It Sheets
Okay, it isn't the cheapest magnet in the warehouse - but we dragged John's 165 lb ling cabinet around the dock with this 47/8" x 1" x 3/4" ceramic magnet, we're rating it conservatively at 100 lbs of pull, and we think it's a bargain. It has a 6" bracket with mounting holes on 5-1/2" centers, plus a 1/2" ID eyehook bolted into the center of it. It's all set to troll the bottom of the lake next time your ling cabinet falls overboard. 91949 Pick-Up Bar Magnet $10.95/each
A Real Grabber
A whole bunch, yea a whole classroom's worth, of ceramic magnets for a song. You'll get 2 pounds of the attractive little things, which will be a few dozen or more of them in assorted sizes and shapes. The largest are likely to be 11/4" dia and the smallest 1/2" x 1/4" but there may be others, and they're all strong little buggers. Buy in bulk and make your own maglev model train. Our each is 2 lbs. 93651 2lbs Assorted Magnets $7.85/each
Mess-O-Magnets
For heavy fridge postings or just organizing the office, its hard to beat magnetic binder clips. You pick a 3-pack of 1-1/4 wide clips with jaws that open to 3/8; a 2pack of 2-1/8" wide clips with jaws that open to 5/16; or a big, 25/8" wide clip with a jaw that opens to 5/8. All have disc magnets on the back. 41629 41630 41631 1-1/4 Magna Clips 2-1/8 MagnaClips 2-5/8 MagnaClip $1.95/each $1.95/each $1.95/each
MagnaClips
What we have here are coal-colored asymmetric hunks of ceramic magnets, not unlike the "singing magnets" that you toss up to watch them grab each other and make ringing sounds. Except these are black and lumpy and are called Cracklin' Coal. Fun, though, and useful as individual magnets, each resembling a misshapen licorice jelly bean roughly 3/4" to 1" across. You get (2) packages with (4) in each package. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 42071 Cracklin' Coal $3.95/pkg(2)
Singing Coal?
Our chunkiest ceramic magnet measures a blocky 2-5/8" x 2" x 1" and has imperfect white paint on its north face. It's as powerful as it looks: our Magnet Appreciation Manager estimated it conservatively at a 15-lb pull. 41355 Chunky Magnet
Hunka Hunka Ceramic Magnet
Here's a handy little magnetic mounting set that was made for a cell phone but would be happy to hang onto pretty much anything. You stick the self-adhesive 1-1/4" dia x 1/4" thick disc magnet (1.2 lb pull) onto a ferrous surface and the equally self-adhesive 1" dia x really thin metal disc to your phone or whatever it is you keep losing, and now they magnetically cling to each other. (Not for use with kittens; their fur just comes off.). 41469 Magnetic Mount $2.95/pkg(3)
Magnetic Mount
$6.95/pkg(2)
Donut magnet you can take to town!! 74mm dia x 14mm thick with a 30mm hole. Very strong and well pedigreed - in fact, its kin are activating pacemakers. They are of a high permeability ferrite material with a lovely light blue or white epoxy coating. Okay, we have them because there is the odd bubble, slight scratches or the word MAGNET painted in the coating which ruled them out of the medical ball, but they're ne company nonetheless. Good display bases, paper clip traps, and super for classroom demos. 2823 Black/White Donut Magnet $3.75/each
Dandiest Donut in the Domain
Can't beat a classic. These uncoated ceramic donut magnets have a 1-lb pull, which makes them dandy for classroom or refrigerator use. They measure 1-1/4" dia x 3/8" ID x 3/16" thick and are polarized on the faces. You get a wrapped roll of 29 donuts. 40007 Uncoated Magnets $5.95/pkg(29)
Plain Donuts
Rare earth magnets are usually killers for their size, and these thick nickel neodymium discs are no exception. The price, on the other hand, for (3) 7/16" dia x 1/4" 5-lb lift or (2) 9/16 dia x 3/16 8-lb lift magnets each stored on a 2" dia steel disc, is a rare exception. 93463 92042 Magnets, Set of 2 Magnets, Set of 3 $4.25/each $4.25/each
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Buncha bar magnets made right here in these United States. These are attractive black ceramic, 1-7/8" long x 3/8" square, with an approx 2-lb pull. Nice for craft and science fair projects, and priced so that the whole class can experiment with iron filings at the same time. (Guess who sells iron filings?) 41425 Bar Magnets $5.95/pkg(10)
Bar10
Tired of all that closed-cell black foam? Add some prettier padding to your life! The new black is teal, at least in closed-cell foam. This 1/4" thick sheet measures 25" x 17-1/8". It's a great vibration-damping pad, but you should also consider a DIY foam oor, an impressive art project, the perfect pet placemat. Or the perfect placemat for a less-than-perfect pet! 41395 Teal Foam Sheet $4.95/pkg(2)
Teal Is The New Foam
Add a door/drawer pull to any ferrous surface with this 1" dia x 1/4" thick neodymium disc in a polished sleeve with a 3/16" dia hole in a stand-off. Comes with a 1" slip-ring attached, and hangs on for 22 lbs worth. Plenty handy for hanging stuff from other stuff, too. 93515 Magnet Pull $8.50/each
Magnetic Pull
This lovely stuff is black, closed-cell foam in self-adhesive sheets. Ready to pad pretty much anything, be a giant mouse pad, line toolboxes, absorb vibrations, protect glassware, replace hand-grips or whatever. You get a large sheet at 17" X 14"(+/- 1/8") x 1/4" thick. Order now, gure out what you need it for later! 40820 Large Foam Sheet $3.75/each
Multi-Use Foam Sheets
This strontium ferrite sheet is stronger than your average fridge magnet, and considerably bigger. Measures 7-3/8" sq x over 1/16" thick, with (2) adjacent corners trimmed off. Rubberized nish; black on one side, writable white on the other. Can be easily cut with a scissors. 40797 Sheet Magnet $6.95/pkg(2)
Bigger Sheet Magnet
Uncoated ceramic ring magnets, 17/16" OD x 7/8" ID x 5/32" thick, with a pull of approx a pound and a half. Made in the USA. Buy 'em in packs of (15) or (100). 40811P15 40811P100 Ring Magnets
Ring Around The Magnets
High-quality supplies for crafts, toys, ornaments, scrapbooks and more. We know colors are important to our artsycrafty customers, so please indulge us (and them): Our each in Cello Sheets is an assorted pack of (48) 81/2 x 11 pieces of transparent, acid- and lignin-free cellophane in pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and clear. We thank you for your patience. And the craft crowd thanks you. 92359 Cello Sheets $6.95/each
Great Stuff
$3.75/pkg(15) $15.00/pkg(100)
Bulk Ring Magnets
Very nice little rare-earth magnet, 3/8" dia x 1/16" thick. Disk-shaped, plated, with good pull for its size. Perfect for a latch on a storage box or cabinet door when paired with a small steel screw or brad. 40643 Small Disk Magnet $3.50/pkg(10)
Small But Rare
And people won't crash into you, because nothing says safety like this high-quality reective tape, the same material that's used to make stop signs. You get (4) glossy, self-adhesive red reective tapes, 12" long x 3/4" wide. We're thinking bike fenders and helmets, dog collars, garage door frames, anything that could benet from a heightened visibility. 39825 Reective Strip $3.95/pkg(4)
Take A Little Time To Reect
Pair of alnico bar magnets, each 7/16" x 1/4" x 3". Magnetized end to end with the North pole marked, the North end painted red and the South pole painted blue. Come with a pair of keepers and a wood separator bar. 89326 Alnico Bar Magnets $7.25/each
Alnico Bar Magnet
Reliable sources tell us that this is a mine directional sign, but it looks like a big red and white arrow to us. Slightly used, measures 24" long x 8" tall in painted aluminum. Has a pair of 1/4" mounting holes at top and bottom which, CJ says, may mean it's waiting to be converted into a weather vane. Or maybe you just need an arrow. 40277 Red & White Arrow $7.50/each
Mine Sign
Nice rare-earth neodymium disk magnet, 1" dia, about the same as a quarter but over twice as thick at 4mm. Rare-earth magnets are permanent and powerful, and this one has approx 7 lbs pull, and always will. Comes with a galvanized metal keeper approx 2" dia so you don't lose it. 93798 1 Inch Disk Magnet $4.25/each
Nickel-Coated, Quarter-Sized
The world's largest false eyelash, 51/4" long with big, curly 1-1/2" long lashes. Made for masks, dolls, puppets, mannequins, eyeglass frames and other decorative and silly uses, not for delicate human lids. Can be cut to desired length. 41024 Giant Eyelash $2.50/each
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We wouldn't try to capture 'gators with it, but this 4-ft x 6-ft black nylon, elastic (not-un-bungie-like) cargo net should trap anything else in the back of the pickup, van or kids' bedrooms. Stretches to about 6' x 9', with openings that are 7" square, stretching to maybe a foot, and 16 carabiner-style plastic hooks. Or just hang a couple on a wall for a nice Spiderman effect. 92582 Cargo Net $10.95/each
Throw a Net over It, Marge!
Not shnet stockings, but netting for actual sh, direct from the U.S. Army (you'd think Navy, wouldn't you?) in olive drab. It's a survival thing. You get a 10-foot x 5-foot net made of 3/4" squares individually knotted from twisted cotton/nylon, so the net won't unravel if torn. Might have a slightly musty aroma (but denitely not shy) that a little sunshine time will x. Great for maritime-theme decoration, biblecamp plays (lled until breaking, walking-on-water background prop) or, we suppose, shing. And perfect if you want to go to a costume party as Poseidon. 39763 Army Fishnet $19.75/each
Fishnets
Don't you hate it when your twine rots? Us too. That's why we always use this mildew- and rot-resistant nylon twine for household repairs, gardening, boating, etc. You get (3) 325-foot spools of white twine for a total of 975 feet. Stretches to absorb shock and resist breaking. 94411 325-Foot Nylon Twine $4.25/pkg(3)
Rot-Resistant Twine
This thin rope not only floats, it resists rot, mildew and chemicals. You get (3) 32-foot spools of highly visible 1/16" dia gold poly rope, ideal for pool, dock and water sport applications. Flexible. Easy to use. 42082 Floating Rope $3.95/pkg(2)
Float-A-Rope
But a generous (300) feet of 2-ply, approx 1/8" dia, jute twine per roll. Enough to make a whole houseful of macram projects or tie up at least 25 dozen tomato plants in biodegradable comfort. 37719 Jute Twine $3.95/pkg(3)
Just Jute
Mega-bungee cords. Just the ticket for tying down motorcycles, refrigerators, or large marsupials. (Tie your kangaroo down, boys!) Our each is a package of (10) of these monsters, approx 1/2" dia x 6-feet long, in black with green accents (colors may change), with 1" x 2-1/2" hooks on both ends. That's just over a buck apiece. Outstanding! 93107 Bungee Cords
The Bigger Bungee
Glow-in-the-dark rope is handy for midnight cowboys but can save your life on boats (it glows AND oats) and can keep you from tripping over tent lines on camping trips. You get (50) feet of 1/4" dia polypropylene rope with a 116-lb working load and a 350-lb break strength. Mfr says 3-4 hours in the sun gives you 5 hours of nighttime glow. 94409 Glow-In-The-Dark Rope $5.95/each
Rope For Midnight Cowboys
Bungeeish scrunchies. Whatever. These here are heavy-duty elastic cords, with plastic balls where the two ends join. The 6" long loop can stretch to about double that length. Suitable for holding pretty much anything, including Samoan linebackers' dreadlocks. You get a package of (45) in assorted colors including black, red, blue, green and gold. 94071 6-inch Loop Bungee $6.95/pkg(45)
Scrunchiebungees
Top Seller!
$17.50/each
Here's over 25 feet of tubing for you at a nice price. Made as a replacement kit for a Wagner paint sprayer, it includes a 12-foot length of clear acrylic tubing 1/2" OD x 3/8" ID with another 12-foot length that's 5/32" OD x 1/16" ID joined to it, but easily peel-offable. Priced so low that you can toss the 23" hunk of 11/16" OD tubing, plastic clips, and plastic pump nozzle that come with it. 40725 Clear Acrylic Tubing $4.95/each
You Tube?
You get 16 feet of 1/8" dia vinyl-coated steel tie-out cable, coiled for ease of use, with a 2" snap bolt on a swivel at each end. Made for dogs under 60 lbs, it's also handy for securing stuff that might fall overboard or off the balcony. 94414 16- Foot Coiled Cable $5.95/each
Curly Cable
Replacement shoulder straps! Snap on either the 26" to 42" long x 1-1/2" wide silver nylon strap or the 27" to 47" long x 2" wide white one, both with steel snap-hooks at both ends and both adjustable. Handy easy-on, easy-off, easy-to-identify straps for briefcases and messenger bags at the airport, and you won't care if you lose one of these. 41497 41498 Silver Strap, 26" to 42" White Strap, 27" to 47" $3.95/pkg(4) $3.95/pkg(4)
Snappy Shoulder Straps
Physics project alert! This robust puppy of a magnet has dual 6V coils and stands 4" high x 3-1/4" wide, not counting the side terminals. Each coil draws 2.4A at 6VDC, and is conservatively rated for 40 Newtons (approx 9 lbs) at that voltage. Can be wired in either parallel or series, and comes with a mounting hook. Works great with a 6-volt lantern battery. 93088 Electromagnet $16.95/each
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These police riot helmets have been very lightly used at your smaller riots, so theyre in lovely condition. Taken out of service due to slight changes in the county seal decal on the front, theyre two-tone, a beigey-goldish color and a nearly black dark green, with a short visor. One-size (large-ish) but adjustable with a strap across the back of the head (like a military helmet liner) and an adjustable chin strap. The flip-down face shield will have a few scratches for verisimilitude and is easily removed, but it will keep the bugs out of your teeth on your scooter. 41713 Riot Helmet $24.50/each
Riot Helmets From Quiet Riots
These balloons are expressly made for handgun target practice, on a range, although we're fairly sure they wouldn't care if you shot them with a rie. Probably wouldn't care if you used them for party decorations, since they're balloons. Sort of eight-shaped, or like weebles, so you could draw faces on them if you wanted to. They're approx 27" tall x 15" dia when inated, and most will be a yellow or green shade. 41578 Target Balloons $4.95/pkg(10)
The Balloon Is Up
You'll look wunderbare in this, yes, Navy-blue work jacket from the German Navy. Small, 1-1/4" x 2",German flags (West German when these were made in the mid-80s) are sewn on each shoulder. Looks equally snazzy on men or women but the zipper (das reibverschluss) pull is on the left. Also has (2) reibverschlussed breast pockets und (2) unreibverschlussed slash pockets on the sides. Hip length. We'll pick one in a chest size from 38 to 46. 41848 German Navy Jacket $19.50/each
You're In The Deutsche Navy Now
Our very rst two-passenger military-surplus eld latrine! Relive those golden moments spent sitting over a slit trench in the woods with a friend. This new (no need to thank us) genuine WWII-era U.S. Army wooden latrine is painted olive drab, weighs 37 lbs, and measures 41" long x 17" x 19-1/2" high. The 18" x 14" ip-up lids are over a pair of toilet-seatshaped openings above the open bottom. Folds at for storage and transport. All you add is the trench. We're thinking storage bench/conversation piece for the front hall or mud room. 40913 Portable Army Latrine $149.50/each
Uncle Sam's Latrine! For Two!
You'll need a frame to hang it on if you want to put it on your back, but this medium LC II-style pack is otherwise mighty nice. Measures 20" x 19" x 11" in olive nylon with reinforced stitching, a shoulder pad, (3) flapped pockets at 9" x 4-1/2" x 3", drawstring top plus cover with dual straps, (1) internal divider and an array of slots and rings to hang stuff by. New--never been packed. 42149 Nylon Backpack $19.50/each
Back Pack Without Straps
NEW!
Very lightly used Chemical Agent Monitor bag (CAM bag). Solid olive drab, padded canvas, 16" long x 6-1/2" tall x 4-1/2" deep, with an adjustable shoulder strap and hook-and-loop closures. Has a 2-1/2" x 5" x 6" pouch inside that can be ipped outside the bag and remain there when it's shut, plus (2) 2" x 7" long sleeves inside the top. Includes a couple of extra bandolier-like straps with clips and assorted pouches on them. 37847 NATO Bag $12.75/each
NATO Cam Bag
They're Back! Those of a certain age will remember being taught to crouch under their school desks in case of nuclear attack. Shortly thereafter, the gov't, in its innite wisdom zoomed about thecityscape plastering black and yellow signs on buildings with basements to designate them as fallout shelters wherein it stored cans of water and radiation meters which were so insensitive that any reading could only mean the past tense of crispiness. We have a quantity of these signs, brand new in the sense that they have never been plastered, but antique in the sense that they are the Fifties originals. 10" x 14" , 25 ga. galvanized steel. They have a black base coat on the front over sprayed with orange/yellow reective paint in the familiar design rendered nearby by our faithful artist. This is a true collector's item fetching $50 and up in antique stores! A tasteful addition to even the dullest basement hangout. 30823 Genuine Fallout Shelter Sign $34.75/each
Fallout Shelter Sign
These just in, special for military strap aficionados. Right angle olive-drab canvas strap. The wide part measures 17" x 2" and is sewn onto a Ushaped steel clip with a 13-1/2" long x 1" strap mounted at right angles to it. Both straps have steel ends with (2) 3/16" holes. Quite useful for something, we're sure. 41939 Right-Angle Straps $2.50/pkg(5)
For Strapping Fellows
You pick either the beige or black polypropylene balaclava, 13" crown to collar, eece-lined and somewhat stretchable for you bigheads, with a single (also stretchable) 3"-4" face opening. Think ski mask. Not to be confused with baklava, which is much too sticky to wear on your head. 40928 40929 Beige Balaclava Black Balaclava $3.95/each $3.95/each
Have A Balaclava
New surplus from the other side of the Rhine. Nice dark-olive-drab plastic case, 8-1/2" x 8" x 4-1/2" with a slip-on lid on a removable canvas strap. Inside is a pair of 1-liter bottles, 7" tall x 3-1/2" square, with screw caps that have white nylon brushes on 4" long shafts inside. If you're not into military decontamination, it's ideal for traveling sign-painters. 39504 Decontamination Kit $7.95/each
German Decontamination Kit
Blank dog tags, ready to punch. Each set measures 2" x 1-1/8" x 1/32" thick in matte stainless steel with (2) ball chains, one 24" long and one 4-1/2" long. You get (2) sets of (2) tags, with (4) chains altogether. Made in the USA 40462 Dog Tags
Unknown Soldier's Dog Tags
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This extremely good quality folding jeweler's loupe in polished aluminum folds into a protective cover. It measures 1-5/8" x 13/16" and is teardrop-shaped when closed. Doublet lens, 18mm dia, approx 12X (ignore what it says on the box), lit by (2) very bright white LEDs, powered by (3) button-cell batteries that are included. It has a small loop for a chain, and comes in a plastic case with a small tool for accessing the batteries. 93400 12X Lighted Loupe $4.95/each $13.50/pkg(3) 93400P3 3-Pack Savings!
Super Loupe
This 5"x 2" x 3/4" gold-tone framed 2X magnifier has a 3-3/4" x 2" lens with a 5X inset 3/4" dia lens and a swing-out handle, plus a fold-out stand that lets you use it hands-free, plus plus (6) bright white LEDs on the backside to light up the prospect. Can you say multifunctional? Includes (2) "AAA" batteries in the handle and a snazzy gold velour carrying pouch. The mysterious power switch is the disc in the center of the hinge. 41959 MultiMagnifier $7.50/each
The Magnificent Magnifier
This 8X folding loupe in white plastic and aluminum has a pair of very bright white LEDs next to the lens. Runs on (3) buttoncell batteries, included, and has a tiny wrench to help you replace them. When folded, it looks like a standard coach's whistle, or a really big apostrophe. Forgive the package for saying 30X - if it didn't say it, we wouldn't have it! 93705 Bright Loupe $4.95/each
Mighty Bright Loupe
Ideal for the home scientist interested in doing a science project on optics. As industrial surplus they may have edge chips or light surface scratches, but nothing to interfere with your experiment. Each assortment has ten lenses. Five will have positive focal lengths, and ve negative. Thus ve will enlarge, magnify, form images and condense light. The other ve will diminish, reduce, disperse light and not form images. Each lens will be unlike the others. .The sizes are from 1/2 up to 1-1/4. Get several and build your science project around a demonstration of the physics preventing very short focal lengths with larger lenses. 3707 Kit, Small Lenses $3.50/pkg(10)
Lenses, Lenses And More Lenses!
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This glass-lens 2X magnier is a full 4" wide x 2" (wider than a column of newsprint) with a padded easy-to-grip 4" long handle at the bottom right corner, angled to the right. Slide the orange tab up and a pair of bright white LEDs illuminate the subject. You add (3) "AAA" batteries. The glass lens means it's much harder to scratch than plastic, so you can actually clean it with regular tissue or a handkerchief. 94592 92294 Big Grip LED Magnier "AAA" Alk Batteries 5.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Big Grip Glass
This handy folding magnifier is 5" long x approx 1-3/4" x 3/4" thick with a 16X glass lens mounted above a pair of white LEDs. Unfolds to 2" long arm holding the lens above a 2-3/4" x 1-3/4" base. You add (2) "AA" batteries. 94727 92293 Folding Magnifier
Know When To Fold 'Em
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$5.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
AA Alkaline Batteries
A clever twinlensed loupe that clips on eyeglasses for hands-free magnication. Each 1 dia, 3.3power glass lens is at the end of a thin metal arm and swivels easily. The metal clip mechanism is about 11/2 long, each lens and arm about 21/2 long. Use a single lens, or line two up to double the loupe to a 6.6 power. Individually, each has a 3 working distance. When theyre used together, its 11/2. 91793 2 In 1 Loupe $8.75/each
Double Vision
A nice 3X loupe, 2-3/8" dia, that folds into its own 3-3/8" x 2-5/8" tear-dropshaped plastic case, and it's only 5/8" thick, just right for sliding into your pocket. Pay no attention the "6X" markings on the package-if mistakes didn't happen, we wouldn't be in business.
92677 Pocket Magnfier $2.25/each
Pocket Magnier
Sometimes a little loupe just won't do. Try this 20X, 1" dia glass-lens loupe mounted in a 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" x 1-1/2" black zinc alloy frame and lit by (3) white LEDs. Has a fold-out reticle under the lens and is powered by (4) button-cell batteries, included. Comes with a black storage case. 94728 20X Loupe $9.50/each
Loupe de Loupe
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This giant loupe has two xed 2" dia acrylic lenses in a swing-away 3-3/8" x 2-3/8" x 1-3/8" thick matte black plastic teardropshaped case. Magnication is approx 5X, not the 10X on the box, which is why this is a surplussy two and half bucks. And you throw the box away anyway. 94347 Large 5X Loupe $2.95/each
Enormoloupe
The in-between aluminum tripod: bigger than a mini but a lot easier to tote than a full-size version. Collapses to 14-3/4" long x a triangle approx 2-1/2" on a side. Has 4-draw legs with clutches that extend (3) feet, and a shaft that pulls up another 12" to a full 4-foot height. Includes a 1/4"-20 standard camera thread. Very useful item for small digital camera users. 38831 Aluminum Tripod $9.75/each
Perfect Porta Pod
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Forget watchmaking, you could write the "A Tale of Two Cities" on a piece of tortellini with this triple magnier visor. Magnies from 1.8X to 4.8X. Has a permanent 2.2X lens, a ip-down lens, and a ipdown loupe. Separate white LEDs at each temple, powered by (2) "AAA"s each which aren't included. The whole thing is in a black plastic visor, 7-3/4" wide x 5-1/4" deep with a exible plastic strap held by a hook-and-loop closure. Opens to 9" max dia and has coated acrylic lenses. Now then: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.. 92983 92294 Headband Magnier "AAA" Alkaline Batteries $9.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Up Close, And Up Closer
Magnicent magnier lamp! Great for hobby work, stamp or coin collecting, needlepoint, sewing and crafts, even reading if your eyes are "mature." The plastic head assembly has a 3.5" dia, 3 diopter magnifying lens and a socket with switch for an incandescent lamp (60watt max, plugs into any wall switch). This is mounted on the end of an arm with (2) roughly 15" long sections that swivel to allow precise positioning over your work. The arm clamps onto a table top. 89418 Desk Magnifying Lamp $19.95/each
Magnif Lamp
One wiseacre assumed we meant any package leaving our shipping room that once had a glass object in it. That is a malicious rumor. . . Ground glass is thin plate glass, the surface of which has been physically ground or acid-etched to create a grainy, grayish, opaque surface. Use it to produce an image from a lens or lens system. Even a simple magnier, held between the ground glass and, say, a window, will produce an image of the window scene on the ground glass. Ground glass has another magical property: it is opaque to any object viewed at a distance, but not if that object is in direct contact with the glass surface. A necessary element of your optical education. #2728 (square) is 2"sq x 1/32" thick. #2610 (rectangular) is 3-1/2" x 4-3/8" x 1/16" thick. 2610 2728 Rectangle Ground Glass Square Ground Glass $1.50/pkg(3) $1.00/pkg(6)
Ground Glass
From Celestron, who rules the skies! These are our best-selling binoculars! The very nice pair of 15 X 70 binoculars have multi-coated optics to reduce refraction and a weather-resistant rubber housing, and are a relatively light 5.2 lbs. They come with a carrying case, chamois and neckstrap, plus a handle/adapter for a standard 1/4" - 20 mount for a tripod. A lifetime warranty is available from Celestron 14467 Skymaster Binoculars $89.95/each
The SkyMaster
It's a honey of a projection TV lens from parts unknown, but what care you for brands? It weighs 3 lbs, measures a symmetrical 313/16" long x 3-13/16" dia with approx 2X3X magnification and 10"/250mm focal length. We're thinking TV replacement part, DIY telescope lens or the world's heaviest loupe. 42217 Projection TV Lens $12.50/each
Anonymous Lens
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Need a dual-purpose telescope for both terrestrial and celestial views? The Celestron 70EQ AstroMaster is the answer. Produces bright, clear images of the Moon and planets including good views of the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. It's 70mm diameter, with 43X and 90X magnication, permanently mounted StarPointer, erect image optics, a German Equatorial mount with slow-mo controls and setting circles, coated glass optics, and "The Sky"" , level-one planetarium software with a 10K object database and enhanced images. The rugged, full size steel tripod is pre-assembled, and it comes with an accessory tray. 14462 70EQ Celestron AstroMaster $169.95/each
70EQ AstroMaster Telescope
Polished glass equilateral prisms. Equilateral because each edge of the end is the same length, 32mm. Thus, as all you geometry students know, each of the angles is also the same, 60 degrees. These are school grade and are ne for decorative and demonstration. They do a nice job of refracting light to produce a nice rainbow-like spectrum, but are denitely not up to instrumentation standards. The missing dimension, length, is shown below. 31801 31798 31799 Prism, 2" Prism, 4" Prism, 6" $7.95/each $9.95/each $15.95/each
A Pyramid of Prisms
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Okay, polarizing filters for the literal minded. Each filter is a 20 mm dia x 2 mm thin piece of glass with a couple of tiny slots in the edge. Each has 20% transmission by itself, which may not sound like much, but is about what you get through decent sunglasses. We are selling a pair so you can do experiments on transmission as you rotate one against the other to reduce the light getting through virtually to nothing. Or you can make some very cool granny sun glasses if that turns you on. The big guys get upwards of $7.00 per filter for these dudes!! Isnt surplus cool?? 26970 Polarizing Filters $2.95/pkg(2)
World Dimmers
Need a dual-purpose telescope for both terrestrial and celestial views? The Celestron 90AZ AstroMaster is the answer. Produces bright, clear images of the Moon and planets including good views of the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. It's 90mm diameter, with 50X and 100X magnication, permanently mounted StarPointer, erect image optics, pan handle Alt-Ax control with a clutch, coated glass optics, and "The Sky"" , level-one planetarium software with a 10K object database and enhanced images. The rugged, 1.25" steel tripod is pre-assembled, and it comes with an accessory tray. 14463 90AZ Celestron AstroMaster $279.95/each
90AZ AstroMaster Telescope
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From Mattel, even more magical Magic-8-Ball answers! The Magic-8-Ball Telephone functions as a regular phone (really) but also gives you (24) helpful answers in a believable stentorian voice every time you lift the 5 dia ball/phone from its 2 deep cradle. The ball comes with a phone cord to connect to a wall jack, and opens to reveal push buttons and become more ergonomic. And yes, the ball/phone can be removed from the base and stand alone when you get tired of hearing the voice or have no more questions. You'll need to add (3) AA batteries, and ignore the box, which may be a little banged up, since it lived on a store shelf in a previous life. 41801 92293 Magic-8-Ball Phone AA Alkaline Batteries $12.50/each $1.95/pkg(4)
A More-Magical 8-Ball
Send longer messages without wearing out your thumbs. This pair of one-size-fits-mostpeople-except-giants woolen stretch gloves has (3) conductive fingers on each hand. (Okay, two--the index and middle fingers, plus both thumbs.) In stylish black with gray non-scratch tips on the texting digits. 94677 Texting Gloves $5.95/each
Six-Finger Texting!
Direct from the 1950's, new rotary phones made by Dynalec Corp for the US Naval Systems command. They all have leads and some will have plugs (if not, they're easy to add) and they all work, although they won't navigate those annoying touch-tone menus, like ours. On the other hand, they will take you back to the nostalgic days of yesteryear, when handsfree meant that the handset could be tucked comfortably between your ear and your shoulder. Request any color you want, as long as it's black. Perfect for explaining the phrase "dial the phone" to your kids, or for realizing your personal mad-men fantasies. Again, we'll say that many of these phones do not come with a wall plug and you may need to splice your own. 40189 New Retro Rotary Phone $29.50/each
The Phone's For You
Add a little color to your typing life with this rainbow array of stickers for every key on a standard (ASCII) computer keyboard. Washable vinyl, too, so they're not only pretty, they're hygienic. In waves of gold, lime green, rose, orange, blue and puce. The best part is the instructions, which include: "If you have bubbles, take a needle to bore them." We always do. 41557 Keyboard Stickers $2.50/pkg(2)
Key Bored?
Don't toss it and buy a universal remote. (How many things are really universal, after all?) Try this jar of Keypad Fix, designed to clean and restore conductivity to the carbon on the keys and the copper PC board pads that make up the rubber-coated switches on remotes, game controllers, and security keypads. Contains enough to coat over 200 button contacts. 93683 Keypad Fix $4.95/each
Restore Your Remote
Time was, you could easily hold a phone on your shoulder and have both hands free to make notes and hold your drink. Those days are back with this handset that mimics the Bell System's model 500, in use 1950 to 1984 and designed by the venerable Henry Dreyfuss. Stick the standard 1/8" miniplug into your cell phone, tablet or PC and you're a mad man on the phone. Includes answer button, volume control and a coiled cord longer than you need. We'll pick one in black, white or red because we know what's best for you. 94710 Retro Phone Handset $6.95/each
Retro Phone Receiver
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Works on all of them except the ones stuck to your eyeballs. Corrosion-Be-Gone is a gel made to remove the schmutz from all types of battery terminals, circuit boards and contacts, on everything from cars to computer boards. Our each is a 0.3 oz jar. 93684 Battery Goop $4.95/each
Clean Your Contacts
And close enough, because sometimes the threat of security will do. Our simulacamera looks like the real thing, even though it isn't, with an activation light and a quite real motion detector that causes the "camera" to pan from side to side. The unit measures 3-3/4" x 2" x 2" with a 1-1/4" dia lens. It's mounted on an adjustable 4" x 1-1/8" x 3/4" arm attached to 3-1/8" dia baseplate with (2) 3/16" mounting holes. The angle adjusts from 45 to 180 degrees, and the motion detector starts the head swinging 20 degrees in either direction for approx (15) seconds. Takes (2) "AA" batteries, not included, but does include mounting screws and mollies-and a tiny, tiny price. 92835 Motion Detector Camera $5.95/each
Almost Real
Connect your stuff with either our USB-Mini, which, not surprisingly, is a 1-1/4" long one-piece adapter from a standard USB plug, to a mini-USB plug, or the Printer adapter, which is a 13/16" long adapter from a standard USB plug to a type B connector. 41950 41951 USB-Mini USB USB-Printer Type B $2.95/each $2.95/each
Us Be Adaptable
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Order this and you'll get (2) 4-packs (a total of 8) of these 1" steel minialligator clips for your wiring needs. Back end has a hole and offset bendover tabs to secure the wires. 41991 Small Alligator Clips $3.25/pkg(2)
Caiman Clips
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Someone bugging you? This device won't spot cockroaches, but it will tell you if somebody is out there listening. Our radio frequency transmitter detector will track microphone and transmitter signals between 50MHz and 3GHz. Has an on/off switch/sensitivity control, a red LED bar graph to show signal strength, and an audio signal. Uses (1) 9V battery, not included, and measures 5-1/2" x 3-1/8" x just under 1" thick. Includes operating instructions. 93571 92297 Bug Detector 9-Volt Alkaline Battery $89.95/each $1.95/each
Bug Detector
This Motorola Golden Voice speaker is vintage, we're just not sure what vintage. Based on its shape, we think it's from a car radio. What we know for sure is that it has a 4-Ohm impedance, measures 4" x 10" x 2" deep and is mounted on particle board that measures 4-3/8" x 11-1/4" with mounting tabs on the long ends. Voice coil is 1-1/8" and it has a pair of quick-disconnect terminals. No wattage rating but our vintage speaker expert (old, but still working) says it'll be OK for up to 10W or so. Made right here in the USA, so you know it's vintage. 41837 Golden Voice Speaker $5.95/each
From The Golden Past
Behold the "PhotoBank," a handy software program that downloads and stores your precious images and allows you to access them with a single mouse click. All of this magical technology is stored in a 4GB thumb drive that works with Windows 7, Vista, XP or above and Mac OS 10.5 or above. USB 2.0 recommended but it works for 1.0 as well. Measures 21/8" long including the swivel bracket that holds it. Has a small loop on the bracket for attaching to a key ring or lanyard. 94676 Photo Storage Software $16.95/each
High-Interest Photo Account
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Nice little 3" x 5" oval (actually elliptical) 4 ohm speaker is rated for 5W with a 1/2" dia voice coil. Has (4) 7/32" mounting holes and measures 1-3/4" deep over all. 41226 Oval Speaker $2.95/each
Elliptically Speaking
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Once upon a time, when giants stalked the earth and there was no night baseball in Wrigley Field, car phones were the cuttingest-edgiest technology on the planet. Guess who has the antennas. These are passive antennas, 23-1/2" long x 1/16" dia on 1" dia (suctionless) rubber cups.with 5/16" dia copper discs inside. Perfect for giant insect sculptures or for gluing on your trunk and pretending it's 1983 all over again. 42251 Car-Phone Antenna $3.95/pkg(2)
Antique Car Phone Antenna
These 36-Ohm ear buds have 15-foot leads, so you could practically leave your pod/pad/phone in another room, with the standard 1/8" plug at the the end that isn't in your ears. We'll send (2) pair because we know you keep losing these things or ripping the wires off (although 15-foot leads may just take care of that little wire problem). 41774 Ear Buds $3.95/pkg(2)
Ear's Listening To You, Kid
This 3-1/2" dia 8 ohm full-range speaker (50Hz to 10KHz) is rated for 10W RMS has a 1" voice coil, keyed 3/16" mounting wings and a 1/8" quick-disconnect terminal. 41349 Full-Range Speaker $5.95/each
Full-Range Speaker
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Break free of cables with this passive RCA HDTV antenna thats so thin it virtually disappears. Made to receive free HD/VHF/UHF signals, the antenna is a pair of extremely thin black plastic wings, each 14 long x 3 tapering to 3/8. Overall, its 29 long x approx nothing deep. The center connector has a 50 length of thin COAX cable with an F connector to mate with the TV input. Marked refurbished, but you cant tell them from new. A little assembly is required. 41712 HDTV Antenna $12.50/each
Super-Thin HDTV Antenna
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Heres your chance to be smarter than your smart phone for a change. Slip a pair of AA batteries into this 5 long x 13/16 dia aluminum tube and next time the power goes out in your neighborhood you can suck that juice into your phone for up to (2) hours of talking time. Charger has a standard USB port. You add a widely available USB cable (varies by phone), and the batteries. 94641 92293 Phone Charger AA Alkaline Batteries $5.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Emergency Phone Charger
Another very small jumper. This jumper wire is only 3" long with brass screw terminals. The wire is 20 gauge stranded copper and the terminal are 3/16" OD, 1/8" ID. 39621 Tiny Jumper Wire $2.00/pkg(20)
Kangaroo Rat
This inline digital TV amplifier is floor-mounted and comes attached to a 3-foot coax cable with F connector and a 12VDC 100mA adapter. Made to enhance performance and optimize signal for a passive indoor antenna. UL. 41917 Digital TV Amp $14.50/each
Amp It Up
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Power Supply
This MW regulated power operates on 120 VAC and delivers constant accurate power to a video game, radio, portable TV, or any device drawing up to 2.0 amps. The 5 1/8" x 3-7/8" x 25/8" housing has a rotary dial to designate 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9 or 12 VDC output, and heavy-duty red and black binding posts. Automatic short circuit and overload protection and thermal cutoff. Add the mini plug kit or the alligator test clip leads. The mini plug kit contains six of the most popular DC plugs for DC powered devices such as portable TV sets, video games and radios. "Gator" clips are 36" long with one red and one black lead. 92535 93921 94358 2A Power Supply Mini Plug Kit Banana/Alligator Test Leads $29.95/each $7.95/each $3.95/each This solar panel battery charger comes with a 12VDC 15W tempered-glass, weatherproof amorphous solar panel, 381/4" x 13-1/2" x 11/16" thick, with an 111/2-foot lead with a 2-pin connector and (4) mounting holes, plus hardware. Includes a pair of 2-foot battery clamps to connect to the battery that you supply, a 10 cigarette lighter plug for car battery charging and a voltage tester. The Solar Panel Set has (4) of the same large solar panels as the battery charger plus a PVC frame to hold them (you do the assembly), 150W max load 7A regulator so you can use up to 7 panels with charging-status LEDs, plus a 120W modular sine wave inverter with (2) outlets, and a cigarette-plug with power and overloadindicator LEDs. Includes all mounting hardware, wiring harnesses, adapter cables and connectors to get you up and running, but you supply the storage batteries. From Sunforce Products, with a 5year manufacturers warranty. Add the 7Amp solar charge controller. Prevents overcharging of 12 volt batteries. 94040 94041 94105 15W Solar Charger 60W 4-Panel Set Solar Charger Controller $99.95/each $329.00/each $25.95/each
Solar Power System
This ballast from Unisan requires 12VDC 700mA input and will put out 828V through two separate jacks. Measures 3-1/2" x 1-3/8" 1", is thermally protected and all connections are 2-pin 7mm. UL. Unisan part # UB-D1210. 41910 Unisan Ballast $2.00/each
Ballast
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Called the Battery Eliminator, this regulated DC adapter takes power from your cars accessory plug and gives you 1.5, 3, or 4.5VDC at 300mA; 6, 7.5, or 9VDC at 500mA; or 12VDC at 1.2A. Output plugs include a 1/8 male miniplug, 2.2mm male, 3.5mm OD / 1.2mm ID female, 4 / 1.5mm female, 5.5 / 2mm female and 5.5 / 2.2mm female, all with 2-pin connectors so you can switch polarity. Unit measures 3 x 2-1/4 x 1 and is on a 6-foot cord. 41356 DC Adapter $7.95/each
Plugapalooza
Or usin' it up? This nice solar cell is made to prevent battery drain in cars, boats, snowmobiles (or anything else with a 12-volt) during storage or because you're running stuff like cell phones, laptops, or various pods off of said battery. Rated for 12VDC 120mA, it measures 14-3/4" x 6-1/4" x 3/4" OA with an 11-3/4" x 4" cell. The 91" cord leads to a fused and polarity-protected cigarette-lighter plug. Has 14.7 VDC output with no load, an LED indicator, and weatherproof housing. Works in all weather, even low-light and cloudy conditions. 93116 Solar Charger $24.95/each
Losin' Juice?
Our low-prole adapter plugs right into the wall (well, into a standard electrical outlet in the wall) and puts out 5VDC at 200mA through a standard USB port. Measures 2-1/4" x 17/8" x 15/16", plus the prongs. No charge indicator or circuitry, so check those charging appliances regularly. Handy and cheap. 40579 USB Adapter $2.95/each
USB Adapter
Grab some and save money. This monocrystalline solar panel in a (removable) aluminum frame measures 10-1/2" x 8-5/8" x 11/16". Rated for 12VDC at approx 280mA (5W). Noload voltage is approx 21VDC. Excellent for charging a lead-acid battery, and convenient, with leads that are over 3 feet long. 93728 Solar Panel $42.95/each
Here Comes The Sun
Bet your bottom dollar it will. Be ready for it with this nice solar cell made of glass-enclosed copper indium diselenide. Measures 2-3/8" square x 3/32" thick and is rated for 4.5VDC at 50mA. Has (2) 1" long contact strips for output; the negative strip is marked. Made in the USA. 37731 4.5VDC Solar Cell
The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow
$8.75/each
Here's a brand new selection of sealed lead-acid rechargeable batteries, for when you're pushing something a little bigger than a penlight. All batteries are all direct from the manufacturer with current date codes. All of them have (2) 3/16" wide quick-disconnect terminals on top. Stock # 93914 93912 93913 Desc 6 Volts/4.5AH 12 Volts/5AH 12 Volts/8AH Size (L x H x D) 2-3/4" x 3-15/16" x 1-13/16" 3-9/16" x 4" x 2-3/4" 5-15/16" x 3-11/16" x 2-9/16" Price/Pkg $10.95/each $20.95/each $24.95/each
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You know all those A.S.&S. catalog items that call for AG13 buttoncell batteries? Weve got ya covered. Our each is a package of (10) 1.5 volt AG13s (AKA A76s, LR44s, V13Gas, and RW82s). 92524 AG13 Batteries $1.95/each
Alkaline Batteries
So you get to pick from our new Nickel-Metal Hydride rechargeable battery bargains. You get a 4-pack of either "AA" 2600 MAH or "AAA" 1000 MAH NiMH batteries, the recommended choice for electronics, cameras, games, cordless phones and toys. 93697 93698 "AA" NiMH Rechargeable "AAA" NiMH Rechargeable $10.95/each $6.95/each
It's Your Nickel
Our each is (4) of the blue plastic "D" Cell modular battery holders, approx 3-3/8" x 1-7/16" x 1-1/8" deep without tabs. They slide together either sideto-side or end-to-end or any combination of both, with connecting tabs in both directions. Can be wired parallel or in series. Open tops. Interesting possibilities. 94271 Battery Holders $4.75/each
Build A Better Battery Pack
These super handy little tweezer-style battery testers are made for checking button-cell and 3V lithium coin-cell batteries, but they've got a wide enough spread for everything from "AAA"s to D-cells. Red and black arms designate the +/- sides, and an LED at the base lights up if the battery is good. 94595 Tweezer Testers
Tweeze Your Buttons
We like this battery charger a bushel and a peck, particularly for travel. It's a wallmount with a plug that folds out of the way and it takes (4) rechargeable NiMH or NiCd batteries in "AA" or "AAA" (ip the little tab on either side to change sizes) or (2) of each at one time. Measures 4-3/8" tall x 1-5/8" square. UL. 40964 Battery Charger $9.75/each
Low-Prole Charger
Knowledge is power in this case, battery power. Youll know from the easytoread gauge on this blackplastic handheld minitester whether a battery is good, low or needs to be replaced. The 41/4 x 23/8 x 1 testor reads AAA, AA, C, D, 9 volt, 1.5 volt button, and other sizes. 91981 Battery Tester $4.25/each
Battery Tester
Top Seller!
$2.95/each
Nice, new 6-volt lantern batteries from Ultralast, labeled for the international market. Standard 2-5/8" square x 33/16" high, standard spring tabs on top. Advanced Heavy-Duty the label says. We'll price it to save you a world of dollars, pesos and francs, Pat says. 88182 Battery 6Volt $4.50/each
Standard 6Volts
The pentapack: You pick (5) 3V lithium coin cell batteries, CR2025 OR CR2032, still in their packaging, for a price that looks like a single battery, because you're smart enough to shop here. Looking for a large quantity? Try our (20) pack for huge savings! 93242 40919 93995 CR2032 Lithium (5) Pack CR2032 Lithium (20) Pack CR2025 Lithium (5) Pack $2.25/each $5.95/each $2.25/each
Lithium Five-Fer
This is the answer to your prayers, battery-confusion-wise. The 5-5/8" dia wheel has 44 slots and holes cut to exact size of every available button-cell and coin-cell battery for watches, remote controls, calculators, cameras, mini flashlights, audio devices, key fobs, etc. Slip the battery through the smallest hole it will go through in the plastic template and actually know what size to buy without having to put the old one under a microscope to read the numbers you cant read. 94593 Battery Sizer $2.95/each
Size Matters
Generic batteries that stand up to the big boys! These are very good alkaline batteries, and they seem to last just as long as the name brands when tested against them. Our each is a pack of (1), (2) or (4), depending upon the cell size. 92294 92293 92295 92296 92297 Batteries, (4) AAA Batteries, (4) AA Batteries, (2) C Batteries, (2) D Battery, (1) 9Volt $1.95/each $1.95/each $2.75/each $3.50/each $1.95/each
Reliable Batteries
who's got the button? You do, which means you don't have to go the drugstore when your watch, calculator, camera, radio or nearly anything else stops. Be prepared for electronic quitters with this 30-pack of button cell batteries in the most popular sizes. Our each is (6) AG1, (6) AG3, (6) AG4, (3) AG5, (3) AG12, and (6) AG13 batteries. (Some devices may call these G1, G2, etc., or have other arcane codes for these same sizes.) Brand new! 93241 Assorted Button Batteries $2.95/each
Button, Button...
This phone-charger kit has a wall adapter and an auto cigarette plug adapter, both of which take the USB end of the included cable that was made to plug into now-out-of-date Samsung K3, K5 and T9 phones. Even unSung, this is a great price for (2) adapters that can use any USB cord to suck the power from a wall or dashboard and charge what you have that needs charging. 41293 Charger Kit $9.75/each
Tripartite Charger
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LAMPS & SOCKETS

Ten electrical leads with an alligator clip on each end. Each lead is about 20" long, not counting the 'gators. Vinyl coated 20-22 ga. wire with a vinyl cover over each clip. They come in an assortment of ve colors with two leads in each color. The manufacturer calls them heavy duty but we would restrict them to the light currents and low voltages you will be using in your home experiments. Our each is a set of (10). 11586 Aligator Clip Leads $4.25/each $10.95/pkg(3) 11586P3 3-Pack SAVINGS!
Clip Lead Set
You could crimp all day and all night with this assortment of (160) insulated solder-less crimp-connect wire terminals. Includes ring, male connect, female disconnect, butt connect, spade, quick-splice and bullet connectors for 10 to 22 AWG wires, color-coded for gauge. In a snap-shut translucent plastic case. 94158 Wire Crimp Terminals $9.95/each
Wire Terminals
Just plug this set of 2-contact at molded connectors into each other. (Each one has both a male and a female port.) Yes, they're on opposite ends of 10" long red and black, 16-2 AWG leads, but that's just a device to keep them together. When you're ready to hook them up, just clip those leads and get each end wired. You'll get a pack of (2) complete sets, perfect for hobbyists, tinkerers, and electronic DIYers. 39379 2-Pin Connector
Get Hooked Up!
Mini-clips (aka alligator clips) let you make your own low-voltage jumper leads, or repair broken leads on test equipment and chargers. The kit includes (2) 30 amp clips, (2) 25 amp clips, (2) 10 amp clips, (6) 2" clips and (6) 1-1/2" clips, all of which are insulated, plus (10) naked alligator clips. 92074 Clip Kit $5.25/each
28 Clips
Blacklights!!
Top Seller!
$3.50/pkg(2)
Great for Halloween parties, dances, and stimulation of any phosphorescent materials. To avoid eye damage, please do not look directly at the lament of the light. This 18 uorescent model has a 18 watt bulb and 6 ft cord for a standard 120 vac wall outlet with a switch. Great goolish fun! 89402 Blacklit, Fluorescent, 18 $16.95/each
Like blue jeans, but for wires. So you can color-code those wires instead of getting all confused. You get a 10-pack of 12" long x 9/32" pieces of heat-shrink tubing, (3) each of white and red, (4) of black. Rated for up to 600V 125C. UL. 93925 Heat-Shrink Tubes $1.95/each
Shrink-To-Fit
Who says you can't boogie to blacklight and save the planet at the same time? This standard-base compact uorescent bulb is a blacklight rated for 8,000 hours of use. It's short and curly, 5" tall including the threads (4" tall when installed) and uses 13 watts to illuminate at the equivalent of a 60-watt incandescent. 93812 Eco Blacklight $8.50/each
Bulbs For Eco-Hipsters
Our black vinyl heatshrink tubing is 1/4 dia, already cut into 2 lengths, and shrinks to half its diameter. The tubing is marked fuse link 20 ga. Youll get a package of (20) tubes. 15500 HeatShrink Tubing $0.95/pkg(20)
Shrink Tight
Converts (1) grounded outlet to (3) outlets, oriented so that the plugs you add run along the wall, not perpendicular to it. In dark green, with a 15A maximum. Indoor use only. UL. 93926 3-Outlet Tap
Wall-Hugger Outlet Tap
We're thinking DIY light xtures for these 87 lumen white 1 Watt 6-LED modules. Regulated and reversepolarity protected for voltages between 8 and 30VDC. Each measures 1" x 1-1/4" with a 120-degree viewing angle and 5" leads. You can wire multiples together using small solder pads at the end of each PC board. Just match up the numbers. And don't look directly at them. 94213 White LED Module $12.99/each
One-Watt LED Modules
$2.25/each
Why curse the darkness when you can light these 120V 30W candelabra bulbs in the electric candelabra you build. Which you can do because each bulb comes in a matching socket, dark brown, 1-1/8" tall x 13/16" dia with steel wings to compress it into a tting. Each socket is rated for up to 75W and has quick-disconnect terminals on the bottom. UL. 41323 Candelabra Sockets $3.95/pkg(6)
Light An Electric Candelabra
Neatness denitely counts. Even in wiring. Especially in wiring. End those electrical mare's nests with this 6-position barrier strip, rated for up to 30A at 600V. Comes with a clear plastic cover with access to the screw terminals and measures 3-5/8" x 1-1/4" x 5/8" with a 5/16" mounting hole at each end. Terminals are in pairs. 93962 Barrier Strip $4.75/pkg(2)
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MOTORS, BLOWERS & PUMPS

Here are the ins and outs of submersible pumps for your DIY fountain.These small electric pumps run on 24 VAC (For low energy consumption.) from the included wall outlet adapter, are rated for continuous duty, have (3) suction-cup feet, an adjustable ow control and both a straight and 90 5/16" tubing adapter. This little pump is roughly 2-5/8" x 1.5" x 2-1/4", has a 6-ft power cord with an in-line switch, and pumps 70 gal/hr @ 1 ft lift. Plug it in and go with the ow. Indoor use only. 91348 Indoor Pump $14.95/each
Submersible Pumps
Normally rated for 12VDC, this Mabuchi motor was made for electric shavers and runs just fine down to 6VDC. Draws 340mA, at 9900 rpm and stalls at 1.7A. Measures 1-1/4" x 13/16" dia with a 1/16" dia x 1/4" shaft. Connect via solder tabs. 41794 Shaver Motor
Perfect For You Little Shavers
The AquaPetz No-Fuss Fishbowl is a small plastic bowl with colorful fake fish that swim around -- sometimes. The motor shaft that moves the magnet in the 4-1/8" x 3" mock-rock base may or may not be sticky. If it is, a handy person like you could fix it pretty easily or at least use the parts -a battery case, small DC motor, belt & pulley, armature, magnet, bowl, fake fish, maybe a turtle, pebbles...the possibilities are endless. And if it's not sticky, you've got enough carefree pets to amuse two kids, for an astoundingly low price. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 41551 AquaPetz Parts $3.95/pkg(2)
Fishless Fishbowl Project
$3.50/pkg(4)
This is officially a contraption. Whether its interesting depends, of course, on your interests. Its a Vexta stepper motor that can be wired for bi- or unipolar operation (9VDC, 570mA, 61 oz/in and 6VDC, 800mA, 45 oz/in, respectively) with a 1.8 degree/step connected to a 1-1/2 dia rotary encoder that drives an 8-stage roller in a caterpillar-like fashion. Originally fed fluid down some 1/4 ID tubing. Motor and encoder have (6) leads each. The whole kit and caboodle measures 6 x 3-1/4 x 2. 41280 6VDC Stepper Motor $19.50/each
Interesting Stepper Motor
This small muffin fan from Sunon is 1-1/2" square x 3/4" mounted on a 1/1/2" square x 3-1/4" long removeable inlet that narrows to 1-3/8" x 11/16" at the intake end. Draws 800mA at 5VDC, spins approx 6200 rpm and is rated at 7.7cfm. A pair of 3/4" leads with a 3/16" Molex connector plus what looks to be a tach lead. UL. 42222 Mounted Muffin Fan $3.95/each
Mounted Mini-Muffin
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The Stephen Douglas of motors, our little giant, only 1" long x 15/32" x just over 3/8", spins at approx 45rpm. Size includes the all-metal gearbox (but not the 3/8" long x 1/8" dia attened shaft). The 6VDC motor with a 298:1ratio draws approx 5mA and stalls at 50mA. 93997 Micro -Motor
Micro-Motor
Alas, these animal toys are dead. The giraffes, elephants, zebras, boxer-type dogs (who knows?) won't work, but they'll have nice little DC motors inside, plus battery boxes and plastic gearboxes and maybe camshafts, just waiting for someone with a small screwdriver to disassemble them and give the parts and pieces a whole new life, perhaps in a clever science fair project. !WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. 40781 Animal To Disassemble $2.00/each
Animals For Parts
Rolling right along, we are pleased to offer these 2-1/2" Dia X 15/16" thick hard plastic wheels in a Smurf-blue color. (Or maybe the middle hue on a Blue Meanie) Unlike either, these have a 1/4" bore and black centers. 42216 Blue Plastic Wheels $3.95/pkg(4)
Blue Wheelies
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$15.95/each
These brand-spanking new 12VDC motors are made to move automobile seats but are willing to change. They spin at approx 190 rpm, draw 1.5A no load, and stall at approx 25A. Threaded shaft is at a right angle and is 4-1/8" x 7/16". Shaft thread is non-standard, so treat it as a smooth shaft and mount pulley or gear with a setscrew. Measures 5-5/8" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" overall, not counting the shaft, and has power terminals opposite the gearbox with (2) 1/4" mounting holes opposite the shaft. 40588 Car Seat Motor $14.75/each
Move Your Butt
Unless they're these steel bearing cups. These measure 3/4" x 2-1/8" OD, with a 1/8-inch thick wall, and a 15/16" bore, and we think they'll bear up nicely, thank you. Also called bearing cages, but we couldn't think of a pun for cages. Good metal sculpture and robotic fodder, too. 39918 Bearing Cup
Beware of Greeks Bearing Cups
Never seemed fair to nail the "lazy" tag so permanently on the "Susans" but that probably has no "bearing" on the issue. Also called turntable bearings, they are the square, at ball bearing devices YOU bolt between two at objects to achieve rotation. Like that spinning center section of a Chinese restaurant table. We had these in surplus once and they were quite popular. To our chagrin, we discovered they could be bought commercially for the same price. So we did. The 4" version is rated for a 300lb and the 12" (round) for 1000lbs. 2934 Lazy Scott Bearing, 4" Lazy Scott Bearing, 12" $2.25/each $7.95/each 21992
Lazy Scott Bearings
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Perfect for hands-on hobbyists. Foot-pedal speed controls free up your paws to do the real work. This one's for 120VAC devices, and ideal for machines using approx 200W or less. Measures 5" x 3" x 2-1/4" tall, with a 6-foot cord that plugs into the wall and a grounded female plug for your sewing machine, rotary tool, scroll saw, or, if you really make a lot of banana Daiquiris, blender. 93239 Foot Pedal Speed Control $17.50/each
Step On It
31/2 digit LCD electrical multimeter with a max reading of 1999. Measures (5) ranges of DC, (2) ranges of AC voltage both to 500 V, (5) ranges of resistance to 200K ohms, DC current to 10 Amp., diode test, transistor and battery test. A pocket sized 27/8" x 5-3/4" x 1-1/2", it comes complete with test leads and 9 volt battery. The best value for this size we have seen. 89416 Digital Multimeter $16.95/each
Digital Multimeter
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Doorbells-Are-Us. Or at least the buttons. You choose the mid-century modern white rectangular doorbell button, like the one on Rob and Laura Petri's house, at 2-3/4" X 7/8", or the classic 1-3/4" dia round brushed brassish traditional one. Both include mounting screws and installation instructions. 42212 42241 Modern Doorbell Button Classic Doorbell Button $1.25/each $1.25/each
The Postman Always Rings
120VDC powerhouse motor! Made in the USA by Johnson Motor, part # DC971(2)LG, it spins at 11,000 rpm, draws 1/2A no load and stalls over 10A. Its a brush type, but not universal so youll need a rectifier to convert the AC to DC. Motor measures 3-3/4" long x 2-1/8" dia with (2) mounting wings with 5/32 holes in line with the brushes. Output is via a 5/8 dia x 1/2 12-tooth sprocket. Typical applications include floor polishers and buffers. UL. 40884 40908 120VDC Motor Bridge Rectifier $14.50/each $3.95/each
Beefy DC
CJ called this a strange little 12VDC pull-type solenoid and he outta know. Draws approx 1/2A. Mounted on a 2 x 5/8 x 5/8 L-bracket. The plunger has a 1/16 slot, a 2-turn compression spring, a black plastic bushing and, for some reason, a vinyl sleeve which, if removed, allows for a lot more pull. Measures 2 x 1 x 5/8 overall. 41461 12VDC Pull Solenoid $4.95/pkg(2)
O Solenoid Mio
They can't ring your bell if they can't find it. This white doorbell button, for use with any standard doorbell, also has an internal lamp to light it up. Measures 3-1/2" tall x 1-1/4" wide x just under 1" thick and comes with mounting screws. 42213 Lighted Doorbell Switch $1.75/each
Doorbells In The Dark...
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If Madame Curie had owned this, she'd be alive today. (She'd be more than 140 years old, of course, but still.) Our Radex RD1503 digital radiation meter evaluates the ambient level of gamma radiation, and can detect objects polluted by beta active radioactive nuclides. It uses a Geiger counter to detect the amount of gamma radiation within 40 seconds. It indicates the ambient dose equivalent in ?Sv/h (0.05 to 9.99) and the ?Rem/h exposure dose rate on a scale of 0.1 to1.25. The values are displayed on a 1-3/4" x 1-1/8" LCD screen. The presence of each particle is indicated by a clicking sound, for quick identication of affected areas, and it has an audio alarm with 3 adjustable ranges. The unit measures 4" x 2-1/4" x 1" and comes with a detailed manual and technical certicate. Requires (2) "AAA" batteries. Made in Russia. CE. 93647 92294 Radiation Meter "AAA" Alkaline Batteries $199.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Ten Roentgens & Counting
Evaluate the RF emissions of mobilte phone, radio and TV transmission towers; wireless camera, Wi-Fi and LAN detection and installation; microwave oven leakage; and other environmental safety concerns.This handheld instrument from Sper Scientic measures radio frequency (electromagnetic frequencies above audio range and below infrared light) including oven microwaves at 2.45GHz and other RFs between 50MHz and 3.5GHz. Readout is in a 1-5/8" x 1-1/4" LCD and the measurement is between .003 - 3.999mW with .001mW resolution. Comes with a 9V battery and carrying pouch and is 5-1/4" x 2-1/4" x 1-1/4" overall. Don't stand in the kitchen without it. 94163 Microwave Meter $179.95/each
RF Microwave Meter
From Velleman, this new handheld HPS140i oscilloscope has an internal NiMH storage battery that you can charge via a USB port using the included cable. Comes with a 1X-10X probe and has a 2-5/16" LCD screen with 128 X 64-pixel resolution. 40Mega samples/second in real time, bandwidth up to 10MHz, input 1mV to 20V/DIV in 14 steps (0.1mV resolution), 250ns - 1 hr/div time base. Reads out DC, AC+DC, true RMS AC, dbM, Vpp and Vmin/max. Port for a 9VDC 200mA 4.5mm adapter. Call or email for additional specications. 94481 Handheld Oscilloscope $169.95/each
Pocket Oscilloscope
These ferrite cores measure 1/2" long x 1/2" wide with a 5/16" oblong profile and (2) 1/8" bores. They take 28AWG or smaller wires. Made in the USA. 41844 Ferrite Cores $3.50/pkg(10)
Oblong Ferrite Cores
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As seen on TV! If youve got the scratch, weve got the scratch remover. You get (2) 2-oz bottles of Fix it! for Wood from Simoniz, (1) each for light and dark finishes. Spray it on, buff it off and scratches are gone, it says, from all types of wooden surfaces. 41741 Scratch Remover $5.75/each
You Got The Scratch?
O my. It's time to restock the O-ring cabinet. You'll get (36) total, (6) bags of (6) black rubber O-rings, all 1/8" thick. Each bag will have (2) 1-3/4" OD x 1-1/4" ID and (4) 3/4"OD x 1/2" ID. Made in the USA. 41201 O-Rings $2.95/pkg(6)
O Is For Rings
Our eyeglass- and watch-repair screw kit pretty much guarantees youll have the ittybitty teeny-tiny fastener you need to fix every little thing. The 250-piece set includes a labeled assortment from 2.5mm to 4.5mm in (4) watch-screw and (8) eyeglass-screw categories. In a 3-3/8 dia rotating caddy. Try not to spill these onto a carpet. 94505 Watch & Eyeglass Kit
Under Three Cents Per Screw
$6.95/each
These cable ties are rumored to be tougher than six purchasing agents, with a tensile strength of 55 lbs. Long, too: they measure 17" long x 3/16" wide x 1/16" thick in black nylon. You get (25) in a pack. 42178 Nylon Cable Ties $1.95/each
Tensility Counts
NEW!
You could fit all of these springs in the palm of your hand, but they're still mighty handy. Steel extension springs, 1/2" long x 3/8" dia with 5/16" ID loops at each end. 42218 Extension Springs $2.95/pkg(20)
Palm Springs
NEW!
Our finest foolproof tarp clips have a screw-down system so you can tighten the teeth on the jaws until the tarp (or rope or whatever) is a prisoner forever, come wind, rain, sleet, etc, etc. Measure 3-1/4" long x 1" wide with jaws that open to a 3/8" max and a 1/2" hole at the other end for a bungee cord. In black high-impact nylon. From Tekton, our each is a 4-pack. 94707 Tarp Clips $5.95/each
Screw These
Sounds like something Robin would say to the Caped Crusader: Swiveling Snaps! But theyre just handy little steel spring snaps to hook stuff onto other stuff. You pick the carabiner-like one thats 2-7/8 long with a 5/8 ID swivel or the standard one thats 2-1/2 long with a 3/8 ID swivel. 41480 41481 Carabinerish Snap Standard Snap $3.95/pkg(2) $3.95/pkg(2)
Swiveling Snaps, Batman!
IIf you had self-adhesive feetit would be very hard to get your socks off. But if you had these little Scotchbrand self-adhesive rubber feet from 3M, you wouldn't have to worry about scratching the furniture, or things sliding off the table or desk. There are (12) in a pack and we'll send you (2) packs of white rubber pads, 1/2" sq x 1/4" thick. 39823 White Adhesive Feet $3.95/pkg(2)
Self-Adhesive Feet
Now you can have a good, strong hook without drilling any holes. This plated magnetic hook sticks to any ferrous metal surface via a 2" dia alnico magnet with a 10-12 pound pull. Handy gadget to hold a tool, towel, broom or key ring (and if the ring is too heavy, consider throwing away the keys to your 1983 Chevy, and maybe a few more). The 3/4" long Jhooks have threaded ends and are removable. Our each is a package of (2). 93933 Strong Magnetic Hooks $2.95/each
Stick 'Em Up
Dampen the slamming of drawers, protect tabletops and just make life softer and quieter with this sheet of (49) peel-and-stick, clear-rubber bumper buttons. Buttons measure .710" dia x .180" thick and are also kind of fun to peel off and stick on stuff. 40808 Rubber Bumpers $3.75/each
49 Rubber Bumpers
This solid brass padlock has a hardened steel 3/4" shackle and comes with (2) tubular keys, just like the big guys. For multiple purchases, each lock is individually keyed. Made for CODi 42219 Brass Padlock
Lock Up Your Pad, Man
NEW!
$5.95/each
Tube-O-Slipperiness. Lubricate to your heart's content with this 6g/0.21 oz tube of graphite powder. Excellent for goop-and-drip-free lock greasing. Made in the USA by Dixon/Ticonderoga. 36502 Lock Mate Graphite $2.95/pkg(4)
Slip Sliding Awa-a-ay
Our each is a set of (4) removable sink strainers with stainless steel mesh wells and at rims. The set includes (1) 41/2 dia for 21/4 drains, (1) 23/4 dia for 11/8 drains, and (2) 2 dia for 3/4 drains. 92458 Sink Strainers $1.95/each
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And why don't all ashlights glow in the dark? That's when you need to nd them! Say no more: these small, pocket- or purse-sized lights measure 3-1/2" x 1-1/8" dia, covered in glow-in-the-dark, waterresistant rubber and anodized aluminum with a push-button on the back and (9) bright white LEDs lighting the front. Run on (3) "AAA" batteries, included. The bodies glow for hours and recharge in regular room light. We've got a bright idea! Our each will include (2) ashlights, and we'll choose (2) different colors for you from our stock of lime green, teal, royal blue, urban grey, and others! 93920 GITD Flashlight 2-Pack $6.50/each
Glow-In-The-Dark Flashlights
The secret is ceramics. This 5-1/2" long precision cutter has a ceramic point that's as sharp as an Xactly knife, stays sharp longer, is easier to maneuver in intricate cutting patterns, and is nearly impossible to cut yourself with. Cuts paper and card stock easily. Pencilstyle, with a cap. A boon for crafters, and a blessing for junior crafters. 93796 Ceramic Blade $6.95/each
Super Sharp & Super Safe
This Cree R3 LED light is a mighty mite. Just 3 long x 1 dia, you slide the sleeve and the beam zooms from a flood to a dont-stare-into-this focused spot. In black anodized aluminum, its waterproof and shockproof with a glow-inthe-dark button switch and a pocket clip. Depress the button halfway when its on and it goes into a rapid-flash mode for emergency signaling. Visible for 200 meters. Five-hour life with the included AA battery and a 110K+ hour bulb life. 94661 Zoom Cree LED Light $9.95/each
Extremely Intense Flashlight
Designed to keep even the biggest guys visible, our super-safety belt is reflective bilious chartreuse with flashing red LEDs inside and measures 56" long x 2" wide. Closes with hook-and-loop fabric and runs on a pair of "AA" batteries (you provide 'em) inside the buckle/pouch. Keeps you flashing for 200 hours of continuous use and visible for up to a mile. 41827 92293 Lighted Safety Belt AA Alkaline Batteries $9.50/each $1.95/pkg(4)
What A Waist!
NEW!
This hanging ProTech Plus work light takes standard Edison-base bulbs under 100W and protects the bulb in a metal shade with a coated wire cage. On a 25foot 16 AWG cord with an illuminated 3-prong plug, the light itself is 18" tall, not counting the swiveling hook on top. It has a snap-on magnetic mount on the handle. 41860 Work Light $24.50/each
Keep Your Light In A Cage
This set of (6) tweezers is as useful as it looks daunting. The (6) stainless steel tweezers vary in size from 4-1/2" up to 7". Two of the tweezers have serated tips one is inverse, one has a slide latch and the others are straight at tip. The set comes in a clear front plastic carrying case. Good for model cars, planes or hard to reach splinters. 88366 Stainless Tweezer Set $6.95/each
Good Tweezers
This multi-position LED lamp stands 10" tall and functions as a desk lamp, hand-held ashlight, or hanging light, and runs for 20-plus hours on a single set of (3) alkaline D-cell batteries. (Will also take a 4.5VDC female center plug adapter if you've got one.) Has (20) LEDs in a 4" x 2-3/4" oval reective face that ratchets up and down. Includes a switch to choose all or just (10) of the LEDs. Silver and black plastic, its life span makes it a perfect emergency light. 93249 92296 20-LED Lamp "D" Alkaline Batteries $9.95/each $3.50/pkg(2)
Long-Life Lamp
Sounds like an Olympic figure-skating move, the standing, self-closing reverse tweezer, but it's really a tweezer that's closed until you squeeze it. It also has a frame to hold it up off a work surface, so it doubles as a vice. Ours have wooden grips and measure 6-3/8" long with serrated jaws and a 2" x 11/2" stand. You pick the 2-3/4" long curved jaws or the 2-7/8" long straight jaws. 94725 94726 Curved Reverse Tweezers Straight Reverse Tweezers $2.95/each $2.95/each
Standing Reverse Tweezer
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For laying out construction sites and parking lots, identifying plants and campsites, designing croquet lawns and gardens, marking snow-covered driveways, helicopter landing pads, rural crime scenes. The list just goes on and on. Our each is a 50-pack of 21" long thin steel rods with 2-1/2" x 3-1/4" neon red-orange plastic ags on the ends. 93505 Stakes-n-Flags $4.95/each
Stakes-N-Flags
Gadgeteers, get out your charge card. This is an instrument you absolutely have to own. It reaches down below sofa cushions, inside piggy banks, into sh tanks, and past a gallbladder. Not simultaneously, of course. The slim stainless steel alligator forceps is 11 long OA, with a 21/2 angled handle and an 81/2 reach. It has small 5/8 long serrated jaws, delicate but tight, at the very tip! Better buy an extra. We guarantee people are going to borrow these if they see them. 92452 11 Alligator Forceps $14.95/each
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Call it the best paint (and label and putty) scraper ever made. Great big nonslip padded grip, a blade holder with a thumbscrew (reverse the blade when not in use), and a 4-draw, push-button extension that takes it from 6-1/2" to 9-1/2" long. Comes with one blade installed and two extra in the handle. The scraper to have when you're scraping more than one window. From IIT. 94408 Extendable Scraper $4.95/each
The Better Scraper
The Fiskars folks say the titanium-coating on the blades on these scissors is 3X harder than steel and they ought to know, being in the scissoring game forever. You get (2) pair, (1) thats 7 long overall and (1) thats 5 long overall, with corresponding blades. Comfortable padded handles on both. 41776 Titanium Scissors $5.95/each
Weve Got Two Pair
The last set of hole saws you'll ever need. This 10-piece set of diamondencrusted core drill bits comes in a wooden presentation case (Hey, they've got diamonds on them!) and includes 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4", 1", 1-1/4", 1-3/8", 1-1/2", 2", and 23/8" dia. Shanks are 1/4" except the (2) largest, which are 3/8", and all the bits are slotted to blow out dust. Designed for cutting glass, ceramics, porcelain, ceramic and porcelain tile, limestone, slate, marble, granite, stone, berglass and other tough stuff. Don't forget to add water (not included) for lubrication. 93244 Boxed Hole Saws $59.95/each
Diamond Hole Saws Are Forever
This all-purpose scissors is the favorite of everyone at A.S.&S.: Pat uses his to cut and strip wire. C.J. uses his to slit the tape on packages. Mary Ann uses hers to open bags of pretzels. It's 6-1/4" long overall, with a very sharp 2" stainless steel blade and large, comfortable handles. (Colors will vary). It would sell for $9.95 retail if it was new, but it was used for one day to cut cloth in the assembly plant of a major car company, then discarded. Quality control is a wonderful thing. 30457 Stainless Scissors $3.95/each
Cut Right To It
Rifer les are most prized by sculptors, wood carvers, model makers and similar fashioners of precision objects. They come in a variety of at, round and triangular shapes. They are usually pointed and always have a delicate curve toward the point which makes them particularly useful for working in tight and curvy spots. We have a set of (10) in an attractive red plastic case. They are 3 x 180 mm size (about 7"), and were made in China for the King Manufacturing Co. Very nice quality at a very nice price. They can cost as much as $4.00-$5.00 apiece in regular outlets. 10955 Riffler Files (Set 10) $7.95/each
Chinese Rifers
These are the so-called miracle shears from Pakistan. They were designed for use by paramedics and others needing quickly to cut wire, light sheet metal, or other tough stuff that might stand between them and their quarry. They are normally demonstrated cutting a penny in two. Which they will do. But not as a steady diet. Lets dispel a few myths. While these are Pakistani stainless, were not talking any miracles in manufacturing. They are good for their purpose, and real handy to have in the old tool box. But their purpose isnt making pennies into 5-mil pieces, and you will twist or break them at about the same time you nd out that youve done the same thing to U.S. laws! For sheet metal or wire or shing leaders or tin cans or whatever, be our guests. 6389 Utility Shear $2.00/each
The Penny Cutters
If your beads need reaming, nothing reams beads like diamond-coated bead reamers. This quartet includes a 5" tapered tip, 3-1/2" conical tip, a 3-1/2" cylinder with a conical tip and a 4" pointed tip, all with color-coded plastic handles, and all ready to meet your most sophisticated bead-reaming needs. 94721 Bead Reamers $2.95/each
Got Unreamed Beads?
NEW!
Diamond files never wear out, hardly, unless you file diamonds with them. This 10-piece set of diamond files has an assortment of wedges, flats, points and triangle files, all 6 long overall and up 5/16 wide. If you cant find the one you need here, you probably shouldnt file the thing in the first place. 94591 Diamond Files
Diamonds Are A Boys Best Friend
$15.95/each
It's stylish, it's handy, it has a slightly menacing look to it, and-truth be toldit's a lot of fun. It's a handheld butane torch, great for everyone: in the lab, under the hood, working with circuitry, heck, a chef can even use it to amb the dessert. 6-1/4" tall, 35/8" x 2-1/4" dia base, 3-5/8" long at the top, with a textured grip, push-button start with safety, and air adjustment to control the size of the ame. Easy to ll with butane, which you'll need to do 'cause no fuel is included. 27439 Butane Torch $16.95/each
Butane Beauty
Even Grumpy would be happy if he had this very cool, stub-handled claw hammer to work with. It packs the punch of a 10-oz hammer, but is only 6" long overall, so it ts nicely in a sleepy cottage in the forest - or a studio apartment, emergency toolbox, or kitchen drawer. It's ideal for crafts, picture hanging and other dopey little jobs, but we wouldn't be bashful about using it for any hammer-type task. The manufacturer did doc the size of the drop-forged steel head a little (41/2" head to claw), but they gave it a heavy-duty frame, a contoured rubber grip, and a small magnet in the head for starting brads and nails. And we gave it a price that's nothing to sneezy at. 93434 Hammette $7.95/each
Dwarf Hammer
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Winner of this week's "What IS That?" award. It's a watch crab, also called a spanner wrench, that's designed to remove the back from watches, lenses from telescopes, and other thin, at components from whatever they're attached to. Heavy for its size, it's 1" x 2-3/4" x 3/8" thick, with sharp 1/4" prongs projecting from the edge. The prongs move from 2" to 7/16" apart as you spin the furled nut between them. An impressive tool to ash in front of your brother-in-law. If he doesn't read our catalog, he won't have a clue! 91902 Watch Crab $6.25/each
Cool Tool
This 16-piece set of watchmaker's tools are just as handy for jewelry-makers, crafters, or anyone else working with small parts. The professional watch-repair kit Includes (2) tiny Phillips-head screwdrivers, (3) diminutive at-heads, a case knife, non-magnetic tweezers, case wrench, metal/plastic watch hammer, link-pin remover, double-head pin pusher, (3) pin-punches, small needlenose pliers, and a watchband holding block. Just changing bands and batteries? Get these tools to make it a lot easier, and order a brand-new pack of 30 popular button-size batteries-(6) AG1, (6) AG3, (6) AG4, (3) AG5, (3) AG12, and (6) AG13. 93753 93824 Watch Tools Assorted Watch Batteries $14.95/each $2.95/each
Not Just For Watchmakers
So why do you want this 7piece watch battery replacement kit? Because its economical and will pay for itself in short order? Because youre so selfsufcient you would have removed your own appendix if only the ER physician hadnt been so territorial? Maybe just because you want to poke around inside a clockwork? Whatever the reason, youll like the jewelers Phillips screwdriver and knife, the spanner wrench (AKA Watch Crab), prying tool, dust brush and softplastic and needlepoint metal tweezers. Theyre in separate pockets in a plastic carrying case that can be rolled for storage or hung by its grommets. We know youll like this kit, cuz we know what makes our customers tick. 91898 Watch Battery Kit $12.95/each
Watch Tools
Wristwatch lovers will love this anodized aluminum tool that makes removing a watchband pin or link in a bracelet a snap. Works like a screw vise to compress the springs in the links or bar. Measures just under 2" long x 13/16" x 3/4". 94344 Watchband Tool $4.50/each
Watch This Work
Well, here you go. This very high-quality punch set is made for leather, faux-leather, hardboard, soft wood, paperboard, plastics and soft metals. Includes (9) sharp-edged punches (3/16", 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 1/2", 5/8", 25/32", 1", 11/4") that screw onto the heavy-duty driver. A spring-loaded guide holds the punch 3/16" above the material, ready for you to give it a whack with a hammer or the heel of your hand for a good, clean cut. Comes in a black-plastic carrying case. 92968 9 Piece Leather Punch $21.95/each
Want To Just Punch Something?
What a cool little clamp! Only 8" long overall, the jaws open to 4" when you press the release button and close incrementally as you pull the trigger. The 3/4" x 7/8" pads on the metal-and-plastic tool won't mar the surfaces they're sandwiching. Makes you want to nd something to clamp! 92041 4 Trigger Clamp $2.25/each
A Gripping Tale
Our smallest vise, and arguably our handiest around the house: call it the Jaws of Aluminum. Clamp this small table vise onto a surface up to 3/4" thick and let it be your third hand. The jaws are 1-1/2" wide and open to a maximum of 1-1/4". 94243 Aluminum Table Vise $6.75/each
Small But Bitey
Permanently mark soft metals, plastics, leather and wooden items with this excellent 38piece punch set. Imprint 3/16 characters 26 uppercase letters, numbers 0-9, a period and an ampersand. It comes with an automated, springloaded punch 61/2 long, all stowed in a permanent, moldedplastic storage case. 91983 Number/Letter Punch Set $15.95/each
Punchy
Devices used to hold spring in place, thus ensuring eternally promis-ing, but changeable and wet weather. No? How about this then: Steel grips, spring loaded to keep their tips tightly closed on whatever you chose to target. The handles and tips have been coated with a light plastic to improve grip and provide a bit of insulation. The clamp is about 4" long x 5/8" wide and opens about 11/4". They have strong grips and will crush fragile items, but do a good job of holding things while the glue dries, you do the soldering, or the materials bond. 93283 Spring Clamp, 4 $4.25/pkg(4)
Spring Clamps
Like a 300-lb Labrador for the shop. Our ceramic lift magnet is mounted in a metal housing with swivel that will attach to a standard threaded broom handle or painter's pole. Will lift approx 65 pounds, enough to retrieve microwave ovens from storm sewers or pull a small outboard motor from the bottom of a lake. Maybe. 93514 Pick-Up Magnet $9.95/each
Really Big Retriever
A really small guy who lives....Whoops! Wrong Chuck. This one is a drill or rotary tool chuck with a 1/8" shank and ts bit sizes #60-#80 to facilitate handling tools with truly small shanks. Very handy in the modeling and electronics worlds. 89759 Micro Chuck $3.50/each
Micro Chuck
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They call it the "Krazy Cutter" and it's going to make your life a whole bunch easier. It's a little 2-3/8" long x 3/16" thick teardrop-shaped paper slicer with a teensy rust- and dullness-proof ceramic blade that magically cuts through paper and plastic. Perfect for clipping newsprint, cutting wrapping paper, and opening deviously sealed packaging, including the heavy stuff if you press a bit. Even CD cases. The krazy part? Won't cut your ngers or anything else. You could run it right over your hand, press down and everything, and nothing. Really. We tried it on some expendable employees. You know what this means? You can take it on airplanes, which further means that when you get to the coast you'll actually be able to open all the packages full of the stuff you sent ahead. 92855 Krazy Cutter $4.95/each
Krazy Like a Foks
A big step up from the basic soldering iron, and much safer, our soldering station features continuously variable power between 5-40W, a 1.5mm pointed tip thin enough to use on surface-mounted components, a 4-foot cord, padded grip, iron holder, built-in cleaning sponge, and a stand-alone controller with a 5-1/2" x 4-1/2" footprint and a power switch. Grip is padded with a 3/16" dia shank. From Stahl Tools for hobbyists, do-it-yourselfers and students. 94047 Soldering Station $26.95/eac
Oh, My Little Solder Boy
It's a start. This basic tool kit, perfect for the rst-time apartment or dorm dweller, is an introduction to pounding, pulling and screwing around. Includes an 8-oz claw hammer, a pair of 6" slip-joint pliers and (2) screwdrivers, a 1/4" slotted and #2 Phillips, all in a canvas storage/belt pouch. 41486 Basic Tool Kit $12.95/each
Basic Tool Kit
This olive drab and orangeish-brown canvas utility belt is 48 long x 1/1/2 wide, with an 18 section thats 21/2 wide and will carry pretty much any tool hangers that slide onto a belt. Fully adjustable. Closes with a big snap-buckle. 94625 Canvas Utility Belt $2.95/each
Have A Belt
The manufacturer calls it the Pouch Painter, but we like "belly bucket." Whatever you call it, it frees both of your hands while you're painting so you can wipe up drips or hang on to the ladder without worrying about the paint pail. The 1-1/2 quart plastic pail has a half-circle prole with the at side gently curved to hug your gently curved tummy. It slips into a pocket on the front of the polyester apron that comes with it, and has a spill-resistant lip on the front for wiping the brush, and for keeping the paint inside when you forget and bend over. Also makes a nice hands-free snack holder. 41510 Pouch Painter w/Apron New Lower Price! $9.75/each $7.50/each
Paint Like A Marsupial!
Tightly bound, too, so it will keep the shape you use it to mimic. Measures 6" long, with approx (32) 3-1/8" pins per inch. Press them into a contour and they'll hold the shape for transferring to tile, duplicating moldings, etc. Includes an adapter plate so if you buy two gauges you can lock them together for corner angles. 93500 Contour Gauge $7.75/each
Steel Contour Gauge
Precision metal saw of the type usually known as a razor saw. It has a 41/2" long x 1" deep blade with very ne teeth and reinforcing down the spine. Complete with plastic handle. Excellent for cutting small metal tubes and strips for hobby work. 88560 Precision Metal Saw $9.95/each
Metal Razor Saw
Manual liquid transfer system. Push the plunger and siphonwell, whatever you need to siphon; we don't ask questions around here. Also functions as an air pump. You get the pump, (2) 50" long hoses and adapters for a beach ball and a standard Schrader air valve. Pump itself is 7-1/2" long and the inlet and outlet are both 1/2" ID. 94404 Siphon Pump $8.50/each
Slurpy
Trying to cut back on hobby expenditures? This incredibly priced utility knife set is x-actly what you need. Standard interchangeable blades and holders, the largest of which has an easy-grip, screwdriver-type handle. Everything is lined up in a tted plastic box with extra blades magnetically anchored. The 13piece set has (3) holders, plus assorted blades. The 48piece set has (7) holders, a wide assortment of blades, (1) tube of glue, and (1) sharpening stone. Very nicely priced. Very sharp. 91927 92264 Hobby Knives 13 Piece Hobby Knives 48 Piece $4.95/each $14.95/each
Price Cut
Before there was aerosol, before there was silicone, even before there was WD39-1/2, there were oil cans capable of squirtation. This one's a classic, red-painted steel with a squeeze-trigger for dispensing and a exible, 4-1/2" long nozzle. Holds 6 ounces. Go nd a squeaky wheel. 94327 Little Red Oil Can $4.95/each
Old-Time Oil Can
This dialed, electronic motor speed controller has full power and variable modes and is rated for 15A max at 120VAC. Comes with a 6-foot, 16AWG power cord, grounded output outlet, belt clip and a 15A fuse. Measures 4-5/8" x 2-3/8" x 1-5/8". Great for hobby tools. 94242 Motor Speed Controller $26.95/each
Motor Controller
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All together now, boys and girls, can you say BARGAIN? A bonanza assortment of (100) 1/8" shank rotary tool attachments: wheels, brushes, stones, sanding wheels, bufng pads, and sundry other stuff. All in a nice wooden box with the latch on upside down-so write "top" on the top. Is that why it's here? That, and the cardboard sleeve that tells us to heed an "importan" warning. 36142 Rotary Accessories $12.95/each
Roto-Cornucopia
Or any other part that sticks out. Make short work of lopping stuff off with this set of (10) 2" dia cut-off wheels, complete with (2) mandrels, (1) a 1/8" hobby size and (1) standard 1/4". Manufacturer recommends a 25K rpm max. 93778 Cut-Off Wheels $11.95/each
Off With Its Head
Whip any number of small things into shape with our set of (30) assorted diamond burs and bits-cylinders, ball-tips, cones and points in graduated sizes. All with 1/8" shanks and all 180 grit, in a black-plastic case with a clear top. Not the super-expensive grade 3 quality, but these are denitely grade 2 and-are you ready for this?-better than the average bur! 92767 Diamond Burs $9.95/each
Bunch of Burs and Bits
And we do mean micro. Sizes #61 to #80 (yes, that is twenty different bits) which are from 0.013 to 0.038 inches diameter!! The big boys sell a set of similar bits (carbon steel, like ours) for about $30.00!! Maybe theirs aren't from China. 89087 Micro Bits $7.95/each
Micro Bits
"Screeeeeek! Screeeeeek! Screeeeeek!" Recognize that? It's the sound of someone sawing a styro-foamal block. It's followed by the sound of a vacuum sucking up hundreds of little foam shards. Free yourself from both with this clever electric hot-knife that slides through those chunks of craft foam like a straight razor through a ripe mango. Perfect for carving foam blocks into shapes - or smaller blocks. Measures 10" long OA with a 4-3/4" long, needle-like cutting wand, heats up to 410F (so be careful), and makes screeeek-free and shardless cuts. Has a 7foot cord, line switch, safety stand, and wall-outlet adapter. 93201 Styro Cutter $22.95/each
Electric Styro Knife
Set of (5) diamond cutoff wheels and a mandrel. The wheels are 13/16" dia, the mandrel 1/8" dia x 13/4" long. Made in China, and a great buy. Just the item to complete your Dremel type tool kit. 89313 Diamond Cutoff Wheels $8.95/each
Diamond Cutoff Wheels
Hex keys with an attitude. You get (25) heavy-duty keys ranging in lengths from 11/2" to 6-1/2". SAE sizes are listed as 3/8", 5/16", 1/4", 7/32", 3/16", 5/32", 9/64", 1/8", 7/64", 3/32", 5/64", 1/16", and 0.05". The slightly shorter millimeter metric keys are listed as 10, 8, 7, 6, 5.5, 5, 4, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5 and 1.27mm. A super set for the money. 33755 Hex Key Set $6.50/each
Long, Tall Allens
Stay on the cutting edge with this sharp set of saw blades. The 13/4 dia circular blade cuts plastic, particle board, soft metal, etc. The 2 dia and 11/4 dia wood blades cut, you guessed it, wood. They each screw onto the 2 shaft with 1/8 mandrel thats included, for a maximum 8000 rpm ride on your power tool. 91891 Saw Blade Set $11.95/each
Small Saws
Short but extremely handy (like R2-D2) this stubby screwdriver is just 3" long but has a 1" dia handle and a reversible shaft with a 1/4" flat driver and a #2 Phillips head. 42171 Stubby Screwdriver $3.50/pkg(2)
Stubby, 'Kay?
Not every well-made rotary tool is a big-D. We consider this one not only a good-quality tool, but an excellent buy. The tted plastic carrying case 12" x 8-1/2" x 3-1/2" contains not only the 120VAC-powered 8,000-30,000 rpm mini grinder, but a stand with a C-clamp to mount it on a bench or table, a 3-ft extension shaft, and a good assortment of bits, grinding stones, cut-off wheels, etc, including collets to t 1/8" and 1/16" bits. The telescoping stand extends from 10" to almost 22" and holds the tool above your work, while you grind, sand, cut, etc., with the tip of the convenient, easy-to-grip, exible extension. A nice package, and a very nice gift for yourself, or for anyone who enjoys working with hobby tools. 92283 Mini Grinder 34.95/each
Rotary Tool Set
From multitool heaven comes this 5-1/2" long pocket tool with a reversible 1/8" & 3/16" flathead bit and a #0 & #2 Phillips bit that slip into a magnetized socket with a white LED that shines its little light on the screw-head in question. Also has a built-in bubble level for your multitasking pleasure, plus a pocket clip. Includes button-cell batteries, but we'd wipe 'em down and reinsert for best results. 41811 Light-Up Driver $2.95/each
We Light Up Your Screw-Head
No gas or electricity needed for this pocket-sized manual chain saw, the camper's pal. It's 30" long overall, with (82) spring-steel teeth on the 18-1/2" middle section, and canvas loop handles on each end. Imagine a cross between a sharpened bike chain and a garotte. It's easy to use (we tested it), works a whole lot faster than a hatchet, rolls up into no space at all, and stores in the heavyduty canvas belt pouch that comes with it. 93748 Hand Chain Saw $9.95/each
The $10 Chain Saw
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Nothing lasts forever, but this almost-forever amber safety light will flash until the 6V lantern battery you provide for it dies. Made by safety-conscious Brits, it flashes a tad faster than once a second and measures 8-1/4" tall on a 2-7/8" square base. Has a 3" dia fold-up loop on one side, plus a small, 3/8" wide cord-loop and a 1/4"-16 mounting nut. Might have a touch of British schmutz on it, but it's plastic so wash it off. Nice trunk item for accidents/breakdowns. 41892 Amber Hazard Light $4.95/each
Forever Amber
They'll see you coming in this hunter-orange boonie hat with a silver reective tape around the crown. Measures 14" dia overall, has a chin-strap, and is sized L-XL. Made to be a safety item in non-hard-hat areas, we like it as a hot fashion statement. Floppy, lightweight and ventilated for beach wear. Put these on your kids and you'll never lose them in a crowd. (They won't speak to you, of course, but you won't lose them.) 41082 Really Orange Hat $3.75/each
The Orangest Hat In The World
NEW!
These natural-rubber nitrile-dipped gloves from Cutlass resist oil, grease and other chemicals while their heavily textured crinkle finish provides a slip-proof grip, wet or dry. The glove itself is a two-piece cotton jersey with a canvas safety cuff. Strong abrasion and puncture resistance. Surplus factor: might be a touch over-dipped, so you may have to peel/cut some fingers apart. Yes, our each is a pair. 42020 Nitrile-Dipped Gloves $4.50/each
Get A Grip
Not for the opera, these 15" long heavy duty natural latex gloves are more like Wellington boots for your hands. The paw portion is textured so you can get a grip. You pick size 9Medium, 10-Large, or 11XL. Sensational price! Our each is a pair. 42046 42045 42026 Med Latex Gloves Large Latex Gloves XL Latex Gloves $2.95/each $2.95/each $2.95/each
Long Gloves
NEW!
This 5-pointed star, 5-1/4" from blunt point to blunt point, has (36) red LEDs inside a Fresnel-lensed red plastic housing. A magnet is embedded in each arm to hold it on your trunk or other metal surface. Set it to constant-on or ashing, as a super-bright warning light. Or stick it on top of a tree (tie a piece of ferrous metal to the top branch rst) and it's a mighty festive holiday ornament. You supply (3) "AAA" batteries. 94235 92294 Star Safety Light "AAA" Alkaline Batteries $7.95/each $1.95/pkg(4)
Safety Star
These barely tinted safety glasses with gray/beige translucent plastic frames are ANSI-rated GPT Z78. The frames have guards on the temples and measure 5-1/4" across. Bonus: there's simply nothing as hot at the moment among the fashionista safety glass crowd as this 1970s-aviator style. They're ying off the shelves at our machinists' supply center in Milano. 41040 Retro Safety Glasses $2.95/each
Retro Safety Glasses
These are the Best gloves. No, really, they're from Best, and they're from from their Duz-all line. In XL only, with a rough PVC coating all the way to the wrist, a cotton jersey lining and elastic cuffs. Our each is, duh, a pair. 42024 PVC Gloves
Our Best Gloves Do It All
NEW!
$3.50/each
We won't say magic, what with Science being our middle name, but these cut-resistant, composite-yarn technology gloves are pretty mystifying. In cobalt blue, our each is a pair of ambidextrous gloves, so it's a two-fer since you only wear one on your nonslicing hand. They're not punctureproof, of course, so no stabbing please, but Barb, our Director of Accounting & High-Speed Fish Gutting, was unable to slice into them. You pick the large or XL. Made in the USA by Best. 42038 42283 Large Cut-Resist Gloves XL Cut-Resist Gloves $7.95/each $7.95/each
Hang On To Your Fingers
NEW!
Super-long Q-type tips are for people who dont want to get too close to their ears. Actually, these are tech swabs with cotton tops and wooden sticks for lab work, so leave your ears out of it. Good for other body parts, though, and for too many craft applications to list. You get (3) packs, for a total of (300) 6-1/4 long fuzzy-topped sticks. 94594 Long Cotton Swabs $3.75/pkg(3)
King Of The Cotton Swabs
Sandpaper strips in assorted grits. You get (3) packs of (6) pieces each, (18) strips in all, 9" long x 23/4" wide: (6) each at 80, 220 and 400 grit, which is just ne. Made in the USA for those handy palm sanders. 40085 Sandpaper Strips $3.75/pkg(3)
True Grit
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These tubes of rubber cement are small (3/8 fl oz each) but with (3) to a pack, youll have one for the garage, one for the basement workbench, and one for the kitchen junk drawer. Use them for tire patching, and other vinyl and rubber repairs. Keep all (3) out of the reach of children. 28972 Rubber Cement $2.25/pkg(3)
Glueteus Maximus
Wire glue-the solution when you can't nd the soldering iron, don't want to bother, are out in the woods, don't quite trust a fthgrader with a hot gun, can't reach the connection with both hands, whatever. This stuff conducts low voltage AC and DC circuits in a permanent bond and is easy to use. Our high-tech support group suggests that a toothpick is a good way to apply it. Cures overnight. Our each is a 0.3 oz/9ml jar. 92838 Wire Glue $4.95/each
Soldering Gun in a Jar
Yes, you can epoxy rocks. Use Simple-Fix Metal & Concrete Epoxy with Kevlar bers, in an easy-tosqueeze double syringe so theres no measuring. You get 1 oz, good on cement (and rocks, we assume) plus iron, steel, stainless steel, aluminum and brass. Can be drilled, machined, lled and painted. Resistant to high heat, water, oil and solvents. Sets in 20 minutes, cures in 2 hours and fully cures in 12 hours. 41097 Metal & Concrete Epoxy $4.50/each
Epoxy Rocks
Syon(tm)"Lubit-8" oil with teon for small jobs like power tools, sewing machines, shing tackle, locks and toys. Comes in a pen like tube with needle point applicator built in for drop-at-a-time precision. Great stuff in the slippery department and handles temperature extremes, -70F to +200F, with ease. As they say, "One drop does the job." 89306 Super Oil, w/Teon $3.95/each
Lubit-8
Heavy-duty duct tape made by a heavy-duty manufacturer, but it still won't, according to CJ, our maitre d'tape, leave an ugly residue. This tape is black and just a skosh under 2" wide. You get a 35-yard roll. 41941 Heavy-Duty Duct Tape $7.95/each
Gaffers' Tape
This burnt-orange silicone splicing tape is 1" wide x 1/32" thick and you stretch it to make it stick to itself. How does it do this? Nobody knows-there are some things we just have to learn to accept. You get a 30-foot length on a 1" core spool, plenty to do what Pat does, which is to wrap his bats with it. 42138 Silicone Tape $9.50/each
Stretch-N-Stick
Traditionalist alert: If you use a folding rule, you need the Sure-Mark, a handy adapter that slips on the end and lets you mark, scribe or cut accurately without destroying the rule. Fits standard 5/8" wide folding rules. Made in Germany. 42163 Sure-Mark $1.95/pkg(3)
Folding Rule Helper
NEW!
Small, but mighty useful if you need a tiny tap and die set for threading wire or stripped screws. The micro set has a 31/4 long die plate and 14 taps (sizes 7 through 20 read 0.7 mm through 2.0 mm), and a mighty attractive price. A little oily in its vinyl storage pouch but its all steel, after all, and has to safeguard its complexion. 92197 Micro Tap/Die Set $12.95/each
Tap/Die Set
A Gardner Bender pocket stud nder for locating those elusive wood or metal framing members in walls up to 3/4" thick. They're 5-7/8" long, with pocket clips, LED indicators, and durable ABS housing that will stand up to rough-andtumble life in a toolbox. The standard #GSS500 Stud Seeker light indicates both edges of a stud. Powered by (4) included button cells. 36928 Stud Seeker $5.75/each
Yo, Studs.
These little brushes are made for cleaning tracheostomies, but they're dandy for any use on small bores. (Large bores you can just ask to leave.) Brushes measure 5-3/4" long overall with 1/2" dia x 1-1/2" long nylon bristles. We're thinking bottle brush for baby-bottle nipples, salt- and pepper-shaker necks, and all of AS&S's tiny bottles. 40299 Small Bore Brush $3.50/pkg(20)
Small-Bore Brush
Electronics. The best thing that ever happened to calipers. Save your eyesight and measure accurate outside and inside dimensions with this digital instrument. Powered by an included button-cell battery, it measures up to 6 inches in .001 increments or 155 millimeters in .01 increments. Hardened stainless steel, 9-1/4" x 3" OA, with a locking vernier, it comes with a nice sturdy storage case and extra battery. 93237 Digital Calipers $19.95/each
Digital Calipers
You get a nice, toolbox sized, teardropshaped chalk line box with a folding crank and 100 feet of cord. Box measures 5-3/8" x 7/8" x 1-1/8" thick. We'll pick one in red, orange or white. All you add is the chalk, available at your neighborhood hardware store. 42164 Chalkless Line $2.95/pkg(2)
Chalkless Chalk Line
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She told you not to tighten that screw any farther. Good thing you can whip out your set of (2) 7 screw removers, one slotted and one Phillips. The invaluable tools let you remove those stripped, damaged and broken screws. They have blackplastic contoured handles with metal ends, the better to hammer them into the broken screws. Pound in, twist out. Its a magical thing.
91869 Screw Remover Set $7.95/each
Screw Removers
Stop wrapping duct tape around your vise, and protect delicate material the right way with this pair of hard-rubber, ribbed pads made to cover the jaws. The pads have (2) rare earth magnets embedded inside the rubber. Made for a 4" vise, they measure 4-1/2" long x 1-1/8" high x 3/8" thick with a lip along one long side. The rubber is 3/32" thick. 37275 Rubber Vise Pads
Soft Jaws
Call it the crescent wrench made easy. The Adjustable Rapid Wrench is a 10 crescent wrench with a padded handle and a special tooth in the jaw so it ratchets back or forward, which means you dont have to keep taking it off the nut and putting it back on while it keeps getting looser and not fitting so you just have to adjust it all over again, which drives us nuts, too, or did until now. Jaws open to 1-1/2. Plus you get a bonus 4-draw, 18-1/2 long swivel-head magnetic pick-up tool, for when you do the last few turns with your fingers and drop the bolt. 41807 Ratcheting Crescent $6.95/each
Ratchety Wrench
I sing of arms and the man. Actually that was Virgil, but we're singing the praises of these D-Flex cut-resistant sleeves, which will keep any man, or woman, from slicing an arm off. Made of super-light "stainless-steel engineered" cutresistant fiber, they slide over your arms and protect it from getting cut or ripped to shreds. Measure 19" long. You pick the medium, which is on the small side, we think, with cuffs at both ends; or the large, with a cuff at the bottom and an adjustable hook-and-loop closure at the biceps end. 42267 42268 Medium D-Flex Sleeve Large Adj D-Flex Sleeve $7.50/each $7.50/each
Arma Virumque Cano
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$12.50/each
You like holes but you never seem to have enough of them. We feel your pain. You can bore all the holes you want with these 80-grit diamond hole saws. They have 1/4" shanks and are 2" long. You get (1) at 1" dia and (1) at 1/2" dia. All you need is your own drill but as a hole lover you've got drills to spare. 94720 Diamond Hole Saws $7.95/each
Hole Lot Of Diamonds
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Carpet tape is actually uncoated double-sided duct tape, used to stick rugs down, or anywhere you need to stick stuff to other stuff. This roll is 1-1/2" wide x 42 feet long on a 3" core. Beige-ish color, after the backing is peeled off, but it really doesn't matter, since you won't see it (unless you make a prom dress out of it, but then you wouldn't be able to get out of the limo). 94538 1-1/2" Carpet Tape
Carpet Tape
In answer to our fervent prayers, we have finally found a source for yellow plastic ducks with tape measures inside. Looks like your standard tub-duck, but pull the tab in his nether regions and it's a 40" long (1 meter +) tape measure, graduated in 1/16". The release button is under the duck, which measures 2-1/2" long. And yes, it's called a Duck Tape. 94702 Duck Shaped Tape Measure $2.95/each
42-1/2 Inches, Counting The Duck
Multi-use tools make us happy. This reversible ratcheting 1/4" driver is 7-1/8" long and stores a total of (12) flat, Phillips, Torx and hex bits plus a 2-1/4" extension in a carrier that stores inside the handle. At the end of the extension is a 39"/99cm spring steel tape measure so you don't have to go looking for one. Nice big, easy-to-twist grip, too. 42261 Multi-Driver $9.75/each
The Measuring Screwdriver
NEW!
$2.95/each
When a saber saw and a router get jiggy, the offspring is a cut-out saw, capable of things neither parent is good at. Cut-out saws use spiral bits to make precise cuts in drywall, plywood, plastic and laminates. Ours is from Clarke and has a thumbwheel speed adjustment (15K to 30K rpm), both 1/8 and 1/4" collets, depthgauge lock, and cutting guides for electrical boxes and circles from 4" to 12" dia. Includes 1/8" and 1/4" drywall bits and a collet wrench, and will accept RotoZip accessories. Measures 9-3/8" x 5-3/8" x 3" with a 6-foot power cord. 40195 Cut-Out Saw $29.95/each
Now Cut That Out!
This mini version has all of the big guy's abilities on a slightly reduced scale. The benchtop drill press measures approx 15" tall overall on a 6-1/2" x 9" x 1" cast-iron base with a 15/16" dia x 11-5/8" tall column. Max working distance is approx 6". Chuck opens to 5/16", throw is 3/4". It's 120VAC, and has (3) speed ranges, up to 5000, 6,500, and 8000 rpm. Includes (2) Allen wrenches, chuck key, and, believe it or not, an instruction booklet that is easy to understand. 93984 Mini Drill Press $74.95/each
Son Of A Drill Press
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The E-Library
We're thinking you'd need about 375 feet of bookshelves to store the books in this digital library, or 500 briefcases to carry them with you on vacation. Instead, this 1" x 1-1/2" x 3/8" thick plug-in drive, cleverly shaped like a teensy book, has the text of 3,000 classics for less than half a cent each, including Huckleberry Finn, Black Beauty, Great Expectations, all of Sherlock Holmes, a bunch of Charles Dickens and thousands of others in standard E-book format. All you need is a USB port and Windows 7, XP, SP2, or Vista (sorry, no Mac version). And be careful, it's not edit-protected, so hit the wrong key in A Tale of Two Cities and you could erase the French Revolution. 94758 Digital Library $12.95/each
Made to get middle-schoolers into the kitchen, this largely food-related experiment paperback includes Erupting Volcano Cake, Stegosaurus Salad, Clone Your Face Gelatin Mold, Swimming Cucumber Shark, Pulsating Popcorn, Dancing Raisins and others more and less alarming, but all in good fun. Runs to 80 pages with more than (55) experiments and/or recipes. 42299 Experimental Cookbook$2.95/each
Special Effects Cookbook
Pretty Plastic Slinkers

Springy plastic slinker toys are safer than the steel version for tots, prettier, and a whole bunch cheaper. You pick the red, apple-shaped spring; the hot pink slinker; or let us pick some in navy blue, red or purple.All measure approx 3" dia x 2-1/2" tall when not slinking. 42353 42354 42355 Red Apple Slinker Hot Pink Slinker Assorted Slinkers $2.95/pkg(5) $2.95/pkg(5) $2.95/pkg(5)
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Go graph something. You get (2) packs of (100) sheets of 8" x 10-1/2" graph paper with (larger than usual) 1/4" squares in fashionable blue ink. (Blue is the new black again.) 42183 BlueGraph Paper $3.95/pkg(2)
Graph It!
P.O. Box 1030
This 7-1/8" long, lightweight diamond file has a slim, easyto-grip plastic handle, and a 33/4" long x 3/8" wide (average) tapering, diamond-dusted surface on both sides. Thin enough to look more like a fingernail file than a tool, and flexible enough for those hard-to-file surfaces, it's handy to have around. As a bonus, the tip is cut like a flat-head screwdriver...but we wouldn't. 41739 Diamond File
Diamonds Are A File's Best Friend
Skokie, Illinois 60076
$3.75/pkg(3)
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