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Celestial Inspiration
The planets. You can own them. These wood balls with holes drilled in them (but not through them) were meant to be planets and moons for a solar system model. Do it yourself. You and your kids will learn a lot more than if you bought a kit that does all the thinking for you. Some balls are painted bright colors, some are varnished natural wood. Most have at least one 1/4" hole, some have smaller holes. They could also be joints and/or finials for some kind of dowel construction. Nothing to stop you from drilling new holes for a truly custom project.
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27124 BALL, 1" DIA | |
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27122 BALL, 1-1/2" DIA | |
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27120 BALL, 2" DIA | |
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27126 BALL, 3/4" DIA |
Metals-Chunks, Strips & Bits
This time, it's metals. We've rounded up a group of metal pieces from the surplus world. And we've whacked them into bite-sized pieces that fit into your parts drawer and our shipping boxes. Unhappily, we wind up with a lot of time in these things, so the prices aren't in the "Virtually Free" category. But we're confident that they're a good 50% below comparable Hobby Shop prices, and a staggering savings over a conventional metals distributor with their cutting and minimum charges. We like to think of surplus as a material resource. In the case of tubing, Thickness refers to the tubing wall - OD means outside diameter - ID means inside diameter.
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24446 ALUM. AMGLE | 1/2" x 1/2" x 22" | 1/16" | Details |
A Few Good Dowels
A good dowel is always a good buy, and we’ve got some good dowels at great prices! These wood dowels come from the Southeast Asian ramin tree (not related to the ramen noodle). It’s a hardwood, a very nice blonde color and moderately heavy. The dowels are strong, stainable, and warp–resistant. All are 12” long; a package is (22) 1/8” dia dowels, (10) 1/4” dia, (5) 1/2” dia or (2) 1” dia dowels.
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91023 12" DOWEL,1" DIA | |
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91021 12" DOWEL,1/2" DIA | |
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91019 12" DOWEL,1/4" DIA | |
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91017 12" DOWEL,1/8" DIA |
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Absorbing Junior
When the dinky self-sticking pads you can get at the hardware store just aren't enough.... Our black neoprene rectangles are 1-1/4" x 3-5/8" x 7/16" thick. The self-adhesive foam pads cushion impacts, reduce vibrations, absorb shocks. Sounds like a perfect gift for the parents of a teen-aged male, but don't pass up the chance to own (10) of these great little pads yourself!
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34678 FOAM RECTANGLE |
Sooo Trading Spaces®
Using these 2-1/8" x 5" dia shapes can be a designer's challenge, but they are extremely cool! The flattened spheres have a dazzling deep rosé -- or maybe light merlot -- metallic finish, and a pattern of concentric circles on one side. Each opens to reveal (6) dividers, a divine design that lets you use them as segmented, decorative storage boxes but gives them the strength to be what they are -- furniture feet for a modern chair or sofa. (They're made of the same heavy plastic as many of our replacement wheels, and each comes with a 2-1/8" long x 5/16"-8 hex bolt that fits through the molded center. Handy if you decide to attach 4 or 5 dozen to your family room wall!) We can hear it now. "Honey, while you were out I decided to spruce up the place...."
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34774 HIGH FASHION FEET |
What Wood You Do?
We're pretty sure this was meant to be part of a classy golf umbrella, but the sculptured, varnished, light-wood handle 5-1/2" x 1-1/4" dia OA still opens a world of possibilities. With the 1/4" bore that runs completely through it, you could make a jump rope or any kind of pull. With (1) flat end for it to stand on, and the other, more-rounded end, you could build tiny totems or curvy dolls. Ourselves, we're trying to decide between starting an umbrella business, or staying home to play miniature tenpins. What to do? What to do?
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36050 WOODEN HANDLE |
Suckers
Kudos to the customer who knows what these are. (Quick - cover up the rest of this write-up while you look at the picture!) They're big oval suction cups of solid but flexible white rubber. Molded cylinders rising from them are about 1" deep x 1-1/4" od. The insides are threaded, a standard plunger size. The double sucker with (2) cylinders is 4" x 7-1/4". The triple, with (3), is 4-5/8" x 9-3/4". Candle holders for sailboats? Antler holders for reindeer costumes? Dime collectors for dashboards? Okay. Okay. They're made to grab onto the bottom of a bar sink and hold fat brushes with threaded handles. A quick twist of an upside-down beer glass, and it's washed. We liked the antler idea better.
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33971 DBL HOLDER | |
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34076 TRIP HOLDER |
Attention, Ukrainian Artists!
At last! The pysanka display device you've been looking for! Balance each magnificent Easter egg in a 1-7/16" OD ring, 5/8" thick, with a 13/16" bore. The heavy ring looks like unglazed white ceramic and provides a stable, attractive base for the egg. If you're not into pysanky, the ring lends itself to countless other craft or decorative uses. If what you're into is electricity, you recognize this as a teflon core ring, and you know what to do with it -- sell it to the nearest Ukrainian.
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34839 WHITE RING |
Seven Rings
Wood rings, painted white, 1/2" thick, 2-5/8" OD. Each has a tiny hanging loop (easily removed) on the outside. Endless craft applications, of course, as well as a unique and organic way to mark the passage of time. We'll send you a ring for each day of the week.
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27738 WHITE WOOD RINGS |
Lord Of The Rings
Or the Prince of ErrRings, anyway. These big steel rings run very nearly circular, maybe a touch off-round, which is to say not geometrically perfect but who among us is? Made of 5/16" thick non-stainless steel, each is approx 11" dia. Metal sculptors, magicians, crafters, people with hacksaws and really big keys, or anyone with metalworking tools will find myriad uses for these puppies.
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36976 STEEL RING |
Skewered
Thread those kabobs. Stake those tiny plants. Experiment with poisoned darts for your South American blowgun. We have nicely pointed 12" x 3/32" dia wooden skewers - the same kind you see at your local supermarket - in sealed bags of (50). Cheap enough that you can afford to put real meat on your shish.
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33517 12" SKEWERS |
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