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Celestial Inspiration
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
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 |
They're Corkers!
Natural cork, right from those strange trees, in perfect discs and rings. We're thinking pads, gaskets, bumpers, arts and crafts projects, insulators, or all-natural, metal-detector-safe jewelry. You pick from 1" dia discs 3/8" thick, or 2" dia discs 1/4" or 3/8" thick; or from 2" OD x 1" ID rings that are 1/4" or 3/8" thick; or 3" OD x 2" ID rings that are 1/4" or 3/8" thick. Note that the Thins (below) are 1/4" thick, and the Thicks (below) are 3/8" thick. Got that?
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38887 1" CORK DISC, THICK | |
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38886 2" CORK DISC, THICK | |
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38891 2" CORK RING, THICK | |
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38889 2" CORK RING, THIN | |
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38890 3" CORK RING, THICK | |
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38888 3" CORK RING, THIN |
Aluminum Tube
What can you do with a thin aluminum tube? The question should be what can’t you do with a thin aluminum tube. It's flexible, it's thin, it's aluminum, it comes in a variety of lengths and thicknesses. What it's for is up to you. Here are the specs: #27529 is 10 feet long,.044” OD, .040” ID. #27416 is just 3–1/2” long, .048” OD, .042”" ID.
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27529 ALUM TUBE, 10 FT |
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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” dowels.
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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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Catch This!
Perhaps it isn't exactly a ring, but how can we resist calling it that? The 1/2" wide x 1/16" thick circlet of brass does have a raised 1/4" ring on its outer face. Its inside dia is 2-3/8" on one edge, 2-5/16" on the other, leaving a narrow lip halfway between, perhaps to seat a lens. So maybe it's a bracelet for someone with very small hands, or the brass trim for your handmade spyglass. At the very least, it's a free ride on the merry-go-round.
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34136 BRASS RING |
Oh. Rings!
Yes. O-rings. In black, fairly firm, closed-cell rubber, 3" OD x 2-1/2" ID x 3/4". If you don't have any unmet gasket needs, these also make nice bowling ball stands, ring-toss supplies, tires for custom-made wooden toy wheels, and perfect spill-preventing stabilizers around the bottom of large styrene coffee cups on copywriters' desks.
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38496 O-RINGS |
Tongue Too Happy?
You'll need some tongue depressors. You couldn't beat these with a stick-these familiar little wooden slats, 6" long x 3/4" wide x 1/16" thick, ideal for model-making, gardening (Where'd we plant the radishes, Marge?), crafts and school projects. Use them as coffee stirrers that will actually stir something, dip them for pocket-sized paint samples, use 'em as campfire or fireplace starters. Our each is a pack of (50), individually paper-wrapped, which is not to say sterile.
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36207 TONGUE DEPRESSORS |
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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 |
Self-Adhesive Donut
A two-layer foam ring with a sticky side, 4-3/4" OD, 1-1/4" ID, 3-3/16" thick. If the stickum is the bottom, the middle layer is dense black foam and the top is squooshy yellowish foam. Originally part of a hose attachment system, these things might make good bumpers to protect your head and the brick wall from damaging each other when it's pounding time.
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27095 FOAM ROUNDS |
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Domer
These 3/4” thick wooden bases are perfect dome–holders. The 5” dia dark–brown base is formed from pressed wood chips, but it has a decent finish, and you wooden want to pass it up just because it had a flakey childhood. Its 5/16” wide groove will hold a 3–1/2” ID dome, and it has (3) flat rubber discs on the bottom to protect your furniture tops.
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33376 5" WOODEN BASE |
Flat Marbles
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-This toy is or contains a marble. Not for children under 3 yrs.
They look like glass marbles that were dropped on a cold slab when the glass was molten. Hence they have a flattened blob shape, about 1/4" thick and as big as 1" x 3/4" or as small as 1/2" dia. across. All are translucent. Talented folk use them in flower arrangements, to fill a jar or glass as decoration or for similar tasteful purposes. The rest of us use them for joke marbles, non-jumping tiddlywinks and board game pieces. Our each is a bag of (100) marbles.
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89919 AMBER FL MARB |
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