
Drummers, tighten up your flight cases. Hikers, tighten down your packs. Our each is a bag of (30) typical 5/16" dia stretch cords with metal hooks at the ends, (10) of each size: 12" red, 18" blue, and 24" green. Stretch your imagination, count all the stuff you tighten with a bungee cord, and you'll still have some left over. Good thing, the way you keep losing them.
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91972 BUNCHA BUNGEES |
See psychedelic patterns the safe way! Press your hand on this 6" x 6" sheet of liquid crystal and leave a print of swirling colors that, like the mood ring of yore, you can use as a sign of your mood. The pattern will blend and fade in seconds as the crystals react to temperature. Tiny liquid crystals inside the film-like material react to heat by changing colors. As science, it demonstrates the way liquid crystal displays work. And you can cut it into pieces to incorporate into a science project. Or just leave it out for guests to play with when the party turns boring.
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91582 LIQUID CRYSTAL SHEET |
Enough balls to make a beauty of a bearing! The 5/16" dia steel balls arrived in a case pack marked Grade 500. We don't know what it means, either, but we're very impressed with their potential! Bonus! Some may even have some light rusting.
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34900 5/16" STEEL BALL |
Black, round, 16" dia x 3/16" thick, made from nicely sail-able closed-cell foam. This is the very same portable black hole used by Wile E. Coyote in numerous adventures. New, from ACME®. (Has many other uses, of course, but be aware that roadrunners will, in fact, run off with these.)
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37941P3 BLACK FOAM CIRCLE | |
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37941P20 BLACK FOAM CIRCLE, BULK |
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.
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89326 ALNICO BAR MAGNETS |
Ceramic magnets can be quite powerful and have excellent resistance to demagnetization. These rectangular ones are no exception. Add the power of surplus and we'll give you these mighty-mites for bargain prices. This 3-lb-pull guy is 1-7/8" x 7/8" x 3/8" thick, for mounting bigger pix, we figure.
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10584 3-LB CERAMIC MAGNET |
Absurd strength in this rare earth magnet proves once again that size doesn't matter. Half the size of your pinky nail, the 3/16" x 3/8" x .05" thick magnets can lift 7 oz. of steel and are polarized on their ends not on their flat sides. It's .5 grams and strongest on its ends. Great for use with reed switches. Very, very bad to have around credit cards.
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32436 MICROMAGNET |
Our emergency tow strap (think boat-trailer in a ditch) retracts into a 5" dia x 2-1/2" thick spring-loaded housing. The 1-1/4" wide x 3/16" thick strap pulls out to 10-1/2 feet long with steel carabiner-style hooks (3" x 2-1/8" with 3/4" jaws) with keepers at each end. Rated for 4,000 lbs towing capacity, but figure a workload max of approx 1,300 lbs. The high-impact ABS case with the retractable mechanism handles abuse, and keeps the strap taut, much like those retractable dog-walking leads -- so it's also perfect for taking your pet rhino for stroll.
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39309 RETRACT-A-STRAP |
Nothing says crafts like genuine Styrofoam™ balls-older than glue guns, more fun than a barrel of sequins-and you can't have too many. Our each below are packages of (16) 1" dia, (12) 2" dia, (6) 3" dia, (2) 4" dia.
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92692 1" FOAM BALL, PKG(16) | |
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92693 2" FOAM BALLS, PKG(12) | |
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93523 3" DISC | |
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92694 3" FOAM BALL, PKG(6) | |
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93524 4" DISC, PKG(3) | |
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92695 4" FOAM BALL, PKG(2) | |
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93522 ASSORTED BALLS, PKG(8) |
Mica composite, to the purist. Nominal 1/16" thick, although it may be as thin as 1/32". 1–3/4" x 2". Use it as an electrical insulator in the lab, split it and combine it with cellophane to make colors and polarize light, replace the window in your wood stove, or make “isinglass curtains that roll right down” for your model surrey!!
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24208 MICA,MED |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Another gem plucked from the A.S.&S. mirabilia. The shape and size of a hen egg, this opaque stone (or matte-finished glass - we're 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.
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91901 MAGIC STONE EGG |
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