
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Right after you build your own working medieval catapult or trebuchet. All you'll need is glue, scissors and a steady hand (plus a small bag of marbles or rocks or something as a counterweight for the trebuchet) to construct these wooden, Canadian-made siege engine kits. The catapult stands 6" tall x 5" wide x 10" long and will toss assorted stuff 15 feet or farther, depending upon the stuff. The finished trebuchet will be 26" long x 18" wide x 24" tall and will propel small objects (meatballs?) 20 feet or more. Both include detailed instructions. Note: Please don't propel small mammals, and please don't put anyone's eye out.
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92886 MODEL CATAPULT | |
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92887 MODEL TREBUCHET |
Or the Swanee whistle. Whatever you call it, this little slide whistle (just consider it the smallest trombone in the universe) has an outsized musical history. No elevator has ever fallen in a cartoon without its accompaniment, and no jug band is complete without one, but Louis Armstrong also played one on his Hot Five recordings, and Ravel even required one in an opera score. In assorted plastic colors with a steel slide, 6-7/8" long x 1/2" dia.
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93011 SLIDE WHISTLE |
It's stylish, it's handy, it has a slightly menacing look to it, and-truth be told-it's a lot of fun. It's a handheld butane torch, great for everyone: in the lab, under the hood, working with circuitry, melting copper and other metals; heck, a chef can even use it to flambé the dessert. 6-1/4" tall, 3-5/8" 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 flame. Easy to fill with butane, which you'll need to do 'cause no fuel is included.
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27439 BUTANE TORCH |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
KLEE-klik it says when you push the back of this little metal toy with the picture of a cricket on it. Sounds something like a real cricket, and just like the brass versions that U.S. paratroopers carried on D-Day for communicating in the hedgerows around Ste. Mare Eglise. Also just like the one Sister Mary Inviolata used to coordinate precision kneeling/standing exercises during our Confirmation practice, which was only slightly more organized than D-Day. You will get (6) cricket clickers for $2.95.
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93082 CRICKET CLICKER |
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.
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37731 4.5 VDC SOLAR CELL |
Reduce recycling space with this wall-mount 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.
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23024 CAN CRUSHER |
The manufacturer calls the model the Keeper®, perhaps because this new lithium thionyl chloride battery was made for a memory backup system. Also used in GPS systems and others, all of which explains the 15-year shelf life. Measures 1-7/8" long x 1" dia and is rated at 3.6VDC 8500mAH. Has 3/16" wide x 3/4" long axial solder tabs. Polarity is marked on the case. Not rechargeable. Great for robotics.
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37506 3.6V LITHIUM BATTERY |
In black. Our selection of wire ties will tie things up, tie them down, or bundle all those errant wires into a nice neat package-and make that satisfying zzzziiiiiiiip sound while they're at it. We love that sound. You pick a pack of (100) ties 7-3/8" long x approx 3-16" wide with 50-lb tensile strength for bundles up to 1-3/4" dia; or 14-1/2" long x 3/16" wide with 50-lb tensile strength for bundles up to 4" dia. All UL.
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93188 14" CABLE TIES | |
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93187 7" CABLE TIES |
Call it our Gold Collection. Video cables from Acoustic Research®. The S-Video cable is a 6-foot, 75 OHM patch cable with a filter on one end, gold-plated connectors, (6) layers of Mylar®, copper and Teflon® shielding, and silver-coated copper conductors. Sold for $32.95 by people who don’t love you as much as we do.
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37756 S-VIDEO CABLE |
"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 410°F (so be careful), and makes screeeek-free and shardless cuts. Has a 7-foot cord, line switch, safety stand, and wall-outlet adapter.
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93201 STYRO CUTTER |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A DIY bat habitat. Build your own wooden country house for the world's finest skeeter-eaters. This 6-piece kit is unfinished pine and will result in a bat house that measures 17-1/2" tall x 5-1/2" wide x approx 4-1/2" deep. Comes with nails, you add wood glue and a hammer (and the bats) for this kid's first project from Woodcraft®.
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89626 BAT HOUSE KIT |
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