That’d be tough to heal, but easier if you had this box of (24) rolls of 1/2” wide x 10 yards of latex-free, transparent surgical tape. (We did the math.) From Select® Medical Products.

Even gnomes think of these guys as gnomes. This is a cute little 8-piece polyresin garden gnome set, but if you don’t have a garden, or don’t want one, this collection would be gnomely cute wherever you want to put it: in your model train layout, on your fireplace mantle, in your kitchen window, you know. Set comes complete with a 1-1/2” gnome, 1-5/8" mushrooms, a 2-1/4" x 1-3/8" gate, 2-1/4" stone path, 7/8" turtle and frog, 3-1/2” tall hut, and a 2-1/2” signpost with an even smaller gnome resting under it.

From the Chinese military, this olive drab canvas recon chest rig is made for carrying SKS rounds. We think it’d also be great for fishing lures, balloons (if you’re a balloon artist or a water-balloon tosser), various nails and screws, bolts and washers and probably a hundred other uses. Business part measures 24" wide x 5-3/4" with (6) 4-1/4” deep pockets, (2) at 2” wide and (4) at 1-1/2” wide, all with flaps that close with little wooden toggles. Fits via adjustable crossed shoulder straps. We also think it would hold a nice assortment of snacks for hands-free hiking.

We know, we know--we shouldn’t be so judgmental, but this cat bed is fleece-lined and round, 13” dia x 6-1/2” tall, in a navy blue tuna-can design with a silver lid that’s permanently half opened, for better cat coziness. The dopey part is that the front has a fish on it and the words “Fresh Tuna.” Luckily, most cats can’t read, or prefer not to. If you don’t have a cat, you could store cans of tuna in it.

Shibusa Studio has miniaturized the business of table-top photography, which we do a lot of, and you should too, don’t you think? Their folding plastic photo booths have a 4-1/4” dia hole in the tops with an attached cover, (2) COB LED light strips powered via a USB port or wall adapter that you supply. (We like these). Also have black and white foam backdrops, and fit into black canvas zippered carrying cases. You pick: the small studio measuring approx 11” cubed when assembled; or the large studio, 15-5/8” cubed when assembled. For 3-D photos, add the motorized white plastic photo-booth turntable. Measures 7-3/4" dia x 2-1/4" tall, and will spin approx 5 rpm when plugged in via the 5-foot USB cord. Rated to hold up to 11 lbs.

This bipolar, 2-phase stepper motor from Shinano Kenshi Corp (SKC) draws 500mA at 9VDC with a 0.9 deg./step. Coils are brown/orange and red/yellow. Measures 1-7/16" dia x 1/2" with a 4" long, 3/8" threaded shaft, and mounting wings with 1/8" holes.

From your local mega hardware store, this wooden kit was made to give the kiddies something to build. Like an oversized Pinewood Derby kit, but with the power of a pull-back motor on the rear wheels. Has (3) pre-drilled wooden pieces, (2) sets of wheels on axles, a sticker sheet, instructions and an iron-on patch. Car will be 6" x 2-7/8" x just shy of 2” when done. Ages 5+.

One of them anyway; the other one’s clear. This snazzy, all-glass chess and checkers set features clear versus frosted glass opponents. Glass board measures 9-3/4" square and the chess pieces are 1-1/8” to 2-1/4” tall. Checker pieces are 3/4” dia in frosted and green-tinted clear glass. This is new surplus from Toys-ereW-Them.

Our beginningest art set is from Playskool® and features (8) washable (you’ll thank us later) water colors. Colors are in 1” oval paint pots, in red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, brown and black, and come with a brush in a small snap-shut plastic case.

From science fairs to your better street demonstrations, if you’re making a poster, you should make it bright enough to shine. We recommend these washable water-color neon tempera poster paints in 2-fluid-ounce squeeze bottles. We’ll pick (3) different colors from the assortment of electric red, fuchsia pink, green apple, orange blast, cerulean blue and bright yellow.

The Color N’ Fly kit includes (5) foam gliders that the kid in your life uses his or her imagination to design and fit together. With the (6) included markers, your young artist will color in the lines (or ignore them) on the fuselages and wings, and then add (or don’t) any of a huge batch of stickers to create an airline, air force or a handful of the most-different looking gliders the neighborhood has ever seen. Because they’re foam, they’re safe pretty much anywhere. Gliders have plastic nose-cones for durability, and will be 7-7/8" long with 5-3/4" wingspans. For ages 5+.

Glass beads, 0.055" diameter!! They are German and are the kind you glue on stuff to make it sparkle or reflective--not the kind with holes. At our price you could do layers in little bottles for really cool thingums!! We have 'em in clear and a whole host of colors. Craft stores sell tubes of these beads for a ruinous $4.00 per tube or about $3.35 per oz.. Well, we don't have the tube so you are going to get a baggie, but you only have to pay $1.95 per oz so jump up and down and clap your hands over such a great deal!! The only thing left is to choose what you need. In case you can't do that, we offer an assortment of (10) packages which will include clear plus at least six (6) different colors.

Make your own sparkling magnets with our flexible, cut-able 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of 1/32" thick magnetic rubber. The silver glitter finish under a diffraction layer creates mesmerizing rainbow effects. Perfect for classroom project, making your own business cards or that crafty birthday party. You'll get (200) sheets of magic glitteration to play with.

No? Best get busy and order this high-school physics review game. Part of the New Path Learning® Curriculum Mastery Learning System, it’s made for up to (36) students and includes (750) questions on (25) sets of (30) review cards. Includes (3) each of (4) different double-sided game boards, a dozen dice and (36) game pieces. Comes with a presentation CD-ROM and a 16-page teacher resource guide. Physics has never been this much fun, especially at 21 cents per student. And you can chew gum while you play.

From the Chinese army. Gets noggin-numbing chilly in the northeast, and these very dark green winter hats have fur-lined ear- and neck-flaps, plus thick padding all around, and tie under the chin. Most are medium sizes, but have a certain amount of give. Our sample was cozy and snug on a copywriter’s 7-3/8 cranium.

…the bigger your grill cover has to be. This silver gray tarp measures 69” x 36” x 24” and if your grill is bigger than that, people are going to start to talk. In a plasticized material .015” thick, and with a drawstring.

The both of them. Our each is a pair of little pocket-sized bubble levels you can carry with you to prove that a picture is hung crooked even when your spouse thinks you’re wrong again. Measure 1-5/8” long x 5/8” square.

Beat those wet-dog blues with this canine-couture red polyester raincoat for petite pooches. Measures 13” long x 11-1/2” wide with a faux fleece lining (because dogs don’t chase faux sheep), a pair of hook-and-loop straps, and a snap-on hood with a see-through visor so the pooch can see the other dogs’ envious looks.

Save yourself from sliding on the ice or slick terrain. Use our easiest-to-carry, simplest-to-attach black rubber treads with metal spikes whenever you hike, regardless of conditions. Just 4" wide x 2" with (5) steel rivets on the bottom, they have stretchable toe loops on the front and a hook-and-loop strap to secure them over the top of your shoes. Store flat in a pocket, bag or glove compartment in less room than you’d need for a decent-sized chocolate-chip cookie.

Give the poor beast an ice pack, just like in the movies, but in a zippy zebra print. We miss ice packs, frankly, and so should you. These are the classic design. You pick: the medium one at approx 9” dia when flattened empty; or the double-trouble set with (1) large at 10” dia and (1) small at 6” dia. All have 1-7/8” ID mouths with gasketed screw caps, so they should also work with hot water.

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 PKG will get you (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. 

3-1/2 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 2-7/8" 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.

Because nothing says high fashion like flashspun high-density polyethylene fibers. And we’ve got a whole dang wardrobe of the stuff in white, because it never goes out of style. All made by DuPont. You pick: the medium shirt, 32” long with a collar and front buttons; the large lab coat, 40” long with a collar, left-side breast pocket, lower right-side pocket and snaps; the XL lab coat, 42” long with collar, left-side breast pocket, lower right-side pocket and snaps; the size small, medium, large and extra-large pants, all with very elastic waists; and large coveralls, 62” from neck to attached boots, with elastic cuffs and hood, and zippered from neck to crotch.

And a rotary tool for every turning. This is our compactest compact set of rotary tool accessories, all in a carrying case that you can actually carry. Includes a staggering (276) pieces with standard 1/8” shanks, including a plethora of polishing wheels, a bunch of belts, brushes and burrs, a gaggle of grindstones, and a ton of tips, plus flap-wheels, collets, mandrels and a wrench. All of them are in a 7" square x 4-1/2" case with a clear lid and a lazy susan for your tool-selecting convenience.
See more of our hobby tool selection here!

Beader Tweezer sounds like the leader of a boy band, but it’s really an indispensible tool for stringing beads, as you beaders out there know. Ours is steel and measures 7" long, tapers to 1/16” at the business end and has a 3/4” wide bead scoop at the other.

This plated rare-earth magnet is 15mm (0.59”) dia. x 10mm (0.39”) thick, and has a hefty 10-lb pull. Comes inside a white plastic cylinder with a lip, which you can keep or discard, not that you need us to tell you that.

Red is the new olive drab. Unless it’s navy blue, or orange, or camo. You pick from our rainbow of new repro bags designed like German Field Medic’s bags, in heavy-duty 22-oz cotton canvas with a pair of leather buckled straps and adjustable web shoulder strap in black, and a white cross on a red circle on the front flap. Bags measure 11-1/2” x 12-1/2” x 3-1/4”.

Wallace’s pooches before Gromit came along? Nope, just a handy 2-3/8" long x 3/8” ID steel snap hook attached to a 13/16” ID ring that swivels 360 degrees. In some fashion circles, hanging your keys from a belt loop of your jeans with one of these is considered mandatory.

More artistic than using a router, and much, much less work than carving with chisels: wood-burning is back. Practice your skills with our 20W wood-burning pen set. Easily details and decorates wood, leather and cork. (Also butter if you're very, very quick.) Includes a safety stand, (2) pointed tips, and (2) wedge-shaped tips. For the extra-creative, our set of nibs for the pen adds another (28) points, including a hot plastic and foam cutter, (10) soldering tips, (15) varied wood-burning nibs in assorted shapes and points, and both number and alphabet stencils.

These momentary SPST push-button switches are normally open and measure 11/16" dia x just over 3/16" thick and have a 15/32" shaft with a steel lock-washer & nut plus a pair of 1/8" solder terminals on the bottom. Rated 3A at 125VAC or 1A at 250VAC. You pick red, green or yellow.

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 serrated tips one is inverse, one has a slide latch and the others are straight flat tip. The set comes in a clear front plastic carrying case. Good for model cars, planes or hard to reach splinters.

Your long nasal nightmare is over because we now carry a battery-operated nose-hair trimmer. (Also good for another nightmare--ear hair.) The steel blade is recessed so there’s no danger of becoming a latter-day Vincent Van Gogh or Tycho Brahe (just look him up). Easy to clean under the tap, and comes with a blade cover and brush. Runs on (1) “AA” battery (included), and measures just 4-3/4” long.

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 United States gov't, in its infinite wisdom zoomed about the cityscape plastering yellow and black 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 Cold War U.S. Civil Defense originals and may show slight wear from being stored. 10" x 14" , 25 ga. galvanized steel. They have a black base coat on the front over sprayed with orange/yellow reflective 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.

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 µSv/hr (0.05 to 9.99) and the µRem/hr 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 identification 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 certificate. Requires (2) "AAA" batteries. Made in Russia. CE.

Pardon us if we don’t swipe right, but we’re just selling digital thermometers here. This one, from HomeMedics®, is 8” long but the 3-1/2” probe folds away and tucks into the 4-1/2” long handle. Readout is 1” x 1/2” LED display, shows -40 to 450F, -40 to 232C, and has a hold button to freeze display. Made for cooks, but because of its wide temperature range it doesn’t really care what or whom it’s measuring, heat-wise. Powered by a pair of common CR2032 batteries (included). 

Avoid those hip-cracking amateur sidewalk double-axels with TREX™ slip-ons, extra-aggressive traction spikes. It regularly ices up here at the home office, and we stay on our feet with these. The chains and spikes are stainless steel, with both sole and heel coverage, and the stretchable rubber tops are high-visibility orange for added safety. You pick small (men’s 5-7, women’s 6-1/2 to 8-1/2 ); Medium (men’s 7-9,women’s 8-1/2 to 10-1/2 ); or large (men’s 9 to 11,women’s 10-1/2 to 12-1/2 ). The rubber uppers are uber-flexible, so they’re likely to fit larger sizes than suggested. (Pat stretched the small over his size 11 boots!)

We believe this is a replacement switch activated by closing the door of a microwave. It’s a N/O (normally open) microswitch from Dongnan Electronics, rated for 5A at 125V and 2A at 250V. Comes with a bent 1-3/4” lever and is prewired with 19” leads and a 2-pin 5.5mm Molex connector. UL.

Or not. Find out how cold your refrigerator or freezer really is with this 4-5/8"long alcohol thermometer that reads from -20 to 80 degrees F or -30 to +30 degrees C, both in 2-degree increments. Will hang, clip or stick via (2) removable suction cups. NSF approved.

Good things come in (2) different small packages. Our pocket microscopes are compact and perfect for a clear, close look at stamps, coins, flora, 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 3-1/4" x 1-3/16" x 3/4" and has a built-in white LED illuminator powered by (3) coin-cell batteries that are included. Magnifies from 60-100X, with coarse- and fine-focus knobs, and has a vinyl carrying case.

As big as our can? This particular can holds (80) glow-in-the-dark stars, planets (ringed and plain), shooting stars and nebulae, along with foam tape for mounting and a 16-1/2" x 7-1/2" constellation chart. But wait, there’s more: also includes a UV keychain light and a tin to keep the galaxy in, which is why it’s named “Galaxy in a Tin.”