Stop wrapping duct tape around your vise, and protect delicate material the right way with this pair of hard-rubber, ribbed pads made to cover the jaws. The pads have (2) rare earth magnets embedded inside the rubber. Made for a 4" vise, they measure 4" long x 1-1/8" high x 3/8" thick with a lip along one long side. The rubber is 3/32" thick.

Sucking, of course, is the syringe bulb’s raison d’etre, and this one’s insatiable! Got a baby? Baby got snot? This little nose-vacuum will do the trick. Ear wax building up? Bring it on! Kitchen spill? Get a mop already—there are limits. But the 2.25" ridged rubber bulb and 2” tapered tip, 0.2" at the end, feel so good in your hand, you’ll happily agree next time someone tells you how much you suck.

Handy 3-pack of syringes, 10ml, 20ml and 60ml, perfect for squirting glues, greases, lubes, paint, whatever you need to squirt. And if you use them as squirt guns, you didn't get the idea from us. Small ones are graduated in 1ml increments; the big one in 2ml. All come with caps, so you don't dribble.

There was a day when you just slid your hammer inside the belt that held up your pants. Those were the days before you got serious about tools. We know—we’ve been there. Now you (and we) need a serious tool apron. Ours is made of heavy-duty canvas, in worker’s tan, 19-1/2” wide x 10-1/2” tall with (4) front pockets that are about 8” wide and either 5” or 7-1/2” deep. Also has (2) front slots for marking devices or slim tools. Strap is 1-1/2” wide with a molle buckle in back, a canvas loop (for that hammer of yours) and a metal tape measure clip.

It’s not all swinging hammers and sawing wood for carpenters. They do a lot of measuring and marking, which is why they have their own style of pencil. Ours has a built-in, removable sharpener hidden in the top and (2) kinds of lead (2B and yellow), allowing for clear marks on light or dark surfaces. Body is orange, with a pocket clip. You’ll also get a total of (6) refills in a slim, see-through storage case.

Or bag something else in this olive drab unwashed 100% cotton canvas mechanics tool bag with webbing carry handles. Bag measures 11" x 7" x 6" with a zippered middle compartment, which is wide open with (8) interior side sleeves to hold pencils, tire gauges and items like that. Also has (2) double-zippered side compartments, (1) adorned with cool-looking orange printed tech info about the bag. Firm bottom permanently sewn in. It’s a sturdy, handsome little bag, no two ways about it.

Small, but mighty useful if you need a tiny tap and die set for threading wire or stripped screws. The micro set has a 3-1/4" long die plate and 14 taps (sizes 7 through 20 -- read 0.7 mm through 2.0 mm), and a mighty attractive price. A little oily in its vinyl storage pouch -- but it's all steel, after all, and has to safeguard its complexion.

What you torch is up to you, but we suggest you do it with this extra-high temperature 2300F refillable butane Torch Blue. It’s handheld, in a pistol-grip style, with a blue cylindrical body/handle, a wide black plastic base, a silver nozzle up top and a blue sliding lever control. Measures 6-1/2" x 5" x 2-1/2" comes empty but takes standard butane canisters. Creme brule anyone? 

Looks like the key to the city but works like an extra finger for these Covid times filled with things you'd rather not touch. Measures 3-1/4" x 1-1/2" x 3/16" thick, made of a copper-plated zinc alloy with a smart-device soft tip. It's a phone/pad/pod stylus and elevator button-pusher with a curved door and drawer puller, and box opener, on a keychain/ring. As a bonus, it opens beer bottles when you get back home safe and sound.

A 2-1/2" x 1-5/8" plastic-framed mirror swivels on a ball-joint mount at the end of telescoping handle that stores at 8" long and extends to 31". The contoured rubber-coated handle makes those double-shift inspection days a little easier.