Yes, there’s a scientific explanation, but we prefer to think this magnetizing/demagnetizing tool relies on magic. Stick a screwdriver head in the bottom, it’s magnetized. Stick it in the top, it’s demagnetized. Fun for the whole family. Measures 2” square x 1-1/4” with stair-step ports for blades of different sizes. Never drop a screw again.

Sometimes you need to screw around corners, and we feel your pain. Try this flexible extension shaft for your drill or driver. Accepts 1/4” bits. Measures 9” long over all with a flexible portion that’s 4-1/2” long and will bend 180 degrees.

You need this. Anybody who's ever made a third trip to the hardware store on the same day needs this. The (100) -- count 'em, (100) -- chrome vanadium driver and bit attachments include slotted, Phillips, square (Robertson) head, torx, hex and 12-point bits, plus security Phillips, torx and hex, and (4) different driver adapters (one of which, a super-cute cup-hook driver, has us oddly excited). They're all in a flip-top plastic case. How come it's surplus? If you turn it upside down and shake it, some of the bits fall out of their little size-marked slots. So don't do that. Or stick a thin sheet of foam inside it and all will be well.

We like these small pliers and cutters - they're a higher quality than most of the Chinese import tools we're offered. They are drop-forged, high-carbon steel with double-leaf springs, lap joints and rubberized foam handles. There is a trim 6" needle nose, and a 4-1/2" mini-round diagonal cutter. For precision work and hobbies, and especially nice for anyone with small hands.

These high-quality 8” long nickel-plated pliers from Tolsen Tools have an extra long nose, even when they’re telling the truth, and, as you know, pliers never lie. The 3” long jaws finish with a 1/2” gripper section and another side-cutter section. Also have coated plastic handles.

How big are your locking pliers? This giant pair, in hardened steel, will grip the largest vices in captivity at 14” long with serrated 1-7/8” jaws that adjust from 11/16” to a gaping 2-1/4” ID. Tighten via an 11/16” bolt. Easy to locate, too, in a popsicle-ish lime green.

This handy set is pretty much the answer to your socketing needs. The (40) pieces include a 3/8” reversible ratcheting handle; a 6” driver handle; (14) 1/4” metric sockets from 4mm to 13mm; (14) SAE 1/4” sockets from 5/32” to 9/16”, a 3/8" to 1/4" adapter, 1/4" SAE sockets at 1/4”, 5/16" and 3/8", a 21mm spark-plug socket, a 3” extension, 3/8" sockets at 15mm and 16mm, a color sleeve, and a case.

For these pliers--known at lineman’s pliers, TLs or combination pliers--the combination is a blunt nose, flat serrated gripper, rounded gripper and cutting jaws, in that order. Ours is a quality tool from Tolsen Tools, 8” long in nickel-plated steel with plastic-coated handles.

Dead-center in the universe of tools you can’t have too many of, this 7-1/2" driver has (2) reversible heads, one with Phillips #1 and 3/16” flat, and the other with Phillips #2 and 1/4” flat, in chrome vanadium. Handle is 4-1/2” long and rubber-coated. Keep it in the kitchen junk drawer, where you can always find it.

For those can't-reach screws that you don't want anyone else to loosen. This 10-piece set of star security bits are 6" long and you get sizes T6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40 with 1/4" hex shafts to fit your standard electric drill.