Brushes by the double-dozen-plus.Our each is a pack of (25) art and craft brushes, including foams, “chubby rounds,” nylon flats at 1/2”, 3/4”, #s 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 and 6, shaders and angular shaders, rounds, a liner and a 5/0 spotter. You’ll probably get tired of painting before you run out of brushes. From Loew-Cornell™. Great for the classroom, home and art studios.

In a handy reverse of most adapters, this 12VDC 500mA AC to DC adapter plugs into a standard household outlet and has a female cigarette jack on one side. Includes an LED indicator.

Connect your sundry devices to aux inputs and listen to bigger music. Our each is a three-foot, flat audio cable with standard 1/8” headphone TRS (3.5mm) plugs at each end. From FusePlus, and the color is black, but that doesn’t really matter, does it?

He does this through new incarnations of his awesomely clever devices. And somebody trademarked him. Build these Rube Goldberg™ kits and watch simple tasks being performed by hilariously complicated chain-reaction machines. You pick: the circus acrobat shot out of a cannon using a monkey, snake, tennis racket, peanuts, wagon and a tightrope; or the castle escape machine that uses a princess, dragon, spiral ramp, drawbridge, flaming balls, hat ribbon and a cannon to get Rube out of the castle. For ages 8+.

Don’t cry when we send you this teardrop-shaped 12VAC 4W synchronous motor from Autotrol, because it’s a beauty. Spins at 6 rpm via a 1” x 3/16” flattened shaft, and measures 1-15/16” at its widest x 2-1/2” x 1” thick with a pair of twisted 7-1/4” leads and a 5mm 2-pin connector. Has (2) 3/32” ID threaded mounting wings. Made just up the road from us in beautiful Crystal Lake, Illinois.

We really like this black heavy cardboard file box, even if we don’t know what it’s for. Like its big brothers and sisters, but much smaller, at 11-1/4” deep x 7-1/8” wide x 2-3/4” tall, it has a pair of handled drawers and title windows that are 11” deep x 3-1/2” wide x 1-5/8” tall. Pens, pencils, brushes, staples, rubber bands, letter openers, secret notes, entomological specimens and granola bars will all fit, but feel free to use them for something else.

Probably, but why bother now that you’re out of school and everyone calls it a blood-pressure kit now anyway? This one comes from a popular pharmacy, and has a 5-1/2" x 19" sleeve with a large aneroid gauge, inflation bulb and a stethoscope. Includes instructions and a storage case. Latex-free.

If Louisa May Alcott had moved on from Little Women and Little Men to little critters, she’d have been all over this collection of beasts. All approx 3” to 3-1/2” in hard rubber with articulated jaws, so they can look vicious or contemplative. We’ll send you a pack of (3) different ones, possibly including a lion, tiger, white tiger, hippopotamus, crocodile or cheetah.

We’ve got your paint pots right here. You pick from the acrylic paint sets from Testors™. The Hobby Set comes with (6) 0.1-oz pots of paint in Stoplight Red, Turn-Signal Amber, flat and gloss black, Engine Red, and silver, plus an applicator brush and a tube of model cement. The Military Set comes with (6) 0.1-oz pots of paint in Neutral Gray, Olive Drab, flat black, dark tan, Gunship Gray and silver, plus an applicator brush and a tube of model cement.

Not here, but you might have one. Our roll of 1-1/4" wide x 3/16" polyurethane foam weather stripping will take care of that. You’ll get (25) feet in a continuous self-adhesive roll. Color is gray, and it’s cuttable and repositionable, because we so often don’t get things right on the first try.

It’s magnet wire because it has a thin enamel coating so you can make an electromagnet, motor, speaker or whatever out of it. But it’s also just nice 26AWG copper wire for craft or other uses. You’ll get (100) feet of it on a spool to do with it what you will.

For gardeners with extremely small apartments. This 1-1/2" dia glass terrarium (that’s a nose-hair smaller than a ping-pong ball) comes with soil and some spider cactus seeds, which ought to germinate in a week or two if you add a drop of water, click your heels together three times and think about Kansas. Surplus factor…the seeds expired in 12/17 but should be fine, or your money back!

Call it the My First Trilogy kit. Our each is a boxed set of (3) 24-page, 3” x 4” blank books with blank hard covers. Includes (9) assorted markers and (6) sheets with a passel of ready-to-color stickers. You add one creative kid and a rainy afternoon. For ages 4+, from Faber-Castell’s Creativity® for Kids series.

The manufacturer calls this Toilet Hoops, but we have too much dignity to print that. It’s a 5-1/4” dia suction-cup-mounted basket and backboard, a 27” x 30” felt court for the floor, (3) 2-3/4” dia basketballs, and a holder for the balls that you can mount near the toilet so you can be like Mike. Includes a “Do Not Disturb” sign for the bathroom door.

A universal power supply, anyway. This wall adapter has switchable 110 and 220VAC inputs, and puts out up to 300mA at 1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9 and 12VDC with switchable polarity. On a 4-foot cord with a 1/8” mini plug, and 2.1(0.5)mm, 4(1.5)mm, 5(2.1)mm, 5.5mm(2.5) and 2.5mm male plugs.

Start your offspring off right with the world’s smallest multitool Has a 1-1/4” pliers with wire cutters, a small saw, bottle opener, 3/32” and 5/32” flat driver blades, can opener, #0 Phillips driver and nail file. Folds into a 2-5/8” x 1-1/8” x 1/2” package inside a little belt pouch. Could also be considered a gentleman’s formal multi-tool, for wearing with a tuxedo because emergencies happen everywhere. Mfr lists (13) uses but you’ll probably think of more.

One of the greatest inventions since the garage-door opener and instant polenta: the dimmable LED. This one’s a standard medium base, 120V LED floodlight that draws a scant 8W to throw the equivalent of a 65W halogen--650 lumens with a 3000K soft-white color temperature. Has a 25K-hour lifespan. Instant-on and dimmable, it’s suitable for damp locations. Measures 3-3/4” across the bulb face. UL.

Our Crystal Mini-Worlds growing kit from Klutz comes with crystal powder; 2” squares of air-dry clay in yellow, blue, pink and white; glue; (4) 8” chenilles (pipe cleaners); glitter; (20) punch-outs; thread; craft sticks; dye tablets; and (3) tiny figurines: a seahorse, a dragon and a unicorn. For ages 8+, includes a 48-page instruction booklet.

Our each is a set of (12) assorted, stainless steel, double-ended, wax-carving tools. So you’ll really have (24) tools, such as picks, spatulae, spades, points and a bunch more. Each measures approx 6-1/2” long with knurled handles for a sure grip. In a roll-up canvas storage pouch. We won’t tell if you also use them for carving clay. Made in India.

Fret not. Many, many people don’t, which is why we feel an obligation to supply pre-polished rocks for the polisherless masses. Our each is a bag of shiny, ready-to-become-jewelry, rocks weighing in at about 1/3 of a pound, which works out to 25-55 rocks, depending on the very assorted sizes. Hand-packed, like the finest ice-cream, right here in the AS&S headquarters.

If Werner Von Braun had used these, London would have just gotten wet. Have some good clean fun with this Hydrotech" Aquazone" rocket set. You get (2) 5- 3/4" tall water rockets and (1) 8- 3/4" rocket, plus (2) filling funnels and a piston pump for power. Includes a 6-page pamphlet on rocketry. For ages 8+, for good clean outside fun.

Then better check your bore. This tiny bore light, made for looking into barrels or other tight spots, measures 3-1/4" long x approx 5/8” dia with a single white LED. Includes a slide on right-angle fiber-optic head and a pocket clip. Take off the head and it’s a nice mini flashlight. You add (1) “AAA” battery.

Think: cartoonish cute. These table or hanging clocks are made as if from the body of a kerosene lantern, but flattened. In painted steel, they measure approx a foot tall on on a 4-5/8” round base, not counting the wire swivel handle/hanger on top. A 6-5/8” x 4-3/4” oval glass covers an antiquey Roman numeral face. Distressed for a vintage look, they run on a modern quartz movement that moves when you stick a “AA” battery in it. We’ll pick one for you in deep burgundy or a goldenrod yellow to go with that sweater you love.

Our best jeweler's loupe, this has a professional-quality, full 10X triplet lens. A ring of (6) white LEDs around the 13/16" glass lens ensures an even distribution of light. Housing is an angular, 7-sided teardrop shape 1-3/4" x 1-1/8" that folds out of a metal case with a strap hook. Tucked into the small leather pouch it comes in is a spanner wrench, in case you ever need to replace the (3) button-cell batteries.

Yes, now you can truthfully tell people this. Just get this combo 10" long 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom slash AM radio and you’re in business. The power knob/volume control in the right-side spare tire is frozen, but if you’re handy you can fix it and then truthfully say “I just fixed the radio in my ’31 Rolls Phantom.” These radio-models are from the mid ’70s, and in their original boxes so they might be a tad tarnished, bumperwise, but they’re still your chance to work on, and own, a Rolls. 

What a cool little clamp! Only 8" long overall, the jaws open to 4" when you press the release button and close incrementally as you pull the trigger. The 3/4" x 7/8" pads on the metal-and-plastic tool won't mar the surfaces they're sandwiching. Makes you want to find something to clamp!

Actually a lesser slick, a racing tire with a Goodyear logo on it. Measures 3-3/4 dia x 1-11/16" in black (treadless) rubber with a 2” dia black plastic hub with a cap on one side so you can hide stuff in it. (Hey, what you hide is up to you.)

Great little 12VDC oil-less diaphragm style air pump. For you techies out there it draws 40-300mA, 2.0 Litres/min, 350mm Hg max pressure. These are takeouts but in great condition. Outlet port is 5/32". Overall size 2-3/4" x 1-1/16".

No, that's not a contradiction. These are real arrowheads, made like the originals, but as replicas. You get a clear-plastic case with (4) of them, (2) made from jasper and (2) from obsidian. Sizes range from 1-3/8" long to approx 2". Has a short fact sheet, but no arrows.

Looks like a cheap kid-sized tennis racket, but brother, this ain't for the kids. It's actually a fine way for adults to work on their upper-body strength and kill bugs at the same time. 18" long, with a 6" wide paddle lined with metal grid. A coil in the handle sends high voltage through the paddle when a button is pushed, hit a bug with it and the bug will bug you no more. We've seen these in other catalogs for about twice the price, so buy it from us.  2 AA batteries, not included.

When the big hand is on the ventral fin and the little hand is on the dorsal fin, it’s cocktail time on the lido deck. These angelfish clocks are roughly 5-1/2" dia in patina-ed metal with quartz movements and mounting hole, plus a little magnet on the back, for hanging. You add a single “AA” battery.

..my sweet engravable you. Safeguard your stuff with this little battery-powered engraving pen. The 1/16” dia head vibrates to let you inscribe your ID on stuff  that might otherwise wander off. Surprisingly effective for a lightweight tool. Measures approx 6” long x 1” dia and works on metal, wood, glass, plastic, leather and more. Runs on (2) included “AA” batteries.

Welcome to AS&SDOT, the better department of transportation. We provide all the highway, driveway, hallway, deck or bathroom crossing signs that the government neglects to post because they don't know what's really crossing your path. Mount your very own well-made indoor/outdoor critter-crossing sign. Each is metal, 12" square with a graphic depiction of the critter(s), realistic or otherwise, and each hangs diagonally from a pre-drilled 1/4" hole.

Distillation made heuristic. Nothing explains a process like a little hands-on experience, and this laboratory distillation kit is for showing instead of telling. Includes a 300mm Liebig condenser, Kjeldahl distilling column with 50mm dia bulb and rubber stoppers, 500ml Bomex boiling flask with 8" iron tripod, 2-foot lab stand/base with a single burette clamp, 500ml graduated Erlenmeyer flask and a 6" square of ceramic-coated wire gauze. You add some 1/4" ID tubing for the Liebig ports. Includes good directions for distilling ethanol and acetic acid.

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If the question is whether to tie a bunch of these giant latex professional weather balloons to a lawn chair, the answer is no. (They burst at about 82,000 feet anyway.) Besides, this is a true weather balloon, with plenty of fun, nonfatal uses. The cream-colored latex balloon is approx 40" dia when flaccid, you should pardon the expression, but has an 8-foot dia when inflated. The neck is 9" long x 1" dia. Scientists, meteorologists, inventors, teachers and the imaginative filmmaker are warned to launch the balloon carefully. The material is delicate and not made to survive brushes with pavement, pine branches, or clumsy physics students.

Red not available and only available in egg shell/cream color only. 

A great find: sterile plastic petri dishes, 90mm dia x 15mm deep, with a loose fitting lid. Great for growing cultures for your science fair experiments. Our each (20) dishes and lids in a sealed, sterile package.

Stethos is Greek for chest. Indeed you can scope your stethos with this stethoscope, or your friend's or your dog's. But it works equally well for picking up any sound being transmitted through a solid medium. Listen to the air flowing through the heating ducts, the water in the pipes, the sounds of machinery, the termites munching on the floor joists!! The color does vary so we will select from what's currently available. We've had blue, teal, red, black, burgundy, green and purple, but there may be other colors yet to be seen! A great discovery device whether for biology or other pursuits. Not of professional quality, but not just a toy.

Flat plastic Fresnel lens. This flexible magnifier is 7-1/4" x 10-1/4" and only about a millimeter thick. It is great when you need to scan a list or to look for something in a directory. You can see most of the page without moving the magnifier. Only about 1.5 power, but that can make a huge visual difference. The quality is not high, but neither is the price.

Twist the barrel of this green laser pointer and watch the diffraction lens multiply the dots and spin them in fascinating kaleidoscopic patterns. Perfect for rave parties, DIY discos, or getting kicked out of movie theaters. Guaranteed to make a cat at least schizophrenic. Measures just over 6" long and requires (2) "AAA" batteries which you will have to supply because your cat hasn't learned how to drive yet. 

Managing people will be so much easier with this pocket sized red NO! button on your keychain. Push it and hear a digital voice deliver (10) different versions of no, including No!; No, No, No; Noooooo; For the last time, NO!; and more. Great for denying tasks at work, and later-bedtime requests at home. (Remember--you can always change your mind to Yes, but going the other way never works.) Measures 1-3/4"" dia. x 1" tall in red with a black frame. Batteries included!