Hemostats are the clamplike devices dangling from veins and arteries in melodramatic operating scenes. Our particular collection are Pakistani surgical-grade instruments made of magnetic stainless steel. As such we rate them pretty good, but not fantastic. Hemostats look like little pliers. The jaws are relatively fine, with rounded tips. The inside faces are lightly serrated to get a grip on tubing or body plumbing. And the handles are much longer than the jaws. Now the heavenly part. Great hobby clamps that can be worked into small areas. Fine heat sinks for electronics. Good hook extractors for trout fisherpeople. Excellent tubing clamps for flow-sensitive chemistry experiments. Sizes are approximate length.

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.

In black. Our 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. Our each is 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. UL.

Easy to put a little spring in your step or anyplace else when you have this collection of (200) little zinc-plated steel springs. You get (20) sizes in all, including (76) compression springs in assorted sizes between 7/32" x 11/16" and 3/8" x 3/4" and (124) extension springs between 5/32" x 3-1/8" and 11/32" x 1-27/32". They come sorted, in a nice snap-shut and hang-up-able translucent plastic case.

If you had a 10-foot loaf of bread, these would be the only way to close the plastic bag. They're 17" long x 1/2" dia with flexible, plastic-sheathed steel cores, and a layer of foam that grips tight. Tie up big tools and cables, make ad hoc hooks, tie down outdoor furniture, organize sports equipment, make emergency repairs, or wrap sails and gear of all sorts (they float and they're bright, so they're easy to see!). 

Small enough to slip into a toolbox or pocket, this little oval work light hangs on its 1" ID folding hook or sticks up via a strong 3/4" dia magnet on the back. Measures 3-3/4" x 2-1/2" oval x 1-3/8" thick, and lights with (24) white LEDs on the face or (3) more on the bottom. Runs on (3) "AAA" batteries, included. Nice as a traveling closet/night/flashlight, too.

This fitted, hinged plastic box from American Tool Group would be worth buying even if it didnt come with hundreds of O-rings. And it does. Black nitrile O-rings sorted by size. O-rings that will stay in their places until you need them. The 407-piece set includes 32 sizes from 1/4" OD x 1/8" ID x 1/16" to 2-1/4" OD x 2" ID x 1/8". It includes the size you're going to need. At your fingertips. Instead of in aisle 12 at the home center.

Yes it is. As a matter of fact, it's a pocket UV flashlight for making sure you can get back into the dance. Has (9) 365nm UV LEDs and measures 3-3/4" long x 1-3/16" dia with a black knurled housing and a 5" wrist strap. Also good for checking currency, looking for radiator or trans fluid leaks, mineral identification, and spotting scorpions in the dark. You add a trio of  "AAA" batteries and the scorpions.

In the wine? No, on the narrow strapping. These zinc-plated, spring-loaded cam buckles are 3/4” ID and measure 1-3/8" long x 3/8" thick with a hefty 450-lb capacity, assuming you use the right sort of strap.

Jumbo blacklight measures 10-1/2" long x 2-1/2" x 1-3/4" and holds an 8" UV fluorescent tube plus a white LED flashlight on one end. Adjustable strap extends to 22" or lays flat. Takes (3) D-cell batteries. A must-have for security or crime scenes, but don't shine it on the furnishings in your hotel room if you don't want to be disappointed.

This small, but mighty, 9-LED flashlight has a glow-in-the-dark switch so you can, duh, find it in the dark when you need it. Measures 4" long x approx 1" dia with a 4" wriststrap and the GITD push-button switch on the non-business end. Weather resistant. Comes with (3) "AAA" batteries. We'll pick one in brushed or anodized blue aluminum, silver, green camo or black.

Like a third hand in the electronics lab, this circuit-board rack from Elenco® has a pair of stable 6-1/2" legs and 3" tall arms with clips, one spring-loaded, to hold the board. It's a must for any electronics DIY-er. Adjusts from 0 to 9-3/8" apart and lets you rotate the board it holds a full 360 degrees. Both clips and legs lock with thumbscrews.

These small black rubber button bumpers are self-adhesive hemispheres, 3/8" dia x 5/32" at the center, and your life will be quiet, damped, slip-free and non-scratch when you stick them on corners of drawers and cabinet doors, bottoms of trays and lamps, backs of pictures and anyplace else that could use a little padding. We use them to keep the tape dispenser from sliding around. There are (3) per sheet, and you'll get (15) sheets, for a total of (45) bumpers.

Mighty bright for its size, this 8-1/4” x 13/16” dia (with a 1-1/16” dia lens) flashlight has a Super Bright LED bulb. Our VP for Illumination called it “scary bright.” Rated for 100-120 lumens, it even has a flashing mode for emergencies. Black aluminum body and a belt-mount carrying sleeve. Recommended by the manufacturer for hunters, security and law enforcement personnel, etc. Uses just (2) “AA” batteries but you still have to provide them.

These standard pegboard hooks fit, wait for it, standard pegboards, with 1” spacing on the legs, and made of 7/32” steel. Not really hooks, these are the long straight thingies with a slight upward angle to approx the last 3/4”. You pick the 3-1/2” long or the 5-1/2” long ones. Very handy in pantries, basements and garages. And isn't it time you finished that organizing project from last year? 

If so, you don’t have to bend paper clips to hang stuff from them. You could just buy a bunch of these 2" white plastic ring thingies that twist onto the 1” tracks that hold most ceiling tiles. A 1-3/8” dia tab with a 7/8” dia hole sits perpendicular to the ceiling, ready for whatever you want to suspend from it.

This small compression spring measures 1" dia x 1-1/8" tall and is made from 1/16" dia 316-type stainless steel, designed for marine or other aquatic applications. Go mount a bouncing turtle.

When the lights go out, and everything else goes with them, grab this dynamo light, radio, siren and power source. The am/fm radio has an antenna; the flashlight switches from (1) to (3) LEDs, all through collimating lenses; and there are both a 1/8" headphone jack and a 3.5mm power output jack, plus a 22" USB jumper cord. All this in a packable 7-1/2" long x 2" dia hand-crank flashlight-shaped unit with a recharging storage battery.