These high-end valve assemblies are medical take-outs from Lee Industries, but that’s all we know except that they look really expensive and fancy and high-quality, and are probably worth much more than we’re selling them for. Each has a 3VDC 275mA 2-phase stepper motor into a 5-250uL valve housing with a 5-pin connector that hooks up to (3) Omron infrared-based photomicro sensors. There’s what looks like a 4-pin encoder on top, as well as a 1/16” barb. Lee part # LPVX0520750CA.

Just string this 65” long set of (10) battery-powered LED light bulbs along the railing and it’ll be like you’re dining in Italy. Bulbs are clear, 2-1/4” dia with a soft 3-lumen warm-white LED inside. Will run 8-12 hours on the (2) included “AA” batteries. Truly romantic folks will get several sets to ring the deck or patio because those little lights make the tagliatelle alla Romana taste so much better.

Our each is a dozen nickel-plated 2” long steel alligator clips with PVC sleeves but no boots because they’re made for electrical testing or soldering. You’ll get (6) each with red and black sleeves.

These Kooties™ are impish little trademarked critters, and in this case they’re on the hardboard covers of these mini-notebooks. Measure 3-1/4” square, top-spiral bound with (71) sheets in each with little Kooties and Kuotes in the Korners. We’ll pick from the (7) assorted Kooties™ on the covers, but they’re all kute. Kinda.

Got Gaffing? We want to make sure your gaffing is good--great even. Here’s (60) yards of 2" wide brown gaffer’s tape on a 3” core. Made in the USA, and ready for any gaffer at any time.

These little PC-mount SPDT momentary switches from Omron® are rated for up to 0.1A at either 125VAC or 30VDC. Measures 3/4" x 1/4" x 1/4" with a 1-1/4" lever. UL/CSA.

Imagine an office supply costume party where all the notebooks had to dress up as something else. We’ll send you a hardshell pocket notebook, 2-5/8” x 4-3/4” with 138 pages that have a very faint dot pattern to keep your handwriting lined up nicely. The cover will look like either a calculator, radio, compact, mini-safe, light switch or pop-top. Our choice.

Or giraffe, zebra, tiger or leopard. We’ll send you (3) of our animal-skin print aluminum carabiners, 3-1/8” long x 1-3/4” with a 5/8” mouth, in whatever critter-prints run to the door when we open the cage. Not for climbing. (Think: keys.)

Washable, non-toxic water-color poster paint. Can you say kid-safe? How about furniture-safe, too? That’s what the bottle says. In 2-oz squeeze bottles. You pick the regular water-color paint, and we’ll send you (3) different colors from our selection of white, green, blue, black, yellow or red; or pick the extra-fancy glitter-infused paints, and again you’ll get (3) different colors: purple, silver, green, blue, red or yellow.

And we’ll bring you our very best in plastic hand and foot skeletal models, from Lindberg Science Kits™. You pick: the right foot is 11-1/2” long (which is pretty much a foot) with (18) pieces, plus assembly instructions, a fact sheet and a stand; or the right hand, life-size and including (26) pieces, assembly instructions, a fact sheet and a mounting stand. You add the glue. For ages 10+. Made in the USA.

Is mighty bright, actually, and warm white. Our COB LEDs are 5/8" dia, mounted on PC boards that measure approx 1-1/8" x 3/4". Nominally rated at 32VDC up to 1A, with heat-sink backings. Best with a constant current supply, which will draw 170mA or use a current limiting resistor and a heat sink.

With this 8-pack of genuine Sharpie® brand markers, all in black with fine points. They measure the standard 5-3/8” long with pocket clips, so you’ll always be sharp.

Safety Glasses-R-Us. Behold our cornucopia of safety glasses, all in variations on the classic aviator style with added side shields. Measure approx 5-1/4” to 5-3/4” across with polycarbonate lenses. You pick the black metal frames with dark lenses and shields meeting ANSI Z87.1 standards or the brown plastic frames with dark lenses and shields.

Actually, Totally Irresponsible Science by Sean Connolly, but science nonetheless. Nice little kit chock-full of stuff kids love, including making spud guns, homemade lightning, cola geysers, Frankenstein heads, the “kitchen avalanche’ and (13) more experiments that mothers hate. Includes a 60-page instruction book, safety goggles, graduated cylinder, test tube. You add common household items and curiosity.

at the house of blue light. Little Richard Penniman said so. But good golly, now you can turn your car into the house of blue light with this pair of 3-1/2” long CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamp) tubes connected via a 28” lead to a control unit, and then to a cigarette plug. Has a 2A fuse with a power switch, and includes self-adhesive mounts for the tubes and control box.

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.

You obviously need a stainless steel one. This one’s a foot long, marked mostly in 1/16” increments but with a section of 1/64” markings for your tiny-measurement needs. The other edge is 30cm x 1mm, but with 10cm in 0.5mm increments. Has a handy metric to English standard conversion chart on the back. Measures 1-1/8” wide, with a hole to hang it by.

But at an affordable price. For budding astronomers, the Astronomy Lab for Kids is a 144-page book chock-full of facts, and with (52) astronomy and physics activities. Written by Michelle Nichols, Master Educator at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium. Local customer bonus: the author is an AS&S customer, and presents Science Nights at our Geneva, Ill., store.

That watch on your wrist won’t save you, no matter how smart it is, but this survival timepiece might. In black with a 1-1/4” dia luminescent face, the quartz movement runs on an included AG4 battery. The adjustable hook-and-loop strap closes with a molle buckle with a compass, magnesium fire starter and whistle on one end and a tiny steel blade (for the fire starter) on the other. The strap is wrapped with 12+ feet of #550 nylon paracord.

This Rechargeable 1000-lumen floodlight/Phone recharger from iZoom® has the power to be a real retina-scorcher. Throws a warm white light from the 1-1/2” COB LED inside a 2-7/8” x 2-1/2” reflector that draws 10W. Its powerful Li-Ion battery will last (3) hours on a 5-6 hour charge. Housing is 6" x 3-5/8" x 1" with an easel that separates, so you can hang it on a pipe or rod. Comes with a USB adapter and a 3-foot cord. As a bonus even has a 3600mAh USB-out to charge other things like cell phones and tablets! Includes a high/low/off switch, and is listed as weatherproof. Yours will be red or yellow, not that it matters.

Drinkgrabs. Beerbandits. Whatever you’re imbibing, they’ve stolen your old fashioned for the last time. These dry-erase acrylic coasters let you identify your cocktail in a room full of negroninappers. Measure approx 4” square x 3/16” thick. You pick the Voice Bubble or Name Tag version, and we’ll pick a pair for you in a fetching color combo. Our each is (2) coasters. They’ll come with a little dry-erase marker that will probably be dried out, but if you shop here you’ve already got markers.

These really nice, clear plastic jars are 8-sided, with 3-1/2” sides interrupted by 1” wide corners x approx 4-1/4” tall. Great for paper clips, thumbtacks, rubber bands, decorative marbles or sand, glitter, little stickers, loose change, nails, screws and lots of other things you’ll think of. You pick: the 20-oz jars with gasketed black screw tops, or the 18-oz jars with non-gasketed white screw tops.

Who knows what those drawer liners from the big chain stores are made of. We suggest going all natural and organic with these 12" x 24" x 1/8" thick rolls of fine-grain natural cork, genlty stripped from the outside of actual cork trees. Count your drawers and buy in bulk.

This storage pouch, in safety-vest-chartreuse, is 9” x 2” x 2” with a 2-step zip-lock and hook-n-loop water-resistant seal. Good for walking in the rain, biking, sailing and triathlete-ing with valuables, either strapped around your waist with the adjustable elastic belt and molle buckle or not. The pouch is gusseted, which means it’ll also open to 4” wide—perfect for a cell phone.

The CamJam XT is a clever cast-aluminum rope-tightening tool and carabiner. Has a 7/8” ID carabiner hook at one end, and a 1-1/4” toothed ratchet at the other. Made to take braided rope between 1/8” and 3/8”. Has a working load limit of 500 lbs, and a break strength of 1500 lbs. Measures 4” x 1-3/4’ x 7/8”. Marked “not for climbing.”

Best get this non-slip matting to line your drawers and tool boxes. In textured blue rubber, our each is a mat 58” long x approx 16” wide x 1/16” thick, easily cut to size. Made by GRIP®--Grand Rapids Industrial Products, our current favorite company name.

We know you need accent lights, and we know you hate paying electricians. So…grab this 7-3/8” long x 1-1/8” x 1/2” silver iZoom® light bar, peel the back off the magnetic strip it comes with and stick it up anywhere. Has (10) LEDs and is rated for 200 lumens behind a frosted white lens. Has a motion and light sensor, so it only accents stuff in low light when it senses movement, which saves on the (4) “AAA” batteries it comes with. Lights for a 3-minute duty cycle.

Nothing says fun science like stuff blowing up or falling down. Ask any middle-schooler. Get them started with one of these excellent books: Massively Epic Engineering Disasters, a 241-page hard-cover book devoted to (20) mishaps through the ages, plus (33) experiments based on the principles that caused them; or Potentially Catastrophic Science, 306 pages with (50) experiments ranging from pre-history to the present. Taken together, they cover everything from collapsing cathedrals and sunken boats to sonic booms and batteries.

Cute little keychain-size carabiners in cerise (that’s like an electric pink) anodized aluminum. They measure 2” x 1-1/8” and open to a max 7/16”. There are (2) per pack, so you’ll get (6) total but they’re not for climbing—only for hanging stuff.

To put a fine point on it. Our each is a set of (5) Sharpie® fine point marker pens for under a buck apiece in black, blue, green, orange and the ever-popular purple. And they’re bleed-resistant.

You’re not Sloopy? Hang on anyway. Use this 3-pack of 6” steel crosslock tweezers to get a grip on your work. All are approx 6” long with wood-like fiber grips, and you’ll get (1) each with 3/4” long circular, oval and straight upright ends to hold a variety of shapes. Business ends have slight serrations, the better to hold stuff. The round one is approx 3/4” closed and opens to 1-1/2”; the oval is approx 3/4” closed and opens to 1-3/8”; the straight one is 7/8” closed and opens to 1-3/4”. Don’t make jewelry without them.

These pillow block bearings have 13-gauge steel mounting straps, 4" long x 1-1/8" with 5/16" x 5/8" mounting slots, and a sintered iron ball unit measuring 1-11/16" dia with either a 5/8” ID or 1” ID brass sleeve. The 5/8” ID one has an oil cup on the top; the 1” dia version has a grease fitting in the same place.

Hacksaw/bow-saw combo for folks who like to be prepared. The 10" bow-saw has an 8” frame, and comes with a 4-tpi blade for wood and a 24-tpi blade for metal. Has a padded handle, and a hand guard so you don’t saw yer dang hand off.

Capture stars and amoebas on your smartphone with the Orion® SteadyPix™, which allows you to take phone pics through a telescope, binocular, spotting scope, and some microscopes. The rubber-coated clamp fits phones from 2-1/8” to 3-3/4” wide, and the twist-lock clamp fits devices with eyepieces between 1” and 1-3/4”. For best results, set the phone timer so you don’t have to touch it and cause vibrations.

Pay no attention to Coach. Just tape it up if you’re too old to also shake it off. Use this white cloth medical tape with a crinkled edge so it’s easy to tear. From Select® medical products, each roll is 1” wide x 10 yards on a 1” core.

Do we love multi-purpose stuff? Yes, we do. Herewith, we present our Swiss-ish army-like file folder organizer. A 14-1/2" x 9" x 7-1/2" gizmo with (4) plastic file holders and a 13" x 3-7/8" white dry-erase board on the front for you to write messages to yourself on with the thoughtfully included black marker.