OTHER TOOLS

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.

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? 

These lights have COB LEDs in a 3-2/4” x 1-1/4” lens that rotates 250 degrees out of a red and black triangular housing. Two magnets in the base make them perfect for shedding light down on a locker shelf or workbench, or as a work light stuck on the underside of a car hood or trunk lid. Also has (6) LEDs on one end, so it will also function as a flashlight. The push-button lights the lens and flashlight in sequence. The housing measures 5” long x 2-1/8” on a side. You add a quartet of “AAA” batteries.

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.

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.

Shove these down the throat of your bigger bottles or tubes and clean up. Measure 16" long over all, with 4" long x 1-1/2" dia spiral nylon bristles on a stainless steel handle and a small, but bendable, metal nub on the bottom.

From Morris Products, this heavy-duty plastic resin toolbox is lightweight and both weather- and impact-resistant. In gray and yellow, it has lid snap locks, a hasp for a small padlock, and an interior removable tray with a handle. The top has a fold-down handle, (2) slide-out lidded storage containers, plus a 20-slot driver-bit keeper. Measures approx. 16" x 10” x 7” deep.

Like a 300-lb Labrador for the shop. Our ceramic lift magnet is mounted in a metal housing with swivel that will attach to a standard threaded broom handle or painter's pole, and lift 20-25 lbs.

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.

Hang on to your widgets, screws, bolts, pins and assorted teeny tinies while you're taking things apart. This indispensable 6" dia x 1-1/8" deep magnetic stainless steel dish from Omaha Tools holds all those parts and saves you from crawling around on the floor later, when you're putting things back together.

Could be what you do if you’re buried alive, or if you want to dance your life away, but most likely it’s a description of the machinist’s friend. This tap & die set cuts straight, clean threads and includes a 1/8” to ¼” tap wrench, and a tap & die in 6-32 NC, 8-32 NC, 10-24 NC, 10-32 NF, 1/4 – 20 NC and 5/16 – 18 NC. In drop-forged, heat-treated steel coated with titanium nitride. Titanium tools!

This 9" wide rubber squeegee has a removable 5" handle for storage, e.g. in a glove box. The squeegee itself slides out of the holder and becomes 9" x 3/4" for the ultimate easy storage. Good for car windows, house windows, shower doors, and it just happens to be perfect for our 9" x 12" computer monitor.

It’s easy with this pair of focusable, 3-mode mini-flashlights. Slide to focus the beam on both, or push the bottom button to switch from max power to strobe to 300-lumen COB LED floodlight from the side. Each runs 5 hours on an included rechargeable battery, and comes with (2) mini-USB charging cords. Flashlights measure 3-5/8” long x 1” dia at the adjustable head. In black plastic, with a non-replaceable battery, but you'll proba-bly lose both lights before the rechargeable batteries die for good.

Called the Sharpie Pro® series, these are made for the job site. They mark in black on wet, oily, and abrasive surfaces, and have a flattened shape—so they won't roll. Have break-resistant pocket clips, ribbed grips and extra-tough marking points. You pick: the single fine-point; the single chisel tip with 50% more ink; or the (4)-pack of chisel tips

Give the gift of convenience. This 3 item set comes with a dual mode, 7" Versabeam 200 lumen flashlight with a side flood light mode at 300 lumens, sporting an aluminum alloy body. If that isn't enough light, you also get a 200 Lumen, 4-hour runtime COB tilting headlamp with adjustable band, perfect for walking the dog or working on the car or in the yard. Both are weatherproof and run on the included “AAA” alkaline batteries. And the icing on the cake is the 22 piece ratchet driver (reversible with rubber grips) with bits for Phillips, Pozi, Slotted, Torx, and Hex bolts. Phew, that is a lot of goodies packed in one set.

Slotted: #4, #5, #6, Phillips: #0, #1, #2, Pozi: #0, #1, #2, Hex: 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm,11mm, 12mm and Torx: T15, T20, T30