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.

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.

Punch 1/8" to 1/2" holes in leather, balsa wood, etc., with this set of (9) steel punches. The punches, which come in a fitted black-plastic carrying case, are 1/2", 7/16", 25/64", 3/8", 5/16", 1/4", 3/16", 5/32" and 1/8". They are 3-1/4" to 3-3/4" long, with knurled grips, imprinted sizes, and side slots to allow the slugs to fall out.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Manual liquid transfer system. Push the plunger and siphon…well, whatever you need to siphon, we don't ask questions around here. Also functions as an air pump. You get the pump, (2) 50" long hoses and adapters for a beach ball and a standard Schrader air valve. Pump itself is 7-1/2" long and the inlet and outlet are both 1/2" ID.

You don’t, huh? They’re called acid brushes because once upon a plumber they were used to apply acid flux to pipes for soldering. Now they’re just the cheap, disposable brushes with hollow aluminum handles you see in glue pots and everywhere else folks need to slather on goopy stuff. Measure 6" long with 5/8” wide bristles.

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.

Our bulb-type manual siphon pump comes with 12” and 45” lengths of clear vinyl 3/16” tubing that attach to a 3-1/2” long x 1-7/8” dia bulb. Made for petroleum products. At $4.95, it pays for itself with the first gallon or so you suck out of your neighbor’s Toyota. (Just kidding!) Use it to empty oil on something besides the garage floor or your head, fill the mower straight from the mini-van, or transfer gas from one vehicle to another. (Check to make sure you own both vehicles first.)

Permanently mark soft metals, plastics, leather and wooden items with this excellent 38-piece punch set. Imprint 1/8" characters -- 26 uppercase letters, numbers 0-9, a period and an ampersand. It comes with an automated, spring-loaded punch 6-1/2" long, all stowed in a permanent, molded-plastic storage case.

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

Take a look pretty much anyplace with this 1-1/8" dia glass inspection mirror on a ball & socket universal joint mounted on the end of a 5-draw rod that extends from 4-3/4” to 21-1/2” long. Also good for doing dental inspections on alligators.

…stays in the can. This 5-1/2" dia x 4” tall fiber drum with a lid has a 3-1/4” dia rubber-coated magnet with a 9-lb pull on the bottom to hold all of those pieces and parts that would otherwise get lost before you can put them back into whatever you’re taking apart. Also sticks to your toolbox while you’re at the hardware store.

Our 13W fluorescent bulb Is a PLS shape with a G23 base, which in English means a doubled-over tube with the two prongs separated by the plastic  snap-in thingy on the bottom. Measure 7" long x 1-1/4" x 5/8".  ProTech Plus part #PTLP-5035.

The interior decoration version of the Krummlauf gun (just groogle it, OK?), this 2-1/2" wide polyester-bristle paint brush has a semi-circular ring as part of its handle so that it swivels 90 degrees right or left, and front to back. Tightens with a thumbscrew clutch on the 6-1/2" long handle. Remove the handle and it's a 5-3/4" long brush on a ring. Jim dandy handy for painting behind fixtures, inside bookshelves, anyplace with limited access.