
Riffler files are most prized by sculptors, wood carvers, model makers and similar fashioners of precision objects. They come in a variety of flat, round and triangular shapes. They are usually pointed and always have a delicate curve toward the point which makes them particularly useful for working in tight and curvy spots. We have a set of (10) in an attractive red plastic case. They are 3 x 180 mm size (about 7"), and were made in China for the King Manufacturing Co. Very nice quality at a very nice price. They can cost as much as $4.00-$5.00 apiece in regular outlets.
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10955 RIFFLER FILES |
Winner of this week's "What IS That?" award. It's a watch crab, also called a spanner wrench, that's designed to remove the back from watches, lenses from telescopes, and other thin, flat components from whatever they're attached to. Heavy for its size, it's 1" x 2-3/4" x 3/8" thick, with sharp 1/4" prongs projecting from the edge. The prongs move from 2" to 7/16" apart as you spin the furled nut between them. An impressive tool to flash in front of your brother-in-law. If he doesn't read our catalog, he won't have a clue!
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91902 WATCH CRAB |
Knowledge is power - in this case, battery power. You'll know from the easy-to-read gauge on this black-plastic handheld mini-tester whether a battery is good, low or needs to be replaced. The 4-1/4" x 2-3/8" x 1" testor reads "AAA," "AA," "C," "D," 9 volt, 1.5 volt button, and other sizes.
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91981 BATTERY TESTER |
The Incredible Growing Brain may be a first for water/toy growth science! You've put little dinosaurs, frogs and figurines into bowls of water to watch them get huge but we'll bet you've never put a 1-1/2" brain into a bottle with a 2" opening and come back to a floating, fist-size human brain! The Incredible Growing Brain is grey and all ribbed and rippley like the real thing. The stem from the cerebellum is especially haunting. Incredible brain facts printed on back of package. Mom, totally science fiction, wow!
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89511 GROWING BRAIN |
Triops: way cooler, bigger and more active than sea monkeys. They're dinosaur shrimp, leftovers from some 200 million years ago. Don't eat them; just grow them and enjoy this bizarre & ancient display of nature! You get a kidney-shaped tank 2-3/8" tall x 8-1/2"x 5-3/4", a very informative instruction booklet, and a packet full of triops eggs and food. Add the eggs to water and watch them go; they'll hatch in a day and reach 1" to 2" or more in a few weeks. Really easy to do, and really cool too.
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91047 TRIOPS KIT |
Is that a cup of little lemon jelly beans? And lime? Orange? Light red? A bowl of burgundy-colored baked bean candies? Definitely not, no matter how sweet they look! Those are colored, scented wax shapes to be melted down to create candles. Each color is packed in 4-oz bags of approx (100) pieces. Each package contains (3) bags, (3) different colors (our choice). Enticing shapes and colors. Keep the kids away from them!
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34835 WAX BEANS |
Clip this personal, portable micro-light onto a book (or baseball cap or toolbox lid or anything else) and bend the plastic-sheathed 8" wire gooseneck to throw a little light where you need it. Won't get hot like other book lights. Comes with (3) replaceable AG13 batteries, and an LED bulb that will stay bright until the you-know-what starts laying golden eggs. Spring-clip body with a sliding on/off switch. Assorted colors (our choice). Expected battery life is 10 to 15 hours. Need extra batteies cheap? Try our AG13 (10) pack for $1.95. Just enter 92524 in the search box above. A must have!
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92157 SM GOOSENECK LAMP |
Carry and store your letter-size documents (or magazines, or photos, or recipes, or peanut-butter sandwiches) in this portfolio of strong, translucent-white LDPE (think corrugated plastic). The 12" x 9-1/2" x 1-3/4" thick case can be unfolded and stored flat, if you want to order ahead and store a stack.
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35630 SEE-THRU FOLIO |
And in the kitchen. Lose the pics of the dog and build your very own marble track device on the fridge door. Comes with (11) pieces: (2) 8" and (2) 6" rails, (2) curvy 11" switchback rails, a "tornado funnel," a 3" dia spinning wheel, a couple of counterweighted spinning buckets and a catch box--all held on by magnets--plus a dozen marbles, because you're going to lose a few under that fridge. It's all done in high-fashion lime green and purple plastic and if mathematics works, there ought to be 100 possible Goldbergian combinations. CJ calls it very cool, and we trust him.
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92668 FRIGITS DELUX |
CJ is the resident musician at A.S.&S., and he can play this roll-up keyboard to a fare-thee-well. "It sounds great," he says, "and it doesn't get any more portable than this." About nine steps beyond nifty, this extremely cool electronic keyboard unrolls to 25-1/4" long x 5-1/4" but the 1/8"-thick rubber-membrane keyboard rolls up around the sound module to become the exact size of healthy ham and cheese sandwich. It has (26) different tones, (99) rhythms, (10) demo songs, a (3) octave range and it runs on (3) "AAA" batteries (Not included.). The business end has volume, power, function, start and stop controls, a built-in 1-3/4" speaker, headphone output and jacks for a 6VDC 300mA adapter 3.5mm plug (not included). And if you let the cat play on it, we bet you'll get Phillip Glass tunes.
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92810 ROLL A PIANO |
You know the one-big stupid grin, chatters, jumps up and down, pounds really annoying cymbals together and won't stop…an American classic. The originals from the '50s bring $75 or so on Ebay, but you can get your own brand-new, latter-day cymbal-clanging primate in a little red hat for a fraction of that. Approx 7-1/2" tall, runs on (2) "AA" batteries (not included) with a power switch under his monkey bottom.
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92814 MAGIC MONKEY |
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