Hobby Tools

Refillable butane torch, with a 1/2" dia x 5-3/4" body and a 1/4" dia. x 2-1/4" long head. Strong enough to melt solder, silver and gold solder, glass tubing and such metals as gold, silver, copper, tin, and aluminum. Equally handy around the hobby...

In translucent polypropylene, these measure 6” long with a bulbous top, 3mL capacity, dropper point and 0.5ml markings. The package calls these “Prospector’s Choice” and suggests using them to “collect fine gold particles...

Sounds like an Olympic figure-skating move, the standing, self-closing reverse tweezer, but it's really a tweezer that's closed until you squeeze it. It also has a frame to hold it up off a work surface, so it doubles as a vice...

Or not, but it you do, this assortment of black heat-shrink tubes is marine rated. All measure 3-1/2” long in (6) sizes from 1/8” to 3/4” and will shrink to 1/3 their original size. In a handy storage box, too. From GRIP® tools.

This would be the Detective Special, if detectives were big into crafts. The 10W glue gun measures a mere 4-1/2” x 4-1/2” x 7/8”, and includes a 4-foot power cord and removable stand. Uses 5/16” dia glue sticks. UL.

The Anvil Chorus would have been much quieter. Play your own chorus on this excellent forged jeweler's anvil, which is much smaller than the ones in cartoons. In heavy polished steel, it measures approx 4-1/4” x 1-3/4” x 1-1/8” with a...

Pick a pair of mini pliers, each set small enough to tuck into your pocket without causing a limp. You pick: the regular pliers pair has one standard pliers with grooved jaws and one slip-joint pliers, the ones we can't use the...

Who among us couldn’t, really? This helping hand has dual white LEDs under a 2-3/8" dia 2.75X lens with a 5/8" dia 7.5X window on a 6-1/2” long gooseneck. Below the lens is a 4-1/2" rod with alligator clips on ball/socket joints at each end...

Sometimes you don’t want lead in your solder. You know this. Our each is a dispenser that feeds approx 109” of Tin/Silver solder in 0.04” dia wire. Solder is 96% tin and 4% silver. No need to thank us for refraining from lead soldier...

Any way you want it. This cast aluminum wire jig for jewelry-making measures 4-3/8" x 1" x 5/8" with (4) 1” x 1/4” steel pegs, semi-circular and triangular bending points, slots at 3/32",1/8" and 3/16" wide, plus one with a small divot to one...

This excellent 4-piece set of double-ended picks is made of nylon so you won't damage your electronics or electrocute yourself. They have hex-shaped shafts for a good grip, and assorted pick, probe, hook and scraper ends. Equally good for auto detailing...

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,...

This great little (3)-piece set of pipe brush cleaners, each 7-1/2” long, including metal handle with hanging loop, consists of (2) standard pipe cleaners with 3” of bristles, and (1) broom-style brush with 1-1/4” of bristles.

And a rotary tool for every turning. This is our compactest compact set of rotary tool accessories, all in a carrying case that you can actually carry. Includes a staggering (276) pieces with standard 1/8” shanks, including a plethora of polishing...

Our each is a set of (12) assorted, stainless steel, double-ended, wax-carving tools. So you’ll really have (24) tools, such as picks, spatulae, spades, points and a bunch more. Each measures approx 6-1/2” long with knurled handles for a sure...

Our super soldering set is perfect for beginning and occasional solderers. It includes everything you need you need to be up and soldering in minutes. A must have for any budding electronics kit builder, hobbiest, crafter and electronic repair. Solder on...

If your beads need reaming, nothing reams beads like diamond-coated bead reamers. This quartet all have a 2-7/8" plastic handle in different colors and include cone, tapered, pointed and cylinder tips.  With diameters of 0.2mm - 5mm they are ready...

Life will never be dull again if you carry this pocket-sized diamond knife and scissors sharpener. Comes with (3) 2" long diamond encrusted rods, (2) medium coarse and (1) fine. The 1-15/16" x 2-3/8" x 5/8" holder is also a frame with slots that hold the...

These're pleasing tweezers, these are. They're clever cross-lock tweezers, 6" long with wood-grain grips and 1/2" long, serrated 90° jaws that grip tightly. The handy cross-locks will lay flat on their backs to hold stuff,...

It's officially a watch-case holder, and indispensable for jewelers and watch collectors, but it's equally useful for holding anything small and squirrely while you work on it. A pair of 1-3/4" long x 15/16" tall brackets have (4) sets of (6) holes that...

Almost big enough to pick up mortals: 9-7/8" long, 1/2" at its widest, with a mouth that rests open at 1-3/16". Stainless steel and non-magnetic, with a rounded serrated tip that's 5/32" wide. Good for giant splinters, crafts, jewelry, electronics, or...

Our delovely desoldering device is de spring-loaded suction type, approx 8 to 10-3/4" long. Depress de pump, heat de circuit board pad, squeeze de button, and de solder deesappears. Devious little devil.

We just wish there was something, anything, to do around here that required this thing, on account of it's so cool. Our newest Helping Hand has a pair of alligator clips on swiveling arms, likewise a 2-1/4" dia x 1.5X magnifier plus an LED flashlight on...

A really cool mini drill set for your mini projects! The 7-1/4" long aluminum push drill for delicate work comes with (1) 1/16" and (1) 1/32" collet, and (20) bits that fit them. The bits are #61 through #80, some so needle-thin they could add tear ducts...

Pencil-type soldering iron imported from Taiwan. Overlook the charming instructions, it works just the way everyone does. 30 watt 110 volt, nice, serviceable unit.

It's stylish, it's handy, it has a slightly menacing look to it, and-truth be told-it's a lot of fun. It's a handheld butane torch, great for everyone: in the lab, under the hood, working with circuitry, heck, a chef can even use it to flambé the...

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...

Actually, here are (2) tips—replacement tips—and they’re made for the K & S #910 soldering iron. You’ll get (1) blade tip and (1) point tip (model # 911) and you’ll be back to soldering before anything cools off. Jarvis...