This bulletin of the Scottish Schools Science Equipment Research Centre provides information to teachers regarding the use of newly produced equipment such as an economical soldering iron, nickel cadmium cell, and a desk calculator. Useful information is also included for teachers on the use of electric coils and bicarbonate indicators. A detailed description of a new design for a perspex sheet bender is provided along with a simple but intriguing center-of-gravity device which can be used by teachers in workshops. Addresses of selected scientific instrument manufacturers in England are also included. (PS)