I am always on the lookout for interesting and strange tools. But a recent find is actually helping me with a current project involving some hard to reach small screws in a clock body. More on that soon.

This find is a Vaco Products Company screw launcher #K-21. But what is a screw launcher?

A screw launcher is a form of screw holding that works by means of a simple push-pull motion of a sliding aluminum sleeve. This motion Expands and releases a set of Spring-steel blades that grip the screw. Here is one in an animation showing the blades. The only part missing is the *pocket clip but that does not hurt the launchers functionality.

Thanks for letting me share this with you and please take care of each other.

K

Printing Plates from Aluminium Tape

I cut out our fiery woman from brass shim stock and covered a square glass plate with in the foil tape over the brass. I traced the outline with a stylus and added some randomness around her by pulling the tape off and re applying it. As you can see the ink prints less and less with each press giving a kind of fade out effect. I can’t wait to experiment more with printing in my artwork.

Thanks for looking and please take care of each other!

Sorry for the delay folks. I have been busy working on securing all the important things one needs to function. So please understand It might take me a little while longer than I expected to get back to doing the things that bring me joy and happiness.

Please take care of each other!

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