Medieval Torture Device?

Kinda looks like it, huh?

Just attach the clamps to somebody's fingernails and you're well on your way! Actually, this is my soldering station. The little clamps hold things together why I apply heat to them. The funky black thing is actually a block of charcoal - it absorbs all the oxygen from the air right around the piece so you don't get as much nasty black stuff called oxidation on your piece.

Learn something new everyday, don't you?

Hope you all had a great weekend.

And, yes, Mom, I'll post some baby pictures for you.