Archive for the ‘Fastener Fun’ Category

• Modern Format of Vintage Fastener Drawings

  Date: 2011.08.12 | Category: Fastener Fun, Fastener Industry | Response: 2

  Somebody has made a high-resolution scan of some nice old fastener drawings, and you can download the file for a dollar.  Since the drawings are so old, I assume there is no copyright that applies.  In this photo, they show it transferred to a pillow.

  

• This would truly be nuts

  Date: 2011.08.11 | Category: Fastener Fun | Response: 0

  If somebody buys and wears this at the Vegas show I will give them a screwcrew prize.

   

  

• I was so excited I forgot to tell you…

  Date: 2011.08.09 | Category: Fastener Fun, Fastener Industry | Response: 0

  …Fully Threaded Radio episode 29 is on the air!

• Cool Mini Case. Maybe for Some Altoids.

  Date: 2011.08.09 | Category: Fastener Fun | Response: 0

  This is a neat idea.  A lug nut with a lid.  I’m not sure if it is food safe, but you could find something to keep in it.

  

• Sneaky Spy Bolt Safe (OK Hex Cap Screw)

  Date: 2011.08.04 | Category: Fastener Fun | Response: 0

  I think there is only one available, but it seems like a good deal for the machining involved.  If you have something to hide and want to do it in a fastener freak kind of way, you can’t go wrong.

   

  

• Fully Threaded Radio Episode 28 is in the Wind

  Date: 2011.07.14 | Category: Fastener Fun, Fastener Industry | Response: 0

  Check out another truly interesting and informative batch of fastener audio.

  

   

• Chock Full O’ Nuts and Bolts

  Date: 2011.06.21 | Category: Fastener Fun | Response: 0

  That’s really what this is.
  I was looking through some printouts of old ScrewCrew.com web pages, back from the days when I tried writing my own html, and I found this picture.  I was just old enough in the 70′s to really like the original Wacky Packages.  This one brought back some memories of Crust toothpaste, Liptorn soup, and Gadzooka bubble gum.

  

• Fully Threaded Radio – Episode 27 “My Thumb Hurts!”

  Date: 2011.06.16 | Category: Fastener Fun, Fastener Industry | Response: 0

  I can’t wait to listen to this and get the latest fastener freak feeding, and find out what’s up with the thumb…

  

   

• All of those “screw” jokes have now been formalized.

  Date: 2011.05.27 | Category: Fastener Fun | Response: 0

  I recently received a very nice email from a woman named Laura ter Kuile  - who lives in England!  She found this crazy blog and thought (correctly) that I’d be interested in some fastener-related artwork she has worked on.  Here is part of her email to explain:

  “I’m currently finishing my University course in Falmouth, UK.   I’m studying Contemporary Crafts and have recently completed a body of work inspired by screw threads, nuts and bolts, and general mechanical fun, which I try to relate back to the human body – which really is the perfect machine.   The attached piece is called ‘Screwed’, and it is a commission for the local museum here which wanted me to respond to their up coming exhibition on sex education this summer.”

  She attached a photo all right.  Below is a small version that doesn’t really show how the work would be related to sex education.  If you want to “see it all” click on the small photo to get a better look.  It’s very interesting, maybe not something you want to use as your desktop background in the office, but interesting art nonetheless. I will be honest.  When I first saw the full size version, I thought (and maybe even said), “Ew!”  But then it made me wonder about why people are so uptight about, um, certain things that really should be no big deal.  I also like how she has the nut sitting on a corner rather than on a flat. I think it adds animation to it.

  I’m sure she would appreciate knowing your thoughts if you’ll leave a comment.

  

   

   

• A Whole Collection of Fastener Jewelry for Her and Him

  Date: 2011.05.26 | Category: Fastener Fun | Response: 0

  I actually got an email from an arteest (OK artist) who has fashioned a really great looking bunch of fastener jewelry.  I’m not talking about the recent, odd fad that involved hanging nuts and washers from a string and calling it art or fashion.  I’m talking about carefully crafted and constructed creations for fastener freaks.   There is a separate page for each, so just click on the pic to find out more.