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I started dismantling this old Keystone film camera.

~Step 1: Removed loader plate and spools [Tools: hands]

~Step 2: Removed backplate, feed apparatus. [Tools: screwdrivers] All the parts that are detachable are off. All of these parts are pressed die-cut metal. One is corroded from contact with the film. I stopped deconstructing here, because I would have had to destroy the camera. Produced in the 1960s, this object is very difficult to take apart. This would make it difficult to repair/service and add/substitute accessories. Even the lens is firmly machine-attached. The rest of the body of the camera is made of cast metal parts that are pressure-fitted. This camera must have been marketed as an easy-to-use family camcorder. Thus, it was quickly replaced by similar ‘family’ VHS cameras.

~SO…I started dismantling this pen-light.

~Array 1: The Kit extra nib, extra batteries, pen-light, packaging (press-cut foam), box (injection-molded plastic with ‘live’ flexible hinge)

~Array 2: The Business End pressed/coated metal housing, mechanical pressed metal twist-extender, metal/plastic pen connector, cast metal nib, ink, tubular metal inkwell, injection-molded screw-on nib holder

~Figure 1: Electronics housing. I couldn’t get this sucker apart. As you can see I used advanced tools like a screw and a brick to bash it up.

~Array 3: The Pleasure End Bent-wire clip, solic plastic light diffuser, the bashed up pieces of the injection-molded plastichrome screw-on ring, electronics housing and electronics (+2 detail shots).
The circuit board has three tiny LEDs, and two spring ends. The small one touches the batteries directly, and the big one closes the circuit by passing current through the metal housing itself. It also provides a springy-tight fit for a clean loop.

No wonder.

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