Torture Device? Miniature Bed of Nails?

This contraption, so far as I know, has no official name. I call it a nail board. It gets used around boatyards and carvers’ shops to hold objects to be varnished or painted above the surrounding surface so the surface beneath and the object getting painted don’t come in contact.

The first one I ever remember seeing was in a boatyard in the 1970s in Maine. Mine is made with drywall screws, and storing it between uses takes some careful consideration. You don’t want to reach into a dark recess and grab it.

Ouch!