He obtained equipment used on slave-ships, such as iron handcuffs, leg-shackles, and thumbscrews; instruments for forcing open slaves' jaws; and branding irons.
Firstly, we live in an age where experts are held in low regard, perhaps the lowest regard since people put thumbscrews on one another for owning telescopes.
The vertical one covers the drive bays, so accessing the internals of the case has never been easier, especially because they're all held in place by thumbscrews.