Makes you want to buy a lathe....even a wood one.

love it… just wonderful to see, but I have to make a comment that saddens me a bit

Every notice how when it comes to these types of innovations and these types of DIY stuff that involves working with your hands, that it is always an older gentlemen. The art of making things with your hands seems to be going the way of the dinosaur. I hope to teach my youngest kid to work on wood and make furniture like I do. There is something therapeutic about working with wood.

I hear you. I am making shelves for my garage (shed when you speak of this in front of my wife) and love the smell of the cut wood. Lining up the table saw was fun too.

The youth will come around...it is just a dark time in our history now

To affirm this I just got an email from two "young-uns" who responded to a "lathe wanted ad" and wanted me to go splits on a small metal lathe.

This looks like good program to get your hands on tools/machines TechShop is America's 1st Nationwide Open-Access Public Workshop -- TechShop Locations

Here is another group I3 Detroit - HackerspaceWiki