The Man Who Makes Little Fish from Sticks

Webmistress | September 5, 2009

Wearing only a green loincloth, a barefooted indian approached me. Lean and muscular, his straight black hair hung down past his ears in a “page boy” style cut typical of “Cholos” or straight-haired people. His flat, broad feet were caked with sand. A two and a half foot long machete was slung across his back [...]

Pen Turning on the go.

TCBC | September 3, 2009

Being a pen turner and recently retired, I was looking for a small lathe I could take with me in my travels. After a lot of research, I settled on the little Grizzly G9247 VS Mini Wood Lathe.  It is not a high quality machine, but it does a satisfactory job for turning pens, bottle [...]