Hasta La Ideas

Above we see a Turner’s Cube carved out of Cocobolo, a Central American hardwood. It was done “cheating”-style, using a CNC mill:

But that doesn’t mean the unnamed Micro Machine Shop craftsperson who produced it lacks lathing skills. With step-by-step photos, s/he shows you how they produced this:

That’s a “Euro-style” pen made off of instructions from Woodcraft, and the simple, pocket-sized device belies the amount of time, materials and variety of machinery it takes to produce.

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