Orders for wooden parts only come from time to time. But maybe it’s just as well. Vasco Vares told me that “not just anyone” is skilled enough to carve machine parts out of blackwood.

This kind of pantograph machine has long been the traditional means of manufacturing wooden figures in many of South Tyrol's valleys. "Pantographs are often given away in children's magazines and ...

What you end up with is essentially a homemade Lichtenberg machine, an apparatus used to embellish wood. To understand ... in the manner shown in these craft kits. It is stunning to see this ...