Hi my name is mike.

[mike townsend]

have been a machinist since 1991, hurt on the job and crippled but have a full wood shop, small home machine shop, forge anvil and foundry vessles.
I do some back yard casting.

Since this spring I have made a glass grinder, a wooden wood lathe, a 2x 60 belt grinder from a skate board and wood scraps and old motor. The forge burner. The brick pile forge and foundry.

I am also a borosilicate glass artist, I prefer to make flower pendants and pretty things.I make hot work tools for glass.

I hope to get lots of ideas here, im crazy ill make a bunch of goodies.
Mainly with my crippled up condition I work on art