More info in this video, cribbed from the Hackaday comments: http://vimeo.com/25735281

That wonderful mixture of incredible craftmanship and a heavy dose of eccentricity reminds me of Tatjana J. van Vark:

http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/index.html#works

Wow. His workbench is really beautiful

http://www.kagenschaefer.com/page6.html

I'd almost be afraid to actually use something like that because I'd inevitably dent, scratch, and cut it.

I wonder if he doesn't mind using it because damaging it would give him a reason to build a new one?