My eyes are down here: Blind craftsman George Wurtzel's magic touch

Blind woodworker George Wurtzel says that one can learn to see with their hands.

George Wurtzel whistles Camptown Races as a high-powered lathe hums a quarter-inch from his thumb and forefinger. Thread-thin streams of sawdust arc like an exploding firework off the small chunk of pine he is fashioning into a sombrero-shaped wine stopper, some of them landing on his full-on beard. “As you turn wood, the sound changes dramatically with the shape,” Wurtzel says. “You can tell what’s happening by the chatter noise and feel of the vibrations.”