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This is the last of the Aldi Acacia chopping boards. 160mm Dia sphere it is the limit my little lathe can cope with, it worked really hard and I am proud of it. It deserves a rest and a new set of bearings. Still some work to do on the internals but that will have to wait until my...

I wanted to see how big a piece I could make on my mini lathe that has a 50mm four jaw chuck. I cut some donuts out of an acacia chopping board - Largest piece is 150mm - used the lathe to cut them from square pieces. Mounted the pieces on a mandrel (AKA M8 threaded bar) I am pleased with...

I have allways had it in my mind to build a steam engine. Lack of time, funds, equipment, skills etc always put me off. That is until I stumbled on Sterling Hot Air engines, so I built one to look like a steam engine. Festers Engine Number 1 This is a second engine - still a work in progress...

My wife bought me this from Aldi's. The Acacia was nice to work with Half a bottle of superglue to make it shiny. Toodlepip Fester