DCT & Aaron Engineering Channel

18/04/2025

Machining more parts for the +100 year old Hornsby oil engine

Today on the Aaron Engineering channel I am remanufacturing another cast part for this 100 year old hornsby engine and using some funky workholding to do it....

15/04/2025

Machining another engine part for my buddy Wayne. These are for his 100yr old Hornsby oil engine. YouTube video this Friday 👍.

11/04/2025

How is this even possible? Ball turning on a mill with a dividing head.

I need to make a steel shaft with a 22mm diameter ball on the end of it. I don’t have ball turning attachment for my lathe, so I will take it over to my mil...

28/03/2025

Tonight on the Aaron Engineering YouTube channel I’m cutting some spur gears ⚙️ for the 4-stroke engine build. Here’s the link 🔗

https://youtu.be/tqPrDsrEH8o

21/03/2025

Want to know how to make perfect threads every time on your lathe?

Hello and welcome to the Aaron Engineering channel. Today video is a viewer request from my former TAFE student (apprentice) . This video w...

21/02/2025

Machining some customer parts for their 1905 Hornsby Oil engine. 1” BSPT water jacket plates.

G’day viewers and welcome to the Aaron Engineering channel. In today’s video I’m remanufacturing 3 cast water jacket plates from a vintage 1905 Hornsby Oil ...

09/02/2025

Machining some more cast parts for the 1905 Hornsby oil engine. These plates had to be machined, drilled, bored and threaded. Thread is 1” BSPP thread.

07/02/2025

3pm Friday afternoon YouTube video has been published. Today I’m manually machining a vintage rocker arm off a 1905 Hornsby oil engine.

G’day viewers and welcome to Aaron Engineering. In today’s video I’m machining an exhaust valve rocker arm from a vintage 1905 Hornsby Oil Engine for my cus...

02/02/2025

So I’m filming a video for my YouTube channel Aaron Engineering and little Wrenly wants in on the action. Pushing buttons and pulling levers 😝.

01/02/2025

I uploaded another "Shop Math" video last night to my YouTube channel. Learn how to use Trigonometry to locate your cartesian co-ordinates on your milling machine for drilling holes around a PCD.

Don't have CAD, don't have a DRO, lets use trigonometry to formulate your X and Y axis coordinates on your milling machine. It's really not that hard.Downlo...

24/01/2025

I just made so Toe Clamps on my Syil CNC mill. What do you think?

CNC machining job for my buddy Eden. He has a Syil X7 machine like mine but needs to some Toe Clamps made so he can use his machine. ...

24/01/2025

New video just dropped on the Aaron Engineering YouTube channel.

Holding Tips & Ripping Chips - Making Cast Cylinders

I need to machine 4 of these cylinders from cast billet for my little engine build. This video will be part 5 of the Sander Vercammen 4-stroke eng...

17/01/2025

New video uploaded on the Aaron Engineering YouTube channel. Practical application of formula to make some cast bushes.😁

G'day everyone. I need to make some cast bushes for my 4-stroke engine project. However, I don't have the correct diameter cast on hand. So using the Math...

16/01/2025

Chasing the numbers today. Drilling the bolt patterns on the little 4-stroke engine build.

10/01/2025

Shop Math - Chordal Distance video. Check it out 👍

This video will demonstrate how to use a mathematical formula to ascertain the chordal distance of equally spaced holes around a PCD (pitch circle diameter) ...

25/12/2024

I found this angle iron frame on the side of the road. It was left out for hard waste pick up. I cleaned all the rust off it, welded on some feet and added castor wheels. Fresh coat of paint and Bob’s your uncle 👍.

You take it for granted just how heavy these little Hercus Computurn lathes actually are. Pucker factor alive and well when lifting it. I used my little shop crane to jack up the ends to place rubber matting underneath to stop sliding / moving.

Merry Christmas 🎄.

24/11/2024

Chasing the micron today on my mill with the Tschorn edge finder that was purchased from . Had to drill and tap the crankshafts to keep the flywheels on.

04/11/2024

How do you broach a keyway in flywheel if you don't have a arbor press?

No arboru press, no problems! I recently purchased some broaches off AliExpress in order to broach my flywheels & gears. I had to make a arbour sleeve and u...