DCT & Aaron Engineering Channel

15/06/2026

Some highlights from Saturday night’s Aaron Engineering YouTube video. I’m making 4 cylinder heads for the SV 4-stroke engine build. Please head over to that YouTube channel to watch the full video. To quote my buddy Arty over Livetools® “let’s make machining great again”!

13/06/2026

Manual machining cylinder heads for a model 4-Stroke engine. Material used is SG iron.

Today I'm manual machining the cylinder heads for the SV 4-Stroke e...

10/06/2026

Sneak peek 👀 from Saturday night’s YouTube video uploaded to my DCT channel. Machining some aluminium plates for Grant’s custom CNC router build. Tooling from

31/05/2026

A little sneak peek 👀 from Saturday nights Aaron Engineering YouTube channel. In this video we are making the pistons for the SV 4-stroke model engine via turning, milling and drilling on my Colchester lathe and Herless combination milling machine.

30/05/2026

I’ve got the old Colchester lathe fired up making some custom pistons for my 4-stroke engine build.

Making model engine pistons on my vintage Colchester Master 2500 la...

23/05/2026

Little sneak peek 👀 from tonight’s Aaron Engineering YouTube channel. Some shameless promotion for Arty trying to shame him in donating a tapping arm 😂. However I think my chances are “Buckley to None”!

22/05/2026

Mystery Tool Unboxing

Mystery viewer gift, no idea what's in the black box. Recently I received a gift from one of my subscribers Warwick Shepherd from BRT Flags and Aussie Bench...

13/05/2026

Making a custom grooving tool for my lathe on my tool and cutter grinder.

Today I’m using my tool and cut a grinder to grind a custom grooving tool which I’ll use on my Colchester Master 2500 lathe.

12/05/2026

Beautiful Swedish made Sajo VRF52M universal milling machine cutting some SG cast chips. These are the cast vices that were cast by the Beckwith Group Foundry.

09/05/2026

Using the Herless combination mill to cut a 3mm slot into some aluminium square stock to make a small custom parting off tool holder.