The lathe that we purchased last year is now operational. On 28th March 2023 at 8pm there was a presentation showing it in action.
This presentation introduced the lathe and went through all the steps required to make an item, like the plumbob shown above.
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A video was made which can be seen on YouTube (at https://youtu.be/SVZpkEHol9E) by clicking on the image above.