DGL Engineering

A first‑time customer trusted me with a solid batch job — 20 top‑hat bushes for Access & Lifting.
Plenty of heavy material removal on these, all machined in‑house here in Northampton.
Great start to a new working relationship.

If you need one‑offs or batch work, DGL Engineering is open.

Another titanium job finished up.

Customer brought the material and a brilliant hand‑drawn technical drawing.
The long taper meant offsetting the tailstock by 10 mm and turning between centres.

Then I moved to the CNC mill with a 5C indexing head and tailstock to cut the flats — and match the large internal radius in the corner so everything blended cleanly with the lathe work.

I also made a mistake on one diameter. It happens to all of us. The important bit is fixing it and delivering the part properly.

Another repeat job completed this week — a customer needed another batch of aluminium light brackets I originally reverse‑engineered for them.
The originals were plastic and kept breaking, so I modelled and CNC machined a stronger aluminium version.
Now they just come back for small batches whenever they need them.
Love seeing practical engineering make someone’s life easier.

Not your everyday machining job…

Had an interesting one this week — a performer needed a custom prop, so I machined the whole thing from scratch.

• Bullet cases drilled on the lathe
• A brass ring drilled for eight perfectly spaced holes across 180°
• Everything aligned, pinned, and soft‑soldered together

Always enjoy the odd jobs that still require proper accuracy and clean workmanship.