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Yes, I have made a bunch of mostly round boxes from exotic wood. There are dozens of species suitable and available. It is a lot of fun.

The first 4 photos show the machine under construction. The next 4 are some of the live tooling I've made. The final 2 are after I rebuilt the machine as it needed to be more rigid. There are still some improvements to be made. No geometric chuck yet.

I bought the gears and hardware.

The Shay plans are the Mich-Cal Shay No. 2 by Bill Harris. The book is "Logging with Steam." It is published by The Village Press - same company publishes "Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading" magazine. I did scale the engine up from the plans. You can see videos of both engines on my You...

The streamlined "500" was originally built in 1957. I have rebuilt it twice, most recently with streamlining and a new boiler. It is coal fired. The Shay is a class A (2 cylinder, 2 truck) with a T-boiler. This year, I changed the stack to an oldertype and added a wood pile on the tank. It...

I am retired and living near Rochester, NY (Henrietta). I have been a manufacturing jeweler, machinist (manual and 1980's CNC), and modelmaker, but spent most of my career in Quality Assurance. I have a 9" South Bend lathe, Atlas horizontal mill, drill press, band saws, etc. I have been...