7.25" Gauge Steam Locomotive Build - Ep 1 - Progress so far....

[@RB-yq7qv]

Love your style, will keep watching your build and we all make mistakes. If that's the only one you are blessed.

[@henkencloete6527]

You have done well, keep it up!

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Thank you, the project has come on a long way since this first episode. All the best, Matt.

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Keep up the good work. 👍

[@47606odin]

Looking forward to seeing this progress, looking at getting my own Tink

[@adam.goodin]

Great start that Matt 👍🏻 I am about to embark on the same journey with my own Tink build.

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Many thanks for the comments, it’s much appreciated. Good to hear another Tink is about to be built 👍

[@boboldfield8571]

Nice work , excellent vid. Thankyoi

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Thanks Bob. We are currently working on episode 4, and whole load of other videos that are to enable us to work on the steam engine a bit quicker and more productively. 👍

[@rogermarsh9806]

Hi Matt, I am always interested to see how other builders interpret the Tinkerbell design. I used 1/4” plate for my frames and built up steel horn guides and axle boxes, all case hardened so the engine is probably little lighter than yours particularly at the rear end which was extended by recycling buffer beams from a planned Woolwich Arsenal model. I am interested that you say the engines are light at the front. When the design was first done I was aware that if the pony truck derailed when going in reverse the loco could tip up if there was not enough weight on the front. At that time I was a nine and a half stone bean pole.but in the six month’s it took to build my weight went up to fourteen. But on test it did not tip up. I had calculated that there was 150 lbs more on the front than the rear. The completed loco weighed about 950 lbs. The rev. Teddy Boston used to drive it by sitting on the fence plate and he weighed nearly twenty stone. One thing Paul Ash does not mention in his book is the injector just visible below the rh. tank, this came off an old 15”gauge loco so was much too large. In use one watched the pressure gauge not the water gauge because it could reduce the pressure to thirty psi in seconds. I expect you will have your loco ready for a Boxing Day run.

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Hi Roger, thank you for your detailed reply it’s much appreciated. My frame thickness is down to following trends of everyone else, as this is my first build I’ve got much of my advice from Peter Beevers, who I think has built every conceivable variant of a Tinkerbell, and is member on the Tinkerbell and variants Facebook page. For me I think the most appealing part of Tinkerbell is it really is a narrow gauge locomotive in its own right, in my eyes of course. Boxing Day run, yes, but not sure in which year 😂. I have a long way to go and still much to learn, but I’m having fun and that’s the important bit! All the best, Matt.

[@KimbrellBrad]

New to your channel and love your style of explaining and self-deprecating acknowledgement of the fact that you are learning as you go (as are all of us every day tbh!). Very interesting build. I am a hobby machinist with a Bridgeport Mill and 1934 Atlas 12" lathe. Also many hand tools including my hand-held bandsaw. I am now getting ready to buy a welding machine. Not even sure what type I need yet but YT has plenty of welders out there sharing experiences / advice. Really enjoying your channel! New subscriber here!

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Many Thanks @Madd Brad. For a first build its, 1) huge, footprint of 6' long x 2' wide, 2) not as easy to build as they are made out to be as drawings aren't great. Most importantly though it's fun, and that's what its all about. The upcoming videos are all leading towards something big which is much needed for the steam engine build! I've a myford ML7 lathe which a lot of people love, and I don't, but I've been offered a Harrison 12" (either 12" or 11") so the lathe maybe getting upgraded! Think I read on the other comment your in the US, I'm not sure what welders are available over there compared to here in the UK, but I am planning some videos on my welding set up I have in the small workshop.

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Looks like an interesting build. I subd.

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Thank you for the Sub. It’s definitely an interesting build 👍

[@johnboy5156]

Adjust the preload of the rear springs..

[@LordPhobos6502]

7:25 - you need to fire your editor... giving you shade like that... geez! :P

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

😂😂 I can’t watch early videos….. there awful, terrible editing, rubbish lighting, and the awkward on screen performance…….but it’s part of the story of the build. Hopefully my videos have improved a little bit 🤔maybe 😂. All the best, Matt

[@LordPhobos6502]

@@MattChiversWorkshop As an aspiring builder, your early videos are great. And learning to video's like any other skill mate, takes practice and having a go. You've done well!

[@Janne1Hirmu]

Horrible music

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Did it offend you that much you had to comment on it??

[@calico780]

Not as horrible as his brother