A LARGE MODEL SHOWMAN'S ENGINE - PART #50

[@jimwillis176]

Hi Keith - The "problem" with backing your trailer is the length from the kingpin to the axle. The shorter the trailer, the harder it is to backup. Good solution - I'd never have thought of doing it that way!

[@htmagic]

Keith, pretty neat traction engine! Loved the journey and the work you did on it. Looks and runs great!

[@keithappleton]

Glad you enjoyed it }:-)))

[@ianzagorskikh3964]

Thank you, Keith! It is a pleasure to listen your engineering English language!

[@perrydebell1352]

I was headed for bed, but your video popped up 2 minutes ago & I have to watch it.

[@9534alex]

Thanks Keith for another great video. The showmans engine is a credit to you!

[@keithappleton]

Thank You {:-)))

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing !

[@elvismcstuffin4299]

Happy Christmas Keith!

[@keithappleton]

And the same to you }:-)))

[@thomascresswell4447]

Well done Keith 👍

[@keithappleton]

Thank you Thomas {:-)))

[@thomascresswell4447]

@@keithappleton your welcome

[@thomascresswell4447]

@@keithappleton I hope you'll have a merry Christmas 🎄🎁 and a happy new year 2021🎆

[@perrydebell1352]

Goodnight & thanks.

[@keithappleton]

Good morning }:-)))

[@captainbroadside8258]

Great idea

[@howder1951]

Nice Keith, cheers!

[@kevgermany]

Looking really good. Hope the injector is working now you fixed the problem.

[@keithappleton]

I hope so too }:-)))

[@steamboatmodel]

I am 71 now and have been attempting to sharpen drills free hand since I was about 8 years old. Some times I get it right most of the time I don't, when I learned CNC I got into the habit of only using sharp new drills (they were billed to the Job), since retiring I have had to go back to trying to do them by hand. Although I just noticed one of the stores have Drill Doctor sharpening machines for half price, hello Santa!

[@keithappleton]

I will look }:-)))

[@steamboatmodel]

@@keithappleton My Kind wife ordered one for me, it is due to arrive on Dec. 24.th

[@keithappleton]

Which model are you getting? I can't decide which one to buy ...... it will be after Christmas now anyway.

[@steamboatmodel]

@@keithappleton Drill Doctor X2 Drill Bit and Knife Sharpener *Was $179.99 $89.99 now They are delivering it for $8.00, we have just gone into lockdown, so delivery is great.

[@grumpy5724]

I really enjoy this series. But, I have a suggestion, paint the wheels on the driving truck to match the engine.

[@keithappleton]

Maybe eventually ...... although it is not actually part of the engine . . . {:-)))

[@JamesPetts]

This is a splendid traction engine.

[@keithappleton]

I like it too - it is pretty as well as being nice & simple (very much like a girlfriend I once knew) }:-)))

[@charliegould7829]

Ah the mystical art of drill sharpening. I learnt how to sharpen a drill way back in 1969 in the apprentice training school at the Hawker Siddeley Aviation factory in Kingston-upon-Thames. The instructor handed me a large drill (around an inch and a quarter dia) which he'd ground the end off. When we did this exercise we were told what all the angles were, but not given the angle test gauges, they lived in the instructors desk draw. So off I went to the grinder, and started sharpening, then into the instructor who pulls out his angle gauges and checks my work. Of course the angles are nowhere near, so he goes to the grinder and flattens the end again. We repeat this process again and again over the next day and a half, maybe two days, until my angles match his gauges at which point I'm allowed to move on to the next training exercise. Consequently like everyone else I started with an 8 inch long drill and ended up with a 2 inch long drill at the end! I think all of us in that apprentice intake (and there were 32 of us that year) used 6 inches of drill learning how to sharpen a drill. But like everyone of our group, I'll NEVER forget how to sharpen a drill. CharlieG

[@paulmanson253]

Well now. Do complete strangers a favour and make up a video of what you know and how you do it. A 1969 apprenticeship like that is almost unachievable for most young men. Pass on at least some of the stuff you learned. It will not be just drill bit sharpening, but that is a start,and a big deal for a lot of people. If you can,reminisce about the good bits too. You must have some good stories of various events. Not so ?

[@SymphonicPoet]

First, lovely stuff. :) I'm but the rawest of novice engineers and your videos are always a pleasure and a true learning experience. So this second part is a surprise to me, and maybe no use to you. The bolt, if you are curious, appears to be what is called in the US a "grade 5" bolt. The hash-marks on the bolt head are used by a standards association over this way called SAE, and a grade 5 bolt should be medium carbon steel, quenched and tempered, with maybe twice the tensile strength of your garden variety steel bolt. (I work with the fancy graded stuff sometimes in theatre, where we use it with rigging hardware.) Anyway, thank you for the wonderful work you do. As you say, stay safe. And I look forward to your next project.

[@keithappleton]

Thanks, I didn't know that }:-)))

[@brianelstro7801]

Grade 5 is 3 radial lines, not one. He mentioned work hardening, and I'm under the impression that he wouldn't have been able to drill into a grade 5 to begin with (hardened and tempered). I've seen similar markings on suspension parts, which use a #9 grade bolt (high carbon, no hardening), which leads us to why I replied. There are standards for both continents, all of which have changed over the course of time, many times over. So it's completely confusing lol. British standards actually stamp a hardness number that gives you the tensile strength of the bolt. Good info to have if you're flying things above ppls heads, or attaching a leaf spring perch on a truck....or even drilling into it to make a secondary use for it (and not wreck a few bits). Good stuff, good day!

[@SymphonicPoet]

@@keithappleton It's pretty obscure and not very useful unless you have to hang heavy things. But with luck it should be a doubly good bolt for your job. :)

[@SymphonicPoet]

If you look at 2:51 you can see the bolt head fairly clearly. The first line is more clear as it's in a clear area with no other markings, but there appear to be two more bracketing the letters TDF. The color of the bolt is also consistent with a lot of the theatrical truss hardware I've hung over the years, and you might note that Mr. Appleton has occasion to be around the theatre. Honestly, even Chinese bolts seem to follow the SAE standard and have done so as long as I've been rigging. If I found that bolt in a box or rigging hardware I would trust that it was an SAE grade five bolt and I would comfortably use it to bolt together the truss upon which I I might myself sit later in the show. (The better to shine a light on the star attraction of Appleton's High Pressure Hootenanny and Contrapuntal Circus Review.) Maybe it looks different in person, but that surely looks to my eye like a grade five bolt.

[@telmore6490]

Keith, Have you ever used the Drill Doctor sharpener ?

[@keithappleton]

No, I usually do it by eye . . .

[@karlgoebeler1500]

Merry xmas

[@keithappleton]

Same to you Karl }:-)))

[@oldsteam3618]

Drain holes in the wood maybe. Just a maybe.

[@Margarinetaylorgrease]

Steam powered Mobility Scooter? I just realised ;)

[@keithappleton]

}:-)))

[@ian-c.01]

Reversing a trailer with a very short drawbar is impossible no matter what vehicle you are using. The longer a drawbar is the better, if the distance from the tow hitch to the trailer axle is more than the length of the towing vehicle's axle then it gets easier. Towing trailers can be tricky if they are not set up right, I used to drive tractors with 2 trailers, the first one was a 4 wheeler with steering front wheels and the rear one was a two wheeler with rigid tow, with a bit of practice you can reverse with that type of setup even round corners ! I like your idea of fitting the anti jack knife bar for certain situations but I would have thought it was easier to remove the trailer altogether if you wanted to reverse round a corner.

[@keithappleton]

But then I would have to walk and even run the risk of running myself over with the Traction Engine }:-)))

[@brianelstro7801]

Good idea securing the truck, though I have heard such a thing called cheating by pro drivers lol. Merry Christmas (happy holidays, Hanukkah, or whatever you heathens across the pond celebrate)!

[@cloakedstring172]

first and great vids i love watching them when i go to bed