Fowler 16341 Restoration Part 15

[@andrewrussellmalcolm]

Great vidoe. Can't wait to watch the loco come back to life! The guy on the manual press deserves an extra cup of tea for his effort :)

[@ariedekker7350]

Mechanical engineering that makes your heart beat faster.

[@stephensmith799]

Brilliant comment. Yes. It gladdens the heart. In mech engineering there are always different ways of going about things. Workshop practices and the designs themselves are amazing demonstrations of creativity and imagination. My mother took me to the Science Museum back in 1961 and I loved the thinking behind the Watt Governor and how much force could be applied by pulleys. How Giffard came up with his brilliant and utterly counter intuitive live steam injector I have no idea.

[@Bierrr]

These videos make my day. Favorite series on KZbin.

[@GordonjSmith1]

I am really enjoying following this project.

[@highdownmartin]

Love this series. Nice length and interesting and a real step away from the other things going on right now. A breath of fresh air!

[@markcook5773]

breath of fresh air to see traditional engineering in action

[@vladabocanek3703]

I must confess, I was quite scared that there will be no more restoration of Fowler. Nice to see your progress!

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

Never fear! We’ve been working on it all the way through, it just takes ages to sort the films out and we’ve been really busy. Hopefully a little flurry of films over the next month or two to catch up!

[@frankboff8185]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the next one.

[@machineshopinagarage4699]

Excellent work, it's the little details like the oil pots which make an engine special

[@adriangiddins6065]

Absolutely brilliant. Great work and a very good narration. Thank you.

[@SneakersKicksCreps]

I really enjoyed watching this triple thumbs up 👍👍👍 subscribed and cant wait for the next 😊

[@thebadger2101]

Looking to the next video. Following this with great interest. Great work.

[@N57RU]

Back years ago, when machining 6', 8' & 10' rods that had to match on the bushing centerlines, we actually stacked them in pairs and bored through both rods at the same time to match the centerlines. Nice work. Enjoy watching.

[@grahamsengineering.2532]

Very nice, love the Oilers and love the appreciation to the Woodford Light Rail that I occasionally visit.

[@ericcowan7759]

Absolutely amazing and fantastic work done by all! Can't wait for the next episode. Really appreciate the detailed review of what you've had to do to recreate parts, continuation of this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for sharing!

[@anthonyiron4635]

Thank you. I love following this series.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear Steam Workshop team. 👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic again and as always (video, work and narrating). Especially all the new manufactured bronze pieces look really, really great. Until now I have never seen a wick oiler like this, nor the principle how it works. Simple but effective obviously. It is nice to see, that railway fans are an intercontinental acting community. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all involved people.

[@brianhebert347]

Agreed. Well said.

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Fascinating stuff! Excellent as always. I remember visiting the Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society in Woodford Australia in the 1990's, they had rows of unrestored sugar cane locomotives, it was like Barry scrap yard, but they were all saved! I saw my first Hunslet 4-6-0's at Woodford, although modified, they were beautiful! All the best, Matt.

[@wexfordwaster7423]

I really appreciate the time and trouble you are taking with these videos. Best wish

[@petermcneill80]

Interesting use of roller baring parts , interesting everything actually very good !

[@stephensmith799]

I always find it hard to believe that wick lubricators work but they do! Lovely work

[@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj]

I have an antique German ventilator with wicks, still runs fine.

[@misterflibble6601]

Great job! Excellent narration and explanations. Thanks for posting👍

[@brickleyyard4966]

I really love the slow and methodical and meticulous details u go into and the history of it from its working life Keep up the good would will have to come and see this when it's back up and running would love to even ha e a foot plate ride if that's something you would be allowing people to do

[@SailingYachtDreamcatcher]

Great content and informative update! Thank you!

[@saltleywsc]

Superb work being done thanks for sharing !

[@JamesSimpsonn]

Fantastic work by you and your team as always Simon.

[@brianhebert347]

Another great episode!

[@charlesyoung2911]

Wicks or Syphons to give them the correct name were extensively used on Triple Expansion Marine Engines

[@andybrookes-wilde3820]

Starting to look nice

[@stevenaegele5228]

Very interesting series, thanks! I've been wondering how it's been coming along.

[@robertellis2252]

Totally fascinating!

[@paulrayner4514]

under working conditions won't those oilers get full of muck and grit etc which would find it's way down to the bearings? enjoying the series.

[@bambukouk]

thank you 👍

[@petergardner2334]

very good video

[@donwright3427]

What would we do without a Bridgeport.

[@thomascresswell4447]

Fantastic work Simon how much done is Tully completed

[@olixbob]

3:30 your bush freezer is very aptly named

[@OthamJohn]

What is the red paint? I'm building a Fowler A7 and the inside faces of the horn plates and the gears are red, but I've no idea of the correct colour. The red you are using looks suitable and it is a Fowler as well.

[@thebuilderxen6858]

Finnaly new update

[@brianhebert347]

They are very busy. I'm jealous. I wish I had the skills. It takes a lot of effort to produce one of these videos. Please be patient my friend.

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

Brian’s right, but also I try to make each film coherent, a job from start to finish. The first part of this one was filmed nearly 2 years ago, but fitting the rebuild around the normal work we didn’t have a finished rod to tell the start to finish story until a few weeks ago!

[@thebuilderxen6858]

@@TheSteamWorkshop ok

[@thebuilderxen6858]

@@TheSteamWorkshop I am a fan too

[@THR33STEP]

What is the status of this restoration? I haven’t seen anything new about this in a year.

[@Ti_Daley]

I'm surprised that you're just using the outer cases of roller bearings and not just using the full roller bearing, surely that would cut down on wear and tear

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

We are trying to restore the locomotive as close to original as possible, roller bearings just aren’t appropriate for a 1924 built Fowler locomotive. Roller bearing shells though are a simple, accurate & hard way to create a new bearing surface upon which to run a bronze bush. 🙂