Fowler 16341 Restoration Part 18

[@michaelhill7471]

Having been in the machining trades and retiring as a machinist after 44 years, I dearly enjoy watching the masterful machining and metal working of the folks at the Steam Workshop. Have to say the narrating and filming of these videos of the Fowler project is nothing short of superb also.

[@ariedekker7350]

Nicely done this video. Now the long wait for even more beautiful images. Thanks for this episode.

[@5cloudwalker]

Awesome ❤ thank😊 you 🇨🇦👋

[@thomascresswell4447]

Thanks for the video on Tully fantastic work Simon 😀 👍🚂

[@andrewthomas7129]

Another superb video - Thank you so much for sharing !!! 😀😀😀 !!!

[@stevenaegele5228]

Amazing video, very nice to see the update. Thank you!

[@robertallen5531]

These videos are well done. I can't stop watching them. Absolutely awesome work on this beautiful locomotive

[@MikeL0ck]

It's always fascinating to see problem solving to make jigs and tools etc

[@happyhome41]

What amazes me about this series, is not only the engine itself with its thousands of juicy details, also the amazing collection of tools ("with the right tools, we move mountains") you have at your disposal, and of course, the skills to not only know you NEED such a tool -- also the SKILLS to use the tool to the desired end effect. Wonderful video !

[@NathanielKempson]

Some good work there lads!! She looks better with every video

[@dadyo63]

Excellent

[@tridbant]

I was getting worried thinking when this was going to come out.😢 Good heavy engineering going on.

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

Much shorter wait for the next film following the pony truck I promise. It’s finished, I’ve just got to voice it over. 🙂

[@SailingYachtDreamcatcher]

Excellent update!

[@OthamJohn]

Beautifully described, well worth the wait. Looking forward to the next episode. By the way, I have used the Freezer trick for bushing and it works a treat, I did heat up the other part as well just to make things easier.

[@andrewclarkehomeimprovement]

What a treat. Always good to get one of these videos. Thanks for all the work.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Nice work, it's also good to have someone which is licensed to weld pressure vessels in the team, so you can do the boiler work in house.

[@petergardner2334]

allways so interesting and it fowler so its extra special

[@mrmrst9020]

British engineering at its best absolutely brilliant 👍🏻👍🏻

[@derekblake9385]

Totally agree, it’s great to see

[@steam1100dan]

Love these videos Simon. And it’s great to see all those skills in one place. What a great job you and your troops are doing. Look forward to the next instalment 👍

[@richardscovell6620]

Fantastic..lovely to watch a tradesman at work..many thanks

[@sjv6598]

Incredible work gentlemen. Big John looks like he could move a mountain by himself. I can’t imagine how many buckets of sweat you’ve produced fixing the old girl up.

[@stephensmith799]

I’m very surprised how good the boiler is at the firebox end and with none of that mysterious grooving effect in either the inner or outer firebox wrapper which can happen just above the foundation ring. Also a big surprise that an ordinary freezer can reduce a pin by even a thou or two. Terrific work.

[@austin12ascot]

Nice to see the progress. Nice welding. You'll have it up and running by Christmas! Simon, I have been learning to drive the Sweet Pea you delivered to me at Wilton Salisbury. The guys in the club gave it the once over and tell me that it's a powerful engine in mechanically very good order, and that I bought well. Many thanks, Richard.

[@davesmith9325]

Excellent !, every update is golden.

[@lewismeyer4452]

Great video as always.

[@THR33STEP]

YES!!!! I was curious how you guys were making out with the Fowler! Keep up the incredible work!!!!!

[@stuartrich4574]

Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos, they are great to watch 👍

[@ryannorton5714]

Awesome stuff!

[@alasdairhamilton1574]

Great workmanship, thank you for sharing.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear TSW team. 👍👌👏 Simply fantastic again and as always (video and work). Congratulations for all the progress. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and especially health to all involved people.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Fantastic progress chaps. I'm hoping to see this old girl in steam in the future. Well done.

[@DrBenIngle]

Good work, love to see these videos as they are really well done and relaxing to watch.

[@daverichardson5861]

Brilliant and interesting Simon, well worth the wait. The old skills have not died and very much in use still. The amount of detail and work that goes into keeping history on track, well done to you all. Stay well till next vlog.

[@thebadger2101]

Brilliant! Keep it up, lads!

[@MattChiversWorkshop]

Hey up! Great video as always! As someone who is filming and building a 7 1/4” gauge loco I completely understand with how difficult it is to do both! The Tully loco is coming on great, interesting to see these processes. I’m sure I know the welder, well definitely his name, but I can’t quite place how. All the best, Matt 👍

[@markneedham752]

Smarta arse Q. The rivets that held the plate @ 5:21, will be replace how. Love this series. I have reached an age, where I can not play anymore restoring a Marshall Roller. This is my therapy. Well done, Boys 'n girls. edit. The "Stay Tap", we have, has about a 8" lead, tapered reamer as the lead to the tap threads. The tap threads taper also is longer. Allows threading to be relatively easy. It could be just comparing with the video that is out, but a longer taper would definitely help.

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

Thanks Mark! They won’t be rivets. They will be patch screws. We did consider riveting the two new plates together first and then welding them in, but the general advice was that patch screws would be a better route to go. It’ll all be in one of the next films 😁

[@markneedham752]

@@TheSteamWorkshop 🙂Ta.

[@NW-gi1cp]

Its boiler time 😎

[@HyperCat72]

It has been a while, great fo see some work has been done.

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

The engine is actually progressing much faster than the films! 😭😭😂

[@HyperCat72]

@@TheSteamWorkshop well, thats great to hear! Any idea when it will be complete?

[@wexfordwaster7423]

Another great video. Informative, interesting, well-made … What more can I say? Beyond thanks and when’s the next one?

[@tandemcompound2]

very interesting. top notch boiler work. why you steam nutters get up to

[@bcbloc02]

Surely they didn’t hand drive those taps when they built that thing? Would it be possible to tap the plates on the radial arm drill then put the stays in as it went together?

[@timd8776]

Nice job lads! Will say I'm very interested in how you do the rivets in the throat/back head lap joints with the firebox installed? Looking forwards to the next video! Cheers

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

Thanks Tim. Yup,…. They will be patch screws rather than rivets, for the reason you imply. 🙂

[@timd8776]

@TheSteamWorkshop ok not something I've heard of here in Australia but interested to learn the process there's agew times I've avoided jobs due to having no rear head access. Shame I don't live in the UK be alot easier with regards to the hobby haha cheers

[@davewood6339]

Thanks for sharing the process of the rebuild. Just a quick novice question: Could oilite material be used for some of the motion bushings?.

[@SDE1994]

11:54 whats that chassis behind him? looks like Handyman

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

It is indeed Handyman, looking lovely in its new paint. 🙂

[@donotwantahandle1111]

That gap between the plate and inner firebox lining looked rusty. Is water allowed into that space?

[@fabiansawilla7911]

How do you assure the old and new threads are aligning while tapping? I thought I've read somewhere that you should tap stayholes, in this case, from the inside to use the old threads as a guide and eliminate the risk of chewing them up

[@sjv6598]

The tap has threads near the end that engage before it starts cutting the new threads on the outside.

[@fabiansawilla7911]

@@sjv6598 so the threads on the inner firebox are of a smaller diameter than the ones on the outer firebox? Otherwise the major diameter of the tap wouldn't fit trough the minor diameter hole in the outer firebox to engage with the inner firebox threads. Or am I completely off?

[@TheSteamWorkshop]

So, I’ll go through that in detail in the next boiler film. But essentially there are no significant threads left on the firebox plate, the holes have been drilled the minimum size to clean them up. We are re-tapping all the holes, inside firebox included to the next size up. Then we are bespoke machining the new stays to an exact tight fit thread size on our Swiss CNC bar feed set up so that we can ensure they are a good tight fit into the boiler. 🙂