Fowler 16341 Restoration Part 20

I visited your workshop today, absolutely fascinating seeing the stuff you do and chat about the fowler loco,

The updates have slowed dramatically and we're out of the loop. Has the restoration stalled?

Just binged through all 20 episodes in a couple of days and am looking forward to the next.
Impressive use of the boring head and 90deg milling attachment!

Surely putting the oil feed hole and groves in the crown of the bearing will destroy the “oil wedge “ which in these type of bearing is standard mechanism of lubrication , feed by the spring loaded pads in the base ?

Just watching Michael Portillo in Australia (Great Australian railway journeys ) and he visited the Tully Sugar plantation. Slightly more modern loco being used now!
How about that.

Great video, Simon. Did the loco arrive missing the axleboxes on the trailing truck?

anxious for your next episode 😊

Waiting for next video

Somehow one of this series came up in recommend and I’m hooked , in the best boiler making tradition it’s absolutely riveting, count me in as subscribed .

Great video! Was there a particular reason that the top keep and bottom shell for each side weren't machined and honed as a matched pair?

lovely absolutely 😊 lovely what is the estimated time of completion? 1 or 2 more years?

Excellent, thanks for the update!

All your videos are great and with so much amazing content it’s hard to pick 1 thing in particular to complement.
I was really impressed with how your castings came out
( you must have had a lot of bronze swarf ! )

The soft solder - I’m sure you realise this, but it shouldn’t be the same thickness on the flat and the 45 as the gaps will close up at different rates because of the cosine of the angle

You guys are the best happy new year to you all .

Really great update! Was very interesting seeing how the pattern was made and how it was cast!

A great update on progress so far, it's always reassuring to see that Engineering skills are alive and well in this country. Looking forward to the next update .

Bonjour et Bonne Année de France,
As steam passionate collector of model boats, I am familiar with mini machines (my largest ones are the Stiuart D10) this is why I particularly appreciate your channel because I recognize what you do in a big way.
Furthermore, for me, your Englsih accent is perfect and thanks to it, I undestand what you say 😁
Amicalement, Raphaël

Awesome work!

A belated Christmas present thanks for the video its good to see the progress being made.

Good use of the gunmetal and bronze swarf!

Thank you so much....from a non engineer.... absolutely fascinating to see your skills in action....oh...and Happy New year to all !! 🙂

👍👌👏 Extremely well done again and as always (video and work). Maaan, I would love to see more and longer videos. You are all so incredibly skilled.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and especially health to all of you.

Absolutely outstanding... many thanks

Another fantastic update. i got the notification at work and couldn't wait to get home!! Great Job Simon and team!

20 great videos now! Thank you for sharing this restoration. It's much appreciated.

I am really enjoying watching this. My thanks.

Excellent video as always Simon, you and crew are doing a fantastic job on the rebuild. Excellent job on the 3d printed pattern, I myself have the same brand of machine to have ago myself. I assume the print took several hours to complete. Looking forward to the next video. Happy New Year. All the best, Matt 👍

Good stuff! Very informative and not taking too long about it.

Couple of questions, what did you do with any left over molten bronze? Just pour into a container to cool and keep as an.ingot?

How long did you leave it to cool.before opening?

Nice work , some old school engineering

Watching these videos really puts into perspective the staggering industrial capacity we used to have to churn out as many locomotives as we did.

Brilliant - I look forward to the next vid!!

Nice basic primer on how to cast bronze! Fascinating processes involved in this restoration clearly and concisely explained. Thanks for posting!

Great to see the casting of bearing shells using all the recycled brass. What did you put in the sand to make it hold its shape.

Very interesting video, always a joy to watch.

Great stuff lads.

One neat trick for split bearings like this is to soft solder the two halves together. Then the two halves are machined as one unit including the bore.

Happy new year to your workshop, great job

I see you like your tea with bronze filelings too😄. Your work is fascinating and impressive to watch. Thank you.

I’m envious of your fantastic collection of tools and machine tools😟

Thanks for the latest episode , I could watch these videoes all day long. ,facinating.

I found this very interesting ...please keep them coming .👍👍

Happy new year guys 👍🏻 Fantastic seeing casting from scratch to a beautiful wheel bearing 😀

It is always a pleasure to see how much craftsmanship is available.
I'm going to watch it again.
Now just wait for the next episode.

Thanks for the update video on the restoration of Tully fantastic work well done Simon 👍

👍👏💪