Rolling The Boiler Shell - Pennsylvania A3 Switcher, Part 4
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- čas přidán 27. 01. 2023
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Ahhh, new Blondihacks, This Old Tony and Ron Covell videos within a couple hours or so of each other ...what a day!!
Did your meat-collet tighten just a bit when Quinn mentioned that she was going to use her coaxial indicator in a collet? After Tony's video, I'm not trusting a a tool mounted in a collet without measuring run-out!
@@jdos2 yes! 😂
Right?
Don't forget that Ron Covell also released a video as well today! A trifecta of machining education for a Saturday!
@@SeanWomack514 ...arghh, why has YT not shown me this! I'm so very cross with them. Thanks!!
A Sampson boat co, uri tuchman and blondihacks video in one hour! my saturday evening is complete.
Also a very rare This Old Tony video at the same time.
Totally agree
It takes a far more skilled person to compensate for errors than to complete a task where everything goes perfectly.
Applies to any technical task.
As always, thank you for sharing your work with us all. 🙂
That's what I always say to my customers. I'm a windshield tech, and when everything goes exactly as planned a very handy person could manage a simple install. But when it doesn't goes as planned is when the real skills come in.
Hey Quinn - you did a fantastic job on that boiler shell! I especially liked the 'Standard Imperial Hole Punch'.
Ron, You are an absolute gentleman for the time and effort you have offered. Good to see good people doing good things for others.
Thanks Ron! It went better than expected. 😅
@@Blondihacks You obviously do well at anything you put your mind to!
Couple more ingenious moves there Quinn. Here's a WAHOO for you.
Hello Quinn, I did an apprenticeship in fitting, machining, with a bit of tool making thrown in. At 75, I am learning new ways of doing things from you. Thank you teacher.
Friend Quinn, I have to remind you that while the systems are similar, the Imperial system has no Hulk Punch unit - it is squarely a feature of the US Customary system. ;)
I love those repairs. It's not a mistake someone should be mad at, but think of it as giving the boiler a history. A personality.
For aesthetic purposes, one can also peen the rivets with a "rivet set" which will produce a domed shop head similar to the factory head. Make the set out of a scrap of round something and spot drill the end concave. A #38 drill .050 deep would work in this case. If you plan to do a lot, use something hardenable for the set.
Good to hear you becoming Canadianulatelalized by mentioning Harbor Freight AND Princess Auto in the same sentence. :)
Why did I think this might be boring! No way Not when watching Quinn! Thanks for a great video ❤
One of the things I like about Blondihacks is, she freely admits her mistakes and pushes on.. Outstanding craftmanship!
Ron Covell is such a good dude
"standard imperial hole punch" - Love it!
Can't say it too many times. You are doing a wonderful job of both making that boiler and showing how it is done. Making a locomotive boiler is something I have always imagined to be impossibly difficult. You are breaking it down into clear and simple steps. Awesome job.
Thanks John! We’ll see if it actually passes a pressure test. Then I’ll celebrate 😄
And, now it matters! Sums it up perfectly....
Quinn, you should wear a top hat and monocle when cutting those 5d angles on the end of the sheet, to show you really mean it.
"Standard Imperial hole punch and a Karate move" (LOL). As always thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you decided to go the extra mile and rebuild the plate. It wouldn’t have been right to leave it after your meticulous attention to detail on all the rest of the build of this locomotive...yes I’m watching the whole series again, mainly for the way you explain the procedures. Great job Quinn. Thanks for sharing it.
HULK NO SMASH!! HULK ANNEAL AND SILVER SOLDER!!
Yay! It's Blondihacks time!!!
The best part of every Saturday morning
@@vaderdudenator1 indeed it is!
Good to know- thanks!
I'm really loving you series on this project. I did Industrial / Commercial boiler repair for over 14 years and learned the trade from what I refer to as the "Old Timers", I have rolled many sheet of steel of varying thickness. What you are calling pre-rolling was called as "Breaking the Edge" but we used 3&4 lb malls to hand break them, and yes, we used a template for a gauge. Keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing the end product.
Standard Imperial Hulk Punch™️ 😂😂😂
Various excitement is my primary pastime
As always informative, funny and fun. I have learned more about machine from you then any other machining channel, and I watch a lot of them. You lass are a great teacher. Thanks for sharing!
Just a cautionary tip: after annealing, it is important to clean the copper sheet in Sparex or something similar, before rolling the cylinder. Failing to do this you run the risk of driving the fire scale into the machined roller. The hardness of the scale is more than roller material, and you will leave an imprint. You will be reminded of this oversight every time you roll virgin material and get to see the “scar”….
"It's not that master machinists don't make mistakes, they just repair them so perfectly no one could ever tell the difference."
Wow. Tons of good stuff here. The superglue clamp to keep your setup from moving on you is a great trick that is just too easy to forget. The end product looks really great. Thanks, Quinn.
Good stuff Quinn, as always. Your videos are such a huge part of my machining experience. I remember when i ordered my first lathe and i was waiting the 4 months for it to arrive, I would watch your intro to the lathe series over and over again every day, i watched it while i exercised at night. I must have memorized almost every video by the time it arrived, and i then played them again in the background for at least that first month. Short story long, you’re doing Metalicore’s work, spreading the gospel of metal.
Quinn, something to consider for leak checking your soldered connections before assembling. In welding leak checking is often done by spraying one side of a weld with soapy water and then taking a air wand to the other side. If you have a leak you’ll see a bubble. Should give you some peace of mind before assembling only to find out later there is a pin hole leak. Hope that helps.
If you have access to some standard ceramic fiber insulation -say 1/2” thickness or so - you can use that to make an “oven” around the part you are silver soldering. It’s more efficient than the fire brick castle and far less awkward. It will also prevent fire brick falling on your feet.
What a good looking precision cylinder
For peening tiny rivets, try a "nail set" punch..... it's a nail punch with a dome shaped hollow in the end, actually designed to punch nails below a wood surface for later filling of the nail holes to conceal them. The larger size of nail set works a treat on little rivets and leaves a very professional looking finish on the peened over end...Cheap to buy in any hardware shop... works a treat.., 🙂
I was once in a big box store and asked the employee if they had nail sets. He said "sir we only sell nails by the box or bucket". I eventually found nail sets on my own.
@@polecatrecords Mwahahahaha! Yes the big box stores' staff often lack any real knowledge.... it's the same in places that sell engineering stuff.....ask them fir a Slocombe drill and you might as well ask in Cantonese...... It wasn't like that 60 years ago...
Great video, I always thought that I would build some steam engines out in my shop. I have not, but maybe some day. Keep it up
Nice work! A wad of kawool draped over the top of your boiler after you pre-heated it would have helped you keep the heat in. I didn't realize how often I would use Kaowool until I started keeping it around the shop
For the 5 degree bevel for a project I just bought a mold makers tapered end mill :)
I've never used preformed rivets and watching you blew my mind. In jewelry school we were taught to use copper wire because students should suffer. It's so much easier when there's a head already formed on one side. I was eventually good at forming rivets, but it was a struggle for awhile. Then later it was oddly easy. I think they reformulated copper or something.
I was nervous throughout. Looks great!
love the hose clamp idea! great videos, thanks for posting these
Regarding cutting the sheet copper at 6:57 - I found a great solution to exactly this problem at a vintage tool auction recently. A 'Shetack' sheet metal hacksaw. Really weird looking tool but it works great. I don't think you can find them new anymore but I've seen them on eBay. Another great video Quinn, keep up the good work.
It looked very satisfying when the front tube sheet fit in the end so nicely!
And just like that it’s done!
Standard imperial hulk punch... lol. Love it!
Thanks!
Go with your heart all will end well getting the angels you require 💙
gotta say, it's so good to see all that light in your shop now!
Nice project, lookin good.
Great project. You have me riveted to my screen.
That was brilliant and entertaining, thank you.
Beautiful work on the boiler shell, Quinn! Great video too (as always). I struggled to get the seam soldered well on my boiler too. Looks like you did a better job of it than I did though! And using the hose clamps was a great idea! I kept breaking the twisted wire 'clamps' when I'd try to tighten them to close the gap. Should have thought of hose clamps! (or watched your video before I did mine :)
@Blondihacks 17:00 A trick learned from the beer kegging industry for tightly wrapping wire on hoses and to prevent breaking the wire is to use a combination of wrap 2x and as you twist ALSO pull the pliers to do the actual tightening then the twist only "holds" that new length of wire actually "pulled" tighter.
Late for Quinn, as I came to CZcams a minute before she posted and was distracted by This old Tony. This is a good Saturday 👍
Loving these videos here in the UK 👍
Hello My Friend
We all make mistakes. The difference between those that finish locomotives, and those that don't, is the ability to wiggle out of a tight spot. Many start locomotives...few finish them.😁
Jack
Fantastic! always stoked to see a new blondihacks vid!
Great episode Quinn!
yay, new video rolling in
Great video Quinn, the work around worked. Love that new milling machine. Mine would have been an automated file…..LoL. Stay well.
Great video Quinn,thank you.👍👍
Best...Intro...EVER!!!
Great ingenuity as always.
Thanks
Miss Quinn, you are a treasure! Great job as always.
Very nice work. Well thought out and executed. 👍
Very nice, it will fly.
Good work and looking lovely
If you decide to try wire again as a clamp, do two or three wraps around before twisting instead of one for a stronger clamping effect.
Saturday evening UK time is always Blondiehacks time!! Great seeing the progress!!!
Thank you, the topic & methods cover a number of things my head has been immersed in for some years. Fog is lifting also our solutions are convergent. General recommendation passed down over the generations - boiler making is a summer activity to reduce the potential for condensation in the small workshop from all the propane (or old school paraffin) being burnt also having windows & doors open which is handy for a number of reasons. In pre-propane times, one paraffin blowlamp was usually dedicated to space heating the 'cold end' with one blowlamp focussed on the region receiving the silver solder. As much to mitigate against distortion as to enhance penetration and flow of solder. But hey ho, modernity etc.
Never thought about it effecting the Johnson bar, whomever saw that is a real lifesaver
Amazing work ❤
Awesome video I’m keeping up with your train build
OUTSTANDING
loving this series!
Such excellent work!
God this thing is gonna look absolutely beautiful huh?
Really interesting great video , thank you Quinn
Looking great as always
I'm impressed that it all fit.
Well done Quinn !
Great video, Quinn!
For the record, I laughed at your joke.
Fun fact: your fixture plate that was made by Dayton CNC was made in my hometown of Dayton Ohio!
Not-so-fun fact: Dayton CNC is located right around the corner from where my grandfather was struck by a car and killed on Stop Eight Rd in 1963.
This is really fantastic!
Nicely done, proper job!
7:25 Letting the tool do the work 👍
Nice work, thank you for sharing
Great work Quinn, great video.
Thanks for sharing.
That was excellent. A great end result born of careful and patient work. I was particularly enamoured of the set up to drill the rivet holes in the liner and backer simultaneously, using the steel box section. Particularly in view of the fact that the box section then became the reaction block for forming the rivets.
Looking forward to the next installment
I'm not sure if you are aware of this but often when I comment on one of your films I get a cryptic message purporting to be from you, urging me to text message you on Telegram. I have serious doubts that you would be using such a benighted platform so I assume these messages are not from you.
Parts are looking good! Very satisfying!
Hahaha you got to use the wood form on the lathe 😁 you did a fantastic job, I can't wait to see the next video!
I was just rewatching these itching for the next one. Just in time.
so many new tricks, thanks
Still making it look easy! Beautiful work.
i cant wait to see this all finished up - such a cool project - wish i could do this and follow along like a 90s cooking show
Fascinating learning with you the Boiler is looking amazing thanks so much for sharing this Cheers
Very impressive work Quinn.
Locomotives don’t have gears but some track machines like those made by plasser theurer have automatic transmissions (the tampers anyway)
The undercutter I used to work on originally had two gears too, a travel gear and a work gear (80kmh and like 0.3-4kmh)
Outstanding work Quinn, this boiler is taking shape 🙂
Love the detail in videoing the whole construction process and its amazing how fast your progressing
beautiful work, great jig
As an alternative to the screw hose clamps you could consider making a tool for tensioning wire as hoseclamps, you find a lot of different examples online, and you could get a nice small machining/turning project out of it! If you just search for "wire hose clamp tool" you'll find a bunch of some brand but also many variations of diy-ed tools. Even if you never actually use it for hoses, I found it very handy to have. Keep up the great work - every week I'm looking forward to seeing your progress!