The Interesting Video Thread

[Boiler BriParticipant @boilerbri]

Great post. I like the brave guys under the loco checking the bolts align with the holes. How would he have said no! Stop. My heads in the way😳

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 07/12/2015 08:19:00

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

In those days if you wanted a small lip on a piece of metal, you could bend it up at 90 degrees, place a spacer with the thickness equal to the required upstand and then work on the back of the power guillotine. Now the guillotine is all boxed in

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 07/12/2015 08:19:16

[Ron ColvinParticipant @roncolvin83430]

Can anyone identify what type of locomotive number 56 is?.

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 07/12/2015 08:19:30

[julian atkinsParticipant @julianatkins58923]

hi Ron,

my memory is a bit vague on this but it was WD (War Department) loco built at the North British loco works to an LMS design with added westinghouse pump etc. it is definitely the NB works at Glasgow. others far more expert than me on such matters may be able to give further details.

cheers,

julian

Edited By julian atkins on 04/12/2015 23:08:40

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 07/12/2015 08:19:44

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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[Martin ConnellyParticipant @martinconnelly55370]

If you read David Clark's "The Practical Engineer" articles you will read about accidents and near misses that could have had a lot worse consequences. If they had been filming and someone got hurt you would never have seen the film. People just accepted injuries and death as part of the process. The biggest killer due to work is currently asbestosis due to people working in their own clothes with just a cloth cap to keep their hair clean. A lot of their own families have also died from the asbestos carried home. The good old days were never that good.

If anyone thinks we should go back to those days then think about having to go round to someone's house and telling them that their loved one has been killed in an industrial accident.

I work in an industrial engineering company and nowadays it's a big deal if someone cuts their finger. That is how I like it.

Martin

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Are our own videos "interesting" ? This is my set up for machining the Whittle V8 crankshaft – another project on hold!   The crank is held in slotted tubes to add back some rigidity whilst the crank webs are finished off.

Steve

Edited By Steve Withnell on 05/12/2015 16:51:33

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[colin hawesParticipant @colinhawes85982]

I have just got round to watching the videos, they are really fascinating, thanks to all for showing them. More, More! Colin

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

There's a bad echo in here!

Link to recent Engineering Video thread.

Perhaps they should be combined?

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

I watched "The watchmakers apprentice" on Netflix last night and highly recommend it ! The level of skill is nothing short of amazing.

David

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

Hopefully the link below will go to a vid showing how `RR built Merlin engines in WW2:

**LINK**

they were very sophisticated and clever and far more advanced for their day than I had imagined! Excellent stuff!

Chris

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

Posted by ChrisH on 06/12/2015 23:53:56:

Hopefully the link below will go to a vid showing how `RR built Merlin engines in WW2:

**LINK**

they were very sophisticated and clever and far more advanced for their day than I had imagined! Excellent stuff!

Chris

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That was brilliant.

Not only did they think of everything it's the speed at which they set it all up.

Nick

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I hold my hands up for starting a new thread when I should,have put my post here. I have merged the two so sorry if that makes some of teh discussion disjointed, but at least the apparently off-topic comment (which appears to have been meant to be a response to comment in the other thread) now has a context.

I've also removed now irrelevant comments on content. Thanks to Jason for cooling it down yesterday.

Neil

[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

Just seen on my other regular forum – Pprune …**LINK**

The light front end on the leading tractor very reminiscent of a threshing rig arriving at my uncle's farm during WW2. The approach was up a short, steep 'tump' and the front end kept lifting. The solution?? – the largest (and she was LARGE!) Landgirl was selected to stand on the front axle and balance was restored. Not sure that this would be so simple today!!

rgds

Bill

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Cornish Jack on 08/12/2015 15:55:16:

The approach was up a short, steep 'tump' and the front end kept lifting.

We call them 'twmps' (OK, technically it's twmpathau) on my side of the channel. Lovely word. there's a 'Hetty Pegler's Tump' in Gloucestershire. Twmpath is also the Welsh word for ceilidh!

Neil

[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

Neil – there's interesting then, boyo but this incident was in Herefordshire so it was a single, not a double U!! Mind you, I can claim usage for either, being a Cornish/Welsh half-breed… there's proper Celtic for you!

rgds

Bill

[the artfull-codgerParticipant @theartfull-codger]

Posted by Nick_G on 03/09/2015 22:05:49:

.A really good idea for a thread, fantastic footage,priceless.thanks.

Graham.

Thought it may be an idea for members to post links to interesting engineering related videos.

I will start it off with this one that just came up on my Youtube feed. **LINK**

Nick

Edit if adding to this thread can I ask that the embeded link is used so people know what they are clicking on and can decide if they want to look or not. J

Edited By JasonB on 04/09/2015 07:36:33

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

A low delta-T stirling engine – from cardboard!

Found it here;

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/astromedia-astronomy-model-kits/astromedia-the-stirling-engine-kit.html

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 01/01/2016 21:13:06:

A low delta-T stirling engine – from cardboard!

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That's very neat, Neil

… and it also reveals the deep underlying connection between Astronomy and Model Engineering. … [Coffee]

MichaelG.

 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/01/2016 21:39:03

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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Some interesting setups in the 1st half of this video.

Nick

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

A quick radius method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTj6LC6agrg

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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Interesting short video clip showing final refurbishing of a tailstock.

[John PParticipant @johnp77052]

Hi

Don't know if these videos from "Find Hansen" have
come up before on here ,worth a look ,this one here
shows the operation of the diesel injectors .

John

[John PParticipant @johnp77052]

If you have half hour spare watch this video on building a home made lathe.

John

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