Boiler Making for Big Boys

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

This video was posted on another forum but I thought people may enjoy it. Shows the construction and fitting of a full size copper firebox into a steel boiler, comentry is in German but the video tells the story.

Enjoy

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

[Ed DuffnerParticipant @edduffner79357]

Thanks Jason,

A model German loco is on my bucket list.

Auto generated subtitles can be selected from the little cog settings menu. Might have to select german first , then auto translate. Although on second thoughts…

Ed.

Edited By Ed Duffner on 26/09/2016 19:15:04

[RICHARD GREEN 2Participant @richardgreen2]

Nice video, but the subtitle translation is a bit iffy.

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

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Very interesting.

But how are they going to cheat the emissions test.?

Nick

[andrew bartleParticipant @andrewbartle17657]

Posted by JasonB on 26/09/2016 18:43:25:

This video was posted on another forum but I thought people may enjoy it. Shows the construction and fitting of a full size copper firebox into a steel boiler, comentry is in German but the video tells the story.

Enjoy

Very interesting video, have worked on a preserved railway loco boilers but they don't have any tools to match theirs, it's all done manually. If only these tools were affordable for the small preservation societies.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting. I notice it is all old blokes. Shame these skills look set to be lost in the next 10 years when they all retire. Seems to be happening across all the heavy engineering industries.

Love the modern adaptation of ancient skills they are using: those giant riveting presses hanging from the overhead crane and the induction heater for the rivets. Much more civilized than charcoal braziers and sledge hammers!

Copper firebox, running under steam pressure? How common is that? Never seen it before on a full sized job, but I'm not a full-on train guy. Just something I would have assumed the copper would be too weak for the pressure. Interesting. They sure did a nice job of pressing that plate into shape.

[Peter LayfieldParticipant @peterlayfield]

Thank you , most enjoyable, copper fireboxes are quite common, and on industrial locos oftern had brass tubes

might ask if they could do one in 5" gauge!!

[richardandtracyParticipant @richardandtracy]

A couple of the fitters had no grey hair, and the age profile didn't look greatly different from the factory where I work. It must be remembered that people are living longer, being fitter for a given age and retiring later. We have an age range from 23 to 84 on the shop floor where I work, with pretty even numbers in each decade 30's-70's.

As for the modern implementation of old techniques, yes, I absolutely agree. Proper job.

Anyway, thanks for the link. Fascinating.

Regards,

Richard

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

Very interesting, HSE – No gloves.
Rivet shanks looked like 2D long and not 1.5D and the heads were over large, but I don't think it is for me to criticise! I didn't see how the corners of the flange were shrunk, as when it came out of the press, there was still some more work to do, but interesting all the same.

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