0:00:21 > 0:00:26With over 500 miles covered, Fred Dibnah has now reached Derbyshire
0:00:26 > 0:00:30on his grand tour of Britain's industrial past.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34He set out six weeks ago with his steersman, Alf Molyneux,
0:00:34 > 0:00:39in search of all the things that went into building and running an engine like this.
0:00:41 > 0:00:47So far they've seen where the iron ore was mined and turned into steel,
0:00:47 > 0:00:53they've seen how castings were made and looked at boiler making, riveting and forging.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58They've now been joined by Fred's sons, Jack and Roger,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01who are going to stay with him until the end of the tour.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Like Fred, they're both steam enthusiasts
0:01:04 > 0:01:08and there's plenty for them to do with their friends at the Howard Brothers workshop.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Yes, I'm pleased with that.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13For Fred, it's like an Aladdin's cave,
0:01:13 > 0:01:19with all sorts of interesting engines at various stages of repair and restoration.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22This is a bit of a rarity this one.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Yeah, very early one, this. 1884 this.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29When we get it steaming, it'll be the oldest steamroller steaming.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33- There are some older ones but there in museums and not steaming - They got one in Birmingham.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37That's right. It'll be an interesting engine.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Yea, there's some bits that we worked out about the regulator rod.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43- That's right. - That one's like a lash up.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47The original one had a bell crank and come along top.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49That's right, yeah.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55This is interesting - this rain cover then this other cover, and it survived.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00- It can only go into...- Mulcher. - ..into mulcher.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04They're teeny rivets, aren't they? They're not so big.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10They'll probably be 11/16ths originally cos they used to use a lot of weird 16th sizes.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13It's still a bit pitted there.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Fred's own engine is in the workshop here
0:02:16 > 0:02:20because he's found out that there's a problem with one of the bearings.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Jack took it upon himself to take off the front wheel
0:02:24 > 0:02:29and have a look at this problem of the liquid brass coming out the bearing.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32We've known about it for a week or two,
0:02:32 > 0:02:37and it's in quite a mess. It'll not stop us carrying on,
0:02:37 > 0:02:44but there's something terrible happened in between the brass bearing in the wheel and the actual shaft.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50It's lost about a 32nd of an inch underneath with the weight of the engine resting on it.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56When we get back home we're going to have to do some serious mechanicing.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58There's been no weight...
0:02:58 > 0:03:03The great thing about being in a place like this is there's plenty of expert advice on hand.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06If it's some of this aluminium bronze.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08That's bloody awful.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Try drilling a hole in it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12In't a pig. Never mind.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14That's the way the crumble cookies, in't it?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Yeah.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18I'll let Jack finish.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22So the engine is going to be out of service for a few days,
0:03:22 > 0:03:28but while Jack works on it Fred has still got places he wants to visit.
0:03:28 > 0:03:34Leaving the engine here today and going down the road to see Mr David Ragsdale
0:03:34 > 0:03:37who's the owner of six traction engines,
0:03:37 > 0:03:42and the main reason we're going is he's a master at the art of pattern making.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46From ornamental park railings to the cylinder block of the traction engine,
0:03:46 > 0:03:51everything that was made out of iron had to be cast.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56The casting was done in a mould and to create the mould a pattern had to be made.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01Once they'd made the pattern, they could use it dozens of times.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04They made many engines through this system.
0:04:04 > 0:04:11In the 1920s and '30s when the demise of the traction engine were very obvious to most people
0:04:11 > 0:04:14the whole lot burned, you know,
0:04:14 > 0:04:22so anybody now who buys an engine that's got a dicky part has got to come here and see Mr Ragsdale,
0:04:22 > 0:04:29who specialises in making patterns from the remains of the original bits or the drawings.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- Have you been at it long? - I was an apprentice when I was 16. I've been at it 25 years now.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38People don't realise the skill involved in this -
0:04:38 > 0:04:42you've got to make the pattern slightly bigger than the end product.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45When the metal solidifies again, it shrinks.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- Contraction.- Yeah. - We've special rulers...
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- Special rulers... - ..to give us an allowance for that.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Cast iron's quarter of an inch in every 12½, or one inch in every 100 inch.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- I didn't know that.- Aluminium varies - it's one inch in every 77 inch, and steel's the greatest.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06That's one inch in every 48 inch. It contracts a lot more.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08That's incredible.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12While Fred gets involved in the mathematics of pattern-making,
0:05:12 > 0:05:17Alf and Jimmy are more interested in the collection of engines David and his father own.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21I hope Fred doesn't get one. We've enough polishing with the other one.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Look at the size of those back wheels.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29A beauty, isn't it?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Where did it come from?- Wales.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Princess Of Wales, I believe it's called.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I think we'd be better on this side.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42This is the front end, isn't it?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46This is obviously a convertible one.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50It's all segmentals cut out of segments and glued together.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55There'll be 20 or 30 pieces of wood in that section and a similar amount of segments in that section.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58When you're fillin' things like that, it's all feel.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Oh, yeah, yeah.- There's that... - I mean...
0:06:02 > 0:06:08For a skilful man, if it feels good, it generally is.
0:06:08 > 0:06:15And your eyesight. Some people don't have that business of, "That's right. It looks good."
0:06:15 > 0:06:17You can feel it with your eyes shut.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22You've got the original one down here. There's a nasty crack there.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It's nearly in two halves.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30Normally that's the reason the head stock has to be remade because the chimney base is rotten.
0:06:30 > 0:06:37- You'll be painting it all red? - Yes, it's all to be finished in pattern red like this one here
0:06:37 > 0:06:40that we've to take to foundry.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Perhaps we should get set sail and take her.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Yeah.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Castings for things like the cylinder block and the pistons on Fred's traction engine
0:06:50 > 0:06:53were made in small foundries like this.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Every casting had to have a pattern.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Today, Fred, we're going to be making this engine block
0:07:03 > 0:07:08and it's the Stanley Steamer which was made in Massachusetts in 1897.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Were going to make an impression in sand,
0:07:12 > 0:07:18the outside of it and the internal side, put it together and cast it.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20That's the pattern, so we'll get the sand.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24This is just one half of the mould.
0:07:26 > 0:07:33To create the casting, another mould like this will have to be created and clamped on top of this one.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36When the sand has set, the wooden pattern is taken out
0:07:36 > 0:07:40and it leaves an impression in the sand, in the shape of the outside of the casting.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Now we're going to black the mould.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47We set fire to that and it stops the metal penetrating the sand.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53- I like this bit.- It's at that stage when your fingers catch fire.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56It seems a waste of good spirit that, Fred.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I could just do with a pint.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Then a solid core is put in to create the hollow inside of the casting.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Now we're ready for the final closure.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Now the two halves of the Mould are put together.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12It's all ready for casting.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15We've got they molten metal ready.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24When you're melting brass, you need about 1000 degrees C.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25I've done a bit of brass.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29We had a little crucible pot,
0:08:29 > 0:08:35and I made it so they all came out like L-shaped brackets for nailing round lightning conductors.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39On the first attempt, me mam's Hoover was running for about an hour
0:08:39 > 0:08:43and a funny smell came out and that was the end of it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- We graduated to a proper fan later on.- You've made a few of them?
0:08:47 > 0:08:52Over the years, but the demand's gone with the chimneys.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Once the moulds have been filled, the hot metal is left to cool.
0:08:56 > 0:09:04- That's going to take hours and Fred has got some unfinished business back at David's place.- See you.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12David takes Fred to meet his father and have a look at their collection of engines.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Morning, Bruce.- Morning, Fred. How are you?- Not so bad.
0:09:15 > 0:09:23- David showed me a picture of what you started with. It was nothing. - It was little bits and pieces.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29I've saved some of it - the safety valves and some of the motion work's been saved.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31The rest has been scrapped.
0:09:31 > 0:09:37- The cylinder block, that would be a fair challenge for you.- We hadn't got a lot of detail of that.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41We had a view of the side and back, so aesthetically it looks correct.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46With the internals, we got a drawing for the larger engine
0:09:46 > 0:09:49and reduced the sizes to what it'd have been for the three tonner.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54In fact, we've got the cylinder block pattern, if you want to have a look at it.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- All them are the core boxes? - Most of them. they're not all here.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- There's about six weeks' work. - I bet. Yeah.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06This is for your valve chest.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09D'you want to have a run on this engine, Fred?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12That would be good, that.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17- Can we have a go? - She's a little bit lively.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- A bit livelier than the roller. - I'll...- You'll get used to it.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- The tractor's pretty jumpy.- Oh, aye.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29She's a bit on the lively side, but I'm sure you'll get used to it.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- Which one do you want?- The Burrell.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36That's the one that's repairing?
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I'll have that.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Right. CLANGING
0:10:42 > 0:10:44I see what you mean.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Come on, baby.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Give her it now.
0:10:51 > 0:10:57- I see what you mean.- Do you think you're safe here?- I don't know. - It's noisier than ours.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Yes, because they haven't replaced the gear.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I wonder if they have insurance with Dad driving?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Stand well back, lads - Fred's only a learner on this engine.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- Lovely machine this. Lovely paint job, isn't it?- It is.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27It's coming faster down here.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Fred got to know steam enthusiasts from all over Britain,
0:11:31 > 0:11:37and on his travels, he came across people who put steam power to all sorts of interesting uses.
0:11:37 > 0:11:44When he was here a couple of years ago, he visited a garden centre whose owner was a great steam man.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50Most people think that the great age of steam is dead,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55but this whole nursery is actually powered by steam.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Not only does it keep the water boiling in the pipes,
0:11:58 > 0:12:01but it generates all the electricity for the lighting.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06I think I'll go and have a look at where the main source of power is.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23This is Tom Nuttall who's got to be something of a steam buff,
0:12:23 > 0:12:28because all this stuff in here has been collected by him over the years.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Some of it powers the electrical department of his nursery.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Tell us, Tom, how long commercially have you been steaming off timber?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41I think, Fred, it all started in the miners' strike.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45We couldn't get any coal, so we decided to go into the steam boiler.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49If we were having steam, why not generate our own electricity.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53We've got free wood, free electricity, free heat -
0:12:53 > 0:12:59I thought, "All we need to do now is to get it piped into the system and away we go.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04You've got a nursery and a museum as well all driven by steam.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11The fuel Tom uses is wood he gets free from a local furniture factory.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15If he didn't take it, it would all have to go to a landfill site.
0:13:17 > 0:13:24He burns 20 tons of it every day in this big industrial boiler, to raise the steam to power the generator.
0:13:24 > 0:13:30The electricity that he generates, would be enough to meet the needs of a small hamlet of about 50 houses.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- That's a big one. - There's 60 tons there, Fred.
0:13:36 > 0:13:43They'd been trying to find a home for that for 20 years and we got there before the scrap man.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Unbelievable.- Is that what's termed a "triple expansion"?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Yes, triple expansion.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55Most of these engines over the last 30 or 40 years have been burnt up for scrap,
0:13:55 > 0:14:00but the mill owners fell in love with these engines
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and they wanted to see them preserved.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06A place like this couldn't be better.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11We're fortunate we've got free steam, so we can steam all day long if we want to.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14What's your next big project?
0:14:14 > 0:14:21- We've got a bit of a problem on this engine round here. Would you like to have a look at that?- Aye.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26We've got a nasty problem just here.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31When we came to start this side of the engine up, we found a nasty crack along that valve.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34If you could pass that out, Steve,
0:14:34 > 0:14:42you can see it was cracked from the root, across the face and down to this side.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Almost broke in half.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48We've had it metal stitched, you can see it there.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54We're going to put it back together now, Fred, and see if it'll run. The lads are on with it,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56we'll warm it up.
0:14:58 > 0:15:04Now with the job done, the moment has come to see if it'll steam again.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Success.- Here we are, Fred, running.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17First time that's run for 20 years.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22Getting all this lot screwed together takes a lot of time and man hours.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28- When you've got time to spare, you can come and have half a day.- I could spend half my life here really.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Back at base, the wheel's ready to go on to the engine.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Fred's not happy that he had a problem in the first place.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Bit disappointing that,
0:15:45 > 0:15:51but it's one of the simpler bits of engineering that went completely haywire.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55I wouldn't, like, do another 5,000 miles.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02It's incredible how it's worn.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Look at that.- Shall we drop it?
0:16:05 > 0:16:09We might as well clean it while we can still turn it round.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I shouldn't be doing this.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15You know what happens when you volunteer? Nobody stops you.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18We're ready for action again.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Ready to steam, steam, steam down the road!
0:16:23 > 0:16:25A few hundred miles yet.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28We'll wear out before that falls to bits.
0:16:28 > 0:16:36Even when I did it, I was a bit worried about getting it welded up, then turning it again.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40The quality of welding now is pretty good.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42That side should be all right.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44What's the brass that you've used?
0:16:44 > 0:16:50- Is it proper bronze or...? - It came out the scrapyard. I couldn't actually say.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- My problems are nowt compared with yours.- Well...
0:16:53 > 0:16:59Ian Howard and Jack Meaker have both been busy restoring their own engines
0:16:59 > 0:17:01which had been destroyed in a fire at the workshops.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04..Since the '60s.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I'd just about got it done - all repainted.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11If things had gone on as they were, I'd have been out this year.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- That's terrible. - It's back to square one now.
0:17:14 > 0:17:20But there are plenty of young enthusiasts around here to give a hand with the rebuild.
0:17:24 > 0:17:30When my little lad rang me up and said, "Our brothers have had a terrible accident," I cried.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32It, it...
0:17:32 > 0:17:40They worked that hard and I've watched them for years with the engine, um...
0:17:40 > 0:17:42and then to have it destroyed.
0:17:42 > 0:17:49- When it just happened, I didn't know whether to sell the engine or... - Don't do that. All hope is not lost.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55Alf 's looking forward to getting back on the road again.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I like the people -
0:17:58 > 0:18:01waving,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03speaking to us,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07taking our photos.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Kodak must have made a fortune out of us!
0:18:14 > 0:18:18With the wheel back on, it's time for the road again.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21There's always some little job that's needed first.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Time to move on.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04On the narrow lanes around here, you never know what you're going to meet up with.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15That was a tight fit.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24This engine was built in a workshop completely powered by belt-driven machinery.
0:19:24 > 0:19:30We're now going to go down to a workshop that hasn't changed for 100 years.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It's where they make and repair clocks.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34It's all belt-driven.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49This is Ashbourne in Derbyshire which has always been famous for making clocks.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54This family firm has been in business since 1826.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Hello, Charles.- Hello, Fred.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Nice to see you.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02I've come to have a look at your wonderful workshop.
0:20:02 > 0:20:09Thank you very much. We've had this business since 1826, but it goes much further back than that.
0:20:09 > 0:20:15The business started under the name of Harlow in Ashbourne in 1740.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20I suppose you might say that they were blacksmiths at that time.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22We're still making new ones.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31I see, Charles, you've got this wonderful line shaft that drives all your machinery.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Does it all work?- Yes, it all works.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36You don't find many of them now.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38No, they're quite rare.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's a unique survival.
0:20:40 > 0:20:46Clock making is engineering on a small scale and clockmakers were the first mechanics.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49There's something here Fred you might be interested in.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54That's a new clock movement that Neil's working on.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Brand new? It's bonny that.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01You got your number stamped on it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04104.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06That's the first one made this year.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11- Who does the woodwork?- There's a lot of good cabinet makers about,
0:21:11 > 0:21:18but finding somebody that's got the eye for proportion for a clock case is completely different.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- It's something that's been lost over the years.- Mmm.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25It'll be removed to some palatial residence, will it?
0:21:25 > 0:21:30- We hope so. The quality is high enough.- I can see that.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36If you look at the pinions inside, Fred, they're cut from high carbon steel in the soft state.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41To make them last several lifetimes, we harden them.
0:21:41 > 0:21:46The process of hardening them, quenching them in the oil, it distorts them.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52They have to be tempered down, then set again by hand by stretching them on the side of a vice with a hammer.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57You can see those little marks there where the sides of the pinions have been stretched.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Then they're balanced up again by hand.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02When you think back to, like, 1700,
0:22:02 > 0:22:07you look at these clocks like beautiful teeth.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09How did they do that?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11We can show you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15We're going to show you how the teeth are cut in the wheels.
0:22:15 > 0:22:22They're the same wheels that we saw on the new clock and this machine was built in 1910,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24in the Black Forest, Germany.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- OK, Fred, ready to go. - Ready for action.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Just need to start the line shaft.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59In the 1890s, the company employed about 25 people,
0:22:59 > 0:23:05but today the demand for hand-made clocks is not as high as it was then.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09As well as their clocks, they now use their precision engineering skills
0:23:09 > 0:23:15to make model engines and replicas of some of the earliest machinery of the Industrial Revolution.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22Back then in the late 18th century, it was the development of these mechanical skills,
0:23:22 > 0:23:27that led to Britain leading the world in the building of engines like this one of Fred's.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Fred's now got a long journey ahead from Derbyshire to Shropshire
0:23:34 > 0:23:40and along the way, he's going to have to fill his 60 gallon tank a couple of times.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44One of the reasons he's been having problems getting water in his tank,
0:23:44 > 0:23:48is that he's got an important item of equipment missing.
0:23:50 > 0:23:57To keep their tanks full of water, the traction engine used to use a water lifter suction hose.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01This enabled them to get water from any horse trough they went past,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05or from lakes and streams when they were out in the country.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Fred should've had one of these with them.
0:24:07 > 0:24:13In fact, he even went to the manufacturers in Manchester to help make it before setting off.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20We've got to go to Manchester to a company called S Redferns
0:24:20 > 0:24:25who've been making water lifter hosepipes for 70 or 80 years.
0:24:25 > 0:24:32They're the only one left in all of Britain that still makes them by the same process.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36The importance of the water lifter, as it name says,
0:24:36 > 0:24:44you come to a stream, chuck the pipe in the water, turn the steam on, and it fills the engine up for you.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- How do you do?- Nice to see you. I'm fine, thank you.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59We've brought our bits-and-pieces
0:24:59 > 0:25:06- but I know you've started making a pipe that's, like, 1½ inch internal diameter.- We have.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09We've a motley collection of sieves.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15These two are the same, but this nut, it's not the right one for that.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19They should be a better fit. I was going to have a do at mending that.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Hardly worth the effort, is it? I'm sure we can find one for you.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29- Do you want to make your way through?- Right.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- This is Morris. - Hello, Morris. How you doing?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46This is the hose that you have on order.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51- I'll pick you up before you leave. Bye for now.- See you in a bit.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Fred, we've got an inch and three-quarter mandrill.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58This is a spacer that we use to pre-set the wire.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04- I've got quite a few lengths of this at home, but it's about 90 years old. - Would you like to have a go?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Yeah. Without spoiling it!
0:26:06 > 0:26:11- OK, right. Keep a grip on there. - Downwards?
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Yes, hand tight on there and the machine will do it for you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Some would grumble about knocking the paintwork off the traction engines.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Seems to be coming out equally spaced.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27I've got the job.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33We'll go down now and start on the construction of it now.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36All constructed by hand.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38This is called HF2 natural.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Up and over.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46There you go.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It's a bit frightening this, isn't it?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Many hands make light work.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05My pipe will be full of lumps.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Push it up, pull it over - that's it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19- The second piece is a lot easier. - The second piece is easier.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- What's the next bit?- Have you got the outline of it now then?
0:27:27 > 0:27:30It's a straightforward process of what we've already done.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It's another ply of the HF2 fabric.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Then we'll go again with another two ply of HF2 natural,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- then apply a linen string, and wrap it over.- In between the wires?
0:27:40 > 0:27:46In between the wires. That'll leave an indentation for the outer layer to go on.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Very good. Here's Frank.
0:27:48 > 0:27:53- Have you found any end bits?- Not yet but we're still searching the stock.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55No doubt we'll be successful.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57When will you be done then?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59This will be done for tomorrow dinner.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Oh, right. Very good.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04I suppose we'd better go home
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- and let Morris finish this pipe off. - OK.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Come on, lads. I'll see you later.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Nice talking to you.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Thanks very much for making me my pipe.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20But Fred couldn't get the fittings he needed in time for his grand tour.
0:28:20 > 0:28:26A lot of problems it would've saved if he'd been able to get the right fittings in time.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31Anyway, he's got a full tank now and it's full steam ahead for the Severn Valley Railway
0:28:31 > 0:28:33to see some engine building.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41At the railway, Fred will be seeing some of the stages of building a steam locomotive.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44On the way, he'll be stopping off at a traction engine club,
0:28:44 > 0:28:49to meet up with some more old mates and to see some engines at work.