American Construction Worker Reacts To "Fred Dibnah's Made In Britain - Episode 4 - Castings"
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My great grandad worked at an iron foundry on the Clyde - in 1917 there was a gas explosion in one of the crucibles and several workers got doused in molten iron and consequently died from the extensive burn injuries. His son (my grandad Hugh) was only 17 at the time and worked at the same foundry, so he had to fill the boots of my great grandad at the foundry the following day. No time to grieve - just get on and do the job and as this was during WW1, there was no choice. He was also the eldest son, so a lot rested on his shoulders to provide an income for his immediate family.
I can not put into words just how HORRIFIC that must have been! Wow , your poor Farther. 😢
@@mattsmith5267 And with no antibiotics back then, serious burns would've become infected very quickly which most likely sped up his demise - I think he lasted maybe a day or two in hospital after the accident. I can't remember how many other foundry workers were caught up in the same explosion, but there were a fair few of them from what I remember reading in the newspaper article.
There's a video of someone casting molten aluminium and he didn't heat up the mould beforehand, so the trapped gas that formed under the molten metal rapidly expanded and blew the molten aluminium out and some caught and burnt him. He got away very lightly with only some minor burns. You'll see the bubbles that form if you drop molten solder onto a cold surface, let it cool down and pick it off and the underside will resemble the surface of the moon.
Ho my god I've worked down the pit and in heavy Engineering. Had a short spell in a Foundry it scared the hell out of me .I found another job pretty quickly. Less money but a longer life was my opinion. So I really feel for your Grandad and his mates .
You really have to admire Fred that even though he knew he was reaching the end of his tough & dangerous life"s journey, he kept actively pushing it to the very end, while still enjoying a chinwag and a few well-earned pints along the way.
I love that the soundtrack to this series is a brass band. Its absolutely perfect.
Actually Brassed Off would be a good film to add to your Patreon list.
Unfortunately for Fred time was pressing, his terminal diagnosis meant he wasn’t able to do as much filming on this series & wasn’t able to sleep in the caravan either
I feel that I’m in that period where massive change is happening and skills are being lost forever. Still happy that you guys did this to show us all just where we all come from and what made our hemisphere leaders of the world in industry.
Cast iron is brittle so it can fracture if dropped or hit hard enough, but in normal use and if cast to a strong form and used correctly, it has a lot of structural strength. Think of all the tall structures made using cast iron columns which also have to carry a heavy load on top of them or bridged between them. It was the wonder metal of the industrial revolution. Some car engine blocks are still made of cast iron instead of aluminium.
If Fred was still around, he'd still be invited into people's houses, weddings etc.
I'm so grateful for you young'uns for bringing this history to the fore.
Its pretty much a standard of excellence for something to be "Clyde built"
I think there is even a company that sells kitchen units that are called "Clyde Built Home Improvements".
My dad loved Fred and we'd always sit down and watch him when I was a kid, his chimney demolitions were legendary, me dad always said he was he was loaded, love the way he has a few cans and then just cracks on
The" Anderton boat lift" is a sight to behold as well 👌I love narrow boats and canals ❤🇬🇧👍
There are now three bridges over The River Forth outside Edinburgh. The old Railway Bridge, the road bridge as seen in this video, and another road bridge (which looks spectacular as you drive up to it)
The Queensferry Crossing was opened in 2017, so now there are three bridges over the Forth 😜. Before it was opened to traffic people were invited to walk over it. I did this with my husband and we got a keepsake medal each. It was a wonderful day.
Cast iron is relatively brittle in thin sections but has enormous compressive strength. It's also cheap in quantity and fast/easy/cheap to make into large and complex shapes were you to machine or forge them from a solid lump instead -- like cylinder heads or wheels. Further, CI is easy to machine for a precision fit and is relatively corrosion resistant compared with steel. You can see why it's great for complex parts like the big gears on a traction engine, cos they can be cast to rough shape and machined to final shape with a fine finish.
Think of a cast iron bath, which might only be a quarter inch thick. Hit it with a hammer and it'll shatter but cast it chunky and you can make it into an anvil or a bridge. Most muzzle-loading cannons were cast iron (cast solid and bored out). In fact the Carron Ironworks invented the Carronade, a short barrel large bore gun that didn't have the range or penetration of a "proper" cannon but gave smaller boats that couldn't handle the size or weight of bigger guns far more firepower. Rival ironfounders struggled to replicate the close-toleranced fit between ball and bore, and the quality of iron.
Happily, Ballentine's is still in business! Heritage is keeping them in business!
Awesome must keep at all costs 👍🏻❤️🏴🇬🇧
The falkirk wheel (the boat lift) is one of my favourite pieces of modern engineering 😊
Yes. Cast iron is very fragile. I used to refurbish cast iron fireplaces in a reclamation yard. A fair few fell over and broke. They only fall over once.
Falkirk has 2 world class attractions one is the Falkirk wheel the other is the kelpies which is well worth looking at
I used to work in a car parts factory and we'd make ball joints for steering systems, they're all made from cast metal so we had a large foundry on site, it was my job to take the castings and turn them into the finished product, by turning, drilling and milling them, every car manufacturer used ball joints made from cast metal, except Lada who had theirs punched and moulded out of sheet steel then spot welded together, which is far inferior to cast metal parts. I was never a foundryman but my god they're tough, just the heat is amazing and everything weighs a tonne, hats of to any foundryman, they're all hard as nails!
I'm a fell runner which is a popular style of mountain running in the UK, our races don't have marked courses and we run in all weathers high in the mountains, I got completely lost once in thick mountain fog and didn't have a clue where I was, it was cold and raining, I got down into a valley in the middle of nowhere and all of a sudden came across a farmhouse, I knocked on the door asking for directions and they invited me in, made me a bacon butty and a cup of tea and then gave me a lift back to the race finish, I'm not sure all the local farmers are that generous but I was very appreciative that day!
He was that well respected and don't think anyone would say no to Fred .
Great reaction as usual, I visited the Falkirk wheel a few years ago. I can recommend riding the lift on a barge. great place to visit if you get chance.
If you boys come over here in Summer there are always loads of steam fairs in every county. There's three I can think of in my area alone. They're packed with people like Fred.😊
We used to go to the Weeting Steam Rally every year as kids. It was so much fun.❤
I used to work at Hewlett Packard in South Queensferry and when I was put on shift work, I used cycle over the Forth Bridge every day to be at work for six in the morning. It's quite a climb to get to the apex. Its deceptive when you see it or drove over. When it was windy, it was hard work!
It's closed to vehicular traffic now, apart from buses. They built a new bridge next to it, so now there's three bridges over the Forth here and further up the river, the Kingcardine Bridge, which makes four in total.
Good to see Fred driving over in his traction engine over the bridge.
I know, my fourth comment.
I was thinking about the casting, I was educated in school in the 70s in England. It was a Boy's school, we did woodwork and metalwork. In metalwork we actually did casting just as they did in the program but wevused aluminium as it melted fadter and cooled quicker. When I started pistol shooting, I cast my own heads and reloaded my own ammo. All because I had learned the skills at school.
If you want to know more about the subjects covered in this series there was a marvellous Discovery series around 20 years ago called Industrial Revelations.
Presented by Mark Williams, it covers the industrialisation of the UK & it's transition from a subsistence economy to consumerism.
Informative & presented with wit & humour. If you can find it, I'd love to see your reaction to it.
and robbie coltrains planes trains and automobiles,, both series really great
An hour watching Fred makes you realise why Britain once ran 60% of the World and Industrialised it
There is 3 bridges now .that 1 only bus taxis are allowed on it
the Falkirk Wheel complex does look like a 70's Bond Villain Lair ;)
The date code at the end of the programme is MMV which is Roman for 2005.
I visited the Forth Rail Bridge when I was in Edinburgh last year. Got the train to North Queensferry so I could go over the bridge. Closest to Balmoral I got on the trip and it was on the afternoon of the 8th of September '22.
Thanks guys!
That description you did for the video at the start is exactly what I’m doing 🤣
I had admire your appreciation for a great man
I live not far from the Falkirk wheel. I’m so used to seeing it that I often forget what an absolute marvel of engineering it is.
you can walk across the Forth road bridge. scince this was filmed they have built a third bridge across the forth
Brilliant!
If you want to watch a great movie about the age of steam in Brittain circa the nationalization of rail in Brittain, there is nothing better for a good laugh than The Titfield Thunderbolt an Ealing Studios comedy set in the late '50s and early 60's. About, one of the last privately owned railways in Britain at the time. It is a great laugh I hope that you can find it as it is one of my favorite movies about men like Fred trying to get by when the world changes. Funny as anything.
Brilliant film. I love all the old Ealing Studios comedies😊
Close to where I live we have another marvel, two really, one lifts and the other conveys. The Anderton Boat lift moves boats from the River Weaver to the River Mer😮sey.
The Frontcysyllte to Pontcysyllte Aquaduct transports canal boats over the River Dee 126feet below and has done for over 200 years.
Hey Spencer and Daniel, after a Saturday night out we go to the pub on Sunday morning!! 😊
mostly filmed round my home town of Falkirk
Arc-eye is the blindness you refer too. It happens to welders from the ultraviolet light
theres another... but victorian canal boat lift in manchester called the anderton boat lift non rotating but a facinating survivor
You're getting better with the accent, you both looked a bit lost at times 😂 but you were able to follow the conversation
Keep it rolling with Fred.
He is a legend, RIP
I went up to the Falkirk wheel last year. Im a photographer and at night it is lit by multiple lighting systems and is quite a feature. I wish I could send you some photos. Nearby also is an art installation called the Kelpies, give that a Goggle I think you'd like it.
Well said about the skills being passed on. Much to my shame my wee Dad was a carpenter and I ended up as a software engineer. My son God bless him is an aeronautical Engineer with no interest in learning my skills any more than I had an interest in my Dad's undoubted talents.
The kelpies are in falkirk a few mile away from the falkirk wheel they're 80 foot sculptures of two horses heads there's a video on TH-cam of them getting errected
Usually British still have a drink on Sunday , we used to go out Saturday night , get steaming drunk , get up Sunday early play football then a drink after that and some go out Sunday night for drink, not for me work , they still went to work.
In the auld days, it was the bairns (kids') job to do all the skimming jobs as their eyes were regarded as more likely to recover. Thank heaven for child labor laws.
check out Alan Millyard, he changed a 2 cylinder bike to a 4 cylinder, he built a dodge viper v10 bike, he built a motorcycle out of 2 cylinders from an aircraft engine
Most of the reason that the foundries and other heavy industry in Britain has closed is simply that it costs less to get it done abroad. People blame politicians, unions, company bosses...but it's mostly down to a financial outlay.
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Back in 1975 I worked in an aluminium foundry and we normally used our combined melt shop to heat the ingots to produce the metal for our foundries. However in 1975 we started having three large transfer crucibles delivered from Birmingham UK to Slough UK on a lorry overnight. 2.5 to 3 hour journey arriving early morning ready for the next days use. I have no idea if this still happens but was new at the time. Anyone know if this still happens. I cant remember how much weight each individual transfer crucible weighed but must have been 8 - 10 ton.
The impurities that come to the top when smelted is called slag, it's also a term we use to shame a woman the same as calling her a slut. Coz she's unpure
My Grandad laid the road for the forth rd bridge. Theres documentaries on the building of both the forth rail bridge and road bridge if you have a look but not for the feint hearted
Did anyone do a Fred “yeah” count while talking to the Scottish bloke? It must have got into the hundreds.
Im an old scots granny and I know (The Brooklyn Bridge) lol.
This is all local to myself in fact we now have a new road bridge over the River Forth two road one rail all side by side.
This was recorded in 2004
As a child of the 50s, I've seen a lot of changes to society. One thing that still goes on is the British fascination with old technology.
We have a rail network that is virtually all electric, (the remainder being made up by diesel powered locos) but railway museums regularly have a famous steam locomotive pulling a train of period coaches. Every trip is sold out to people wanting to experience nostalgia. But even more, people turn out in hundreds from every small town and village to watch from railway bridges and other vantage points as the train goes past. Sadly as you pointed out in your recording, this enthusiasm is waning.
However the good news is that there's still plenty of enthusiasm left for steam locos, road engines, sailing ships and vintage aircraft.
These things will be around for another generation or two. 😊
There are videos on the Great Dorset Steam Fair on TH-cam also narrowboats using the Falkirk Wheel.
There used to be loads of old cast iron posts and signs all along my local roads. Until they were all stolen by the scrap dealers in recent years. Just hitting a cast iron post with your truck will break it off at ground level.
Yeah, those wow noises you keep making will be carrying on in future videos. British Engineering, at least in the past, was the worlds best. Nothing came close. A steam powered boat? That could pull 70T? At 3mph? In 1803?
In 1803 most of the world had only ever seen steam when a pot of water was placed over a fire. We were building stuff to move things in large amounts, and the more we moved the more powerful and larger the machines became. Just a huge snowball effect until the tipping point was reached and we had hit the Industrial Revolution. Every thing everywhere all steam powered. Everyone else in the world was still making 1 woolly jumper a day. But in Britain, just one small factory was churning out 1 woolly jumper a second. No one could compete. We were building huge iron ships while everyone else was still carving boats out of a tree. Hahaha
Love me some Dibnah. You guys are great.
That eye problem you were talking about at 21.00 mns where you can only see in b/w and bright light ,i did have it a few times it not scary or anything like that it has to do with blood not reaching to certain area of the eyes and it last up to 1 hour
if it in the street it is not okay but if it happens at home then you either stay where you are for a 1 hour or go out in back yard for a trip round the garden , but it not happened when i am going out luckily enough .
You might enjoy these 2 YT vids - 'Great Dorset Steam Fair 2019' and 'Strumpshaw Steam Rally 2023'
On the first video of Fred you saw he was eating cheese butties then, some 20+ years prior 😅 the simple things can be enjoyed for life
I'm not sure if you have watched it, but the footage of Fred's funeral was something else.
You both really need to come to Edinburgh or Scotland as a whole ,, you would love it guys ,, also you watched the Glasgow rivalry with the football, try watching the Edinburgh rivalry with Hibernian football club and heart of Midlothian,, these are bigger rivals than rangers and Celtic ,, I'm a Hibs fan by the way 👌👍🇳🇬🇳🇬
Your reaction eally compliments these excellent programmes. I wonder how Fred would have gone down over the pond especially down south?
When you have finished the life and times of Fred, you might want to take a look at another Boltonian, stand up comedian Peter Kay.
It would be hilarious if the police stopped him and breathalysed him! 🤣
Fred's made in Britain series was broadcast on the BBC's second channel, BBC2 at 2030hrs or 8-30pm. Unfortunately Fred didn't get to watch it as cancer had taken him over a year before. A horrible disease that takes your loved ones without remorse.
The fortunate thing is that we still have the Dibnah, and we will rejoice.
Crazy, but as late as the 1970s I was taught casting at school. Obviously on a tiny scale:: but thirteen year old boys made moulds, melted and poured metal in the UK. The education authorities hadn't cottoned-on that these were dying skills that no longer required teaching. 😢
The Falkirk wheel is about 1/2 hour drive from me, it is really impressive. the union canal is way above the forth/clyde canal and the reason it is so efficiant is that its a counterweight system, as u raise or lower a boat the others side has either another boat or water to make it easy to revolve.
The other point is that as a boat enters the trough it displaces its own weight of water out of the trough. The result is that there is no difference in weight of a trough with a boat in it or one without a boat in it.
Ach, I feel so bloomin' auld. Lol.
I'm British, are you Talking about the Brooklin Bridge.?
You've both eaten Maryland chocolate chip cookies bought in Falkirk 😂 Its a bit odd recognising these roads.
I want a bloody mary now.
I've seen many videos where you think £1 is equal to $1 it's not, the current exchange is $1.23 to the £1, I've seen it as high as $2 to £1 before.
Shit happens ,deal with it as it does and worry about it when it happens.
Just to let you two Ham Shanks, ( an old School term for Yanks circa WWII ISH) , I have bought you the entire boxed set of ALL These DVD’s. It’s just a case of are you able to watch them in the US? I am aware that the UK and I think a large part of Europe are In Region 2? The USA I think is maybe Region 1? If you think this is different, or changed, please let me know? Cheers guys, I do Love ALL THAT YOU DO! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You are correct that the US is region 1, although region coding is somewhat less of an issue, as I believe it has mostly been cracked on DVDs, and there are lots of multi-region DVD players around.
On Blu-Ray it is a different story.
The date of recording is 2005. Fred had the cancer that would kill him. 💔
Sorry again, water in Scotland is free, after all, that you have to do to get a glass is to stick the glass out of a window and inevitably by the time you bring your hand back in it will most likely be filled to the brim. It rains so much in Scotland. We even sell water to the English and Welsh. Northern Ireland is just as bad as Scotland. Lol
My brother served a seven year apprenticeship to become a ship's pipe marine. He was trained to fit all the pipes in a ship, nothing smaller than 6 inches. He was certified to work in and on nuclear reactors in submarines. Only ten were trained every seven years, it was one if if not the rarest trade in the country. He was made redundant and trained as a gas fitter. With his training and skills he would never be out of work!
He has driven a bus for the last ten years at a fraction of what he should have been paid.
Cast iron is shockingly brittle
The best cure for a hangover is hair of the dog, followed by another h.o.t.d., and another.... fk it, I will sober up tomorrow, or the day after
Generational knowledge is being passed down. I have a degree in Maths and Computers. My 24 year old daughter has a degree in Maths and Computers. My 22 year old daughter graduated last week... with a degree in Maths and Computers. Strange!!
Spencer are you the last person in the USA drinking Bud lite 🍻😜😂😂🌈
We've lost this type of person, who is from the streets and is seen by everyone as being the same.
We need more programmes with this type of mutual understanding of what they are trying to explain and explore with in the UK or the statez
Instead of these make me famous quickly, or l don't care what l do to others.
It payed send the kids to private school
It's a man's job he'll be in Trouble with the former Neil now Nancy they won't like that .They'll go into a Prance .a Nancy prancy. Might even break a nail.
You can't learn farming it's passed down
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never gets old