Western Flyer Restoration EP 33 A trip to the local foundry to see new portholes being made.
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- Episode 33 from a series following the restoration of the Western Flyer. In this episode, we take a short trip out of town to the local bronze foundry to watch new bronze portholes being made for the Western Flyer. We also hear stories from the foundry's owner Pete Langley and how he got into the business.
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I agree 100% with Pete about the lack of Industrial Arts at most High Schools today. I learned wood working, metal working and auto repair skills I use to this day in those classes. My old High School eliminated all those shop spaces almost 30 plus years ago...sad.
I agree ,I remember when we moved into the new middle school in 75,looking at the shop facilities, foundry, lathe, welding equipment ect ,sadly it sat unused other than the shop teacher's pet projects ,no time in the schedule, and only one unmotivated teacher
I was lucky to have a school with a full woodwork and metal work shop with equipment that got used often by students and a very enthusiastic teacher that got people excited to do some building or lathe work.
Love Pete’s attitude! High tide raises all boats!
That’s how I got started working in sheet metal. I found someone who was willing to take on someone with no skill. I spent 5 years there before I returned to Oregon. Those skills a ethics took me into many other industries plastics, circuit boards, and I’m work for a custom and production optical company. In all cases they saw the skills I had and felt I could learn the process. Well Done!
These guys take pride in their manufacturing, a rare quality in the workplace in these days of mass production and maximum profit.
They don't have a shallow hedge fund manager to answer to.
Thank you to everyone who has commented and thank you to everyone watching. It's a wonderful feeling knowing so many people are enjoying the video series. Thanks for Watching. Chris Chase
Happy, we still have people who are proud of the job they did 👏.
What a compelling interview and look at a bronze master craftsman. Reminds me of the time I spent as a young letterpress printer, typesetter and foundry apprentice. A teacher with patience is too often taken for granted. Thank you.
The Western Flyer project stretches out into so many other stories and people. I think that if you traced all the the threads that come together in the fabric of the boat you would see that we are all truly connected and part of something so much greater than our selves. That is a wonderful way to feel about this life and that is what I love about this project: It helps connect all of us and helps us see that we are part of something immense and immensely beautiful. Thanks again for sharing! :-)
Felipe, Thank you for such an insightful comment. You have a clear understanding of what my connection to the restoration of the Western Flyer is all about. Thank you for Watching and thank you for all of your support.
@@WesternFlyerFoundationChannel It would be a magical piece to have a book with all the different people/businesses information kept on the boat! A book of networking, yet also the roots of where the boats heartbeat comes from! Thank you for this wonderful video Chris, love seeing my Pops passion on the big screen.
Hi Chris . Another fascinating side of how the Western Flyer is built . Didn't even give this a thought . What a lovely man Pete is , and you get the impression his father was a great guy and family came first. I really enjoyed watching this but would hate to guess how much the port holes cost . Thanks Chris . Watching the Western from day one has been educational and more importantly , proves that traditional skills can never be replaced . Above all , the skilled artisans are one tight family who respect one another .....a rare thing in the modern cut throat world .
Thank you Pete guys like you make the world go around. I think the biggest mistake we did was take vocation out of schools. Everyone said the kids have to go to college well they don’t. A lot of people are good with their hands. I’m in the trucking industry and no young people want to drive. We are running out of truckers same as the trade’s. It’s really sad.
Thanks Chris, another informative episode.
Coming from a foundry that manufactured fire hydrants i worked in Iron and 3 types of brass and bronze.
A foundry is a foundry. Being babysat every Saturday till I was 18 there was little doubt what my career would end up being. But you always have to leave n experience the onlooker things offered, the service and rebellion ndecide to do what you know and eventually love your live God gave us to choose from which to live,happliy.
Reminds me so much of my apprenticeship in the 1960 in the UK agricultural machinery industry at the end you had the confidence to tackle anything, great lesson in managing and developing peoples life skills.
Hi Chris, I just came from your new video (short stories)…. It has the comments disabled. I felt compelled to say something, mainly… thanks. This is a wonderful way to bring the history and culture of ships, shipwrights and sailors to life… I watch with the same enthusiasm, as I listen to “Rollin of the Sea” or “Son of a Sailor”. It may be that gene that makes people knock on the hull of a boat, since I was born and raised on the prairies but feel a pull to the ocean… and eventually found my way to the Island. Keep up the good work.
It's great to see these traditional trades still flourishing and young craftsman mastering their crafts producing items that will around for centuries to come. Hats off to the Western Flyer project for using these methods which help keep these skills going.
Great stuff
Thanks very much,l love watching thing being cast....l have been a Gold Smith for about 40 years now,l have cast a lot of Gold of all kinds thru the years.....So this video was right down my alley....Thanks so much again..!
Beautiful work everybody!
Great to see this coming on, and also looking forward to some cross-pollination with Tally Ho!
Pete's definitely already proven cross pollination
Yesss!! It was fun and nice to first meet him in Leo’s channel.
Always love bronze work 💪🏼❤️🔥👍🏻
Thank you Cris and Pete. This was great to see young people getting an education in industrial arts. I think we could bring back many of the trades as a way to introduce kids to using their hands and heads to create and the satisfaction from their own skills.
Really look forward to the next installment. I have so enjoyed the craftsmanship that has been displayed at every step of the process! Thank you so much!
Having seen the work of Port Townsend Foundry at the many Boat Festivals over the last 27 years it is good that they are being recognized for the quality and beauty of their products. I hope some day to have a boat that I can put some of their work on. Thank you for sharing this view of their crew.
Enjoyed this third video trip to the foundry. Such beautiful precision work!👍✌️😊🙏🏼⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⚒
This sounds like something Mike Rowe would smile upon mightily.
Loved that! Can’t wait to see the finished portholes all polished up. Great episode.
As always, a great video. There are so many trades involved with building a boat like the Western Flyer, each with their own story to share. I love watching those amazing craftsmen plying their crafts. These are people who are passionate about what they do!
Love how everything is coming along with the restoration. And true craftsmanship that makes it so interesting to watch. It reminds me of the days when people actually took pride in their work. Can't wait to see her done.
It reminds you of the days when people actually took pride in their work. So it reminds you of today as these people actually take pride in their work.
So many people think these industries are dead just because they’re out of sight. 😒
This is a good time to get into the trades. There's tons of job openings and companies are paying top dollar for talented tradesman. We're seeing the effects of all the kids being pushed into college now.
I enjoyed watching him during the Sampson Boat Co. project
Fantastic work. Hope this transitions into a Co-op. These skill are not taught enough
Just a great inspiration that hard work still exists in this world along with pride in your own workmanship.
I like that he remembers the hardware he has built and the boats they are on, and that he is confident to race both with them and against them. That is a master craftsman.
My Dad was a very meticulous Machinist. It might take a few minutes longer, but at least it's done right!
That was way cool thx for the video
Wow, a new episode both from the Western Flyer and Tally Ho on the same day. This is great :D
Wonderful insight into bronze portal casting and great to see so many people so passionate about their work.
I can see Pete’s thoughts and focus are dialed into how he separates himself from the business and putting it into safe hands, I don’t think he is in a dead hurry but focused on when the time is right. Some business owners wait till they can’t hear the jackhammer pounding next door or they are hooked up to a monitor at the hospital. This craft needs to be carried forward and he’s the guy to do it right. Great video !
Absolutely epic to watch, another trade almost gone like some many....thanks for sharing again 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
As I saw Pete in Tally Ho project, yes, he is good person. Definitely. And he knows his trade, he knows all faults and mistakes, that could be made. And he lets youngsters to make them and learn from it. But he is getting older. I hope, he will find good person to pick up glove and continue this nice workshop.
This is turning into one of the most interesting / informative channels on the tube.
Thanks for your kind words, and Thanks for Watching
All of Tally Ho's floors and other bronze hardware were made in this foundry.
Good job!!!!!!!
Industrial ARTS..... beautiful work
Great episode! Wonderful look at a very interesting industry and a talented group of people. Thanks.
Last week I had a chance to peek through the big boathouse doors and see the Flyer in person. It's even more impressive in person. I told the guys taking a break outside I was a "Chris Chase fan boy"... I don't think they were too impressed :-) Anyway, great video, Thanks for all the effort.
Very cool casting episode. That's a surprising amount of machining to make a great porthole.
Beautiful episode, great story and footage. This series continues to inspire with its ethic, intent, history, humility and craft (even us amateurs as far away as Tasmania) . Thank you.
Really great vid, as always. Hope the foundry is around for another 100 years!!
Me too, Thanks for Watching
Amazing work, amazing portholes!!!
Appreciate the "deeper dive". Good job.
Thanks for Watching
I love hearing about how our high schools are lacking in industrial arts today. I went through a vocational school half of my school day. Made high school tolerable to me. I spent 17 years as an aircraft mechanic with American Airlines later in my life after the USAF. We need to bring back industrial arts in America. Not everyone can go to college an then be burdened with high educational debt the rest of their lives.
I have a pair of Boom gallows fittings from P.T.F. for my Cape George 36, beautiful works of art!
Amazing! So happy to see this continuing to come along!
This is a wonderful Project, Thanks. Please add Closed Captioning for us old folks.
Another fascinating insight. Thanks
Fantastic!
Fabulous episode 👏👌
Well done video Chris
good episode, very interesting.
It's all about the team.
This is a great video!
Thank you
This could have easily been a PBS video. Well made and edited.
That means a lot to me, thank you, and thank you for watching.
AWESOME
Thanks
One other thing a old sheet metal man once told me “ That if you don’t learn something every day your not doing your job right.”
Makes me happy for to many reasons to list
Where have all the following videos gone? 🤔
Pete’s personality comes off totally different in this video compared to Leo’s videos that featured Pete.
What kind of glass will go on the portholes? How thick? An ocean going vessel will need the have the portholes secure from the pounding of the ocean
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The school shop classes originated in Sweden, a country with a history of innovation and craftsmanship To this day all Swedish school students take wood, metal craft, sewing and leather work. Unfortunately we saw this as a place to put the kids you couldn’t put a where else Which is why Sweden is what they are look around at all the Swedish products we all have We should copy them, however we did and failed
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seen this again.
It is sad to hear how education in the trades is so undervalued today. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a vocational high school in the sixties where I trained as an electrician.
seen this.
Did 2 episodes get deleted ?
Where do I find Western Flyer Restoration EP 33 B?
Hiya
In today’s CNC machining climate, most things can be made without casting, but rather cut from billet. I do very much appreciate the traditional methods, but have to ask why these parts weren’t made completely by CNC. Particularly when taking into account that pretty much every surface was finish machined.
Before running, you have to learn how to walk, right ?
As a retired graphic designer, I can tell you that at school then college, we had to draw and paint type faces. Serif and sans-serif. Very precisely. We could'nt figure out why we had to do that painfully chore when, a new stuff called Lettraset was available with hundreds of fonts and sizes.
After 45 years in the design and advertising business and managing, I can tell you that the younger generation designers have no idea of type, fonts and their use in their design process. And it shows in today's consumer packaging, printed or web ads.Same with color management. "Why that shade of blue on that food packaging ?" Well, it looked good to me. Oh ! "What about your consumer ? " Duh.
A guy able to CNC who never did it the old way, will never FEEL his result. No emotion about his product.
I know, it sounds corny, but that's what this good man is teaching to youngsters.
Cost.
Are these the guys that did the bronze knees for Leo on 'Tally Ho' ?
yes
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Costa Mesa in Orange County, CA?
California, thanks for Watching
@@WesternFlyerFoundationChannel Thank you. I was curious because that's not very far from where I'm located and I didn't believe there was, but wasn't sure, there isn't another Costa Mesa further up the line. Going by the interview, it seems Pete Langley has likely sailed up and down the entire west coast, up to Alaska, down to Baja, and probably nearly all points in between.
Awesome.. We need to be teaching our kids trade oriented skills.. not computers.
May I ask what is going to power this Vessel ?
Hope you had a reply.
"I'll try to post a video every couple of weeks". Hope everyone is well.
@@alexandermenzies9954 No Reply.
Why is the latest video from May 22 ?
A couple of new videos have just been added... But with comments turned off and no new fottage... Something fishy here
@@geek9642 Yes, it all seems strange. Comments turned off is not a good look.
@@geek9642 William Gilly reading from the Sea of Cortez while the WF is still in the throes of construction is beyond fishy.
@@geek9642 I am wondering if the deleted video's had someone in them that had a falling out with the project. And with comments turned off, there's some bad drama going on...
@@936anyst Few smiles around the place, few videos (remember, "a video about every fortnight"?) and now the riveting reading of Gilly..
Was there ever a greater chance to make a fantastic doco?
How's Rosie doing``
I'm disappointed there was no answer to Robert's question.
Good morning do you have an email address that I can contact you on?.
Kind regards
Francois
I, as someone who has no right what so ever to input my opinion, vote for co-op. In a co-op, you can instill the apprentice philosophy, that has seemed to be a part of your great success, into the venture that lives on. A co-op can operate based on the values of the organization and for the benefit of all involved. Your current employees are all benefactors of the apprentice system and know its value and I would assume they would want to keep it going, so it can benefit future employees and the company alike. Whereas, a new owner might take a shortsighted view that it is a waste of resource and effort. Why hire people to cleanup for the other employees when you can add cleaning to the other employee's duties, missing the fact that the "industrial hygienists" are the future holders of the companies knowledge, traditions, and expertise. "we are more..."
This channel could have been so good, what a great project to document. But sadly it's a 2 out of 10... oh well
Deleted videos, comments turned off on the new short vids.
I think you should come clean with what's going on. I hope you don't think people are stupid and don't see the drama with this channel...
I totally disagree with you on the assessment of the old portholes to make them out of bronze that is not original you should have restored the old ones they could have been restored like new with little work. and less $ John and Edward looked out the galvanized ones . Just my opinion
Terrible terrible boat building coverage. Very disappointed.
A large vessel like Western Flyer seems to offer a plethora of ready opportunities to capture lots of inspiring skills. Make hay while the sun shines, the land-based days are coming to an end.
Yeah, this series sucks. Just a vanity project for the presenter. Way to much plot getting in the way of the action.
Fantastic!
Thanks
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