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playlist by seasons, good idea.

Dear Matt Another great video. With respect to your last one, when you made the sheet metal pieces to go over the cylinders, you drilled the required holes with a regular twist drill. May I recommend you track down some "step drills". These are shortish, cone shaped bits with up to 5 or 6 (or more) different diameter sections so one bit can drill holes from say 1/8" to 1/2" in 1/16" increments. I'm sure metric ones are made as well. They are specifically for drilling sheet metal and cut neat tidy holes with minimum burrs etc. I think the smallest diameter available is 1/8", but the largest diameter one I have will cut 1 1/8" diameter. Over here in Canada, Unibit and Lennox are 2 good quality brands. I would emphasize buying only good quality name brands as the cheap imports are not accurate and blunt very easily. See what you think. Best wishes from Canada. Paul (ex pat)

Bloody good work mate 👍👍. Robert

Very nice work mister. That engine looks great.

Skins? Don’t you mean cladding?

Brilliant work, Matt.

correct sound of mallard it sounds like a little one

Looking great my friend - puts my 2mm Zintec, rolled in the vice with a bit of round bar to shame. Not long now until them wheels be a rotating! Happy new year to you and yours. G

That deburring tool looked excellent. Nice to see some progress on the loco 😀

I was waklking thru the Machine shop and thought of you. ruclips.net/user/shortsyXw0wqiTS8Q

I hated sheet metal work when I was a fitter, lol. I worked for Ford Motor Company in the factory for 15 years, but I spent the last 5 years in the new machine shop that used to be an oil store. The new chief engineer bought some really nice second-hand machine tools from a college: a shaper, three lathes, two milling machines, and a surface grinder. I did not have to work shifts anymore! I just made one or two offs. Great job in an immaculate workshop. The they closed down😒

Cardboard Aided Design :) good one 👍

Thanks!

That was a good 2024! Looking forward to seeing the work in 2025! Cheers to all, Ian

Gud Un Matt😉😉👍👍🎅🎅🚂🚂 like the magnetic vice benders, i need some!! laterzzzzzzzzzzzz Kev

As an arc welder and angle grinder man whose engineering skills are at best agricultural I never fail to be impressed by the quality of your work. Thanks for a year of great content. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to in 2025.

I think you should re-make the cylinder skins again so we can see how you fold them. Only joking! Many thanks Matt for sharing your excellent engineering skills with us throughout 2024. Wishing yourself and your viewers a Very Happy New Year! See you in 2025. - Fletch -

Nice, great job!

Dose Binky know you have nicked his CAD

Impressive. I’m very jealous of your workshop and excellent skills!

Hy Matt, why do you drill with the Z-axis instead the pinole ?

Another great episode, thanks Matt !!

My Enco 1440 is identical to that machine to the tee. Well, mine is Blue.

Really liking the locos build series... you weren't holding onto much of that carbide cutter were you! I've always chucked cutters as much as possible.

Excellent.

Merry Christmas to and family, slow and steady

Matt, Firstly, thank you for all the hard work in making and editing these really cool vids. 👏👏 Secondly, you provide a valuable ‘training’ service to all the hopefuls that watch the channel. Great to see such a HUMUNGOUS piece of engineering coming together 👏 And last but not least.., Merry Xmas to you and yours. 2025 should be a boomer eh? 🤣🤣🤣 Regards Robert🇦🇺

If you have a good gasket company near you see if you can get the gaskets CNC lazier cut, saves a huge amount of time and you can get a few spares done at the same time and the cost isn't much more than the gasket sheet cost. If you are cutting them by hand you can use the ball end of the hammer to mark out the stud holes, just do it the same way as you did for the other edges.

Excellent work Matt!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family,!

Merry Christmas Matt! Good progress, and looking forward to seeing more to come next year. Boiler? Did anybody mention that you need a boiler? Have a great Christmas!

Nice to have a chat with you.

Merry Christmas Matt.

Thanks for sharing 👍 and Merry Christmas to you and your family 😊

Another enjoyable video Matt. 👍🏻 I purchased a cheap dehumidifier about 4 years ago. It’s been running 24/7 since, never stopped and keeps the workshop at 50% humidity. Rust now takes a lot longer to build up to a point I barely need to worry about it. Room is slightly sealed though and insulated. Hope you have a merry Christmas 🎉🎉

Good episode, thanks. Happy Christmas. 👍

Thanks!🚂

Keep going, mate. I can't wait until it's finished. It took me 5 years to build a Stewart model, lol. My job got in the way

Merry Christmas Matt, looking forward to more great videos next year.

A huge thank you for all of the content that you have created for us throughout 2024. You've given us hours of enjoyment. A Merry Christmas, and a Happy New to you, and to all of your viewers and subscribers. Cheers and Good Health, - Fletch -

Hi Matt, thanks for the joyfull video's you shering with all off us, past year. You are a great crafstman, I enjoy every episode from the beginning of your channel. I wish you and all your loveones a great and happy Christmas and a happy and healthy 2025.

Interesting work, have a great time this season and hope Dad is fine! Cheers, Ian

Merry Christmas Matt, Have a good one !

Looking great my friend. Nearly there…

Looking great - keep up the excellent work.

That lathe looks great. Nice video.

Hi Matt, I was about your age when I moved my shop from our first house to our current location. Then I had a section of the cellar dug out and a cement floor put in, another movement of heavy machines. Then a couple of auctions acquiring a 3000 pound lathe and another Bridgeport and later a CNC Bridgeport moving it all by myself. Now at 82 years old all I can do concerning moving heavy machines is live vicariously thru you watching you do the needful on your channel. When I finally have to give up my shop ( not soon I hope) I will have to bring in millwrights to clear the machines out or the buyer will have to collect them. Cheers! Dick B. USA

When you driled and tapped the M8 holes to bolt the cylinder to the frames you only went 0.56 of an inch. It would appear that you could have gone deeper, without damaging anything, and made tapped.ind holes a lot easier. Any thoughts on this?

Awesome bit of kit. Could really do with something like this!

Hard work moving machines 😮 well done though on doing it safely 😀