Flyboy Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 (edited) Amazing project. The time lapse video is interesting. https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/garden/a27519892/chelsea-flower-show-welcome-to-yorkshire-garden-mark-gregory/ CaRT donated old lock gates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI87xHWLxMA&t=36s Edited May 20, 2019 by Flyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Staircase lock for very short narrowboats Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Could have used non leaking gates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Rob-M said: Could have used non leaking gates. If you have been following the construction of this, they put a lot of effort into making them leak Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max's son Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 Don't lock gates always leak? what happens if you lift the paddles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen-in-Wellies Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 49 minutes ago, Flyboy said: CaRT donated old lock gates. CaRT did put some new gates in the lock right? Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbfiresprite Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: CaRT did put some new gates in the lock right? Right? The lock gates will be reinstated after the show, until then lock28E is closed UFN 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Posted May 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: CaRT did put some new gates in the lock right? Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen-in-Wellies Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Flyboy said: It doesn't say, but I'm guessing that is the inside of Stanley Ferry lock gate making building. Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Posted May 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: It doesn't say, but I'm guessing that is the inside of Stanley Ferry lock gate making building. Jen Yes, Stanley Ferry works. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/huddersfield-canal-lock-gates-get-chelsea-makeover-for-welcome-to-yorkshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 28 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: It doesn't say, but I'm guessing that is the inside of Stanley Ferry lock gate making building. Jen 21 minutes ago, Flyboy said: Yes, Stanley Ferry works. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/huddersfield-canal-lock-gates-get-chelsea-makeover-for-welcome-to-yorkshire Which is interesting, because I thought they did all the narrow lock gates at Bradley and the wide lock gates at Stanley Ferry. I also remember reading that they make lock gates for other navigation authorities as there are very few people left that have the skills needed to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 15 hours ago, Flyboy said: Amazing project. The time lapse video is interesting. I think CRT should employ them to rebuild lock entrances, they seem very good at it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 14 hours ago, TheBiscuits said: Which is interesting, because I thought they did all the narrow lock gates at Bradley and the wide lock gates at Stanley Ferry. I also remember reading that they make lock gates for other navigation authorities as there are very few people left that have the skills needed to do it. I'm not sure we are short of people with the skill, I'd say it is the tooling. Unusually large machinery is used to make things like lock gates accurately from wood, and it all needs to be set up in a large enough factory space ready to use. I doubt there is enoigh demand for new wooden lock gates to warrant building any more wooden gate manufacturing facilities. If a new factory was built, somehow I don't think it would be hard to find staff to operate the machinery to build the gates. Shoot me down if you like, but it doesn't strike me as that difficult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterboat Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 They used to build gates at Newark years ago, but clearly Stanley Ferry is the place now days. A couple of years ago when we moored up there we had a trip around the place very interesting stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said: Shoot me down if you like, but it doesn't strike me as that difficult! I always find that when you watch a master of his trade do something it looks extremely easy, and then I have a go as a tyro and it seems much harder. I'm not sure there are that many people who can make lock gates that don't leak out of Greenheart. Lock gates are a lot less forgiving than decorative porches ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max's son Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Gates used to be made on Diglis Island on the Severn in Worcester, the building are now being restored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Here are some photos from Bradey Workshop Edited May 21, 2019 by ditchcrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Nowadays with modern facilities it makes sense to centralise production and SKILLS facilities to a location where the is space for storage and modern machines to do the work. It's a shame that real carpentry skills take second place to good equipment - watch those sockets being machined; would take ages by hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Todd Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 2 hours ago, TheBiscuits said: I always find that when you watch a master of his trade do something it looks extremely easy, and then I have a go as a tyro and it seems much harder. That was the basis of the Generation Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 23 hours ago, RLWP said: Staircase lock for very short narrowboats Richard Watching the time lasp I wondered if this was a garden or a very large model... Imagine the train set one could have.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Some little scrote has chucked half the cobbles in the cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, RLWP said: Some little scrote has chucked half the cobbles in the cut You wait until they saw the lock beams off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen-in-Wellies Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 30 minutes ago, RLWP said: Some little scrote has chucked half the cobbles in the cut Where are the beer cans left lying around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Blurry marvellous when you consider that the whole thing had to be built from scratch on the Old Contemptibles' Lawn. No prefab, just hard graft. Amazin' He were on t'telly (BBC2 program started - 20:00), yesterday evening. Fascinating watching the time lapses of the various builds. I didn't realise that the public are allowed to walk around the exhibits after the judging process is over - thus they have to be built pretty solidly. Great to see that he got a Gold for his efforts! BTW it's a short lock 'cos they're all short in Yorkshire aren't they..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickleback Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 The speed they work, I reckon they could have the Bedford / Milton Keynes link done by Christmas ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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