Guy Martin

[DJFish]

King Herald said:

Did you see the size of that hydraulic ‘rivet gun’ they used in the original manufacture? I doubt it is the sort of thing you can pick up at Halfords nowadays.

Well technically you should be able to do it with a furnace, a windy hammer, good timing and a bloke in a flat cap.

I can see why they chose not to, it's much quicker & cheaper to do it all with frikkin lasers, & I don't suppose JCB have much call for it.

[FourWheelDrift]

All this modern manufacturing made it lot heavier too, the originals were much lighter.

[Evangelion]

I was glad the drive through Lincoln was cancelled, I only live half an hour away and had it gone ahead would have been absolutely gutted at having missed it!

[WinstonWolf]

DJFish said:

King Herald said:

Did you see the size of that hydraulic ‘rivet gun’ they used in the original manufacture? I doubt it is the sort of thing you can pick up at Halfords nowadays.

Well technically you should be able to do it with a furnace, a windy hammer, good timing and a bloke in a flat cap.

I can see why they chose not to, it's much quicker & cheaper to do it all with frikkin lasers, & I don't suppose JCB have much call for it.

Windy hammers are cheating, real men get the rivets glowing and give them a bloody good clout

[King Herald]

WinstonWolf said:

DJFish said:

King Herald said:

Did you see the size of that hydraulic ‘rivet gun’ they used in the original manufacture? I doubt it is the sort of thing you can pick up at Halfords nowadays.

Well technically you should be able to do it with a furnace, a windy hammer, good timing and a bloke in a flat cap.

I can see why they chose not to, it's much quicker & cheaper to do it all with frikkin lasers, & I don't suppose JCB have much call for it.

Windy hammers are cheating, real men get the rivets glowing and give them a bloody good clout

Whole ships were built thus. A tank is a Saturday morning job in comparison.

[anonymous-user]

DJFish said:

Well technically you should be able to do it with a furnace, a windy hammer, good timing and a bloke in a flat cap.

I can see why they chose not to, it's much quicker & cheaper to do it all with frikkin lasers, & I don't suppose JCB have much call for it.

Its why building a copy of a racing car is so much cheaper than building a proper replica or rebuilding an original after a complete strip down. When we build a historic racing car, we have to use the original techniques and make it as though it was the period in question. If none of the parts or castings are available, we have to make them again from scratch.

[DJFish]

But how great is it to see those trades surviving and proper craftsmen at work?

[anonymous-user]

DJFish said:

But how great is it to see those trades surviving and proper craftsmen at work?

It's what i do. It's bloody expensive. You need deep pockets to be able to afford the kit i work with because the processes are so labour intensive and bespoke.

[texaxile]

That was my mate who gave him the driving test!.

Very enjoyable, my 9 year old daughter was interested because of the history lesson, although she asked why he looks like a monkey with that hair. I found it good, relaxing and interesting viewing. Made a change from all the other crap on TV at the moment (apart from Gomorrah).

[DJFish]

jsf said:

DJFish said:

But how great is it to see those trades surviving and proper craftsmen at work?

It's what i do. It's bloody expensive. You need deep pockets to be able to afford the kit i work with because the processes are so labour intensive and bespoke.

I went to an open day at JD Classics a while back and not only was the place thoroughly impressive, they didn't look like they were struggling.
Their new showroom in Mayfair would suggest spannering classics is moderately lucrative....I wonder if they need a workshop lackey?

[anonymous-user]

DJFish said:

jsf said:

DJFish said:

But how great is it to see those trades surviving and proper craftsmen at work?

It's what i do. It's bloody expensive. You need deep pockets to be able to afford the kit i work with because the processes are so labour intensive and bespoke.

I went to an open day at JD Classics a while back and not only was the place thoroughly impressive, they didn't look like they were struggling.
Their new showroom in Mayfair would suggest spannering classics is moderately lucrative....I wonder if they need a workshop lackey?

If you have an interest there is nothing stopping you. This sector of motorsport and car ownership has certainly exploded since i got involved 12 years ago.

[King Herald]

jsf said:

If you have an interest there is nothing stopping you. This sector of motorsport and car ownership has certainly exploded since i got involved 12 years ago.

I could do with a part time job, now I’m retired. I’ve got no specific racing car skills per se, but I’ve built a few hot rods, ground up, one off chassis etc. Did all the work, wiring, fabrication, welding, plumbing myself.



Probably more suited to building tanks than race cars though.

[Laurel Green]

Room for improvement with the controls, though damned impressive nonetheless.

[rubystone]

Six Fiend said:

Captain Oswald Bamfied died in The Battle of Loos in 1915. Adjacent to Cambrain.

A good reason the family were involved with the program.

The Bamford family own JCB. Did the Bamfield name morph into Bamford?

[Johnnybee]

That Volvo

[tim0409]

I have to say that I really like this series, and Guy Martin as a presenter.

[Laurel Green]

If I was Guy I'd be punching that chap on the nose for saying I got a small brain.

[Six Fiend]

rubystone said:

Six Fiend said:

Captain Oswald Bamfied died in The Battle of Loos in 1915. Adjacent to Cambrain.

A good reason the family were involved with the program.

The Bamford family own JCB. Did the Bamfield name morph into Bamford?

Typos by me, meant Bamford and Cambrai.

[Jonesy23]

rubystone said:

Six Fiend said:

Captain Oswald Bamfied died in The Battle of Loos in 1915. Adjacent to Cambrain.

A good reason the family were involved with the program.

The Bamford family own JCB. Did the Bamfield name morph into Bamford?

Typo. Oswald Bamford was an agricultural engineer and part of the family. I assume this was all funded as a war memorial effort, other stuff has been funded in the past.

[SystemParanoia]

Loving his time coding on the Raspberry pi using the GPIO library