A mad, bad Mini project
Discussion
Do we really need two episodes dedicated to building a heater box? Yes it’s very clever and the process is interesting, but surely it could have been edited into one 30 minute show?
However. Watching someone do fabrication whilst a narrator reads a Wikipedia article about how air conditioning works could be the breakthrough performance art of 2018.
It may be cynical view, but progress has slowed right down since the whole patreon thing was introduced. The longer you string it out the more money you get....
That aside it will be a quite amazing machine.
if it ever gets finished.....
Yes I know no one forced me to watch it.
However. Watching someone do fabrication whilst a narrator reads a Wikipedia article about how air conditioning works could be the breakthrough performance art of 2018.
It may be cynical view, but progress has slowed right down since the whole patreon thing was introduced. The longer you string it out the more money you get....
That aside it will be a quite amazing machine.
if it ever gets finished.....
Yes I know no one forced me to watch it.
Ilovejapcrap said:
CoolC said:
Fantastic work as ever......
......apart from fitting the windscreen that way. All of us in the trade were wincing at that point.
Uhmmm why ? ......apart from fitting the windscreen that way. All of us in the trade were wincing at that point.
Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
200 man hours was mentioned in that one, what I couldn't out was if that 200 hours was on the whole car or just the heater box
Either way, it matters not, captivating viewing regardless, a masterclass. If it were just the heater box, which it probably was, then 100 would have been on head scratching and tea drinking and then the other 100 doing it.
What sets this whole project above any and all other car restoration and modification programs is that rather than reaching for 'big' off the shelf components, due to space, they have to make their own.
As for the windscreen, going in there and then, I've no idea why, it can't be for something as simple as the wipers and wiper mechanism as the mini wipers are simplicity themselves. I can't see there being any point re-designing the wiper as the mech is as simple and low profile from the factory it'd be a real struggle to improve upon it.
The only reason I can think of is that some sort of gadegtry is going to go on the dash top and they need it in for a datum / reference point.
Can't wait to find out.
Either way, it matters not, captivating viewing regardless, a masterclass. If it were just the heater box, which it probably was, then 100 would have been on head scratching and tea drinking and then the other 100 doing it.
What sets this whole project above any and all other car restoration and modification programs is that rather than reaching for 'big' off the shelf components, due to space, they have to make their own.
As for the windscreen, going in there and then, I've no idea why, it can't be for something as simple as the wipers and wiper mechanism as the mini wipers are simplicity themselves. I can't see there being any point re-designing the wiper as the mech is as simple and low profile from the factory it'd be a real struggle to improve upon it.
The only reason I can think of is that some sort of gadegtry is going to go on the dash top and they need it in for a datum / reference point.
Can't wait to find out.
CoolC said:
Those screens are not fitted that way. The rubber goes onto the body first and then the glass fitted into the rubber, the locking strip then keeps it in place.
Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
Fitting it that way makes it a piece of piss IME, Ive fitted dozens of mini screens that way over the last 30 years without damaging rubbers. The reason they had problems is because they were extremely sparing with the lube as the shell isn't painted.Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
CoolC said:
Ilovejapcrap said:
CoolC said:
Fantastic work as ever......
......apart from fitting the windscreen that way. All of us in the trade were wincing at that point.
Uhmmm why ? ......apart from fitting the windscreen that way. All of us in the trade were wincing at that point.
Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
robemcdonald said:
Do we really need two episodes dedicated to building a heater box? Yes it’s very clever and the process is interesting, but surely it could have been edited into one 30 minute show?
However. Watching someone do fabrication whilst a narrator reads a Wikipedia article about how air conditioning works could be the breakthrough performance art of 2018.
It may be cynical view, but progress has slowed right down since the whole patreon thing was introduced. The longer you string it out the more money you get....
That aside it will be a quite amazing machine.
if it ever gets finished.....
Yes I know no one forced me to watch it.
Rob, I'm not sure how you think stringing it out makes it more lucrative as we charge our patrons per video, not per month because we don't like to take the piss. Many people have no idea how an A/C system works, so I took the decision to VO as simple an explanation as I could instead of another music montage. However. Watching someone do fabrication whilst a narrator reads a Wikipedia article about how air conditioning works could be the breakthrough performance art of 2018.
It may be cynical view, but progress has slowed right down since the whole patreon thing was introduced. The longer you string it out the more money you get....
That aside it will be a quite amazing machine.
if it ever gets finished.....
Yes I know no one forced me to watch it.
Progress has slowed over the course as the early days were big ass easy stuff and now we're into the minutiae and fabbing up complex solutions. Having said that, now the HVAC system is done and we're putting more time into it, you'll see shorter, more frequent episodes until she's done.
Thanks for watching.
Mr2Mike said:
CoolC said:
Those screens are not fitted that way. The rubber goes onto the body first and then the glass fitted into the rubber, the locking strip then keeps it in place.
Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
Fitting it that way makes it a piece of piss IME, Ive fitted dozens of mini screens that way over the last 30 years without damaging rubbers. The reason they had problems is because they were extremely sparing with the lube as the shell isn't painted.Fitting it the way they did is ridiculously hard work and damages the rubber as seen right at the end.
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