BBC4 Next Wednesday
James May "The Reassembler".
Nice photo of an exploded Suffolk Colt in the Radio Times. Reminded me of my first lawnmower (a Punch) and getting the blade re-sharpened. The guy in the shop was impressed I could remove it and refit it, he gave me a hard-to-get grassbox to replace the tied-on-with-string one I was using.
The anti-Haynes manual, I hope:
"Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly".
Yeah, right, in a perfect world. I will watch this series with interest.
And on Tuesday IIRC 8pm on ITV
"How not to DIY" :-)
tim
When I looked at that article in the RT earlier this week, it didn't appear to me that the assembled motor James May was working on in the small picture was of the same lawnmower shown in the large picture with all the bits. The petrol tank appears the same, but where, for example, is the red cowling beneath it? I can't see it in all the bits (the engine cover between the handles in the bits photo appears to be completely different).
BICBW...
I'm more concerned about the missing piston, conrod, cylinder, crankshaft, valves etc...
My listings show the program in 3 parts Monday, tuesday and Wednesday nights at 9pm. Lawnmower, telephone, electric guitar.
I knew a real Mountain Man in North Carolina, he repaired most kinds of string instruments. You had to move things like 12-string guitars and zithers off chairs to find somewhere to sit down. He also had the ability to hypnotise our dog.
It will be interesting to see how James May gets on.
Putting pre-made stuff (of that scale) back together isn't usually that challenging. Kinda sad that it should be considered special enough to warrant a TV programme.
Tim
BBC "Original Programming" ...
The enlightened television media students have now discovered the discipline of engineering can be publicly consumed as a television programme showing things can be interestingly studied and assembled together, rather than blown apart.
As first seen on YouTube ;-)
I'm waiting to see how they will ape the product unboxing scene.
I could say that about the vast majority of what is shown on TV.
In message , Tim+ writes
Hmm.. I could have challenged him to reassemble the pull cord return spring on my mower this evening. Just as it was coming on to rain...
There's a You-tube file for that...
In message , Davey writes
Does it explain why the pull cord always breaks on the first outing of the season?
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That's just an extension of Murphy's Law.
Meanwhile:
And talking of DIY: ww.youtube.com/watch?v=humZvaGnlsw
In message , Davey writes
Oh. I did it last night and mowed edges of the lawn but wondered how JM would have managed.
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