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00:00¡Hola!
00:07These days I spend more and more time in my Wiltshire home
00:12and the pub I own
00:14thinking about all the big problems in the world
00:17and some smaller ones that annoy me
00:21Luckily there's a place I can go to solve them all
00:25or at least try
00:28my shed
00:30Right
00:31It's here that I have the tools
00:33Let's just saw some wood up
00:35the tea
00:37and a couple of other highly competent blokes
00:41Very good, brace yourself
00:43who've agreed to help me rid the world of problems
00:46Is she getting the ticket out?
00:47Great
00:48Dirty flight at us
00:49and small
00:51The cereal has gone soggy
00:53I'll also have to take on other people's problems
00:56What is wrong with Peter?
00:57He used to make a sound and now he doesn't
01:00By which I mean the locals at my pub
01:02who are always bringing me stuff to mend
01:05Is it a train set?
01:08So join us and our excitable crew
01:11Who will capture our endeavours
01:14That was epic
01:16As we create
01:18Make
01:20That feels like a terrible thing we've just done
01:22Repair
01:23So it's never worked
01:24Not in my lifetime
01:25And repurpose
01:26In my shed load of ideas
01:32What do you think?
01:33This is just brilliant
01:35You might think that sitting on this bench in Wiltshire is very relaxing
01:50And so it should be
01:51Unless your mind is filled with concern for all the problems of the world and how to solve them
01:57Right now I'm keen to take on one of the most persistent problems that affects the whole planet
02:04And that's
02:06Plastic waste
02:08In Britain we discard 1.7 billion pieces of the stuff every week
02:15And while we do recycle nearly half of it
02:18That comes with its own set of problems
02:21Back in the olden days when I was a lad
02:24The business of rubbish was very simple
02:26You produce some rubbish
02:27This bottle for example
02:28And
02:30You put it in the bin
02:31And that was the end of that
02:32We didn't know what happened to it
02:34We didn't care
02:35We were blissfully ignorant
02:37Now of course we have recycling
02:39And recycling is a wonderful thing
02:40I think the key to human happiness is
02:43Infinite recyclability
02:44And abundant renewable energy
02:46Because then we can indulge our desires to produce and consume
02:50But without filling the world with our tat
02:53It does come with a few problems though
02:55I mean this is the brown bin
02:56Is that glass?
02:58Or is that plastic?
02:59Or is it cardboard?
03:00No, maybe cardboard goes in the greenwood
03:01But that depends which authority you're living under
03:04There are 39 different recycling regimes across the UK alone
03:09Do you take the tops off bottles?
03:11Do you leave them on?
03:12Are you supposed to rinse them out?
03:13Are you supposed to take the labels off?
03:15Are you supposed to put green glass separate from clear glass?
03:18Does that go out on Thursday afternoon?
03:19Or is it the blue bin?
03:20And it goes out on Wednesday morning
03:22People are very annoyed about recycling because it's too complicated
03:25Apparently 82% of British households put something wrong in the recycling bin
03:32What if you could recycle your plastics, for example, yourself?
03:36What if you could cut all this out, all this frustration, all this annoyance
03:40And at home, simply turn all those old bottles and what have you into something beautiful and enduring?
03:48Let's try
03:49In case that wasn't clear, I want to reduce plastic waste and make something useful
03:54So I consult my team of recycling enthusiasts
03:57My inventive engineer, Simi
03:59We're now set at Tubar
04:01Am I up for anything, carpenter?
04:03Tony the tool
04:04Awww
04:05And not forgetting our crew
04:08Who have been busy collecting and shredding plastic for our great recycling experiment
04:13We are planning to make a board game for the pub
04:17So Tony, Sim and I prepare our garden smithy
04:21Right, Situation Report viewers
04:23We've shredded all our plastic
04:25We are going to melt it
04:27We're going to use this little oven and this toasted sandwich maker
04:30We're looking for a temperature of around 150 degrees
04:33At which it will become very plastic but not liquid
04:36Simi has this attractive pair of silicone gloves
04:38When we have made our plastic into a plastic state
04:41One of us is going to knead it
04:43Until we've got enough to put in our mould to make a rectangular section
04:48To melt plastic safely, it must have a number 2 on its recycling symbol
04:53Which tells us it's non-toxic
04:55This can be found in milk bottles
04:58And without giving the game away, so to speak
05:00Plastic lids are perfect for our counters and board of different colours
05:05To begin with, we're going to do white
05:08And we're going to do it in the oven
05:11The aim of our back garden experiment is to find out if this process actually works
05:17By running different heating appliances all at the same time
05:20We're hoping to generate enough plastic to build our game
05:24Put a sheet of baking paper on there in the hope that it won't stick
05:28Shall we start with that?
05:30Yeah, let's put that in
05:31And then let's do the same thing with the toasted sandwich maker
05:34We will do a different colour
05:35We'll do the top, shall we do blue?
05:37Once heated, the plastic must be malleable enough for us to reshape it
05:42It's burning
05:43After 5 to 10 minutes, the plastic has melted
05:46So if we get that on there
05:47OK, so now let's get some more in here
05:50Because we used that
05:51Getting hard and breaking apart
05:53Got that one there
05:57Let me show you
05:58We want to create a marbling effect
06:01But quickly discover it's not really that simple
06:04I'm not sure the colours are going to combine very fast
06:07It's going to collapse
06:08The table is going to collapse
06:10Polymer thermoplastics melt easily
06:13But once off the heat, they cool and harden within seconds
06:16It's going to take about 3 days at this rate, that's already gone too hard now
06:23Work it, work it
06:27I'm just going to shove that in there for a minute
06:29Just to see if I can get any shape to this whatsoever
06:34At least it's taking on a rough shape
06:37We've made nougat
06:39That's not even a quarter of what we need
06:41Situation update, viewers
06:43That is what we have created so far
06:46It's very difficult to get it into a properly plastic state
06:49It doesn't mix together very well
06:51It doesn't form very well
06:53It sets fire to greaseproof paper
06:55It burns Tony's hands
06:57Would you like to know, viewers, what it was
06:59That we were hoping to make for the pub?
07:03Then you can gauge how successful we've been so far
07:06It was, is
07:08A chessboard and a set of draughts
07:14The artists amongst you, like Rodan
07:16Looking at a block of stone
07:17And being able to see the finished work within it
07:19Will look at that and say
07:20Yes, yes, a set of draughts and a board
07:28Oh God, what are we going to do?
07:30I've done all that stuff about bins and recycling
07:34And how annoying it is
07:39But Simi thinks he may have the answer
07:45I don't know if it's the answer
07:46Well
07:47I think it's worth trying
07:49We're running out of options, son
07:52We leave Simi with the burden of solving our plastic problem
07:56I find I think better over a pint
07:59So Tony and I head to the pub
08:02We're also meeting a local dude
08:03Who would like us to repair his 19th century family heirloom
08:07No pressure then
08:09You're Peter
08:10Yes
08:11James
08:12How are you?
08:13Hello
08:14This is Tony
08:15Hello Tony
08:16What is that?
08:17It's a Victorian
08:18A compendium of games
08:21That's the book
08:22Now the reason it's wrapped up in seraphane is because of course this tray is all broken
08:28I had the utmost difficulty in getting it out
08:30Because it all fell apart
08:31So I put it in the bag so I could lift it
08:34And it's Victorian, you say
08:37Yes, but the book of instructions gives us some clue
08:40So it's before bridge, even auction bridge
08:43So when is that? Late 19th century
08:44Yes
08:45The Victorians could be quite verbose
08:47Yes
08:48And it also always amazes me when I see anything Victorian that the type is so tiny
08:52Yes
08:53And yet they had to read it with candles most of the time
08:55Yes
08:56Because they didn't have electricity either
08:57As chess stands pre-eminently and without question at the head of all the games detailed hitherto
09:07So does the game of wist occupy the position of honour amongst all the multitudinous games of cards
09:14It is the game
09:17There's several pages of this before it actually tells you how to play it
09:20Where did you get this from?
09:22My parents gave it to me when I was about eleven
09:24You weren't eleven in 1875
09:26No
09:27So it was already an antique
09:29Oh yes
09:30All the screws perfectly aligned
09:32There's a lot of work
09:34Gone into that
09:35Before my fascination with the Victorian gaming world takes hold
09:39We need to find out how we can help
09:42The main problem is this tray here
09:44That is a picture of it
09:46Oh
09:47And you see there's that tray which sits in there
09:50To lift it out there should be a ring at each end
09:53Ah, so that's what snapped
09:55Yes
09:56Now you can see the holes there
09:58Unfortunately one of the rings has got lost
10:00Whether you can get your hands on another one
10:02We can make one
10:03We can make one on a leaf
10:04You can make one, yes
10:05Let's not forget, Tony, that when this was made
10:08There were very few distractions
10:10There was no internet obviously, no electricity, no television, no radio
10:14Just good wholesome family fun
10:16Yep, played by little children in massive knickerbockers
10:20And their parents who were dying of consumption
10:24But had at least that afternoon enjoyed the public hanging at Newgate
10:27Ah, the good old days
10:29So I've got all these bits together
10:33But where do these belong?
10:35Da da da
10:37Something is missing from down here
10:38We can reinstate that, I think
10:41With a bit of careful gluing and clamping
10:44And then once over with a very finely set plane
10:48This is actually rather nice, isn't it, Tony?
10:51It's beautiful
10:52Given that it was probably made in great numbers
10:55What's your ambition for this?
10:57To put it in a state, really, where the grandchildren can play with it again?
11:03Peter, we shall tidy up the box
11:07Replace that bit that's peeled off
11:10Yeah, make another loop
11:12And blend it in as seamlessly as possible
11:14Yes, leave it with us, Peter
11:16We will be in touch
11:18And you will be astonished
11:19And you'll look at it and think, that's great
11:20And then go back to your iPhone
11:21Thank you very much
11:23This might be a relatively small repair
11:26But it will involve some intricate carpentry
11:28And some light metalwork
11:30But the weight of history will add extra pressure
11:33As we attempt to get Peter's compendium of games
11:36Back to full working order
11:37Here in Wiltshire, we're trying to tackle the big issue of plastic waste
11:52By seeing if it's possible to skip the bins altogether
11:54And recycle our plastics at home
11:56In our DIY recycling centre
11:59Smirking
12:01It's burning
12:03Our idea was to make a draught set for the pub
12:05Out of milk bottles
12:06But so far, our efforts have proved fruitless
12:23It looks terrible
12:25Oh God, what are we going to do?
12:27But we may just have hit upon a solution
12:31So we need to melt in small quantities
12:33I think so
12:35And a smaller mould
12:37I was wondering if
12:39Just as an experiment
12:41We put a little bit of material in there
12:44It's a piece of his vacuum cleaner from his van
12:47See the thing is ideally you'd put it into a hot mould
12:50Heat the tube itself with the torch
12:53Let it cool, dunk it in some water
12:56Hopefully it will shrink a bit
12:57And a nice round section pellet of recycled plastic will pop out
13:04Are you ready?
13:05Yep
13:10That's so exciting
13:11Keep going, keep going
13:19Oh man
13:21Look at that
13:23Ta-da!
13:24Hey!
13:25What a breakthrough!
13:26I'm so happy
13:28I'm so happy
13:29Given everything we've been through today
13:31It's good!
13:32It is good!
13:33I love it!
13:35We've just got to refine it
13:37We've just got to make decent moulds
13:39We put the ball in the middle of it
13:41And we put a lever on something that goes in it
13:44And we just ram it down
13:46A proper mould will speed up this whole process
13:49So we waste no time in getting back to the shed
13:52While Tony makes the start melting more plastic
13:55Sim and I craft the smaller moulds using my new milling machine
14:00I'm going to bore it on the Rishten
14:03Which is a lovely machine
14:05Isn't it lovely?
14:06Isn't it lovely?
14:07Lucy wants to give it a name
14:09It's a Rishten, it is a vertical mill
14:11So you could call it
14:13You like alliterative names
14:15Victoria the vertical mill
14:18Nice
14:19Vincent the vertical mill
14:21Or Ricky Rishten
14:22I think it's a girl
14:24Why is it a girl?
14:25Well you've made the lathe a man
14:27I haven't made the lathe a man
14:28You did
14:30The lathe is a lathe
14:32I think the milling machine should be a girl called Millie
14:35I'll make a little sticky label
14:36Update, viewers, number 8 or 9 or 10, we're not quite sure
14:41We think we can see an end to the recycled plastic conundrum
14:45And it involves making some very, very simple moulds
14:48Which we're going to do here on Millie the milling machine
14:53And Doris the drill
14:56Ignition
15:02Millie is milling
15:04Bet you £100 it snatches
15:09Damn
15:16So this is basically our mould
15:19And we're going to put our plastic in it
15:21And we're going to press out counters
15:23Using it as a press
15:26This redundant old pillar drill
15:28Which will ensure consistency
15:30Which is the key to mass production
15:33Does the pillar drill have a name?
15:35No, nothing has a name
15:36The mill doesn't
15:37The little mill doesn't
15:38The pillar drill doesn't
15:39The little lathe doesn't
15:40The big lathe doesn't
15:42The bench doesn't
15:43My mini doesn't
15:44The only things that have names here are Simi and James
15:48This piece of aluminium is not called Alan the aluminium
15:51It's just a piece of aluminium
15:54Now we've cleared that up
15:55We can get back to making Malcolm the mould and Peter Piston
15:58Which we need for pressing the counters for our draft set
16:01Where would you keep your G-clamps?
16:04Do you want to use the G-clamp that I made as a 15-year-old?
16:07Yes, if it still works
16:09I believe it does, it's a bit rusty and...
16:11That's rather...
16:12That is rather good
16:17Did you cast all that?
16:18Yeah
16:20So you made a wooden pattern
16:22Yep
16:23Sandcasted
16:24Yes, used the horizontal mill on those faces I think
16:28And then turned everything else and...
16:31That was that
16:33That would be marvellous
16:34Now I quickly turn a piston on the lathe
16:39This will be used to press into the mould to create the counters
16:43Into this churk
16:49Done!
16:50All we need now is a bit of molten plastic to go in there
16:53Job done!
16:54Beautiful!
16:55Where is Tony?
16:56He's in the kitchen, melting a small quantity of plastic for us to press into our newly made mould
17:05Here's Tony!
17:07Anybody order Green Pulse?
17:08Hopefully this time it will work
17:10He's got hands of asbestos
17:12Right James, would you like to do the honours?
17:15Just... let's try
17:17Where do I start?
17:18Just keep going
17:21Hey
17:23Can we have another one?
17:25It's a bit rough
17:28Surface finish on the outside is not that great
17:30It's still very hot as well
17:31I think the alley is probably just sucking all the heat out of it very quickly
17:38Shoot our feet
17:39It's getting better
17:40That one is better
17:41That was much better
17:43I would say we have cracked the counters
17:45Yes sir
17:47All we need to do is repeat the process 23 more times and build a draughts board
17:52So we will now shift to something more interesting than this, if that's possible
18:00Once our game is completed, I'll be bringing it to the pub for everyone to enjoy
18:06This will give the locals another reason to drop by
18:08It's not easy running a pub, you know, what with business rates, the cost of thatching, spiralling wage costs, people making off with the cutlery
18:18And on top of all that, I have to think about choosing the right flavour of crisps
18:24Which got me thinking
18:25Perhaps it's time to revolutionise the nation's favourite pub snack
18:32We love crisps, but we have identified a problem
18:36Which is that you buy a bag of crisps, here's a blue packet, which is cheese and onion
18:40And you think, oh, excellent
18:42Mm-mm-mm
18:44They are absolutely delicious
18:46Peak cuisine
18:47But what if you get halfway down the bag and then you suddenly think, do you know what, I fancy salt and vinegar
18:52So we were thinking, what if all crisps were plain
18:57And then, let's say we're in my pub and you have, rather than a packet of crisps, a bowl of completely plain crisps
19:04And then, a series of flavours, perhaps in atomiser bottles, that you added to the crisps
19:11So you picked a crisp up and you think, I think I'll have salt and vinegar for this one
19:16Munch
19:18And then the next crisps, you think, no, I enjoyed the salt and vinegar, but this time I'm going to have cheese and onion
19:24Eat
19:26Every crisp could be different
19:29Let me talk to you a bit about some of the flavours I was imagining
19:33Spam
19:35Anchovies
19:36Or even, combine them in a new flavour, Spam and Anchovies
19:39Spam and Anchovies
19:40Oh, it'd be minging
19:42No, I think it'd be quite nice, wouldn't it?
19:43Spam and Anchovies
19:44Spam and Anchovies, it rolls off the tongue, a bag of Spam and Anchovies, please
19:47Okay, what if we
19:48Cook it up
19:49Pour them in there
19:50Yeah, cook it up
19:52With the Spam
19:53With some Spam
19:55This is where everybody says, get the Spam out, make a hole in the bottom of the tin
20:00Have you ever met someone who speaks like that?
20:01Yes
20:03People who give you advice on the internet
20:05They're right there
20:06They're right
20:08They're right
20:10Oh, this is a nice looking block of Spam
20:16When was the last time you had Spam?
20:19About three days ago
20:21I had Spam and beans when I was left on my own at home the other day
20:27Right, there's the cubed Spam
20:29You've added some more oil into there, yeah?
20:31I have, yes
20:33Okay, that can go on the cooker with a wooden spoon
20:39While we wait for our flavours to blend, I think I've spotted another opportunity to enhance the pub snack experience
20:45Mmm
20:47What if?
20:49Spam on a cheese and onion, Chris, here you go
20:51Cheers
20:52Cheers
20:53Cheers
20:55Cheers
20:56Cheers
20:57Three, two, one
20:59Mmm
21:00Oh, yeah
21:01Mmm
21:03God, that's good
21:05That's really good
21:07Mmm
21:09Does anybody from the crew want to try a...
21:12I'll try it
21:13This is the hand of Will Fisher coming in
21:16What do you think?
21:17Oh, that's excellent
21:18That's for Andy
21:23It's good, isn't it?
21:25Are we just going to spend the rest of this eating Spam?
21:28Well, it's just...
21:30Right, back to the task in hand, which is trying to make atomised flavours for crisps
21:35This needs to be heated up, do you mind doing that, Sammy?
21:36No
21:37Because you're nearest and you're experts at cooking
21:39Is it worth sprinkling a little bit of salt in as well, too?
21:42Oh, yes
21:43Oh, yes
21:44Within a matter of moments, our Spam Chibi mix, you're welcome, is ready
21:50Pass me a piece of fun and mix on them
21:54What?
21:55As Tony fashions a funnel out of foil and pulls the infusion into the sprayer
22:00I'm already convinced this will be a hit in the pub
22:04I am genuinely quite excited about this
22:07This could be a world-changing moment
22:10Spam and anchovy crisp for the first time in the history of humanity
22:14What?
22:26Well, it works
22:28A good taste of Spam and anchovy, that's amazing
22:31Step aside, cheese and onion
22:34Stand down, salt and vinegar
22:36A new flavour combination has arrived
22:38You have to eat them quickly, obviously, otherwise they go soggy
22:41But you do eat crisps quickly, don't you?
22:43You don't sit and...
22:45Sometimes you get a note of anchovy
22:47And then sometimes you get the Spam first
22:49So it's a bit of a surprise as well
22:51Yeah, the basic idea of that works
22:54You can have a bowl of plain crisp
22:57And then add any flavour that the pub can conceive
23:01There'll be a great big rack of them
23:03Colour-coded with little sizes, say Spam and anchovy
23:05Spice paste, the regulars, salt and vinegar, cheese and onion
23:10Prawn cocktail
23:12It's fantastic, that has completely revolutionised crisps
23:15They've been trapped for...
23:17When were crisps invented?
23:19Probably the 1920s, I don't know
23:21They've been locked into this small-minded idea
23:24That the same flavour has to run through the whole bag
23:26And it doesn't
23:28God, we're good
23:30You saw it here first
23:31The crisp spray atomiser
23:34Coming soon to a pub near me
23:40Welcome back to Wiltshire
23:44Where as well as tackling some of the world's biggest problems
23:48We're also often busy mending personal effects
23:51Brought into the pub by the locals
23:53So Tony and I are back in the workshop
23:56To get started on the business of mending
23:58Peter came to the pub
24:01He brought us his Victorian Games box
24:05These bits are broken
24:07And Tony is an expert on gluing things together
24:11Because that's the sort of thing he does
24:13There's a lot in here actually, it's rather cleverly done
24:16This appears more broken than when we got it
24:18It does actually
24:19The lid
24:21Tony is coming apart
24:23At the back and needs gluing and clamping
24:26He doesn't want it restored
24:28But he doesn't want it to fall apart any further
24:30So there should be a little ring in each end
24:33For lifting it out
24:35One of them is long lost
24:37But it's okay because I have
24:39Some brass rod
24:41Of an appropriate diameter to make another
24:43Do you want to make two?
24:45And make the match?
24:46I mean, that's the original ring
24:49Victorian fingers went through that
24:51We won't get rid of that
24:52But I think they should match
24:54While I reacquaint myself with my ancient soldering kit
24:58I have some solder paste, various solders
25:01Two tins of flux that I've had for, I'm afraid to say it, 40 years
25:05Tony begins the delicate job of gluing the tray inside the box
25:10Is it sticking together?
25:12Yeah, it's just fiddly
25:15And there's so many little bits
25:17I think I'm just going to use masking tape to clamp it
25:19Because it doesn't need a lot of pressure
25:21No
25:23Heating the rod makes the metal easier to bend
25:27Let's do this without setting fire to the Victorian games box
25:30Because that would make the job a lot more complicated
25:34Right, leave that to cool naturally
25:35And then it will be more malleable
25:38This bit at the back
25:40Is going to need some quite hefty clamping
25:42And probably leaving overnight
25:44That is now much easier to bend
25:46Because it's been annealed
25:48Which is a sort of posh metal worker's way of saying
25:50Made a bit softer
25:52Man in heaven
25:54Virtually perfect
25:56See that annoys me, that one's not in the same direction
25:58The head as all the others
26:00That's properly weird, Tony
26:01Don't you line them up?
26:03No
26:04On your light switches?
26:05And your plug sockets?
26:06No
26:07They've got to be in the same direction
26:09That's disgusting
26:10They've got to be at the right tension
26:12Which may not be with the slot in the right direction
26:14You can't compromise integrity for lining your slots up
26:19I think visual aesthetics are better than safety
26:22I quite like a certain amount of randomness
26:24I like the odd picture in my house to be slightly on the top
26:26Look, whoever did this originally has lined them up horizontally
26:29That's probably why that one came undone
26:34Next, we focus on the lid repairs
26:37It's not split, it's merely come away
26:39It's slightly warped
26:41So we need to get some glue into the gap
26:44But Tony's taping the inside
26:45So that any glue that goes all the way through
26:48Doesn't run down and spoil the inside of the lid
26:51Very wise
26:53That's nice, the glue is squidging out
26:54Which is a good sign
26:56I would leave that overnight
26:57Wouldn't you?
26:58Yeah
27:00With the lid of the box clamped and secure
27:02I can return to crafting two identical brass rings
27:05Which act as handles for the tray
27:08Beautiful curve
27:10But somehow there I've
27:12Maybe it was when I squeezed the pliers
27:13I might have twisted it slightly in my hammer
27:16It appears that I may not be bothered about screws and light switches being aligned
27:20But I do like my rings to be perfectly circular
27:23I have improved it a bit, look
27:25That's not bad
27:27It's not bad, but it's not good, is it?
27:29Here's a little jewellery mending tip you probably never thought you'd be getting from me
27:34The mistake people make, I want to demonstrate, you take a ring, say, from your necklace
27:38And you think, I need to open that one up to put another one in
27:41And you open it by doing that and pulling it apart
27:44You will never get it back together
27:45Always open it by doing it that way
27:48Because then
27:50You can squash it minutely
27:52In that plane
27:54And then
27:55When you push it back together
27:57The ends will be tight against each other
27:59And you can fold around
28:00So it clumps itself
28:02Does that look ringy enough to you?
28:04It's perfect
28:05So you are a bit of a perfectionist, aren't you?
28:07Not really, but people are watching
28:10Well, at least I hope they are
28:12Because next is the incredible science of soldering
28:16The way I always do this, because
28:19It's very easy to put too much on
28:22Clip a tiny bit of the solder off
28:24I put a bit of fluxite on there
28:27And then
28:29If you put your little scrap of solder
28:31How will it stay in place?
28:33You can simply heat it up
28:35And then that little bit will run into the joint
28:38The trick with soldering is to heat up the metal near the joint
28:41Rather than the joint itself
28:42How much?
28:44Oh wow!
28:46That's impressive
28:49Get in!
28:50That's very impressive
28:52Right, you can glue your box back together now, Tone
28:54Excellent!
28:56That was very satisfying
28:58I'm not good at chess
28:59I sort of know the rules
29:00You're any good at chess?
29:01I joined a chess club for a laugh
29:02Because I thought it would be exciting
29:03And it wasn't
29:04You thought it would be exciting?
29:06Yeah, I don't know what got into me
29:08What was the alternative?
29:09It was a Rubik's Cube club, that was quite new
29:12I wasn't a member of any clubs
29:14We had gangs and
29:16You know, a few people were interested in
29:18Making stuff out of wood and building bicycles
29:21Some others were interested in photography
29:23And that, so you just
29:25You sort of formed natural clubs
29:26But they weren't formalised
29:28Because if they were formalised
29:30They'd involve a grown-up and that would spoil it
29:32We've got a sort of club here
29:34We have
29:36We don't really knowledge it, do we?
29:37But it is a club
29:39You're just going to hold it together with some tape
29:41Yeah
29:43See, that's already a massive improvement
29:45How are my rings?
29:46Your rings are lush
29:47You've got the nicest rings I've ever seen
29:49And the trick is to do that
29:50And then get a bit of tension around the corners
29:52Yeah
29:53So all that's really left to do
29:54Is for you to assemble and glue
29:56Is that the Domino's tray?
29:58Yeah, this was for the Domino's
29:59Assemble and glue the Domino's tray
30:01Give it a bit of a wipe down
30:03Check the gluey marks
30:04And then give it back to Peter
30:07This is so nice
30:08Enjoy his astonishment
30:10This is quite zen, isn't it?
30:11This mending the old Victorian box
30:14I would leave that overnight
30:16Wouldn't you?
30:17Yeah
30:20Now all that's needed is a good night's sleep
30:22But that's not always possible
30:24Here's a fact I recently discovered
30:27Four out of ten couples are not sharing the duvet fairly
30:30Leading to a lot of bedroom drama and ruined sleep
30:36But I think I could put an end to all that
30:39Here and now
30:41Here is a problem that has plagued couples
30:43Ever since the invention of the duvet
30:45Which was sometime in the mid-1970s
30:47The double duvet is, by its nature
30:49Something to be shared equally
30:51But it isn't, is it?
30:53Even with a modern, same-sex, mixed-race, gender-fluid couple like this one
30:59You will get problems when one of them rolls over in the night
31:02And steals part of it from the other
31:03For example Simi
31:04If you imagine you're asleep and you roll over
31:07And you steal, there you go
31:09You see, and now Tony thinks
31:10Hang on a minute
31:11There is, I'm afraid, no happy ending to this scene
31:20But I've had an idea
31:22What I reckon, you two, is
31:27Yes
31:28What if, this is very simple
31:31I've got some bungees
31:33What if we bungeed each corner to the floor
31:36So that you have a sort of self-centering duvet
31:39Ooh, that's nice
31:40Yeah
31:41And a sort of, almost like a floating duvet
31:43We really need one of those eyelet-punching things
31:46Or a cable tie
31:48Oh, a cable tie's a good idea
31:51Do you want to double them up, so they're longer?
31:54Well, possibly
31:55Because then they'll...
31:56Yes, I think you're right
31:58That'll do
32:01Hogging the duvet is big news in Britain
32:04Outranking the age-old problem of snoring
32:06As the main reason for night-time squabbles
32:10If this works, no more
32:12My idea is, the bungees, which will be under equal tension
32:17On all four corners
32:19Will centre the duvet
32:23If somebody pulls it one way, obviously it will spring back the other
32:27But this will be unknown to them, because they'll be asleep
32:31But the duvet will always be in the middle
32:33Makes a change, him doing all the work, doesn't it?
32:36Yeah
32:37Makes a change, us doing nothing
32:39Ooh, it's moving
32:43Hey, there might be something in this
32:45Also, if you had a height-adjustable bungee anchoring point
32:49You could make more of a hovering duvet for very hot days, such as today
32:55Ooh
32:57Ooh
32:58That's a nice draft
32:59It is
33:01Dear sleep, this is a serious experiment
33:05Obviously in the final version of this, it will be adjustable
33:08There
33:09Now imagine one of you rolls over and grabs some duvet
33:13Oh, well you...
33:15Oh
33:19James, I think you've cracked it
33:20It's not bad, is it?
33:21It's not bad at all
33:22It's very good
33:23Do a bit of tussling now, it's the middle of the night
33:25Just mind your eyes
33:26Yeah, if the bungees become unhooked for some reason
33:32Look at that
33:34Automatically centred duvet
33:38The end of the argument
33:40We've solved it
33:45Thank you
33:46There's your happy ending
33:55You join us once again in Wiltshire
33:57Still working away recycling our own plastic to create a game for the pub
34:02But we also like workshop games
34:04So we've invented one that tests our basic knowledge of physics
34:08And makes use of eggs past their sell-by date
34:14It's called the yolks on us
34:16And that's the last egg pun that there will be in this sequence
34:19But it does involve an egg
34:20We've got a box of eggs that have gone way past their sell-by date
34:23There are two indentations in our simple rig that hold the egg
34:28Eggs are famously very strong in that direction
34:31Supposedly you can drive a tractor over them and all sorts of things
34:34But the winner is the person who gets the most weight on there without breaking the egg
34:40How are we going to balance everything? It'll be like buckaroo
34:43Well, that's why it's interesting
34:45Oh, okay
34:46I'm going to start with this hammer
34:48Which weighs?
34:49876 grams
34:53So I'm going to put it there
34:56Sim, it's your go
34:57Anything
34:58Anything at all
34:59Anywhere beyond that line
35:01Oh, Sim
35:02Oh, bold
35:04It's 13,000 grams
35:07Jeez
35:09But you've written it in
35:10A bit premature because you might break the egg
35:14You might break the wood at this rate
35:16I'm just getting it beyond the line
35:19It's funny what the egg was thinking, I've got this, I've got this
35:25This game is great, but because Tony didn't get to demonstrate his engineering prowess, it's only fair we play best of three
35:41Yes
35:434,100
35:46But let's be clear
35:48Oh, he's got right there
35:50At this point, we're all in it to win it
35:531990
35:551,990
35:57I'm not feeling that, um
35:59Oh
36:03You've played a very tactical game Tony
36:05Yeah, that's really a bit, there's a little bit of water in it
36:07The average egg can withstand a surprising amount of weight, up to 35 kilograms when pressure is applied evenly
36:17So I'm going to add
36:191,231
36:21And I can't put it any further back than that
36:24Simi
36:26I'm finding this genuinely tense
36:28445
36:30Woah
36:32Woah
36:34Woah
36:36Woah
36:38That was you
36:40Woah, that's good
36:42If this game wasn't exciting enough, for the final round we decide to add more drama
36:47There's a minimum weight limit of 500 grams
36:51Simi
36:53The Pro Hex head screws
36:56He's just, he's ballsy
36:58Not looking to see
36:59Oh, oh
37:05That's so breaking
37:07Woah, ho, ho, ho
37:08It's never taken this much weight
37:10Oh
37:12Yeah
37:14Winner
37:16So I got a lose
37:18So I'm down to noughts and you had the most
37:21So yes, it's an absolute draw
37:23It's zero
37:25Everybody has zero point
37:27Well you can play it at home
37:29If you've got some eggs that are well past their sell-by date
37:31And some pieces of wood and some screws and a piece of plywood to protect your kitchen table
37:35Even though you've made some screw holes in it
37:37Or you need some scales as well
37:39And that's an exit
37:40Ahhhh
37:42Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
37:44But it's not all fun and games, you know
37:49We have also been working hard to reduce plastic waste
37:53Our goal was to recycle some ourselves and transform it into something exquisite and enduring
38:00A game fit for the pub
38:03Have we been victorious?
38:05So viewers, we are ready to show you our draft set for the pub made out of recycled plastic
38:12Not just recycled plastic, plastic that we have recycled ourselves
38:16This is such a big moment
38:19Because we're blasé about the idea of recycling
38:22We say, oh yes, I recycle everything
38:24And what you really mean is you put it in a different coloured bin bag
38:27You haven't done anything different from what you were doing in the 1970s
38:31I.e. throwing things away
38:32It's just now you put it in something with the colours
38:35So you think, oh, I'm saving the environment
38:37Rubbish!
38:39The way you save it is to not recycle it in the first place
38:41You take it and you turn it into something else
38:44That's what we've done
38:46Ignore this box
38:48We've just put it in this old chess set box
38:50So that we can do what in TV is called a reveal
38:53Is everybody ready?
38:54It's possibly a bit smaller than you were expecting
39:07From the amount of angst and energy that was involved
39:11I think the word is homespun
39:13It's brilliant, it's exquisite
39:14It is exquisite
39:16It is exquisite and it shall endure
39:18Here is the board
39:20You might look at this and say, that's very small
39:23I say, it's convenient and travel size
39:26It's quite amazing how much plastic it took to make that small set
39:31That's a very good point because we had a massive heap of milk bottles and milk bottle tops
39:36Okay, would you two like to play?
39:39Yeah
39:41In the interests of entertainment, for this game we will be playing speed drafts
39:46Although I must point out Simi is at a slight disadvantage
39:51He is colour blind and red and green look the same to him
39:55Which is something we didn't consider rather stupidly when we made the set
39:59That's red though
40:00Yes
40:01Okay, that's alright
40:02Plus I wondered why you didn't do that earlier
40:03Well, because I couldn't see it
40:06You're playing a man who can't tell the difference between the two sets
40:09I take the wins where I can
40:11Oh, massive error
40:12I forgot you could go backwards
40:14You can if you're taking people
40:16I forgot
40:18Bit shafted, aren't you?
40:19That's Tony, that's you
40:21Why is that there then?
40:23Because Tony's popped it up
40:25There you go, the first ever victory
40:27On the Royal Oak Homemade Recycled Plastics Draft Board
40:31Was won by a man who can't see it
40:36So there you have it
40:37We drank the milk, collected the bottles and tops
40:40And turned them into something useful
40:42Something that may well outlive us all
40:45Now that is the true definition
40:49Of recycling
40:52Before Tony demands a rematch
40:54We must move to another part of the pub to meet Peter
40:57And return his Victorian games box
41:00Which has been fixed for the first time in 150 years
41:04There wasn't really a great deal wrong with it
41:07But it was coming apart at the seams here and there
41:10There was a loop missing, it was a bit broken off
41:13Because I did tell him I'd make it look like a repair
41:16I think that's fine though because I really struggled with making it look like new
41:19And I think every little mark tells a story, every bit has got a story behind it
41:25I think you're right
41:26Personality and character
41:27Hello
41:28Nice to see you again
41:30Good evening
41:32So your Victorian games box, Peter
41:35We spent quite a bit of time on it
41:36We haven't restored it because you asked us not to
41:38Yes
41:40Various joints around here have been re-glued along the front
41:43You remember this piece had sheared off and this piece was missing
41:47Yes
41:48I've made you a new one but did promise that I would make it look like a repair
41:50Yes
41:51So that it was part of the story
41:52Yes
41:53And so it is
41:54And now if we open it up
41:56Da da da da
41:59And remove the very wordy instruction book
42:02You will see, sir, two loops
42:04Where there was only one
42:07Those have been freshly made by us
42:08And Tony has reassembled this entire tray
42:15And it was almost impossible to get it out
42:18Yes
42:19And if you tried it, it fell apart, literally
42:21Well
42:22Because all these pieces were loose
42:23There's no rhyme or reason to why it's made the way it is
42:27Yes
42:28When it came apart
42:29Yes
42:30Literally every piece of it fell apart
42:31Yes
42:32And there's lots of little pieces
42:33But we haven't spoiled
42:35The very extensive pattern and story that is within the wood
42:41I think that's the important thing
42:42Yes
42:43Because every mark's got a story behind it
42:44Oh, yes
42:45And we had this dilemma, didn't we?
42:46About whether we'd clean this up and make it look brand new
42:50Yeah, a big part of us
42:51I think it would ruin it
42:52Yeah, we did want to plane it all down
42:54Yes
42:55But we fought that urge
42:56Do you think anyone will ever play any of these games again?
42:59Or is this...
43:00Well, I think they will
43:01We used to play a little bit with my children when they were small
43:04But now, erm, the next generation have come along
43:08And hopefully the grandchildren will enjoy it
43:10And that, er, is for you
43:14Right, well, thank you very much indeed
43:16Well, I'm glad I brought it along
43:17Absolute pleasure
43:18We were fascinated by it
43:19Don't sell it
43:20It's tremendous
43:21No, don't sell it
43:22Certainly not
43:23Don't drop it
43:24Oh, no
43:25Because it will disintegrate
43:26It will do many generations yet
43:28Excellent, thank you
43:29Goodbye
43:30Thank you for coming
43:31Bye
43:32Ooh, that's another satisfied customer
43:34Thank you
43:36Thank you
43:37Let's upload a little video
43:43Thank you
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43:47Thank you
43:49This was the last thing
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44:01Get
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