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00:00Here at The Repair Shop, countless treasures...
00:05...have been brought back to life...
00:07Ka-ching!
00:09...that reveals so much...
00:10...about who we are...
00:12...and where we're from.
00:14It's like it's brand new.
00:15But there's so much more out there...
00:17Let's do it.
00:18...that's not yet made it...
00:20...to the barn.
00:21This is amazing.
00:22So the team are hitting the road.
00:25I just love getting up close and personal with the objects.
00:28And we're going to get a glimpse into some amazing...
00:30...heritage crafts.
00:31Yes.
00:32I cannot wait.
00:34Oh, no, you...
00:35...a unique adventure.
00:36Oh, yes.
00:37This is terrifying.
00:40To join forces with expert craftspeople.
00:43Whoa!
00:44If we don't...
00:45...point these joints, moisture's going to penetrate...
00:47...on their most ambitious restorations...
00:50...to think every day you come up, this is your office.
00:52Wow!
00:53It's big!
00:54Keeping...
00:55...the heritage crafts alive.
00:56Keep going.
00:57Keep going.
00:58Yeah.
00:59It's getting hot in there.
01:00...on precious restorations around the country.
01:03I can't even imagine what...
01:05...it looks like.
01:06Wow!
01:07There's a legacy here that needs to be protected.
01:10Tell me.
01:11Oh, they got one.
01:12Even the road will go.
01:13Oh, they got is a very adorable one.
01:13I do see.
01:14Now you.
01:15Just am would.
01:16I'm sorry.
01:17Just be nice fit.
01:19You just got two.
01:19Let's stay tuned here up to...
01:21...into music and two.
01:23...likely, short for again.
01:25It's been a long time coming out.
01:26Woah.
01:27Go with you.
01:28Go take the 1950 minister of Agilore.
01:29For this person.
01:31You see.
01:32Go with me.
01:34Go with me.
01:35Go with you.
01:37Go with you.
01:38My ability.
01:39Wappy combine forces to rescue a much-loved companion one head
01:44body yeah and will has designs on silversmith
01:49yeah it's looking really good you've not even jumped out the line or anything because I've been holding my breath
01:54whilst doing this
01:55once at the forefront
01:59of Scotland's Industrial Revolution the historic town of Falkirk
02:04lies in the fourth valley between Edinburgh and Glasgow
02:09the town's tradition of engineering expertise is reflected in the Kelpies
02:14steal sculptures of mythical creatures from Scottish folklore
02:19just a few miles down the road the team are headed to another marvel of the modern
02:24age
02:24Falkirk
02:27Falkirk
02:29I quite like this area it looks nice here
02:31I've been invited to the full Kirk wheel today
02:34it is a mind-blowing feat of engineering I don't know really how it works
02:39so I'm not too sure I'm gonna find out more
02:41but I think I know what that is
02:43do you?
02:44I think I know what that is
02:45the Falkirk wheel is world famous
02:48there it is
02:49a rotating boat lift bridging a 35 metre gap between
02:54and the
02:54two canals
02:55two canals
02:56and Wills never had the chance to visit
02:58until today
02:59look at the size
03:01look at the size
03:02look at the size
03:03look at the size
03:04but he's not here to fix
03:04that wheel
03:05instead
03:06he's at the visitor centre
03:08home to an
03:09elaborate scale model
03:10of the original
03:11Richard
03:12hello
03:13hello
03:14good to see you
03:15Will has been called in by Richard Miller from Scottish Canal
03:19this is it
03:20this is
03:21this is the model
03:22it's uh
03:23brilliant
03:24example of
03:25of how the Falkirk wheel works
03:27so this model
03:28was built
03:29built by local college students
03:31to learn about how the Falkirk wheel works
03:34it's constructed
03:35you can look at the Falkirk wheel
03:37you can see it gracefully moving
03:39in the sky
03:40but there's nothing like actually just getting close in
03:43yeah
03:44under
03:44understanding the mechanism
03:46and when it worked
03:47it
03:48there's an engine here
03:49at the
03:50the
03:51the
03:52the
03:53the
03:54the
03:55the
03:56the
03:57the
03:58the
03:59the
04:00the
04:01the
04:02the
04:03the
04:04the
04:05the
04:06the
04:07the
04:08the
04:09the
04:10the
04:11the
04:12the
04:13the
03:49the
03:50back that drives that central axis
03:51just like it does up there
03:52but it's just not working
03:53but it's just not working
03:54unfortunately not
03:55that's why I'm here
03:56how long has this been out of action for
03:58it was put away about 2003
04:00really
04:01we found
04:02we found it recently in a cupboard
04:04it still turns
04:06but it's some
04:07some of the wheels
04:08some of the wheels
04:09it runs on
04:10on little wheels
04:11some of them are broken in there
04:12in the
04:13the
04:14the
04:15the
04:16the
04:17the
04:18the
04:19to keeping these gondolas in place the cogs have come out as well
04:24why is it so important to have this repaired what we want to do is to get it
04:29back operational so young people future engineers coming in
04:34exploring this model getting an understanding of it and then heading inside the real thing
04:39well we'll do our very best to get it working i can't wait but before
04:44restoring the model will needs to understand how the real thing works
04:49and why it was built now the need for a boat
04:54lift that's quite high up right and we're a lot lower here so you need some kind of way
04:59of bringing the boat down so the canals in the past had been the first
05:04sort of major transport system for the industrial revolution and then they'd
05:09fallen into disrepair and decline and in 2000 our job was to
05:14bring them back to life at the bottom of the hill we had the fourth and clyde canal
05:18and at the
05:19top of the hill we had the union canal traveling all the way into edinburgh
05:22what we needed to find was a really
05:24modern and exciting way of saying these canals are back and we're going to connect them back
05:29together and that's how we ended up with a full cook wheel wow in the past
05:34the union and the fourth and clyde canals were linked by a series of eight
05:39blocks but when railways replaced the canal system the locks were dismantled
05:44the wheel was built as a state-of-the-art alternative to revitalize
05:49the area opened by queen elizabeth in may 2002
05:54that is the world
05:59the world's only rotating boat lift it's super super efficient it runs on the power of
06:04six kettles hold on it runs on the power of what six kettles
06:09one point five kilowatt hours is all it takes to operate one thousand eight
06:14hundred tons of steel and water and the reason for that is archivede's
06:19principle archimedes worked this out that anything that floats in water displaces
06:24its own weight in water so you can have a massive boat in one gondola and a canoe up in the other
06:29and it will still be in balance and and that allows it to have this really simple graceful move
06:34commitment very clever
06:39full cook wheel is an engineering triumph
06:42but the repair shops challenge
06:44is to restore the same mechanical perfection to the model
06:49and to help with that will's bringing in a member of edinburgh society of model engineers
06:54others dan kuk oh hey hey Dan yes
06:59Pretty cool, isn't it?
07:00A model, yeah.
07:01This is the model or the full Kirk wheel.
07:03This was made by the 20...
07:0420 years ago.
07:05Yeah.
07:06Oh, wow.
07:07Well, it's showing a little bit of that age.
07:09Yeah.
07:09That's for sure, I think.
07:10Could do with a good clean and a scrub up.
07:13It needs more than that, Dan.
07:14I mean, it's meant to sort of turn around and sort of do all these different...
07:19Yeah, right.
07:20Fully functioning.
07:21It is like a miniature model of the main wheel, unfortunately.
07:24It's just not turning.
07:25Oh, dear.
07:26This is more your kind of area of expertise than mine.
07:29Yeah, models, miniatures, yeah.
07:31Dan has a passion for constructing...
07:34and restoring model steam locomotives.
07:37He has the engineering skills...
07:39and a fully equipped workshop to take on this challenging task.
07:44I think, perhaps, we've got a wee bit of a job on our hands, but nothing...
07:49nothing's impossible.
07:50There are some little motors on the back here.
07:52OK.
07:53I'm not too sure.
07:54Well, with electrics involved, perhaps.
07:56We'll dig into it.
07:57If it doesn't move, there's maybe...
07:59some kind of part of the mechanism, the motors, maybe the gears...
08:02Yeah.
08:03Maybe even...
08:04one of the bearings could be damaged.
08:06I know that these should sit...
08:09horizontal as it turns...
08:10Pretty liable, yeah.
08:11Yeah.
08:12Whereas, if it didn't...
08:13This one looks quite...
08:14You can imagine it would never be like that, because water would be pouring out.
08:19Exactly.
08:20And you'll fall out as well.
08:21Exactly.
08:22That wouldn't be fun.
08:23It's a boat lift, not a roller coaster.
08:24Exactly.
08:25At the moment, the metalwork looks really tired and dull, the paintwork...
08:29is cracking, flaking away.
08:31So, not only does this need to function properly, but...
08:34it needs to look really eye-catching too.
08:36Yeah?
08:37So, this is something that you could do for me?
08:39Certainly.
08:40It'll be fun to work on a model of the real thing, which I've been...
08:44on in the past myself.
08:45Have you?
08:46Yeah.
08:47Oh, it's fantastic.
08:48There's so many different...
08:49scopes of engineering that fall within this model and the full-size...
08:54of course.
08:55You've got the right person for the job.
08:56I love it.
08:57Good fun doing it as well.
08:59Lovely.
09:00Perfect.
09:01As Will puts the model wheel in the safest of hands...
09:04Dom's been out on the road in search of a treasured possession...
09:09in need of TLC from the team in the barn.
09:14He's travelling to meet a brother and sister from the city of Dundee.
09:19Robbie and Chris Parkin.
09:22Exciting.
09:23What a...
09:24What a beautiful day.
09:25Yeah, that is.
09:26Who are joined by Robbie's Ferry...
09:29special friend.
09:30Hi Dom.
09:31Hi.
09:32Please take a seat.
09:34There you go.
09:35I'm a ghost that won't be here.
09:36Who is...
09:37Who is...
09:38Who is...
09:39Who is this?
09:40This is wapi.
09:41A food wapi for a massive...
09:4451 years.
09:4551 years.
09:4651 years?
09:47Yeah, he's the same age as what I am.
09:49But what happened?
09:50Robert was born in a special baby incubator.
09:53Unit.
09:54Unit.
09:54Yeah.
09:55But at that same time, Ninewells Hospital, the teaching hospital in Dundee...
09:59opened.
10:00And so Robert was the very first baby in Ninewells in the special baby care unit.
10:04One of the most modern medical facilities in Europe, when it opened in...
10:091974, Ninewells Hospital in Dundee is still...
10:14known today for its pioneering neonatal care.
10:18Robert...
10:19Dundee was the first of thousands of babies given a better chance of life by the new hospital.
10:24Why were you in that special unit?
10:27Er...
10:28Well, where were we?
10:29I was born six weeks premature.
10:32Six weeks premature?
10:33Yes.
10:34That's right.
10:35Yeah.
10:36That's scary.
10:37Now that must have been some nurse brought...
10:39So happy to me.
10:40Then to look after me.
10:43It was really...
10:44dark times.
10:45We nearly lost Robert.
10:46Wow.
10:47He had loads and loads of...
10:49operations up until he was about eight.
10:51Goodness me.
10:52So he's...
10:53he's a...
10:54miracle, really.
10:55Eh?
10:56Yep.
10:57Yeah.
10:58And all the while he said...
10:59He's a wee poor wappy.
11:00Yep.
11:01Tell me about him.
11:02Oh well...
11:03He sleeps...
11:04with me every night.
11:06And he's been looked after me ever since then.
11:09I mean it's...
11:10It's even helped me there being like...
11:12a six year age difference between...
11:14us.
11:15Wappy was like a bonding thing.
11:17That helped us to bond as brother and sister.
11:19because...
11:20I used to sit and draw wappy for you, didn't I?
11:22Absolutely.
11:24So how was childhood for you...
11:26growing up?
11:27Eh...
11:28Fudgefinger...
11:29All I wanted to do was kick a football.
11:31Oh really?
11:32And I've loved football ever.
11:34since.
11:35And I've even participated...
11:37in the...
11:39Special Olympics.
11:40Really?
11:41That was in 1993.
11:42How did you...
11:44do?
11:45It wasn't two medals.
11:46It was a gold and a silver.
11:49What are you hoping we're able to do?
11:51Well...
11:52I'm hoping for...
11:53erm...
11:54the same sort of...
11:55eyes he's got.
11:57His ears.
11:59just notice that he's got...
12:02one leg longer than the other.
12:04He's obviously...
12:05had quite a life.
12:06Oh yeah.
12:07He had his fill eyes.
12:09Yeah.
12:10And he had his butt round there...
12:11and then his mouth coming up.
12:13He sort of lost all of his...
12:14mouth isn't he?
12:15So...
12:16are you hoping to...
12:17at least get him...
12:18looking a bit...
12:19more like he did...
12:20with...
12:21I'm hoping, yeah.
12:22My...
12:23it's my number one.
12:24Are you gonna miss him?
12:26Yeah.
12:27Well, I promise you...
12:28he will be in safe hands.
12:29We'll take good care of him...
12:30and we'll do our best...
12:31to get him looking...
12:32a bit like he did...
12:33when you were...
12:34a kid.
12:35That'd be amazing.
12:37It's been a pleasure, Dom.
12:38Thanks very much.
12:40Nice to meet you.
12:41All right, take care.
12:44Thank you so much.
12:45All right, take care.
12:46Are you coming, bro?
12:47Yeah.
12:48Right, come on.
12:49Bye, Wap.
12:50Bye, Wap.
12:51Bye, Wap.
12:52Oh, Wappy.
12:54As Wappy makes his way to the bomb...
12:58in his work...
12:59shop, Dan is wasting no time...
13:01getting to grips with the scale model...
13:03of the...
13:04bulk of quill.
13:06So, here I have the...
13:08one of the main...
13:09water troughs...
13:10are for the Falkirk wheel model.
13:12These parts with the wheels...
13:14erm...
13:15I would call these bogeys...
13:16in the train world...
13:17in the railway world...
13:18they're a...
13:19sort of pivoting...
13:20er...
13:21assembly...
13:22and it allows...
13:23this whole trough to...
13:24rotate...
13:25within the wheel.
13:26But one of the bogeys...
13:27is missing.
13:29I've got this piece of round bar...
13:30this piece of steel here...
13:31I'm gonna fix it in my lathe...
13:34and start machining.
13:37The miniature trains...
13:38have a very...
13:39very similar...
13:40sort of shape...
13:41the wheels...
13:42it's a sort of cone shape...
13:43and they've got a...
13:44couple...
13:45of flanged pieces...
13:46which stop them...
13:47falling off...
13:48the...
13:49circular...
13:49hole...
13:50that they're sitting...
13:51on the...
13:52the Falkirk wheel.
13:54Next...
13:55I'm making the groove...
13:56that runs on the rail...
13:57so the groove...
13:58and the wheels...
13:59nice and slow here...
14:04what were you doing?
14:06I just wanted to,
14:07take a hard turn.
14:08I wasPlease clean the wood...
14:10and my friends,
14:11I was liberties!
14:12You are the...
14:13sweetie I was given to this...
14:14you...
14:15and....
14:16and I actually found the wood...
14:17bro...
14:19manning the wood pun from this!
14:20goat Или grape...
14:21manning your waho !
14:22you...
14:23you...
14:25I'm wedding my 12thС...
14:26you ,
14:27you...
14:28I was189...
14:29you...
14:31I'm lucky to got it...
14:32I'm so...
14:33Alright, I'm just going to compare this to the original one, see how close I got.
14:38Yeah, that's looking pretty much bang on like the original.
14:43Along the road, Will's getting the full focal point.
14:48Right, here we go.
14:53First, he's taking a trip to the top.
14:58Archimedes BMK, on this sailing we have 86 passengers and three...
15:03From the Forth and Clyde Canal, the boat moves into the lower gondola.
15:08Then the gates are closed.
15:10As hydraulic motors rotate the centre...
15:13I've only just realised that we're moving.
15:18The gondola and boat start to rise.
15:22This is...
15:23It's really smooth.
15:25To be moving something so heavy into the air.
15:28Mid-air, there's time for skipper Stephen Connolly to join us.
15:33Hi.
15:34Hi.
15:35Hello Bo, how are you?
15:36Hi.
15:37Hello Bo, how are you?
15:39Good to see you.
15:40Who's in charge of the boat?
15:41One of my colleagues.
15:42Okay, good.
15:43I've got a second person.
15:44This is great.
15:45This is great.
15:48So it's actually been pretty quick to get from the ground level.
15:51Four and a half, five minutes, that's all.
15:53Which years ago would have taken you six or eight hours when we had a lock system.
15:59Why is this so important to the local community?
16:01It's given them a sense of pride.
16:03They stayed back in their area.
16:04The area for many years was very heavily into engineering, foundries.
16:08It's metalworking.
16:09And of course 1950s and 60s all disappeared and...
16:13The area was in decline.
16:14So this has really brought the focus back in and bringing lots of business.
16:18visitors, lots of tourists and just making the place really nice.
16:23Thank you so much for having me on board today.
16:27Is there any...
16:28Any way before I go back I can have a look at the inner workings of this?
16:31Once we get back down you absolutely...
16:33I can.
16:34Dom's hot footy
16:38have taken cookie andHelp and bring it back down to the barn.
16:43Pretty interesting.
16:43his beloved companion tucked safely under his arm.
16:48Hello. Hello. Hello.
16:54Oh, Wappy.
16:55Isn't it lamb?
16:56Wappy is entrusted in...
16:58...to the expert care of soft toy restorers Julie Tatchell and...
17:03...and a middle-ditch.
17:04Oh, isn't he lovely?
17:06He's beautiful, isn't he?
17:07Aww.
17:08There's a lot of love in there.
17:10Yeah.
17:11Look, he's got little crocheted feet.
17:14Wow.
17:16So, tell us a little bit more.
17:17Well, he was...
17:18...given to Robbie on the day he was born in intensive care,
17:20because he was very premature.
17:21Oh, wow.
17:22And...
17:23...and he's been with him ever since.
17:24So, how old is Robbie now then?
17:26Robbie's in his 50s now.
17:27Wow.
17:28That's amazing.
17:29I know.
17:30I mean, I don't have soft toys or anything like that.
17:33Tom.
17:34But, I know.
17:35I know.
17:36But, from speaking to Robbie, I kind of get it.
17:37It's the way he...
17:38...he would talk about Robbie was like talking about...
17:40...a friend.
17:41Yeah.
17:42And would help him...
17:43...through the tough times.
17:44The constant.
17:45Yeah.
17:46It's always there.
17:47Never looks indifferent.
17:48He's just there.
17:48Yeah.
17:49Okay.
17:50Did Robbie give you any sort of do's and don'ts?
17:51I think...
17:52Robbie...
17:53...completely appreciates that Wappy's been through an awful lot.
17:55He's been loved.
17:56But, he did mention that he used to have...
17:58...with like a little...
17:59...you could sort of see the faint outline...
18:00...of like a little sort of stitched mouth.
18:02I think...
18:03...considerate, cautious approach to preserving it.
18:06Yeah.
18:07Do you feel that...
18:08Robbie still uses him actively?
18:10Oh.
18:11100%.
18:12Or does he sit sort of on show?
18:13No, no, no.
18:13He's with him.
18:14He's got to be strengthened from that respect.
18:16Yeah.
18:17Okay.
18:18But importantly...
18:18...he still needs to look like Wappy.
18:19Yeah.
18:20I don't think his body and everything is too bad looking at it.
18:23His neck...
18:24I think he's been held probably like this.
18:26And obviously a lot of kissing.
18:28A lot of kissing.
18:28A lot of cuddling.
18:29Well good luck.
18:30See you later.
18:31Thanks Dom.
18:32He's very sweet.
18:33Yes.
18:34Isn't it...
18:38How are we going to tackle it?
18:42Splish him up?
18:43Yeah. Do you want the head?
18:44Okay, yeah.
18:46My most worrying bit is that...
18:48This nose.
18:48Yeah.
18:49I'm so worried about, actually, once I take the stuffing out...
18:53..because he could just disintegrate.
18:54So that is going to be really tricky.
18:56Well, shall I...
18:58Carefully unstitch his head and we'll just take it from there...
19:01Take it from there and see how it can get on.
19:03Be gentle with it.
19:05I know.
19:06I can see where the stitches are.
19:08Ooh.
19:10What's going on?
19:13Oh, I've never seen anything like that.
19:18How have I?
19:20Well, you wanted the head.
19:22I'm just...
19:23I'm just going to carry on with this.
19:24Come on.
19:24Can't wait.
19:27Has Wap...
19:28He's being gently prepared for treatment.
19:31In Falkirk, Stephen...
19:33Stephen is taking Will deep inside the wheel's workings.
19:36Oh, God.
19:38Is it the brains of the operation here?
19:41We're in the engine room.
19:43Oh, my gosh.
19:44It's like setting foot inside the mechanism of a Swiss...
19:48Watch.
19:48Oh, ho, ho, ho.
19:53Well, we've come up to three levels.
19:57Now we're up to...
19:58We've got the hydraulics behind you.
20:00Physical things that make the wheel move.
20:02And then round...
20:03Outside, we've got the hydroelectric motors here.
20:06And then behind that, we have...
20:08Four reduction gearboxes.
20:10I almost feel like I'm in the centre of the model.
20:13But this is like the real heart of the beast, isn't it?
20:15This is the heart of the beast.
20:18Nearby, model maker and engineer Dan...
20:23begins the task of rebuilding the miniature version of the wheel.
20:28This is the typical size of spanner that I'm used to working with.
20:33If you're building a scale model, you need scale-sized bolt heads.
20:38Let's see that the tool fits.
20:42Gently feed it...
20:43Okay.
20:44Okay.
20:45Okay.
20:46Okay.
20:47Okay.
20:48Okay.
20:48Put the wheels on.
20:49These are the grooves here.
20:51These are my new wheels.
20:53You can see the wheels running on the rails.
20:57The flange each...
20:58On the side of the groove stops the whole trough sliding off the rails.
21:03There we go.
21:04We have movement.
21:05We have success.
21:06We have movement.
21:07We have success.
21:08But not everything is fitting together quite so sweetly.
21:13So the main bearing is a bronze material.
21:18And it's made up of two halves.
21:20Now it looks like it's loose.
21:22If I just pull it off...
21:23...here because there's a multitude of the screws messing.
21:27About five of them.
21:28So that's not going to help.
21:29But the ones that are still here look like they've actually broken...
21:33...or sheared off.
21:34Dan's now working on the central axle of...
21:38...the wheel.
21:39The same axle Will is about to walk through.
21:43Oh, yes.
21:46Oh, yes.
21:48Hello.
21:50The acoustics.
21:51We're going to come in here after a few whiskeys.
21:53There we go.
21:56Look at that view.
21:57Come on.
21:58There you come.
21:59This is lovely.
22:00There you come.
22:01This is lovely.
22:03Oh, my gosh.
22:04You can see for miles.
22:05You can see for over 50 miles in that direction from the top.
22:08Thank you so much for today.
22:09It's going to be a real idea of what this is all about.
22:12It might mean so much.
22:13To the community.
22:14Yeah.
22:15My pleasure.
22:16Not a problem.
22:17Thank you so much.
22:18Thank you so much.
22:23We're all of you all.
22:24Thank you so much for coming.
22:27Amenta, how are you getting-
22:28on because I'm just washing those little hand and foot covers, and I'm wondering how...
22:33how far off you are.
22:34Poor Wappy. I've got to be really, really gentle with him.
22:38In the barn, Julie and Amanda are busy working on Robbie's well-loved...
22:43companion, Wappy. And it is a tough decision to be made.
22:48So, basically, this muzzle here is rotten.
22:53Yeah. So, do I, line and done...
22:58you usually would.
22:59Right.
23:00Or, replace the muzzle.
23:03With stronger fabric, so that we future-proof him for Robbie.
23:08My gut's leaning to that.
23:09My gut is as well, but I'd wanted to be sure that we've made the right...
23:13decision because Robbie needs him to last.
23:16I think it'll look nicer.
23:18Yeah.
23:19I really do.
23:20Let's just go for it.
23:21Fabulous.
23:22Okay.
23:23Fabulous.
23:24Fabulous.
23:25Doing the leg of our macabre.
23:26EANE
23:27EANE
23:28EANE
23:29EANE
23:31EANE
23:32EANE
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23:34EANE
23:35EANE
23:37EANE
23:38EANE
23:40EANE
23:41EANE
23:43EANE
23:45EANE
23:50EANE
23:51EANE
23:52As I'm handling these pieces, you can feel how fragile they are.
23:57It's very fortunate from my point of view that...
24:02These are the two sides to his head.
24:05And one has still got enough...
24:07There that I can see the shape of where his snout or his nose was.
24:12So that makes life a little bit easier for me.
24:17Let's go in here.
24:22The handlers tracing carefully around the original pieces, forming templates...
24:27For the new, stronger fabric.
24:30Right.
24:32So that's my template.
24:37Now this is the exact reason I keep scraps.
24:40I've just got this piece of material here.
24:42Might not look a bit like Wappy, because he doesn't have that sort of pile.
24:47But...
24:49With a little bit of fettling...
24:51And tri...
24:52I think this is going to make a really good match.
24:57So what I'm going to do, is I'm going to trim the fur away.
25:02And you will see my vision come to light.
25:06MUSIC
25:07As Wappy receives intensive care in the barn...
25:12In Scotland, with the men bearing no mandate...
25:16So there we go...
25:17A little tweak up.
25:18That's...
25:19That's screwing.
25:20Dan is powering ahead.
25:23So the next stage of the fix...
25:24Is the motor, which I think has sustained some...
25:27Damage because of the field bearing.
25:30I'm going to remove this casing.
25:32So I think there's going to be something broken inside of this.
25:36This is...
25:37Is actually a gearbox.
25:39So the motor runs quite fast.
25:41But the model needs to...
25:42To spin quite slow.
25:43So there's a gearbox...
25:44Which slows down.
25:46What the motor's putting out.
25:48There you'll see all the gears.
25:50And...
25:51Under my screwdriver...
25:52You'll actually see there's a missing tooth.
25:54It's totally gone.
25:55And the...
25:56To the teeth...
25:57Either side of that gap...
25:58Have got significant damage to them as well.
26:01So this is the prime culprit here.
26:04Instead of the outdated motor...
26:06And gearbox...
26:07Dan has decided on an upgrade.
26:09More fitting for...
26:11For this modern engineering marvel.
26:13I've made the decision to replace the damage...
26:16Motoring gearbox assembly.
26:18And I've decided to replace it with this...
26:20Step...
26:21The hyper motor.
26:22It's fully controllable.
26:23I can determine what speed I would like it.
26:26To do without having to change mechanical gears.
26:29And I can start and stop it when...
26:31With the restoration of the model wheel moving on nicely...
26:36Will takes the opportunity...
26:40To seek out a...
26:41And a fellow crafter.
26:42Outside the border's village of Duns...
26:45He's...
26:46He's meeting Katie Watson.
26:47Silversmith.
26:48Hi Katie.
26:49Hello.
26:50Hello.
26:51Good to see you.
26:52How are you?
26:53Not bad.
26:54I can hear you.
26:55I was like...
26:56Katie is.
26:57Overhammering.
26:58Katie specializes in chasing and repouss...
27:01To see.
27:02A metalwork technique...
27:03That uses a hammer to create a design.
27:06In low relief.
27:07Repoussé uses a hammer on the reverse side...
27:11Whereas chasing...
27:12Works from the front.
27:13Katie's skills have won her a goal...
27:16Award from the Goldsmith Craft and Design Council.
27:19What are you working on?
27:20What are you working on?
27:21I'm making a shallow trinket dish.
27:23Trinket dish.
27:24Yes.
27:25I'm just hammering it just now.
27:26Smoothing out all the lumps and bumps.
27:28Lovely.
27:29So that was flat?
27:30Yes.
27:31It was a flat disc.
27:31Yeah.
27:32And now I'm just planishing it.
27:34So I'm using a nice flat hammer.
27:36Which is nice and shiny.
27:37Yeah.
27:38It looks very nice.
27:39Can I please give it a go?
27:40You want to have a go?
27:41Yeah, please.
27:41Exactly.
27:42Right here.
27:43Planishing is shaping and smoothing out the surface of the metal.
27:46So that it's ready to take on the design.
27:49Do you know, your hammers...
27:51Are in a better state than my hammers.
27:53My god.
27:54Whatever surface is on that hammer will be...
27:56transferred onto the silver.
27:57So you want it nice and pristine.
27:59Nice and shiny.
28:00So...
28:01And I'm just kind of hammering, going back and forth, going kind of round in circles.
28:05You can kind of see...
28:06These guidelines.
28:07Yeah.
28:08Want to have a go?
28:09I'm slightly terrified.
28:10You've done such a lovely job so far.
28:11No, go for it.
28:11I didn't...
28:12Okay.
28:13Yeah.
28:14Right.
28:15Yeah.
28:16Perfect.
28:17And just...
28:18Gradually turn it.
28:20It's like...
28:21Tapping your head and...
28:22Yeah.
28:23I know.
28:24Okay.
28:26Yeah.
28:27So...
28:28Yeah.
28:29Yeah.
28:30So...
28:31It all looks pretty smooth though.
28:32Oh, actually.
28:33Oh no.
28:34Yeah.
28:35A few ripples.
28:36Yes.
28:37Would you like to show me how it's done?
28:38Yeah.
28:39I'll take over.
28:40It's quite addictive actually.
28:41Yeah.
28:42You can kind of get lost in it.
28:43It's quite...
28:44Meditative.
28:45Hmm.
28:46Okay.
28:47I think that is...
28:49Okay.
28:50I think that is...
28:51More or less there.
28:52And I think we're ready to chase the design on now.
28:55Sounds great.
28:56Let's go.
28:56Oh.
28:59So, I've got some different kind of...
29:01flowers drawn here.
29:02So, I think we'll just take one of them.
29:05We'll use this...
29:06Carbon paper.
29:07Right.
29:08And then if you trace over those lines...
29:11With this kind of embossing tool...
29:13Ilk transfer...
29:14Designed straight onto it.
29:15Yeah.
29:16That's really...
29:16Effective.
29:17Well, that's the first one.
29:20What's next?
29:21So...
29:21The first tool I use is a line punch...
29:24And placed onto the metal.
29:26This tool just plays.
29:27The second tool.
29:28This tool will cartridge into the tobt,
29:29is to figure out what in doing.
29:30It's really a link to it.
29:31So, there's no type where, right?
29:32No.
29:33Here's a little.
29:34You don't put it all...
29:39That's enough.
29:40Make it in a thousand...
29:42You'reทing a thousand...
29:44I'm not sure.
29:45Don't restore!
29:46яла!
29:47Your dedicated one at...
29:49Well, you are taking the best...
29:51It's five minutes before.
29:54To get down digitally.
29:55I know that, because I've been holding my breath whilst doing this.
30:00That's that leaf done.
30:04Yeah.
30:05From FTA, you can do the next one.
30:06We did.
30:07I'll finish that off.
30:10I'll finish that off.
30:15I'll finish that off.
30:20As the design is in place, the dish is then cleaned in a mixture of warmed water.
30:25And pickle salts.
30:26OK.
30:27Let's take it out.
30:30Cool.
30:31It's exciting.
30:32Have a look.
30:33There we go.
30:34Oh.
30:35Turn it over.
30:36Oh.
30:37Turn it over.
30:38Oh.
30:39Look at that.
30:40Look at that.
30:41We made a trinket dish.
30:42OK.
30:43So now we'll give it a brass brush to brighten off the details.
30:46You're really buffy up.
30:47The surface.
30:48Yeah.
30:49Just really.
30:50So that's taking off any surface dirt.
30:51Yeah.
30:52All the grooves.
30:53All the grooves.
30:54All the details.
30:55Lots of work is going to make me.
30:57Look at this.
30:58But that is fantastic.
30:59But it's nice to see what you've created at the end of the day.
31:01Yeah.
31:02With your hands.
31:03Yeah.
31:04Well thank you for passing on some of your knowledge to me.
31:06today.
31:07What a wonderful thing to see.
31:11Is there anything to see?
31:12Yeah.
31:13Yeah.
31:14Yeah.
31:15Yeah.
31:16Back in the barn,
31:21Papi is still undergoing major surgery.
31:24This time, it's Julie.
31:26Working on his arms.
31:29So I'm going to start by making...
31:31...a little patch of felt.
31:36So I am literally just backing the hole to then do my...
31:41...repair and then using a pair of pliers.
31:46I have to feed the patch into the right place.
31:51I'm going to catch it with a pin and then...
31:56...gently remove the pliers.
32:00So now my piece...
32:01...a little patch of felt is in position behind...
32:04...the damaged area.
32:05I can...
32:06...start darning knowing that I can...
32:08...pick up the felt underneath as I go.
32:11...and a little stick.
32:12So once the loose...
32:13...finger...
32:15...and then I have to speak to the...
32:17...and then I will close the...
32:19...we will be presented...
32:20...to...
32:21...hers...
32:22...to...
32:23...to...
32:24...and...
32:26...but...
32:27...a little patch...
32:28...to...
32:29...a little patch.
32:30You can see the right place.
32:31I'm going to...
32:32...no...
32:35You can see the right place.
32:48Amanda's been reconstructing Wappy's head, and thankfully...
32:53It's all starting to come back together again.
32:56Now that I've got both sides done...
32:58I can see my idea, if you like, taking shape.
33:02This is the new...
33:03This is the new fabric that I trimmed down, and this is the last...
33:08This is the new line where that is going to join to the old fabric.
33:12And I think it...
33:13It's picking up really well, the different colours here that you can see, the sort of lighter...
33:18Creams, and there's more beige-y colour maybe going on here.
33:21I think this is going to look like...
33:23It's always been there and always been a part of him.
33:27So now I've got a...
33:28Continue this process with the other pieces, and then I'll be ready to start putting the head back together.
33:43I'm just sewing on...
33:48Whappy's second ear.
33:49This is the final stages of...
33:53I'm putting his head back together.
33:55Once he's done, I'll be able to start putting the stuffing in, and then we'll...
33:58See all my work come together.
34:02Right, there we go.
34:03That's the final stitch in his head.
34:08He's definitely starting to look a bit more like Whappy again.
34:13It's very sweet.
34:16It's very sweet.
34:23Bye.
34:24Bye.
34:25Bye.
34:26Bye.
34:27Bye.
34:28Bye.
34:29Bye.
34:30Bye.
34:31Bye.
34:32Bye.
34:33Bye.
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34:56Bye.
34:57Bye.
34:59Bye.
35:00Bye.
35:01Bye.
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35:38Bye.
35:39Bye.
35:40Bye.
35:41Bye.
35:42Bye.
35:18to give it a test. So what's first? What we are going to do is feed it in through the
35:23two holes. Yeah. Because it runs on the tracks and the holes. But at the same time,
35:28if you can hold this gear up at the end, so it's actually...
35:33Got to slot in. Oh, yeah. That's it. So like that. Yep. And then that needs to feed through.
35:38And this feeds through. And there's three bolts sticking out the end.
35:43That actually locate into that gear wheel.
35:46This really is a...
35:48Multiple person job as well. Isn't that? Yeah.
35:51Oh, I see. I can see.
35:53You see the holes? I see the holes. Right.
35:55Okay.
35:56Hold your horses.
35:59Hold on. There we are. I'm in. I'm in.
36:01Okay.
36:03It's really fiddly getting its nuts on, isn't it?
36:04Yeah. They are really small.
36:06Right. That nut's done.
36:07Hey.
36:08With the wheel back in position and ready for unveiling...
36:13Dom's getting close to another very special reunion.
36:18I'm on my way back up to meet Robbie and Chris to reunite them.
36:23With Wappy.
36:24The Teddy Bear ladies have done a brilliant job restoring him.
36:27And it was...
36:28It was not an easy job.
36:30Wappy was given to Robbie as the first infant...
36:33Saved by the nurses in Ninewell's new premature baby unit back in...
36:381974.
36:39For him and Big Sister Chris, this is a...
36:43Special day.
36:44I'm a bit excited.
36:47Well, he's a...
36:48Big bit excited.
36:49You have been going on non-stop about Wappy.
36:52I'm a big bit excited.
36:52You have been going on non-stop about Wappy.
36:53Wondering about all these adventures and everything, haven't you?
36:57Yeah.
36:57Yeah.
36:58You have been going on non-stop.
37:03When we last met, you left WAPI with me.
37:08Is this the first time that you've been without WAPI?
37:12Yeah.
37:13He's been with you since you were a baby.
37:15Yep.
37:16He's been your sidekick really, hasn't he?
37:18Oh yeah.
37:18Yeah, absolutely.
37:19Do you remember what WAPI looked like?
37:21What condition was he in?
37:23A frill.
37:24Oh.
37:25Like, any of these lugs.
37:27Exactly.
37:28These ears.
37:29Pert of the eyes as well.
37:31Yeah.
37:32Yeah.
37:33And that whole bit on the face, that was all, that was quite bad, wasn't it?
37:38Yeah.
37:39Yeah.
37:40Are you ready?
37:41Yeah.
37:42Be reunited.
37:43Be WAPI again.
37:44Yep.
37:45Okay.
37:46Okay.
37:47Okay.
37:48Oh.
37:49Oh.
37:50Oh.
37:51Oh, dude.
37:52Oh, wow.
37:53Hello.
37:54Oh, wow.
37:55Hello.
37:56Oh, ho, ho, ho.
37:58Oh, dearly yes.
38:03That shouldn't be a dip.
38:07Oh!
38:08Oh, dear.
38:09Oh, dear.
38:10Oh, dear.
38:11Oh, dear.
38:12Oh, dear.
38:13Oh, good to see you again.
38:18Oh, dear.
38:19Oh, dear.
38:20Oh.
38:23Oh, dear.
38:24Oh, dear.
38:25Oh, dear.
38:26Oh, dear.
38:29See what that tail's like.
38:32Oh, dear.
38:33Oh, dear.
38:34Oh, dear.
38:35Wow.
38:36And they've got a new face.
38:38Oh, dear.
38:39Oh, dear.
38:40Oh, dear.
38:41Oh, dear.
38:42So not only has...
38:43He's got a new face, but he's all been cleaned.
38:47Is that it?
38:48His ears have been repaired.
38:49His ears were nearly falling off.
38:51Oh, dear.
38:52Oh, dear.
38:53Yeah.
38:53Did you get a wash?
38:54He's had a...
38:55Yes.
38:56He's had a very good wash.
38:57He's nice and fluffy again.
38:58His ears.
38:59And even his hands and feet, they've been reinforced as well.
39:01Yeah.
39:03Robbie, I know that you were worried.
39:05What do you think now?
39:06Oh, yeah.
39:07You're still...
39:08Are you happy?
39:09Oh, yeah.
39:10Yeah?
39:11Oh, yeah.
39:12Are you happy?
39:13Excellent.
39:14I'm happy.
39:15Wappy.
39:14Your smile says it all.
39:15He's enjoyed his stare.
39:18Yeah.
39:19Yeah.
39:20Yeah.
39:21And he...
39:22He also said...
39:23Thank you very much for appearing me.
39:28Yeah, thank you very much.
39:29Not at all.
39:30Absolutely.
39:31I will pass your thanks on...
39:32Oh, please do.
39:33...to Julia and Amanda.
39:33Oh, yeah.
39:34And he says all the members.
39:36Yeah.
39:37Ha!
39:38Ha!
39:39Ha!
39:40Ha!
39:41How are you feeling now you've got one?
39:43Wappy bark?
39:44I'm like...
39:45Oh, eh.
39:46Over the middle.
39:47And so's Wappy.
39:48Has he started telling you his stories already?
39:50Mm-hmm.
39:51Ha!
39:52He says them.
39:53I'm looking forward to my chicken fried rice.
39:55Ha!
39:56Ha!
39:57Is that what he's having for tea?
39:58Eh, he's having the same as me.
39:59Is he?
40:00Oh!
40:01It's just so great to see him.
40:03So happy.
40:04Ha!
40:05Yeah.
40:06That's...
40:07It's worth every single.
40:08minute.
40:09Yeah.
40:10Just to see him like that.
40:11And I love him as well.
40:13Give me a...
40:13Ha!
40:14Ha!
40:15Ha!
40:16Ha!
40:17A cross at the...
40:18Falk of Quill.
40:19Will has assembled an eager audience of staff and visitors.
40:23visiting students.
40:24Welcome, welcome.
40:25Hey, Richard.
40:26Welcome, welcome.
40:27Hey, Richard.
40:28Hello.
40:29Steve.
40:30Nice to see you all.
40:31Such a big turnout.
40:32This is Dan.
40:33Dan has been working on the model.
40:35You've been working quite hard, haven't you, Dan?
40:37Quite, yeah.
40:38Quite.
40:38Today is a really exciting day.
40:41I remember seeing it...
40:43Way, way back there, when we were just in the process of creating the Falk of Quill.
40:48and bringing it to life.
40:50So it connects us back to a really special time.
40:53What are you hoping to see?
40:54I'd love to see it working.
40:55Yeah.
40:56But...
40:57Even partially with...
40:58Being restored and looking good would be fabulous.
41:00Mm-hmm.
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41:32Peace.
41:37Wow.
41:38Oh my gosh.
41:39Wow.
41:40Wow.
41:42Brilliant job.
41:43Well done, Dan.
41:44Good job.
41:47And if the model's purpose was to explain,
41:52and inspire,
41:54then this restoration has really done the job.
41:57I thought it was really cool.
41:58I thought it was really well built.
42:00I thought a lot about becoming an engineer.
42:02Mainly just because I'm seeing a bunch of these amazing structures.
42:07I would love to be able to make something like that
42:09and be part of my work.
42:11But yeah, I'd be still built in my...
42:12something like as big as that.
42:14Today has gone really well.
42:16What a turnout.
42:17And people of all ages as well,
42:18which is what this is all about.
42:21This is something...
42:22something we've been waiting for,
42:23for so long.
42:24And just to see that model back with us,
42:26operating.
42:27was just the best of feelings.
42:29So that model is so important to us.
42:32to learn about the engineering,
42:33and to understand how this graceful giant works.
42:37by Dan fixing the model,
42:40even if it inspires just one...
42:42one person to get into engineering,
42:44one day they could possibly create something as...
42:47fantastic as this.
42:52If you'd like to see more fantastic fixes and rest...
42:57considerations,
42:58search BBC iPlayer for the repair shop on the road.
43:02two...
43:03two...
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