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00:01Here at the Repair Shop,
00:03countless treasures have been brought back to life.
00:08That reveal so much about who we are
00:12and where we're from.
00:15But there's so much more out there
00:17that's not yet made it to the barn.
00:20This is amazing.
00:22So the team are hitting the road.
00:24I just love getting up close and personal with the objects.
00:27And we're going to get a glimpse into some amazing heritage crafts.
00:31Yes.
00:31I cannot wait.
00:34On a unique adventure.
00:36Oh, yes.
00:37This is terrifying.
00:39To join forces with expert craftspeople.
00:43Whoa!
00:44If we don't point these joints, moisture's going to penetrate.
00:47On their most ambitious restorations yet.
00:50To think every day you come up, this is your office.
00:52Wow! It's big!
00:54Keeping heritage crafts alive.
00:56Keep going, keep going.
00:58Yeah.
00:58It's getting hot in there.
01:00On precious restorations around the country.
01:03I can't even imagine what it looks like.
01:06Wow!
01:07There's a legacy here that needs to be protected.
01:15Today, Steve injects new life into a long-neglected grandfather clock.
01:21I don't think it's been in the hands of a clockmaker for a long, long time.
01:27Oh!
01:28Dom attempts to restore a coffee machine with quite a past.
01:32It represents everything you want in the father.
01:35He's the goosey.
01:37And Will explores a heritage craft fighting for survival.
01:42Hey!
01:43There we go.
01:43There we are.
01:44Hey, buddy.
01:45See, there's already a character there.
01:47Yes!
01:51Dom and Steve are back on the road.
01:55Yeah, we're off to Doncaster.
01:56Have you ever been there before?
01:58No, no.
01:58We're heading north.
01:59But where?
01:59I don't even know exactly where it is.
02:01That's in Yorkshire.
02:02Right.
02:02Okay.
02:02So we've got a long time in this car together.
02:04We have.
02:05That's what you're saying.
02:08What began as a Roman fort on the banks of the River Don?
02:12By the late 19th century, Doncaster was an industrial dynamo.
02:17It's railway works and coal fields helping power Britain.
02:21If you can drop me off at the Doncaster School for the Deaf.
02:24Okay.
02:27Founded almost 200 years ago, Doncaster School for the Deaf is one of the oldest institutions of its kind.
02:35While part of it still sits on its original site, over the centuries it has grown into a vast 24
02:42-acre campus.
02:44Steve is here to meet the Trust's British Sign Language Manager, Natalie Pollard, who's in need of some help.
02:53Natalie, this is an amazingly beautiful school.
02:57It's so big as well.
02:58Tell me a bit about the history.
03:00Well, the school itself started in 1829 by somebody named Reverend William Carl Benton.
03:08And actually he opened this to the school so that they could learn to write, read.
03:14That's incredible that it was set up such a long time ago.
03:18It must have been quite unusual.
03:20Yeah, absolutely.
03:22Because initially it started as a very, very small, almost a house really, just to welcome as many Deaf people
03:27as possible.
03:28Over time it's just grown and grown.
03:31Born out of the philanthropic movement of the 19th century, Doncaster School for the Deaf has long been a pioneer
03:39in specialist education,
03:41guiding generations through evolving attitudes, technologies and teaching practices.
03:46Today it offers residential and day places for over 150 pupils aged 4 to 19 and is one of around
03:5420 Deaf schools across the country where British Sign Language takes centre stage.
04:00Deaf children's first language is British Sign Language.
04:03So in order for them to understand the topics, it needs to be given in their first language, not English.
04:09And I think, you know, some people in their actual family life, it's very difficult because they don't access BSL
04:14there.
04:14So when they're here, they feel very content.
04:16As well as the mainstream subjects, what other areas do you cover?
04:20In the school they have something called Deaf Studies.
04:24And this is where children learn about Deaf history, Deaf culture, Deaf identity and Deaf pride.
04:31So communication is the biggest thing that you do here?
04:35Yes, absolutely, yeah.
04:38And there's one item that over time has become a symbol of the school's rich heritage and identity, a very
04:45special grandfather clock.
04:48Once the orchestrator of the school day, for as long as anyone could remember, it stood silent.
04:55It's so important for us to see that clock come back to life again.
04:59We want it to be eye-catching because it links so far back into history.
05:04What you're doing is amazing and I understand why the clock is really important to you as well.
05:13To learn more about the treasured timepiece, Steve is meeting Simon Tacey, a former pupil who now works here and
05:20has been brushing up on the clock's history.
05:23Simon, can you tell me a bit about this beautiful clock?
05:27This clock was made by a gentleman called Philip Bright.
05:31Him and his wife donated the clock to the school around the 1830s to help the children in the school
05:40to learn the time.
05:43Before this, there was a bell that the teachers used to hear and inform the children that class was finished.
05:50But now, with this clock, they were able to be independent.
05:53Quite strange or even insensitive that there was a bell to tell the children when the end of a class
06:01was, when they couldn't even hear it.
06:03Yeah, this was a massive barrier for them.
06:06So, is this clock important to you?
06:09Yes, because I'm an ex-pupil of the school, I feel as though this school is my family and this
06:17clock is part of my family.
06:19And it's amazing to see that it's passed through the generations of deaf pupils in the school.
06:25Oh, that's wonderful.
06:26And if I can get it working, is it going to be your job to wind it up?
06:33I don't know. Maybe we'll have a rota and take turns.
06:36It's been really nice to meet you, but I must set to and start dismantling it.
06:42OK, good luck and I'm really looking forward to seeing it working.
06:46Thank you so much. Bye.
06:47Thank you. Bye-bye.
06:50Steve is going to take the grandfather clock back to the barn.
06:54But first he wants to examine the mechanism to see if he can pinpoint the problem.
07:04Wow, this is really very dirty.
07:07I don't think it's been in the hands of a clockmaker for a long, long time.
07:13There are some pinions, which are the small steel wheels, that are really worn,
07:19and I might actually have to fill those and reshape them.
07:24I think because all of this clock is really tired, not just the mechanism, but the case and dial also,
07:31that I'm going to ask Will if he'll do the case for me and do his magic
07:36and also get Cindy to restore the dial as well,
07:40because it's so important to keep all those details,
07:44to make sure that it's beautiful for the future.
07:48While Steve carefully prepares the clock for its 220-mile journey south,
07:55in Birmingham, Dom is on his way to a coffee machine manufacturer
07:59to meet Kulder and his son, Baal,
08:02who need help reviving a classic that's run out of steam.
08:07This is such an amazing machine.
08:10It's beautiful. Do you know much about it?
08:12I know a lot about it.
08:13A lot? Okay.
08:15It belonged to my father, Cable Singchima.
08:18It used to be in my dad's cafe that he ran in Birmingham,
08:22and we used to live above the cafe.
08:28Kulder's father was among many Punjabis who came to the Midlands in the late 1950s,
08:34answering Britain's call for labour.
08:37Initially, he worked in the foundries, but by the mid-1960s,
08:41he saved enough to buy a cafe.
08:44My dad worked seven days a week, ten till ten,
08:47so he'd be at the front serving customers
08:50and my mum would be in the back cooking dinners.
08:52They didn't go and take time off,
08:54they were just there for us, giving us a better future.
08:58This was the centrepiece on the counter,
09:00and everyone with them all.
09:01It was friends, it was family, they all came round.
09:05Quite a hub.
09:06Yes.
09:07For the community here.
09:07It was.
09:08Yeah, the Irish, West Indians,
09:12Pakistanis,
09:14Indians.
09:15They were all welcome.
09:16They were all welcome in the cafe,
09:17and they all got along.
09:18Did you end up working in there then, and helping your dad?
09:20Oh, yes.
09:21As I was, like, 16,
09:23as soon as I could pull that lever, I was fucking...
09:25You were trained.
09:26Get you on a stall.
09:27Yeah, I see.
09:28So you remember it in your time as well.
09:30Yeah, yeah.
09:30It was an amazing place.
09:31It was, yeah, full of joy, full of happiness.
09:34Cool place.
09:35It was like a heaven for me, really.
09:37That's when I look at this.
09:40It kind of brings back...
09:41Sorry.
09:42Brings back that.
09:43His dream for my childhood.
09:46It's amazing what these old things can do, isn't it?
09:49Yes.
09:50But in 1994,
09:52this particular chapter of the family's life came to an end
09:56when Kuldup's father served his last espresso.
10:02He wanted to retire, and he moved back to India.
10:05Six years later, we decided that we were gonna go and see him.
10:09Yeah.
10:09There's some things I need to say to my dad,
10:11but I need to say anything face-to-face.
10:14And...
10:15Tell him thank you for all the things you've done for me,
10:18and the family, and the sacrifices you made.
10:20Yeah.
10:22But two weeks before we were supposed to fly out,
10:26I had a phone call from my cousin to say that he's had a stroke,
10:30that I needed to go.
10:31No.
10:31No.
10:32So...
10:33I went,
10:36and...
10:36by the time I got there,
10:39and...
10:42he had passed away.
10:45So it's kind of...
10:47I never got to say the things I wanted to say.
10:51Oh.
10:51I'm so sorry.
10:52No, thank you.
10:54Like I said,
10:55it's...
10:55it just represents him.
10:58His legacy.
11:00It...
11:00It represents everything my dad was,
11:02you know,
11:03hard-working, strong,
11:05everything he wanted in the father.
11:07I completely understand now
11:09why this is so special.
11:11So if we're able to get the machine working again,
11:14what does the future hold for it?
11:15I've got a place for it at my house.
11:17I mean,
11:18Bell thinks he's gonna go to him,
11:19but it's not.
11:20Not yet, anyway.
11:21Not yet.
11:21Yeah.
11:23So I'm gonna put it on a...
11:25I'm gonna get a table,
11:27put it there,
11:27and above it,
11:28put my father's picture.
11:30You look at it,
11:31and you're like,
11:31I'm proud to have that.
11:34How do you see it looking?
11:36I would like it back in his glory days.
11:38Because back then,
11:39it would have been pristine.
11:40Yes.
11:41My dad used to unscrew this,
11:43polish it,
11:44clean it,
11:45clean it.
11:46He...
11:46It was to him like a Mercedes.
11:48Yeah.
11:49For me, it would be great to go to work.
11:50I would love to make a coffee on this machine,
11:53and kind of step into my grandfather's shoes,
11:55and connect with him by doing that.
11:58Recently,
11:58I kind of opened up my own juice bar.
12:00Strangely enough,
12:01it turned into more of a coffee shop.
12:03Okay.
12:04And, yeah,
12:05I kind of realised at that time,
12:06like, I'm following in my granddad's footsteps.
12:09This is certainly going to be quite a project.
12:13We'll do the best we can.
12:14It's been an absolute pleasure meeting you.
12:16See you later.
12:17Bye.
12:19While Dom hatches a plan to try and save the clapped-out coffee machine,
12:24at the barn,
12:26the venerable grandfather clock is getting a long overdue soak.
12:31I've taken the whole of the clock mechanism apart now,
12:34and I need to put it into the clock cleaning fluid,
12:37which is ammonia-based,
12:38leave it there for 20 minutes,
12:40take it out,
12:41give it a really good clean,
12:43and then I can assess it for any damage anywhere
12:46that is causing it to stop.
12:51While the ammonia solution takes effect,
12:54across the barn,
12:56Will is assessing the damage to the clock case.
13:00Even though it feels structurally sound,
13:02there's lots of minor areas of damage.
13:05There are small areas where veneers pinged off.
13:08On this door panel here,
13:10it's missing a slice from the top left corner here.
13:13I can actually see into the clock case there,
13:15so it would be really nice to have that repaired
13:17so it looks better on the eye,
13:18and it prevents more dust from getting inside.
13:21The fact that it's a deaf school,
13:22they're not really going to be focusing too much
13:24on the sound of this.
13:25That's why the visual aspect is so important.
13:28The first area I'm going to work on
13:30is this damage to the side.
13:32Now, I could patch the left and the right side
13:34and try to patch the middle bit,
13:37but it would be a lot cleaner just to cut a nice,
13:40sharp line going from end to end
13:41and piecing the new bit of boke.
13:57I've removed the damaged area,
13:59and I've created a nice, straight, flat line.
14:02I've cut a new strip of wood here,
14:05and that should fit in here nice and snug.
14:09Look at that.
14:11I'm going to glue that in now with some wood glue.
14:16I just need a small bead of this.
14:17I don't need too much.
14:23Now the glue's in there,
14:24I should be able to just pop that in place.
14:26I'm going to add some clamps onto the side of that,
14:28which will just help to keep this in place
14:30whilst it's drying.
14:34The third element of the clock that needs expert attention
14:38is its worn and faded dial.
14:41But before Cindy can begin retouching,
14:44Steve is determined to smooth out a dent on its surface.
14:48Hi, Steve.
14:49Is that the dial I'm supposed to be working on?
14:51That looks very severe.
14:52It's a hydraulic press.
14:53I can.
14:54Is that going to knock all the paint off?
14:56Well, it's all probably loose.
14:59Yeah, we can always stabilise it and fill it if we get any holes.
15:02OK.
15:03Try not to.
15:04OK.
15:05Protecting it with a bit of leather,
15:07popping a bit of wood in there to give it a bit of flex.
15:11And then I'm just going to gently pump it.
15:14I'll hold my breath.
15:16OK.
15:16Right, it's just starting to go on now.
15:21I can see it.
15:22I can see it's draining.
15:26All right, let's see how that works again.
15:31That's a good sound.
15:35Oh, it has actually cracked all the paint off.
15:38That's OK.
15:39Sorry.
15:41But it was all loose anyway.
15:42It was loose.
15:43Yeah.
15:45I'm pleased with that.
15:46That's worked out so well.
15:48Great.
15:49I'm going to make that look fab for the school kids.
15:52Yeah, well done.
15:58Back in Birmingham,
16:00Dom has just the person to help stir life into the vintage coffee maker.
16:05Aide Maxwell is the managing director and chief engineer here
16:09and has a long history with these iconic machines.
16:13My father started the business in the 60s.
16:15So as long as I've been alive, we've been doing coffee machines.
16:18Used to play with them in the garden and everything as a kid.
16:21Wow.
16:22It's been one of those things.
16:23Play with them in the garden as a kid?
16:24Yeah, literally.
16:25These machines are so complicated.
16:28You need to be an engineer really to be able to maintain them.
16:31A lot going on in there.
16:31Correct.
16:32A mini engine.
16:32Yeah, basically, yeah.
16:33Are you familiar with this particular model?
16:35Oh, yeah, absolutely.
16:36I mean, this is one of the ones that Dad used to actually import this model.
16:39Do you think that this machine could have originally come from your father then?
16:43More than likely, it's come from Dad.
16:45This is definitely one we've had in.
16:47This has come into the workshop and been stripped and rebuilt by us 100%.
16:50Amazing.
16:51So it's been here before?
16:52Yes, it might have been in two or three times.
16:54My fear is, though, looking at the condition of it
16:56and after hearing how busy that cafe was...
16:58I think we're probably in for a bit of fun when we do take it apart.
17:01I'm a little bit nervous, yeah.
17:03We just need to get it in the workshop, get it apart
17:04and see what we're actually working with.
17:06Agreed.
17:07Off we go.
17:09It's quite this heavy.
17:10It's a good weight, isn't it?
17:11Dear me.
17:12On one, two, one.
17:13Three, two, one.
17:14Oh, oh.
17:15Ah.
17:16Ah.
17:17We get stripping.
17:18Yeah.
17:19Absolutely.
17:19Where do we start?
17:20First thing is case off.
17:22Any good?
17:23Let me just lift that a bit.
17:25That's it.
17:25There you go.
17:27Brilliant.
17:30Okay.
17:32Wow.
17:33What is happening in here?
17:34Dear me.
17:36Obviously it's in a bit of a state, not being used for so long.
17:39This is an old cover that's redundant now from gas machines,
17:42so that needs to go.
17:43We need to remove the end plate here.
17:45All of these bolts.
17:46And the bolts will have to come out.
17:47Heating element needs to come out and we need to test that as well.
17:49We may have to replace that.
17:51Wow.
17:51So there's quite a bit to do.
17:52There's quite a bit to do, yeah.
17:55Next week is obviously turn the machine around and start stripping the front.
17:58Perfect.
18:00The strip down underway.
18:02Even with AIDS expertise, there's no guarantee that Coldop's machine will ever work again.
18:13Back at the barn, Cindy is almost ready to start retouching the clock face.
18:17But first she must repair the damage created by smoothing that dent.
18:24So I'm using an epoxy filler, which I'm colouring with some oil paints so that the colour matches the dial.
18:32Applying it with the scalpel and slightly building up the filler so that it protrudes a little bit.
18:38And then once it's dry, I'll sand it down and level it.
18:50With centuries worth of grain removed from the mechanism, Steve's turning his hand to the clock's most pressing problem.
18:59There is one particular pinion that is starting to cause a problem.
19:03It's so worn that it's actually starting to cut the wheel that runs into it.
19:09And if that starts happening, that's only going to get worse over the time.
19:14So to solve this problem, I'm going to reshape the teeth on the wheel that drives into it.
19:21And I'm going to fill this pinion where it's worn with a high content silver solder.
19:30And this works an absolute treat.
19:34And what that will do is give it a great bearing surface so that it won't damage the wheel anymore.
19:42Silver is a really good bearing surface.
19:45It's so good that they actually use it in the main bearing of a helicopter.
19:52While Steve is preparing to solder the worn pinion, having filled and sanded the face, Cindy is painting in the
20:00Roman numerals.
20:06This part of the work is really therapeutic.
20:09It's like meditation.
20:15The aim of restoring a dial isn't to add things to it, it's just to replace what I can see
20:22is missing.
20:33What I've done is I've mounted the wheel in one pin vise and I've got another smaller pin vise that's
20:40actually on the pivot.
20:43I'm going to pop some flux on all of the wear all the way around the pinion.
20:49Basically the flux stops the solder from oxidising and helps it to flow.
20:56I'm going to just pop some of the silver onto the worn area.
21:02That's the first piece there.
21:05And that's ready now to heat up and hopefully that solder is going to run beautifully now.
21:17And I'm just going to heat this up carefully.
21:22It can be a bit tricky sometimes.
21:25It's one of those things that takes a lot of practice before you can get it absolutely right.
21:35You could cause far more damage than good.
21:44Steve still has plenty to do on the clock's mechanism.
21:49But Will is just one fix away from finishing the case.
21:54I'm now turning my attention to the panel on the front of the clock.
21:58On the top left corner it was missing a tiny piece of wood.
22:01So I've already shaped up a section of wood and glued it in place.
22:06At the moment this is quite blocky.
22:08The outside shape is quite simple.
22:10But it's this inside edge here.
22:12There's a line running around the inside.
22:14Which gives it more of a shapely profile.
22:17Right round the top and the sides and down to the bottom.
22:21Now I need to make sure I can replicate that shape on the new piece of wood.
22:24Because if I don't, you're really going to notice it and it's going to stick out like a sore thumb.
22:44Once I finish all the shaping, I will mix up some pigments with some polish to match that in with
22:49the surrounding colour.
22:57In Birmingham, Dom and Aide are about to discover whether a key part of Coldop's coffee machine is salvageable.
23:06That should pull out now, Dom, if you give it a little twist, that's it.
23:10What are you expecting to see in here, or hoping to see?
23:13Well, I'm hoping to see no rust is the first thing.
23:17Because normally, 99 times out of 100, the whole spring is just rotten.
23:21They're holding it on.
23:23And we'll do that in a different way.
23:25Wow, look at that. That's the group head.
23:27Wow. That's your high pressure spring.
23:29That's what actually creates the high pressure to make the coffee.
23:32The way this is built, it is so solid.
23:34Solid, yeah.
23:34Solid.
23:37Because these are the old style machines, everything was made traditionally on a traditional lathe.
23:42These machines work primarily on steam.
23:45Pulling the lever compresses a spring, pushing hot water through the coffee,
23:50creating a rich espresso from the Italian pressed out.
23:54This mechanism, these are the, it's the heart of the machine.
23:58They are the heart of the machine.
23:59Without that, we cannot make espresso coffee.
24:01I mean, there's a bit of rust through there in the middle.
24:03No, that's good. That's good. That spring's fantastic.
24:06That's in really good nick. I don't know how the bores are. How does the bores?
24:09Look. It feels amazingly good.
24:12How's the boiler? Good news back there as well?
24:15No, we have a problem here, Dom.
24:17I can see the bottom boiler bolt has completely rotted and sheared off.
24:21Where the element is screwed into the boiler flange,
24:24it's obviously been repaired at some point because the repair isn't brilliant.
24:28So we're going to have to get the element in and have a look at that as well.
24:31That's slightly terrifying because that tank at the back is under a lot of pressure.
24:35That's a huge amount of work. Yes.
24:37Should we just get the rest of it taken apart? Yeah, definitely.
24:39Let's hope we don't find any more surprises.
24:41I'm sure there will be. Come on then.
24:44While Dom and Aid press on with the coffee machine fix,
24:49Will is navigating North London in search of another heritage craft.
24:55Well, I'm back in London, my old stomping ground,
24:58and I'm really intrigued to find out exactly what makes puppet making a heritage craft
25:02and what skills and tools are behind it.
25:07Hidden down a cobbled lane is Little Angel Theatre,
25:11which has been enchanting audiences with its magical performances since 1961.
25:29Acclaimed for his artistry,
25:31Oliver Hyman's has brought to life some of the most mesmerising characters
25:36ever to grace its stage.
25:39This workshop's amazing. Thank you.
25:42I feel right at home with all these wood chippings around.
25:44Yeah, I can imagine. We make a lot of mess in this space.
25:46What I'm making today and working on is specifically string puppets,
25:51which we call marionettes.
25:52Marionettes, I knew that.
25:53Yeah, and there's something about a marionette puppet
25:56that I personally find completely magical.
26:01With origins tracing back to ancient civilisations,
26:06marionettes became the stars of medieval playhouses across Europe.
26:11But today, they are hanging on by a thread.
26:17There's only a handful of people in the country who still make them
26:21and have the skills in how to produce them.
26:24There's something quite tactile about what you do, isn't there?
26:27Yeah, I mean, you know, it's properly hands-on.
26:30We just like to get stuck in as soon as possible.
26:33So we start with a block of wood,
26:35we'll get our character traced onto that,
26:37and we'll use a mechanical sorter to get rid of most of the wood,
26:42and then we'll just get stuck in to start to find the character within that block of wood.
26:47Where are you at now with this?
26:49Well, we're ready to kind of decapitate the head.
26:52I know it sounds quite extreme, but...
26:53It does.
26:54Am I allowed to decapitate?
26:56With pleasure.
26:56Really? Yeah.
26:57Don't mess it up, though.
26:58Okay.
26:59Right, there's your saw.
27:01And, yeah, so we're going to use this really sharp Japanese saw
27:04that only cuts on the pull.
27:06You want to just line up the saw at the base of the jawline
27:09and avoid cutting off the chin.
27:11Should I go for it? Go for it, yeah.
27:13Okay.
27:15Oh, that is nice and sharp.
27:17Yeah, so be ready to catch it as you come around.
27:22That's it.
27:24Hey!
27:25There we go.
27:26There we are.
27:27Hey, buddy.
27:28See, there's already a character there.
27:29Yeah, yes.
27:30Oh, that's great.
27:32Next step is to delicately drill out the head cavity,
27:36making sure the angle is just right to give the figure a lifelike posture.
27:42So we just need to drill a hole now in the base of the head.
27:45If we think of human anatomy, your head sits slightly forward of your chest.
27:50Okay?
27:51So if you want to pop that into the vise.
27:53Slightly nervous about this because if I drill in the wrong direction, big damage.
27:58Yeah, you don't want to do that.
27:59We're just going to go into the wood really slow and steady.
28:02And I will tell you when to stop.
28:05Stop!
28:05That's what you're going to be shouting in about two seconds.
28:07Shall we go for it?
28:08Let's go for it, yeah.
28:11So hold on to that.
28:13How deep are we going?
28:14So we're aiming to go in, I would say, about six to seven centimetres.
28:20Six to seven centimetres?
28:21Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:22That's huge.
28:22So right behind the eye cavities.
28:26That's it.
28:27Go on, another half a centimetre.
28:28Ready?
28:29Yeah, yeah.
28:30Right, last one.
28:31Last one.
28:34Oh!
28:35Okay.
28:36That must be it.
28:38Well, that's really deep.
28:39Yeah.
28:40I think I'll stop there before I end up coming out the top of the head.
28:44Yeah, are you happy with that?
28:45Yeah, that looks pretty good.
28:46It looks good, yeah.
28:49Once the torso undergoes a similar process, the parts are ready to be assembled,
28:55bringing the marionette to life.
28:58So we're kind of ready to move on to that next step of jointing,
29:03and this is the hardest part to get right.
29:07Okay, why?
29:08Well, we're going to drill two holes, one through the head and one through the body,
29:12and they need to be at perpendicular, right angle to the wood,
29:16but we're obviously working with spherical shapes, okay?
29:19So to help you out, I'm just going to mark on with pencil,
29:24hopefully a straight line like so.
29:27So we're aiming to, you're going to look from above and you're following that line.
29:32Following that line.
29:32Yep.
29:33And the hole that I'm drilling is going to go through that eyelet there.
29:35Exactly, exactly.
29:36Okay.
29:37There we go.
29:38Trust the process.
29:39Yep.
29:40Nice and horizontal, yeah.
29:42Keep going, slow and steady.
29:46It might jut a little bit as it comes through the hole in the middle.
29:51Nice.
29:52Good.
29:53Up a tad.
29:54Yeah, yeah.
29:54That's good.
29:56There we go.
29:57There we go.
29:58Amazing.
29:58Okay.
29:59What do you think about the drilling?
30:00Is that...
30:01Yeah, so it is ever so slightly off, probably by a millimetre, but...
30:06I'd say, do you know, it adds character.
30:07It adds character.
30:08We're all a little bit lopsided, right?
30:10Yeah, exactly.
30:10Yeah.
30:11Okay, so now is the time to attach the neck into the body.
30:15If you take that short piece of piano wire,
30:18and you're going to poke it through the hole you just drilled,
30:21and we're going to try and get it through the metal screw eye.
30:24And this is going to lock them both together, is it?
30:26Yeah.
30:26So, yeah, I think it's through, yeah.
30:28Am I right?
30:28So there we go.
30:29You're attached.
30:29Look at that!
30:31Right, so that piano wire locks those two in place.
30:33Yeah.
30:33How is that going to be locked onto the neck?
30:35So, we need to repeat the same process, this time through the head,
30:39and we're going to lock it on with another piece of piano wire.
30:42So, would you like to hold that in position?
30:45So, sink it into the, yeah, the head in there,
30:48and this should be easier to fish in.
30:50Yeah, there we go.
30:51Right, we're in.
30:53Just find that other hole on the other side.
30:56There we go.
30:58Okay.
30:58So, there we have it, all right?
31:00No.
31:01Oh, my gosh.
31:02That is amazing.
31:04Oh, yeah.
31:04That is really cool.
31:06You can already begin to see something that is,
31:08has the potential to be alive.
31:10Yeah.
31:11But this is, you know, the basic premise of jointing a head
31:14onto a puppet's body.
31:15That's fantastic.
31:16You know, when I look at something like this,
31:17I know there's a long, long history of hundreds of years
31:19of other makers who have been in their workshops,
31:22made puppets to be performed and presented,
31:25and if I'm just a small cog in that process,
31:28then that excites me.
31:29I mean, without someone like you, skills like this would be lost,
31:33so I'll take my hat off to you.
31:36Good job.
31:44In the Midlands, AIDS back to the grind,
31:47trying to revive the 1950s coffee machine.
31:51This project has been a huge challenge to us.
31:54Because of this, I've had to bring the whole team in
31:56to get the work done.
32:01We're remaking history here,
32:03and these types of machines, they're very, very rare now
32:05because most of them have been scrapped.
32:08To try and save Koldip's machine from the same fate
32:11is undergoing a meticulous rebuild of almost every part.
32:17Today, we've been working on the boiler flange.
32:19We've had to drill all the broken bolts out.
32:22We've had a lot of problems.
32:23But also, on the other side,
32:25where we had a couple of really bad studs that came out
32:29and the holes were really oval,
32:30we've had to bore those out over size,
32:32and we're going to make two blanks and braise them in.
32:34And also, we're going to drill the boiler here
32:36because we need to modify the boiler on the top here.
32:39Critical to the brewing process,
32:41each problem element must be replaced or refurbished.
32:49We've added the two bosses in.
32:51We braised the hole up on that one that was leaking,
32:55and there'll be two new bosses in there and there.
33:00So that thought repaired now, I'm ready for it to go back together.
33:05While Ed pours all he's got
33:07into getting the coffee machine up and running,
33:13at the barn, Steve is filing down the newly soldered pinions.
33:21Meanwhile, Cindy is adding the final touches
33:24to the dial's decorative surface.
33:30This is one of my favourite parts of painting the dial,
33:33because I have to step into the personality of the original artist
33:37and out of my own natural tendencies.
33:52How are you getting on with the dial, Cindy?
33:55Yes, going great. Just some of the decoration to do.
33:58So you'll soon be finished?
33:59Yeah, that looks nice and shiny. How are you doing with that?
34:02Yeah, it's all going really well.
34:04I've done so many repairs now and I'm quite confident.
34:08Yeah, it's going to be good.
34:10Great.
34:12But to be 100% certain, Steve is reassembling the mechanism
34:17to run final checks before packing the clock safely
34:21for its journey home.
34:27In the Midlands,
34:29Ed's unwavering dedication is finally bearing fruit.
34:34The rest of the machine is all together now,
34:36all the wiring harnesses on, all the pipework's on.
34:38We've piped it up.
34:40We've got the cold water coming in under here.
34:42We've modified this and the waste
34:43so that we've got some nice polished fittings.
34:46We've checked everything out
34:47and we're actually on and working.
34:48So we've got this switch on here.
34:50We've got a neon fill and we've got steam.
34:56Like a steam engine.
34:58So we've got a working machine at last.
35:00Just the case to go on there.
35:02Now fit for purpose,
35:04Ed can get started on the outer casing.
35:08We're on the final bit of putting the vinyl back together.
35:10We're going to be going to polish the surround,
35:12make it all nice and shiny.
35:15Let's see the difference.
35:19Today's job has been polishing the case
35:20and we've had to make a new badge
35:22because the badge was missing
35:24and we didn't have one.
35:26So we've managed to make a Perspex panel,
35:28get a print onto a piece of 1mm vinyl
35:31and we've assembled it.
35:32And then if I lift the thing up,
35:34you can see it now.
35:34The brass surround all polished and shiny
35:36with the new badge in.
35:40As the coffee machine gets a final glow up.
35:48Steve is on his way back to Doncaster
35:51to deliver the grandfather clock.
35:54I'm really excited to be going back to
35:57the Doncaster School for the Deaf.
36:01I can't wait to see their faces
36:03when it's actually all ticking and it looks so beautiful.
36:10Yeah, it's really exciting
36:12and I'm looking forward to seeing it back.
36:16It's been empty without it there.
36:18So, and all the children are so excited to see the club.
36:31Staff, along with pupils past and present,
36:34have gathered for the big reveal.
36:40Natalie, are you excited to see what we've been able to do?
36:43Oh, I'm so excited.
36:45I really can't wait to see it.
36:47I really can't, you know,
36:49to compare it from before to now.
36:51I'm very excited.
36:52And what are you hoping we've been able to do?
36:55Just to bring the grandfather clock back to life.
36:58You know, almost like magic.
36:59You know, I want it to look beautiful.
37:01I want all the staff and the children
37:02to look up to that clock for generations
37:04and it's just, it's beautiful to us.
37:07Is everyone else excited?
37:09Yes, of course, yes.
37:11Would you like to see what we've been able to do?
37:14Yes, please!
37:14Yes!
37:15OK, here we go.
37:28Having fallen behind the times for decades,
37:31the clock stands tall once more,
37:33ready to unite and inspire generations to come.
37:39Natalie, how are you feeling now?
37:41You're seeing the clock working.
37:43Oh, I can't believe it.
37:44I'm gobsmacked.
37:45I'm really quite emotional, actually.
37:47I've got a real positive vibe from it.
37:49The clock's back to life again.
37:51Thank you so much.
37:52Today is such a beautiful, bright day.
37:56It matches the honour of having a Philip Bright clock.
38:01Thank you very much.
38:06Now the pupils can not only savour the clock's beauty, but feel its very heartbeat.
38:23As the last time I saw it, it was really poor, rotten, not really working.
38:28And I've seen it new.
38:28We're amazing.
38:30Really amazing.
38:31Just, my goodness.
38:33I just, I'm quite moved.
38:35I'm quite moved.
38:37I'm quite emotional, actually.
38:40This clock not only represents the historic past of the school, but it also represents the future as well.
38:47To see the faces of the children lit up was a very, very special moment.
38:53And I think it's very special for them as well, because they will remember it for the rest of their
39:00lives as well.
39:11With the clock back in pride of place, in Birmingham, Dom's on his way to another important homecoming.
39:20To Coldip, this coffee machine is such a significant symbol of his childhood with his father in the cafe.
39:29It's almost like a time capsule.
39:32Being able to give it back to Coldip and his son, the next generation, it's a really special day.
39:40I've been up all night, just thinking, just being excited.
39:44It's hard to explain the emotions I'm going through, because it's just all over the place at the moment.
39:49I just can't wait to see it.
39:51I hope when I walk into that room that I can really step back into the memory of the cafe
39:58and connect with my grandfather.
40:01But before the pair are reunited with their precious machine, Dom's getting a preview from the man who made the
40:09restoration possible.
40:12Look at that. Seriously. That is incredible.
40:16Yeah.
40:18Working, dare I ask?
40:19It's working.
40:20Yeah?
40:20Yeah, exactly as it should be.
40:22Has it been a lot of work?
40:23Huge amount of work.
40:25Oh no, really?
40:25Huge.
40:26This is a labour of love, isn't it?
40:28Of course. Absolutely.
40:29Love doing it.
40:30Should we get it covered up?
40:31Yeah, definitely.
40:40Hi, welcome back.
40:42Hi.
40:42How are you both doing?
40:43Very good.
40:45Can I introduce you first to Adi?
40:46He's been leading the project on restoring this machine.
40:49Hi.
40:50It's been quite a project, isn't it?
40:52Definitely.
40:52Really, really big project.
40:54Yeah.
40:54Really big project.
40:55Coldip, what are you hoping to see?
40:57The dream is to see it back in its glory.
41:00When I was going to look at the coffee machine, I wanted to see my father.
41:04Are you ready to take a look?
41:05For sure.
41:09Oh wow.
41:13Wow.
41:33I don't know what to say, it's amazing.
41:35What if it feels like it's taken you off somewhere?
41:39It's like being in heaven.
41:43First of all, I've got to give this guy a hug.
41:48It's worth it to see your face.
41:50Definitely.
41:53It brings back the soul of my grandfather, I feel.
41:59I just hope he's in it, whatever he is, that he's looking down and he can be proud that we've
42:07done this.
42:08Yeah, I can't wait to make a coffee on it.
42:10Yeah.
42:12To say thank you.
42:17When the blanket came off and revealed the coffee machines had called it, I didn't expect to get that type
42:23of reaction from him.
42:25I was just so overwhelmed with it and it was an amazing job that the team have done to it.
42:31So these are the first coffees this machine has made, you know, for 30 years.
42:35Since 1994.
42:37Cheers.
42:38Cheers.
42:39It's amazing, isn't it?
42:42It's the same.
42:44It's good?
42:46Yeah?
42:46Still makes a good coffee?
42:47Yes.
42:49It felt like the past and the future got together because obviously the hands that were on that handle were
42:56Dad's hands and now my son's hands were on there making the coffee so it kind of felt really special.
43:05If you'd like to see more fantastic fixes and restorations, search BBC iPlayer for The Repair Shop on the road.
43:30And we'll see you soon, and let's see more again.
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