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00:01Here at the Repair Shop,
00:03countless treasures have been brought back to life.
00:09That reveal so much about who we are
00:12and where we're from.
00:15But there's so much more out there
00:18that's not yet made it to the barn.
00:21This is amazing.
00:23So 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 heritage crafts.
00:31Yes. I cannot wait.
00:34On a unique adventure.
00:36Oh, yes.
00:37This is terrifying.
00:40To 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.
00:57Keep going, keep going.
00:58Yeah.
00:59It'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.
01:16Today, Will's in search of the Loch Ness Monster.
01:20Do you know what?
01:21I've got a feeling I might find Nessie today.
01:23Absolutely.
01:24And it's a good day for it.
01:26A broken ornament has left its owner shattered.
01:29It just had so many connections with both of us.
01:34And Will's metal work skills are on fire.
01:38I love all the stars.
01:39Yeah, it does.
01:41Will and Dom are on the road in Scotland.
01:47It's great to be up in the Highlands again.
01:49Where are we going?
01:50We're off to Drum the Drucket.
01:51What's that?
01:52Well, it's where the Loch Ness Monster is.
01:54You're going to Loch Ness?
01:55Yes!
01:56No way!
01:57Nessie!
01:58I've basically been invited to pick up something that has been lost under the water for many years.
02:03It's a camera.
02:04A special camera that has been made to capture pictures of Nessie.
02:09No!
02:10Yes!
02:11Will is stopping off at a small village on the shores of Loch Ness.
02:15Drum the Drucket.
02:19Legends of a mysterious creature spotted here date back to medieval times.
02:23Although not everyone can agree on exactly what they've seen.
02:28Oh, very like a swan.
02:31Long neck, small head and one big hump about 30 feet long.
02:35Just had one big hump and a dog.
02:37I hate something like a dog.
02:39And that's what you actually thought?
02:41Yes.
02:42Would agree.
02:46What a setting.
02:48It is.
02:49It's wonderful, isn't it?
02:50Adrian Schein has been investigating the phenomenon since 1973.
02:57Now this looks very interesting.
03:00Is this the camera?
03:01This is the camera which had been placed 55 years before and lost.
03:07Right.
03:08It's been sitting on the bottom of Loch Ness over 180 metres deep.
03:13This little camera was found by Boaty Mac Boatface.
03:17That's the affectionate name of the remotely operated submersible on the UK's newest Polar Research ship.
03:27And Boaty Mac Boatface was doing trials just here and snagged a rope which was the remains of a mooring of this camera.
03:40It was a million to one chance, probably more than a million to one actually.
03:46What exactly does this camera do?
03:48It is the first attempt to photograph the Loch Ness monster underwater.
03:54Really?
03:56When you opened it up, did you have a look at the film and see if there's anything on there?
03:59Yes, there were pictures. Nothing on them.
04:02OK.
04:06While there were underwater photographs, none of them captured Nessie.
04:13The rediscovered camera and its waterproof housing were donated to the local Loch Ness Centre.
04:20Professor Roy McCall of the University of Chicago built six of these.
04:27In the autumn of that year, 1970, there was a gale and three of them were lost.
04:35And so this is one of the three.
04:38Professor McCall was the chief scientist of the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau.
04:48But taking photographs nearly 600 feet underwater presented a challenge for the investigators.
04:56They were triggered by baited lines.
05:00So this is the bait line for this one.
05:03Right.
05:04The way it worked was that if the bait was taken, this magnet would either make or break a circuit inside.
05:12OK.
05:13And pull clear of the lens and a photo would be taken.
05:19However, the surging waters kept prematurely triggering the cameras as they were lowered to the bed of the Loch.
05:28And so they disabled the trigger line with one of these.
05:33With the mint?
05:34With the mint.
05:35With the mint.
05:37Stuck under the magnet, the mint took 15 minutes to dissolve, giving a crucial window to get the cameras in place.
05:45Improvisation.
05:47Wow, that's amazing.
05:49So once that had settled on the bottom and the mints had dissolved, then it was really primed.
05:54Then it was primed.
05:55Waiting for Nessie.
05:56Absolutely.
05:58Decades underwater have taken a toll on the camera inside.
06:04But the inventive triggering mechanism, if repaired, could have a future in a new exhibit.
06:12We'd like to do a demonstration in the Loch Ness Centre of the way the camera was triggered, the way it fired.
06:21When that magnet was lifted, the switch would have been in there.
06:26So we want to look at that.
06:27And then, that battery's seen better days, hasn't it?
06:32Just about.
06:34Oh my word.
06:36I absolutely love this.
06:38It's a fascinating piece of history.
06:40Whilst I'm here, is there any chance you could take me out onto the Loch?
06:43Absolutely.
06:44And it's a good day for it.
06:45Do you know, I've got a feeling I might find Nessie today.
06:47This is it.
06:48This is it.
06:49The ideal boat.
06:50Follow me.
06:52We're off to the spot where the camera was retrieved, which is just off Arquette Bay here.
07:01Loch Ness contains more water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.
07:08For decades, scientific researchers have been drawn to the Loch, curious to discover what secrets might lurk in its depths.
07:20This water looks really dark.
07:22Yes, it is.
07:23That is the basic problem that you have with underwater photography in Loch Ness.
07:29I mean, fresh water tends to be pretty murky.
07:32Yeah.
07:33And Loch Ness, as you may notice, has got this red signage to it.
07:39Adrian has brought a Secchi disc, used to measure underwater visibility, to demonstrate just what Professor Macau's cameras were up against.
07:49So we'll lower it in.
07:54You know, you can play this game as well.
07:56Wow.
07:58So keep looking at it.
07:59Yeah.
08:00And we want it to go down until you just lose sight of it.
08:03So down with it.
08:05So we're at three metres.
08:07Three metres.
08:08At water level.
08:09And...
08:10It's not good, is it?
08:11No.
08:13Well, that's the problem.
08:15Three metres is, like, such a small distance compared to the depth of the Loch.
08:20Absolutely.
08:21Now, this is a really simple bit of kit, but it really shows how murky the water is.
08:25And how important it was to have those cameras.
08:27And that's why he pointed them upwards, to try and get the light underside of any unusual creature, because it's a universal principle in nature.
08:37Counter shading.
08:38Dark on top, light underneath.
08:39So you're safer from predators.
08:41If a predator or prey is looking down at you, you're lost against the darkness of the depths.
08:48The cameras were designed to take advantage of this common form of camouflage, by bouncing light off Nessie's presumably paler underbelly.
08:58That's why that camera is so important.
09:01Picture tells us a thousand words.
09:05As Will is heading back to the barn with the broken camera,
09:10Dom is at a studio in Glasgow to pick up something else in need of repair.
09:16From Linda.
09:17I brought you a replica of Stained Glass Window, which is in the abbey on the island of Iona.
09:28OK.
09:29And it depicts St Columba.
09:32Iona, a tiny island off the west coast of Scotland, meant a lot to Linda and her husband Bill.
09:40It's where St Columba established Christianity within Scotland.
09:45But before he went to Iona, he landed at the Mull of Kintyre, which is where I live.
09:50OK.
09:51And we have a place there called Columbus Footprints.
09:55And that was where my husband and I got married.
10:00We just clicked right from the word go.
10:02You just knew?
10:03Yeah.
10:04Our families had grown up and we could use the time that we had together to have fun.
10:13We made every moment count.
10:16Where does this fit into the story, then?
10:18This was bought on the island of Iona when we visited it on our 15th wedding anniversary.
10:24There's a church there or chapel?
10:25Yes, it's a huge big abbey.
10:27And Bill saw the huge big stained glass window and just said, that is beautiful.
10:33The sun was coming through.
10:34It was just perfect.
10:36And as we were leaving, they saw this and quietly bought it.
10:41And he just absolutely loved it.
10:43And then it was hung up in our window of our lounge for quite a number of years until one day Bill decided to open the window and it fell off and broke.
10:56Oh no.
10:57And he was really, really upset about it.
10:59So I said to him, look, it's okay, darling, we'll get another one.
11:03We had planned to go to Iona for our silver wedding anniversary.
11:07Okay.
11:09Unfortunately, Bill died one year before our wedding anniversary.
11:14Bill got cancer.
11:16And we got the diagnosis on Christmas Eve.
11:20Oh no.
11:21He died three months later.
11:23Three months later.
11:24Yeah.
11:26It must be hard seeing it in this condition.
11:29It's very hard.
11:31So what are you hoping that we're able to do to it?
11:34There's one shard here that still has the painting on it.
11:38And I mean, it doesn't matter if some of the cracks in it show, if it's just fit to be hung up again.
11:47Back together.
11:48So that I can have it back in the window where Bill put it.
11:51This is a celebration.
11:53It is.
11:54Bill was a person and that fantastic time that you both had together.
11:57I want you to be able to look at this and smile.
12:00Me too.
12:01Leave it with me and we'll do the best we can.
12:04Dom's calling on Emma Lindsay, a local stained glass specialist with more than 20 years of experience.
12:12Emma, hi.
12:13Hi.
12:14I've got Linda's precious little window.
12:16OK.
12:17I know it's not looking its best.
12:18Oh, yes.
12:19But I'm hoping you can help.
12:20Yes.
12:21Take it off my hands, please.
12:22Let's have a look.
12:23There's a couple of loose shards on the front and on the back.
12:25I'll be very careful.
12:27We'll just lay it down in the light box and have a look.
12:31I cannot explain how this is so precious to Linda.
12:34So many happy memories with her husband.
12:37No pressure.
12:38Yeah, I know.
12:39I know.
12:40So the first thing I'm doing is just to look and see how this has been made.
12:44It's not stained glass, is it?
12:46It's not leaded.
12:47No.
12:48Well, you've got a piece of lead around the outside here just as a border.
12:51Yeah.
12:52Because it's such a small piece, it'd be impossible to lead a piece of that.
12:56OK.
12:57It's been painted on one piece of clear glass and then it's been sandwiched with a second piece of clear glass to seal the design in the middle.
13:07Even with that one shard that Linda's managed to keep, you are still missing a big old chunk.
13:12At the hand, yeah.
13:13It's a little tiny bit of a finger, haven't you, but the rest of it's gone.
13:15So would you be able to repaint that?
13:17It's so fine and detailed.
13:18Mm-hm.
13:19Yeah.
13:20That's amazing.
13:21While Emma is starting on the delicate glass repair,
13:27the underwater photography system from Loch Ness has made its way to the barn,
13:32where a team of experts hope to get it firing once again.
13:37First to take a look is analogue camera specialist Piero Pozzella.
13:42I've never seen anything quite like this before.
13:46They've designed this whole thing just to trigger that camera.
13:50It looks like there's a lot going on in there.
13:52I can't wait to have a look inside.
13:53I can already see there's water's definitely got in.
13:58You can see a lot of the corrosion on the base.
14:02Battery's completely gone.
14:04I can see that the camera sits here.
14:07Looks like this moves as a trigger.
14:11I think that would have been a magnet,
14:14as there's a little switch there that the magnet would have interacted with.
14:18And then when that moves, the wire's down here.
14:21Go to this device, power up the capacitor,
14:25and then fire this big pin upwards,
14:29which would in turn move this bit of metal to hit the shutter button.
14:33But from what I can see, this bit's floating around.
14:35It's definitely got something missing.
14:38First things first, I need to get this old corroded battery out
14:41so that we can replace the damaged wires and get some new power in there.
14:45Before I do that, I'll put a glove on just in case of the battery acid.
14:54That's definitely been in there way too long.
14:58There's fragments of the battery that have gone everywhere,
15:01so it's definitely going to need a bit of a clean up after that.
15:04It's going really well.
15:19I've replaced the damaged cables to the battery
15:22and I've also added a battery connector
15:24just to make it easier to add the new battery in.
15:26The reason why I've gone for a modern battery
15:28is so that the centre can recharge it.
15:31That'll sit nicely in there, and then when it's in place,
15:34just simply connect it up and it's ready to go.
15:40The mechanism has a new power source, but there's another problem.
15:45The trigger's just non-responsive.
15:49The way the magnet works, the lever is pulled up,
15:52the magnet is released and it triggers the camera to take a picture.
15:57So I'm going to remove the magnet.
15:59It's only epoxied in, so it should be able to push it out with all that rust.
16:04There you go.
16:05And I'm going to use a very strong neodym magnet.
16:10The magnet needs to be this strong because it needs to be able to pass through
16:14this thick acrylic to trigger this very thin little metal switch underneath.
16:19I'm going to place the magnet where the old one was,
16:23and you can already hear it's triggering the switch,
16:25that tiny little click, really.
16:32Piero is using a two-part epoxy adhesive to glue the magnet into position.
16:40Whilst that's curing, I'm just going to pop the battery in and test it out.
16:49Just pop this in.
16:53So when I lift this lever, it should jump or twitch.
17:00Yeah, there we go.
17:03I'm really relieved that's working.
17:05Now that's all ready to go.
17:06I can give the camera a once-over.
17:08Back in Glasgow, Emma is removing the lead border
17:22that holds the two panes of glass together.
17:27Try and gently peel it back.
17:29I don't want to bend it too much,
17:31so I can hopefully just put it back on afterwards.
17:34As the middle section has several breaks and losses,
17:39Emma's going to replace it with a single new piece of glass.
17:45So what I'm going to do is just cut a section
17:50that's going to take up this whole break.
17:52I'm going to paint the whole break,
17:54and then I'm going to just cut it down to size.
17:57Just cut it about there.
18:01There.
18:11What I've got here is just a little print out of the actual window in Iona Abbey.
18:15I'm going to use that just to replicate the section here
18:18that's missing in Linda's piece.
18:20Okay, so I've got some glass paint here.
18:28So I'm just going to try and start
18:31to replicate some of these black lines.
18:34Just try and get the same density and same weight as Linda's piece.
18:39Once I've completed the black paintwork,
18:46it will be a case of adding the colour in each section,
18:51and then hopefully this replica piece will just slot right back into the original piece.
18:56While Emma is repainting the missing design,
19:05in the barn,
19:07Piero is turning his attention to the vintage camera.
19:12I've taken the front off the camera.
19:14Just to take a closer look inside,
19:16the rust has fused the shutter blade completely to the body.
19:20I can't even move it.
19:22There's no chance of fixing this,
19:24so I've sourced the replacement.
19:27It's identical to the original.
19:30It will be historically accurate,
19:32and it will fit straight into place inside the contraption without any issues.
19:37The only part that does look salvageable is the flash.
19:41Because it's made of plastic,
19:43you can actually see it's all still intact,
19:46and the magnesium inside the bulbs looks in good condition.
19:50The reason they use magnesium inside the bulbs
19:52is because it burns really bright really quick,
19:55and it's not too hot.
19:57And you can see,
19:58once it's used,
20:00you can't use it again.
20:02This flash cube has only used one flash so far,
20:05so the nice thing is,
20:06is that we can still use the three remaining shots.
20:08Now we're ready to test it out.
20:09It sounded good, but it didn't quite get there.
20:24The mechanism was triggered, but it's not triggering the camera.
20:28Try it again.
20:30There's really not enough force to push that shutter button.
20:34It looks like there used to be a bolt holding the arm in,
20:38and that appears to be missing completely.
20:41I think I might need Dom's help for this one.
20:46Hey, Dom, I wonder if you could give us a hand.
20:48OK. What have you got?
20:49What have you got?
20:50Really interesting contraption,
20:52built for taking pictures underwater.
20:54Wait till you see this.
20:56Oh, wow.
20:58But you'll see the main problem.
21:00If you lift this arm up...
21:03Oh!
21:05That is flapping around, which is not going to help.
21:07No.
21:08It needs to be a fixed point.
21:09The hole there makes me think that there was, you know,
21:11there was something holding it on there.
21:12Definitely.
21:13The pivot point.
21:14Yeah, yeah.
21:15It's almost like you get that first kick and it moves.
21:17After that, it's not got enough beams to actually...
21:20Charging quick enough.
21:21Yeah.
21:25As Dom sets about making a new bolt
21:28to stabilise the loose arm that activates the shutter release,
21:34Wil is back on the road, heading to Nil.
21:38I'm on my way to meet Gary to learn about the craft of bike frame-making.
21:43Now, I'm always up for learning something new,
21:45so I'm hoping today Gary can teach me a bit of metal work.
21:49Maybe I could take it back to the barn and show Dom a thing or two.
21:55He's meeting postman Gary McKenzie,
21:58who's turned a 20-year welding hobby into a successful side business,
22:03supplying custom-made bikes.
22:08Now, look.
22:09Now, I know you make bike frames,
22:11but that doesn't look much of a bike at the moment.
22:13No, there's a few more tubes to go, yeah.
22:16So what stage are you at now?
22:18I'm just starting to cut some other tubes here.
22:21Gary's working on the front triangle of a new frame.
22:27Like a tailor-made suit,
22:30he takes his customers' exact measurements
22:33from inside leg to handlebar reach
22:36and puts his bespoke design down on paper.
22:40This is the whole bike here.
22:41This looks like it's almost to scale.
22:45Yeah, this is a complete one-to-one scale of the bike that we build.
22:49It just simplifies things
22:50because we can just take our measurements directly from the paper.
22:53But turning a 2D drawing into a 3D bike is a tricky process.
22:58So before we cut this, I'll explain every tube we use one of these,
23:04which is called a tube block.
23:06OK.
23:07So now we can, obviously, we've got flat sides for our tube,
23:10so we can stick it in a vise nicely in.
23:12That's really clever!
23:14And when we do the cut, we have to rotate it
23:17because your cuts are different angles
23:20and you have to, what you call, phase the tube.
23:21When you've got flat like that, rather than the round, you know,
23:26it's much easier.
23:27There's a lot of thought that goes into this.
23:31Gary miters each section the frame,
23:34cutting them at precise angles to ensure a close fit.
23:38Just one millimetre or degree out
23:41would affect the strength of the final frame.
23:46So, that's our first mitre down there.
23:51It's as quick as that.
23:52That's it. You can have a go at this, if you want.
23:55Yeah? In there, like that?
23:56In there, yeah.
23:58So far, so good?
23:59Mm-hm. Right, we're ready to wind this one towards you.
24:02So this one makes it come towards me.
24:03Yeah.
24:05Yeah? Yeah.
24:06OK. I got this now.
24:08Well, I do need your hand to help me unclamp it.
24:11So, here we go.
24:13Just make sure it's flat.
24:15I'm getting this position thing.
24:18OK.
24:19Green for go?
24:22Yeah.
24:24Yeah, yeah.
24:28In the 20th century, there were traditional bike frame builders
24:32in every town in the UK.
24:35I love all the farms.
24:36Yeah, it's all right.
24:37Yeah, it's all right.
24:39But the increase in mass production and cheap imports meant that by the early 1990s, the craft had almost disappeared.
24:49All right, you can stop there and we'll have a leak.
24:51Yeah?
24:52Yeah.
24:53It's quite a change from Will's usual woodwork. So does it fit?
25:05Oh.
25:07There we go.
25:08Perfect.
25:09Yeah?
25:10Pretty good.
25:11Yeah, thank you.
25:13Well, I enjoyed that.
25:15To get the fit even tighter before it's welded to the frame, the edges need to be filed.
25:21We're just taking these, see these burrs?
25:23Yeah.
25:24We're just looking to get all that.
25:25Wow.
25:26Like that?
25:28Quite gently, because if you take off too much.
25:29No, you can go hard.
25:30Really?
25:31Yeah.
25:33What kind of brought you into this world then?
25:35I've always been into TIG welding as a hobby.
25:38And then I've always been in cycling.
25:40Right.
25:41And finally they've come together.
25:43Come together.
25:44It's quite rewarding, you know?
25:46Because recently I built one for somebody who's had back pain for 20 years.
25:50Yeah.
25:51And he can never find a bike to fit on.
25:53It's either too big or it's too small.
25:54So it took some measurements from him, like made it so that the front end was purposefully high, which got him comfy.
26:01And then he's just been to France in it the other week there, saying no back pain at all.
26:07First time in 20 years, so that's like changed his life.
26:10That's amazing.
26:11Gary is one of only around 30 professional bike frame makers in the UK.
26:17Why do you think it's so important to keep this skill alive?
26:20Sometimes you need a custom frame to get what you really need.
26:24Because the mass produced stuff is all aimed at being most aerodynamic and fastest.
26:30But in the real world that's not what you actually need, you know?
26:33I think you've been doing this for too long that you don't realise how cool this is.
26:36Seriously, it really is.
26:39Well, I feel like I've taken off a lot of those bird edges.
26:42Mm-hm.
26:43Let's get welding.
26:45So we're just going to tack this at this stage, which is just a tiny little weld, just enough to hold it at the moment.
26:53On a frame like this, you kind of want to get maybe four on each end.
26:59And then we take it out to weld it fully.
27:02Okay.
27:03So that will just hold it and stop it moving about.
27:05Yeah.
27:06Okay, let's go.
27:07Let's go.
27:08Let's go.
27:09Let's go.
27:10Let's go.
27:11Let's go.
27:12Let's go.
27:13Let's go.
27:14Let's go.
27:15Let's go.
27:16Let's go.
27:17Was that it?
27:18That was it, yeah.
27:19That was quick.
27:20Tiny little tack.
27:21Yes.
27:22I'm itching to get a big pay.
27:23Well, I think you should have a go.
27:24Yeah?
27:25Yeah.
27:26Okay, right.
27:27So remember, this is my first time and I'm trying my best.
27:28Yeah.
27:29Okay.
27:30Not that you carry on.
27:34We'll just take out the jig.
27:39Looks more like a bike than it did earlier on, right?
27:45That's pretty good.
27:46And thank you so much for the opportunity.
27:51Will has to get back to the barn, leaving Gary building a wheel for his latest commission.
27:57So we've got the rim, our spokes.
28:00First thing is we've got to load the hump.
28:03And we've just got to start wiping the rim.
28:12And then we just thread it in here.
28:15Bill McGreal's one of the things that's like seen as a black art.
28:19There you go, that's our wheel on lace.
28:26No tension in it yet, but that's all the spokes.
28:29Place.
28:30Little by little, we'll tension slowly and consistently.
28:34Then you get even tension throughout the whole wheel.
28:37Nice, strong wheel, there's no weak spots there.
28:42After riding a tire, the wheel is ready.
28:45Because you're building it by hand, you can take it to that extra degree.
28:50Straightness and strength.
28:52I mean, that's the good thing about having a home-built, bespoke bike like this.
28:57You can ride it and then come back to me and just things change,
29:00but we can change the bike as time goes on to suit whatever you want.
29:05You don't just have to go buy another bike.
29:07Back in the barn, the team are facing another problem with the camera trigger.
29:17Dom's drafting in Mark Stuckey for his electrical expertise.
29:23Not very good at the moment, is it?
29:25All right, Mark, I'm trying.
29:28You're not trying hard enough.
29:30Clearly, well, that's not trying hard enough. That's the problem.
29:32The solenoid, the one which gives it the oomph to hit the trigger,
29:35it's just weak, isn't it?
29:37You've got a capacitor here which is actually used to store the charge
29:41and then when you press the button, that releases it,
29:43gives power to the solenoid.
29:45It's like all of us, we get a bit tired with age,
29:47so we need to do something about it.
29:49Do you want to see it again?
29:51OK. Ready? Go on, go.
29:53Pathetic.
29:54It's barely moving. Yes.
29:56What I'm going to do now is add an additional capacitor.
30:00Thank you very much, holding it for me.
30:01Glamorous assistant.
30:02There we go.
30:03You're welcome.
30:04So what I'm going to do is to piggyback this capacitor, the old one,
30:09because I'll keep the original one in there if I can,
30:11because it gives physical stability.
30:14That's crazy.
30:15So you just think by sticking that on top, it's now going to work wildly different?
30:18It will be a lot better.
30:19Really?
30:20In theory, it should work.
30:21Well, there's only one way to find out, isn't there?
30:23It is, yes.
30:24Ready?
30:25That was quite powerful.
30:28That was a lot better.
30:29Yes.
30:30I felt that.
30:31Yes.
30:32That's got more kick, hasn't it?
30:33That's exactly what it's meant to do.
30:34Well, I'm starting to understand what's happening.
30:36If I trigger it, it has the full travel of movement.
30:40Yeah.
30:41But it doesn't return.
30:42No.
30:43I think it needs a spring.
30:44I agree with you.
30:45To push that back up again.
30:46Exactly.
30:47If we can get a return spring somewhere on this mechanism...
30:49Yes.
30:50Is this the Royal Wheat?
30:52Yeah.
30:53You're not leaving me with this.
30:56Yeah.
30:57I'm pretty confident we can get this working.
30:59Yeah.
31:00Okay.
31:01That sounds pretty good.
31:02Yeah.
31:03Yeah.
31:04Yeah.
31:05Yeah.
31:06Yeah.
31:07Yeah.
31:08Yeah.
31:09Yeah.
31:10So, having painstakingly repainted the replacement section of Linda's glass window, she's almost
31:16ready to glue it into place.
31:19But first, she needs to prime the broken edges of the original sections.
31:25So, what I'm going to do now is just have a little gentle grind just along the edge here.
31:32I just want to smooth that off just a tiny bit so that the new piece that I've made slots
31:38in and hopefully has a nice bond with the glue.
31:42So, that looks great.
32:02So, this is the very broken piece in the middle that I've taken out.
32:05And then replaced with this just so that we can have as little cracks as possible, because
32:10there's quite a few breaks in here.
32:12So, hopefully this will be a lot simpler and a lot more strong when it's glued.
32:18When I cut this, obviously I only have one shot and if I mess it up, I'm going to have
32:29to make another one.
32:32Emma deliberately made the replacement section slightly bigger, but now must cut it precisely
32:39to size.
32:40I'm just hesitant to cut it until I feel confident that it's leaned up as best I can possibly
32:47line it up.
32:48The reason I love working the glass, it's just so varied.
32:53There's a craft element, there's an art element, it just encompasses such a wide variety of techniques.
33:03Here, so, let's mark this.
33:11And go in for the cut.
33:17All right, so this is the moment of truth.
33:23We're going to break this and hope that it fits in perfectly.
33:30Okie dokie.
33:34Next, the meticulous job of attaching the new piece, while minimising the joins.
33:46I just want to apply it to the crack and just let it naturally sink in and fill the gap.
33:55So, that's the glue finished, so now this is going to sit for 72 hours to dry.
34:05After that, we'll be able to sandwich it together with the back plate and pop the lead around it
34:10and it'll be all finished.
34:12While Emma's glue slowly cures, back at the barn, Dom and Mark are revealing their progress to Piero.
34:20How's it going?
34:22Have a go.
34:23Are you sure?
34:24Yeah, just see what happens and we'll have a go from there.
34:26Just lift it.
34:27Yeah.
34:31No.
34:32You're joking.
34:33There you go.
34:34It needs to recharge.
34:35Yeah, it needs to recharge.
34:36You've done it?
34:37Yeah.
34:38It's done.
34:39It's hitting the actual shutter button on the camera.
34:41There's also a return spring in there so it returns back to where it should.
34:45Yeah.
34:46With anything homemade like this, a one-off, bespoke kind of thing, it's always tricky.
34:49It's always a problem.
34:50Very pleased to say that you can take this off my bench.
34:52It's all yours.
34:53Thank you so much.
34:54No worries, mate.
34:55Mind, there you go.
34:57It's taken a team of three, but the complicated trigger mechanism is now good to go.
35:04That's all ready to go back up to Loch Ness.
35:06The centre are going to have such great fun demonstrating this for the visitors.
35:11But first, Dom is checking in on another fix.
35:16I'm back in Glasgow to head to Emma's studio to see how she's got on repairing Linda's stained glass panel.
35:24It's such a special thing to Linda.
35:26I know how much it means to her and I know that she's so excited.
35:29There's so many emotions at play here because Bill and I had a fantastic life together.
35:39We lived life to the full.
35:41We had so much fun.
35:43I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
35:46Linda.
35:48Welcome back.
35:50How are you feeling?
35:52Excited.
35:54Bit nervous.
35:55Nervous?
35:56Just, oh, the anticipation of how it's going to affect me because I know it will.
36:02How long has it been broken for?
36:04Oh, about eight years.
36:06Eight years.
36:08Yeah.
36:09You must have missed it for that time.
36:10I have.
36:11You ready to take a look?
36:13Oh, yes.
36:14Very much so.
36:15Yeah.
36:16Yeah.
36:18Oh.
36:19It's beautiful.
36:20It's beautiful.
36:21Oh, Emma.
36:22Oh, that looks lovely.
36:23Can I take a look?
36:24Please do.
36:25Please do.
36:26Oh, that's lovely.
36:27And when you get the light shining through it as well.
36:29Thank you so much.
36:31That's going to go back in the window.
36:32But we looked after very carefully.
36:33Back where it belongs.
36:34Yeah.
36:35How does it feel seeing it now?
36:36I know Bill would have been so proud of me doing this because he would know just how much this means to me.
36:48Yes.
36:50Yeah.
36:51How's it feel seeing it now?
36:53I know Bill would have been so proud of me doing this
36:56because he would know just how much this means to me.
37:02Yes. Thank you.
37:05I'm glad you're happy.
37:06And I just can't thank you enough for doing this.
37:09You're so welcome.
37:10You're welcome.
37:11Really. Thank you, all of you.
37:14Today's been such a big day
37:15because it was something that we were supposed to do
37:19together.
37:21We were supposed to go back to Iona
37:23and we were supposed to buy another one.
37:27It's the one I've got.
37:28It's the one I gave Bill.
37:30And it's whole again.
37:31And it's there with all the wonderful memories I have
37:35of our lovely times together.
37:43Further north,
37:45Will is heading back to Drumnaidrochid.
37:49Well, I'm on my way to the Loch Ness Centre
37:53and I have some incredibly precious cargo in the back.
37:57Piero has given me strict instructions
37:59on how to work the camera.
38:01I'm just hoping that it's all going to go well.
38:04I'm excited to show this to Adrian and the community,
38:07I'll tell you that.
38:09And here we are.
38:10But before the underwater camera system is returned,
38:16Adrian has one last job for him.
38:21Hi, Adrian.
38:23Hello, Will.
38:24This is great in here, isn't it?
38:27We're going to demonstrate the principle of counter-shading,
38:30whereby aquatic creatures are generally dark on top
38:33but light underneath.
38:35So what are we going to do with these?
38:37So we're going to put them up.
38:40OK, OK.
38:41So up you go.
38:41Well, I'm going up, am I?
38:44Well, I'm not.
38:46Right, if you hold the ladder...
38:47I will.
38:48I'll pop these up.
38:50The cutout should show how the original system
38:53was designed to take photos
38:55of a passing creature's pale underbelly
38:57in the murky water
38:59after it had taken the bait
39:01and triggered the mechanism.
39:03This is a great visual representation for the visitors.
39:07And I actually feel like I'm undersea here.
39:09Good, good.
39:11Actually, Adrian,
39:12you look a bit like Poseidon with that beard.
39:15You know that.
39:16You just need a trident.
39:18Well, that's one up.
39:20Shall we do the rest?
39:21Well, if you're going for it.
39:23Yes, come on.
39:25While Will continues setting up,
39:28excited locals and friends of the centre
39:31had already arriving.
39:35Gordon was with the team
39:36when the underwater camera system was discovered.
39:41We located it with the equipment that was on my boat.
39:45It was just total amazement.
39:46At that time,
39:48nobody knew what the camera was.
39:51It's quite amazing that over 50 years ago,
39:53this was lost at the bottom of Loch Ness
39:55and has managed to survive.
39:57It's a really special moment
39:58for not only the people here,
39:59but I think for the people of the world
40:01who love Nessie.
40:02I would like to see the camera used
40:04as a way of demonstrating to people
40:08that some of the men involved in this
40:10actually had heads on their shoulders,
40:13not just heads in the clouds.
40:14Inside, everything's ready for the underwater camera system
40:19to take centre stage.
40:22Hello.
40:22There we are.
40:23Hi.
40:23Come in, come in.
40:27You're excited?
40:28Yes.
40:28Totally.
40:29Fascinated.
40:30Now, this is more than just the camera.
40:32There is so much history behind this
40:34and there's that sort of spirit of the loch
40:36and what it's all about.
40:38But it's also about community
40:40and that's what sort of brings you all here tonight.
40:43This was fixed by Piero,
40:45but he had to lean on Dom and Mark as well.
40:49So he had three people scratching their heads over there.
40:51All right.
40:52Are you ready to see it?
40:53Yes!
40:55Okay, here we go.
40:59Wow.
41:01Unbelievable.
41:04Look at that better kit.
41:06Now, there will be a bait line here with bait on the ends
41:08and with a cheeky little nibble
41:10that will then lift the lever here,
41:13huge bright light,
41:15and it'll take a picture.
41:17I'm going to lift up the mechanism.
41:19It'll be an incredibly bright light
41:21and then you'll be able to see a big flash.
41:23Do not look into the light, please.
41:25As tempting as it sounds.
41:26Ready?
41:27Five,
41:28four,
41:30three,
41:31two,
41:32one.
41:36I've spent so much time
41:41down in that piece of water,
41:42but thankfully,
41:44I've been able to bring it back to you
41:46in some kind of working order
41:47and I've been able to give a demonstration
41:49of how this would have originally worked.
41:51Thank you very much.
41:52Are you intending to put this back into the water?
41:55No.
41:55Because you'll have three people
41:59very upset.
42:01Who wants to take a look?
42:03Oh, yeah, definitely.
42:03Come on in.
42:05Oh, whoa.
42:06Pretty cool, isn't it?
42:08Oh, amazing, amazing, amazing.
42:10It shows the ingenuity at the time
42:11of these people that constructed this.
42:14I really like the idea of the polar mints.
42:16That's really clever.
42:18Unbelievable.
42:18Piero, Dom and Mark's hard work has paid off.
42:24The camera was lost 55 years ago,
42:27so to have it back,
42:28it's absolutely spectacular.
42:29It is going to bring something brand new
42:31to the area,
42:33something that's never been seen before,
42:35which is quite hard with Loch Ness.
42:37I think it's wonderful.
42:39Now we can use it as a vehicle
42:40to explain to people
42:42how the men of those days
42:45actually set about trying to do something
42:47virtually impossible
42:48in the dark water of Loch Ness.
42:52The camera encapsulates
42:53that kind of dream and determination
42:55of wanting to give something a go
42:57and making it work.
42:58And I'm hoping,
42:59now that it's back in the museum,
43:01it can inspire another generation of people.
43:04If you'd like to see more
43:06fantastic fixes and restorations,
43:08search BBC iPlayer
43:10for The Repair Shop on the road.
43:17The Repair Shop
43:23of the Food You
43:24on the road.
43:31The Repair Shop
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