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Dom Chineas Cornish Workshop S Episode 2 Engsub
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00:05I'm Don Chennair. I'm a mechanic and self-taught engineer.
00:13For the last seven years, I've been helping people to fix their treasures on the repair shop.
00:19My God! That's got me my surprise.
00:22Now, together with my wife, Maria...
00:24I still think we should have a castle door.
00:26You don't know about the castle.
00:29I'm helpful. Very helpful.
00:31And dog Wendy.
00:33Come on, inside. Test it out for us.
00:36Yeah, very good. That is going to be your seat from now on.
00:39We're embarking on a more personal adventure.
00:43We've packed up our lives in Kent.
00:45This is it. I'm done. We are out of here.
00:48And moved to our dream Cornish farmhouse, complete with outbuildings and two-acre garden.
00:56There's a lot to do, but my first priority is transforming the derelict, very smelly cow shed.
01:03This is very strange.
01:04Into a modern, Cornish weatherproof workshop.
01:08Look at it.
01:11To help me settle into my new home, I'm going to use my skills to fix things in the local
01:16community.
01:17This is what it's all about for me, getting involved with people that need my help.
01:21I've recruited my new local friend and fellow engineering nut, Sam Lovegrove, to help.
01:27Yeah, now we're moving.
01:29Just like the Formula One teams, hey?
01:31As we hunt for some Cornish treasures...
01:33What are they doing here? Why are they not in the field?
01:36Wanted to come and say hello.
01:38...that need fixing...
01:39Hey!
01:40Look at that.
01:41Yes!
01:41...and polishing.
01:43I've got the vision. You guys have to deliver it, Sam.
01:47Thank you so much.
01:49It's a whole community and more that enjoy this.
01:54Even the chicken's happy about it.
02:01On beautiful days like this, it's fairly obvious why we'd want to make the move down to this part of
02:07the world.
02:08And one of the benefits of having a couple of acres of Cornish countryside is there's plenty of room to
02:14dig.
02:18And one of the first things Maria and I both want to do is create a garden pond.
02:23It's down here.
02:25The pond.
02:28Slash lake.
02:29Slash lake, exactly.
02:31Slash swimming pool.
02:33But before our ambitions can run away from us, we first need to find the right spot.
02:40Here?
02:41Yes, I think it's perfect.
02:44This whole idea of the pond, which is lovely for wildlife and a very nice thing to have, visually, is
02:50dependent on if we can find any water.
02:54So a borehole is the plan, because there's no natural river or stream or ditch.
03:00A borehole means drilling into the earth in the hope of striking water, if there's any to be found.
03:06OK, well, don't forget we're going to put the barbecue area in a seating boat over here, so you need
03:10to leave enough space.
03:11We'll aim for over there somewhere, but that would be the best spot.
03:14Yeah?
03:15Yeah.
03:16Can we use it also for the barbecue?
03:17We can use it for the barbecue.
03:19But let's see.
03:19Can you drink it?
03:20Before we get there, let's see if there is actually water there first.
03:23And that will confirm that we can have a pond.
03:27OK.
03:27Right, fingers crossed, we have to find some water.
03:29OK?
03:30OK, all right, I'll go back to work.
03:32Let's see if it's a bit.
03:33Yee!
03:34Exciting.
03:38I'm hoping I can keep Maria's excitement alive.
03:41Oh, there he is.
03:42As a few phone calls later, I've found David, who works for an industrial drilling company.
03:49Hello.
03:50You've certainly got your work cut out here, Dom.
03:52Don't say that.
03:55I know, tell me about it.
03:58So, this is the pond.
04:00OK.
04:00I've been mowing it every other week to keep it down, but the problem is I've got no way of
04:05filling it.
04:05Right, so I'm hoping we can find water, drill a borehole, and I can use that to fill the pond.
04:10Yep.
04:11Let's go and have a look, Dom, see what we can find.
04:15David's company provides drilling rigs capable of boring holes deep into the earth before pumping up any water it finds.
04:23As an engineer, I can't wait to get an eyeful of all of this exciting high-tech equipment.
04:34We've got a source of water running down through there.
04:37How on earth can you tell that?
04:40The rods tell me.
04:41That's not...
04:42That's 16, 17 metres down.
04:44Were you counting?
04:45Yeah.
04:47Now, we should pick that up again down here.
04:50Is that not baffling?
04:52Is that not insane?
04:54I knew water divining was a thing, just not a thing professional engineers did in the modern world.
05:02Oh, no, it's gone.
05:03Oh.
05:07This is absolutely mad.
05:11Oh, yeah, it does start off that way.
05:13Yeah, there, yeah.
05:14Because sometimes they're going like that, and then sometimes they're crossing.
05:16That's because I'm asking it the same question, like looking for water, and it will tell me where that water
05:23is.
05:24Can I have a go?
05:24You certainly can.
05:25Can I?
05:26This is...
05:27A couple of brazing rods.
05:28A bit of welding rod, I was going to say, yeah.
05:30Well worn.
05:31If you come and stand here, face that way, and what you've got to think to yourself, if you put
05:36your thumb on the top, that's it, just to steady them, you're looking for a source of water.
05:41Think of waterfalls.
05:43Think of the life of falls, whatever.
05:45Yeah.
05:45Think of running water, and you want to find that source of water, and you're actually, as daft as it
05:51may sound...
05:52Sounds quite daft.
05:53...asking them rods to find you water.
05:56Very slowly, just keep going. Keep thinking.
06:00Well, engineering is all about keeping an open mind to alternative solutions, so why not?
06:06They're going, Dom.
06:07They're moving, they are.
06:10Oh.
06:13Now, if you go forward, keep walking forward, and turn around, and do exactly the same thing coming back.
06:18That is so free.
06:19But just keep thinking to yourself, you're looking for that source of water.
06:24Right.
06:27There you go in.
06:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:28There you go in.
06:32Daft, ain't it?
06:33That is the scariest thing I think I've ever done.
06:36That is so weird.
06:37Isn't it?
06:38And you guys, as a company, bear in mind it's 2025, this is how you do it.
06:43We're bearing in mind the expense and the time and everything involved in drilling a hole.
06:46You can confidently trust two welding rods, no scanning or x-raying the ground.
06:53You'll literally commit to digging a hole.
06:55Yes.
06:56The pond is a goer.
06:58The dream of digging a massive pond can happen.
07:00You're confident?
07:01I am.
07:02But I don't want to have to go in the hiding if there's no water there.
07:06Now you're getting nervous, see.
07:22I'm heading off to Pendene, a small coastal village that back in the day would have been busy with Cornwall's
07:29more traditional trades of tin mining and smuggling.
07:33It's a little bit quieter now, though.
07:36In fact, it's a lot quieter than it should be.
07:39This beautiful-looking church has got some bells which haven't rung for a very long time.
07:44We're about to change that.
07:47I'm meeting Howard and some members of the church community to see if I can help make some noise.
07:53Hello.
07:54How are you all doing?
07:56So what's the condition of the bells at the moment, then?
07:58The bells themselves are hung by a very old rope, so we're worried about those particular ropes.
08:06Piece of strength.
08:06Pulling the rope, literally, the bell is directly above your head, but three floors up.
08:11So if it were to fall, you'd be in the firing line.
08:15OK.
08:17Would you like to come upstairs?
08:20This ancient church has ten bells that need rehanging.
08:24So these are the actual ropes, yeah.
08:26These are the ropes, they go all the way to the top, yeah.
08:30Getting high now.
08:32We are, yeah.
08:33Oh, here they are.
08:34Here they are.
08:35The bells.
08:36OK.
08:37In all their glory.
08:39I see, so all those kind of coat hanger-looking bits in the middle, as you pull the rope from
08:43downstairs,
08:44it swings back and swings the hammer in.
08:47Hits the hammer.
08:47Exactly so.
08:49Yeah.
08:50It's a very thick rope, but very old.
08:53And that's all that's holding a quarter of a tonne of bell or whatever.
08:56It looks straightforward.
08:57Just unhook it, feed the new rope through and hook it back on.
09:00But actually...
09:01It's the weight is the issue, isn't it?
09:03You can't just unhook it.
09:04No, nowhere to pick them up from.
09:07But you know what?
09:08This is the perfect job for Sam.
09:10He will love this.
09:11This is an engineering challenge that he will embrace.
09:15I'm confident my new friend, Mr Lovegrove, will have some ideas to help with this engineering conundrum.
09:24Good afternoon.
09:25Sam, how are you doing, mate?
09:26You OK?
09:27Yeah, very good.
09:27How are you?
09:28Very good.
09:29And fortunately, he's come well prepared.
09:32He's been able to see what we're doing.
09:33Yeah.
09:34Oh, wow.
09:35Look at that.
09:35That's a bit better, isn't it?
09:37If we're going to replace these worn-out ropes, we need a way to keep these bells secure while we
09:43do it.
09:43So first, we need to work out how heavy they are.
09:47Look, I've got this piece of modern equipment in here, look.
09:51Is that my calculator?
09:52Stop it.
09:53Oh, it's solar-powered.
09:54Do you know you can do things like this on your phone these days?
09:57Oh, shall I?
09:58But I've always... I've used this since I was a kid.
10:01It looks like it, yeah.
10:02What do you think?
10:03You know what?
10:04There's not enough sunshine in here.
10:06I can't even...
10:06I think you're right.
10:07I'll switch into something with a little more...
10:10I like that calculator.
10:11It goes with the bag.
10:139.5 times 9.5 equals 90.25 times 3.14 equals 283.3...
10:24225.
10:26So, the volume of that cylinder is 63.7 litres.
10:32How on earth have you... Hang on a second.
10:34I have no idea how you've just worked that out.
10:36What?
10:38Why have I just got...
10:40Calculate the area of the circle, multiply it by the length, gives you the volume, and the
10:47area of the circle is pi r squared.
10:50225, was it the length?
10:52You got it wrong.
10:53R is radius.
10:54Ah, sorry.
10:55You are dead right.
10:56Should we go again?
10:58Maybe it's the calculator.
11:00Maybe it's the...
11:01No, it's definitely me.
11:06Yeah, okay.
11:08So, 8.44 litres for that long bell, and we get 74.3 kilos for the heaviest.
11:16Yeah, so that makes more sense, doesn't it?
11:19That feels a little bit more realistic.
11:20Yeah.
11:21Now we've got the correct weight of the bells, we can think about building a contraption
11:26to hold them in place, while we replace that worn-out rope.
11:30I guess we're back to the workshop, and let's get that made.
11:33Plenty of homework.
11:34Yeah.
11:34Yeah, great.
11:44Our attempt to get the bells of Pendine Church ringing again didn't get off to the smoothest
11:49of starts.
11:51But at Sam's workshop, we're working on a plan to support those heavy bells while we replace
11:57the worn-out rope.
11:59The great news is, I think we are getting somewhere.
12:01Between us, we've come up with a solution.
12:05Imagine this ruler is a piece of angle iron sitting across the two timber joists that are
12:09holding the entire bell mechanism up.
12:11Then we're going to get a piece of threaded rod, put a bend in the bottom.
12:15Then this is a bell.
12:16It's got a bar through the middle at the top for lifting.
12:19So we're going to get a piece of threaded rod, bend a hook on the end.
12:22That is going to hook into the bell.
12:24Then we can feed that up through our slot in the piece of angle iron.
12:27This is a threaded rod, so we can wind the nut down there.
12:30And as you do the nut up, the nut will bottom out on the piece of angle iron.
12:33And as you turn it more, what will happen is the threaded rod will lift, supporting the
12:38weight, allowing all the magic to happen.
12:40Sounds good.
12:41Yeah, sounds great.
12:42I think that'll work well.
12:43Yeah, yeah.
12:43Simple.
12:44That is a solution.
12:46Now, we've just got to start bringing my drawing to life.
12:50First, taking some angle iron, which will work as the top of our bracket, and using a milling
12:55machine to cut a slot.
12:59Just keep an eye on it.
13:02Make sure nothing goes right.
13:04Now we've got the hole, we just need to create our threaded hook to fit inside.
13:10So we've got a nice bit of stainless bar.
13:13This is the key.
13:14This is it.
13:15This is going to be a hook.
13:16This flame is about 2,200 degrees Celsius.
13:22We're heating the bar because, as it's stainless steel, it could crack if we try to bend it from
13:27cold.
13:29That's nice.
13:30Just finish it off nicely.
13:32Perfect.
13:33Very neat.
13:35Wow.
13:36I love it when a plan comes together.
13:38That hook will now fit into our suspending bracket.
13:41There we go, look.
13:43Right now, I've everything.
13:44So, that will go across the beams.
13:46This is our suspending bracket.
13:49And then there's our hook.
13:51It's looking all right, isn't it?
13:53Perfect.
13:54So we can just wind that up, and that will lift.
13:56As we wind that up, that will lift the bell.
14:00Perfect.
14:16Back home, and that peaceful Cornish countryside is now definitely a little louder than the
14:22brochure promised.
14:24That's crazy.
14:26David's company has returned.
14:32These guys have been here all morning, drilling.
14:34And it looks like his rods were pointing in the right direction, as we did find water.
14:40But not enough.
14:42The water divining estimated 20 metres, 23 metres.
14:47And to be fair to him, there was a pocket of water around that deep, but nowhere near enough.
14:55They've actually drilled through that, found another pocket of water, but not enough.
14:59Drilling more to find a big enough body of water that we can rely on pumping out.
15:06And after the rather low-tech brazing rods approach, I'm finding this much more my style.
15:12They've got this really coarse tapered thread in these sections.
15:17And wind that up, undo the machine, retract the machine, screw the next one in, screw the
15:25machine back into the top of it, and send that down.
15:26And just undo it, work their way down.
15:33Amazing.
15:35So this is the drill bit.
15:38This is basically what they've been drilling with.
15:40It's a massive piece of steel, and these are tungsten inserts on the ends.
15:44They're not sharp.
15:45The machine's got like a hammering action, which is like an SDS, like a drill that you're drilling
15:49to concrete or masonry with.
15:50These are just munching their way through the hardest granite.
15:55And then this massive compressor behind me pumps air down through the drill bit, down into
16:00the hole, and that blows out all of the dust, the dirt, and grit, and rocks, and anything
16:06that's blocking the actual tube, the hole that they've drilled.
16:13And to find that elusive stream, we need to keep going down, deeper and deeper.
16:20My God.
16:21Jeez.
16:22We go past 30 metres.
16:24It's not looking good.
16:26And then 40.
16:29Then 50.
16:31How deep are you now?
16:32I'm getting 36, just under 6 for me.
16:3560 metres.
16:36Damn me.
16:3860 metres deep.
16:39That is mad to think.
16:4160 metres is the equivalent of a 20-storey high building.
16:45And the deeper we go, the more expensive this all gets.
16:50I'm not sure.
16:51My doubts of the divining are...
16:54I'm worried.
16:57And right on cue...
17:00Oh, no.
17:01What on earth happened?
17:03It broke down.
17:04Yeah, I think it was one of the...
17:05That's a mental.
17:06I think a pipe went in it.
17:07It's literally been running absolutely fine the last few months.
17:10At least we didn't lose a drill bit.
17:12Yeah, something.
17:13Yeah.
17:13So how deep has it gone now?
17:15It's 65 metres at the moment, so...
17:1865...
17:19I hope another 15 metres to go.
17:21No.
17:22Did we choose the wrong spot?
17:23Maybe there's another spot that you would have only had to go, like, 5 metres.
17:26Who knows?
17:30What's happened?
17:31Don't know.
17:32The compressor or the engine?
17:33I'm just looking now.
17:36So it's thrown in ATL1 error code.
17:41I think it's something sensor-related.
17:49So that's it?
17:50So you're going to...
17:50What, an engine is going to have to come out?
17:51Yeah, it's looking like that Monday morning, so...
17:53So you're going to leave everything here?
17:54Literally leave that 60 metres down in the ground.
17:57Continue Monday, hopefully.
17:59I've been waiting for this day for so long.
18:02That hole that they're drilling is so critical for the dream of having this pond happen.
18:08And I thought we'd get an answer today.
18:10I've been looking forward to it, like waiting for Christmas.
18:12But equipment failure.
18:15What can you do, I guess?
18:16Hey, I've got an anxious weekend and we'll find out Monday, I suppose.
18:31One of the joys of relocating your workshop to a county surrounded by water
18:36is that you're never too far from a stunning coastline.
18:41Here at Porth Tauan Beach, the local surf lifesaving club is one of the oldest in the country,
18:47running since 1955.
18:56But I've heard some of their equipment might be in need of a little resuscitation.
19:02Hi.
19:03Oh, hello.
19:03How are you doing? I'm Dom.
19:04Adam.
19:05I hear you need a hand.
19:06Yeah.
19:06With this beast?
19:07Yes.
19:08Yeah, we really do.
19:09It's a really old eco-rider, two-wheel drive, diesel quad.
19:16OK.
19:16Right?
19:17So it sounds like a jackhammer.
19:19Yeah, I heard it coming down.
19:20Yeah.
19:21So we use this for pulling our rescue boats down from our garage, which is just up there.
19:26OK.
19:26It's to train young lifeguards to be really competent in the water.
19:30OK.
19:30And then they go off and be R&LI lifeguards, and they can do that all around the world.
19:36I'm really hoping I can lend a hand here, as although I've only just moved to Cornwall,
19:41I'm keen to become part of this local community and help out where I can.
19:45I'll show you what the issues are.
19:47Go on.
19:47So it's chain-driven, so it fills with sand.
19:54We have to constantly adjust it and lubricate it, because it just clogs right up.
20:03And then I'll show you where the gear lever is.
20:07So you've got a forward and a reverse.
20:10That's it.
20:12In that position, the bike will go forward.
20:15To make it go in reverse, you pull that right back.
20:19So what happens, you can see this is the top end of the chain here, look.
20:23Oh, it's right there.
20:23It's right there next to the gear lever.
20:25That entire gap fills with sand.
20:29Oh, no.
20:30Now, that can mean you've got little control.
20:33That's really dangerous.
20:35It is really dangerous.
20:36We hose all this out, we then lubricate it, and we have to do that pretty much every time we've
20:43driven it.
20:43To get a new quad, difficult when we're trying to keep the boats going as well.
20:47Well, again, in any fundraising attempts you're doing, surely that money is better spent on a new boat.
20:53Yeah, exactly.
20:54Yeah.
20:57Adam's definitely given me plenty to think about.
21:01They are absolutely fearless.
21:03Look at him jumping over the waves.
21:06Brilliant.
21:07I could not think of a better project to be involved with.
21:11This is what it's all about for me, getting involved with people that need my help.
21:15Love it.
21:30One of the biggest challenges when moving from Kent was relocating and rebuilding by workshop.
21:36And it's still very much a work in progress.
21:40Trying to turn an old dairy into a realistic, usable, working workshop is not straightforward.
21:47Trying to work out, at the moment, this is a solid wall.
21:53I think I need another roller shutter in this wall to get into that side, because it's sort of two
21:59buildings almost.
22:01What's there now?
22:02It's just a solid wall now that's got a massive crack in it.
22:05More doors?
22:05Yeah.
22:06All doors?
22:06Two roller shutters?
22:07With a pedestrian door in it, like at a castle?
22:10No, it's not a castle.
22:11No.
22:12Oh.
22:12And a side door?
22:14Yeah, side door here somewhere.
22:15To go into the garden.
22:16Yeah, exactly.
22:17Perfect.
22:18Good.
22:20See, I'm helpful.
22:21Very helpful.
22:23Daunting and ambitious, I will admit, and a huge amount of work.
22:27But if it ends up looking something like this, I will be very, very pleased.
22:35But while I'm trying to get that dream finished, I have managed to get something a little more basic in
22:41place,
22:42which is about to take delivery of that misfiring quad bike.
22:45Hello?
22:46How you doing?
22:47All right.
22:48Thank you so much for picking it up.
22:49That's all right.
22:50The beast.
22:51Yeah.
22:52Although the first challenge is getting it inside.
22:55Should we get it off?
22:56Yes, absolutely.
22:57You can do the honours.
22:58I hope brakes work.
23:00I'm sure you'll be fine.
23:02Yeah?
23:02You'll be fine.
23:08Perfect.
23:09Left hand down a tiny bit.
23:11You got it.
23:13Hey, we're off.
23:14You're off.
23:14Perfect.
23:20Does sound rough.
23:23I don't know.
23:29You got to use for all this sand if we sweep it up.
23:32Yeah, we're going to be sweeping the workshop up, aren't we?
23:34Make our own beach in here.
23:36We're planning on giving the quad a full service, and not just under the hood.
23:43The first thing we're both doing is taking off all the body panels.
23:46That's basically going to make them a lot easier to paint, and we'll be able to do a much nicer
23:50job.
23:51And it's also giving us access to everything inside here.
23:55All the suspension, the actual frame, the chassis, the engine, all the bits that we need to get to are
24:00all underneath these plastic covers.
24:03We want to give the quad some much-needed protection from the elements.
24:08So, the aluminium sheet...
24:10All right, ready?
24:11Yeah.
24:11Sure?
24:12Yeah.
24:16That works really nicely.
24:18..is going to provide some underbody armour.
24:21You know what? The biggest problem this will solve...
24:23Yeah.
24:24..yes, it will stop a bit of sand going on the chain, which is a bonus, really,
24:27because another big issue was that sand build-up by the gear selector.
24:33Yeah, right.
24:33Forward's reverse, and the throttle connection is in there as well.
24:37Yeah, I think it would be nice.
24:38It'll keep... I mean, it should just keep most of the sand away from the chain
24:41and away from the gearbox and the sprocket, definitely.
24:44Whilst Sam is working on the sand shield,
24:47I just want to quickly try and strip this black paint off,
24:49get it back to the original green,
24:52so I can try and give it a nice new coat of paint.
25:00This is the club logo on the side.
25:04I'm obviously having to remove it because we're repainting it.
25:07So that is obviously the blue that we need.
25:10OK, those are the two colors.
25:11I like the light blue, dark blue, a bit of yellow.
25:14It's quite nice.
25:15Yeah.
25:16With the belly plate attached,
25:18the gearbox is now better protected from the sand,
25:21and we've got another plan to keep the quad running smoothly.
25:26Well, that's a thick old chain, isn't it?
25:28Yeah.
25:29Yeah, yeah.
25:30So every side plate's got a pair of O-rings.
25:33Wow.
25:33And then their pressure filled with grease inside plate's really strong.
25:38Yeah.
25:38Yeah, also the bearings are harder
25:40and the pin material's harder than normal.
25:43Genius.
25:43You know, they're the sort of best of best.
25:45That is a monster.
25:46Yeah.
25:46Yeah, but it's nice.
25:47It should basically be happy running dry in the sand.
25:54That's good.
25:55Chain fits around the front.
25:57Nice, plenty of clearance.
25:59Which means the club can spend more time training
26:02and less time on bike maintenance.
26:06It just shows, doesn't it?
26:07Like, a bit of love and care.
26:10Yeah.
26:10A bit of body work.
26:11It's going to completely transform this.
26:13Hopefully what we're doing will be a bit of a lifesaver.
26:15Yeah.
26:15Oh, very good.
26:16We just need the hat.
26:37We're off to church in one of Sam's classic cars
26:40and it's quite the arrival.
26:43Love it.
26:45That's it.
26:47There's a way to get out.
26:48One leg out and then all of you out
26:49and then the other.
26:50There you go.
26:51But despite the fancy carriage,
26:53we're not getting married in the morning.
26:56Turning up in style.
26:57Yeah.
26:57That's it.
26:58I like it.
26:59But I do hope after our visit,
27:01those bells are going to chime.
27:03Good morning.
27:03Morning.
27:04Nice to see you again.
27:05Hi.
27:06You OK?
27:06Yeah, she's on.
27:07Good to see you.
27:07Good to see you both.
27:09Sam's got his contact, Mel,
27:11to create some new rope work for us.
27:13We can't think of a better person to help
27:15as he's a local yacht rigger
27:16who's spent a lifetime rigging sailing yachts
27:19and splicing ropes for boatyards across Cornwall.
27:22We're confident his rope will keep those bells swinging
27:26for another hundred years
27:27if our contraption works
27:29and we can make it up the stairs.
27:32Halfway there.
27:33Wow.
27:35Did I forget?
27:36I know.
27:37It's amazing, isn't it?
27:39God, that's tighter than I remember.
27:40Well, I think when you're carrying something,
27:43it suddenly gets a lot worse.
27:45Ah, here we are.
27:46Hey!
27:47The bells.
27:51Our new hook and bracket system will lift
27:53and then hold the bells securely in place.
27:59Mind your head, Tom.
28:01Yeah.
28:04Allowing Mel to safely replace the rope.
28:07We calculated the heaviest of these bells
28:09weighs 74 kilos.
28:12OK, that hook is on.
28:14Let's hope we got our sums right.
28:16Happy?
28:17Yeah.
28:17Shall we lift together?
28:18Bye.
28:21Yeah, it's looking good, hey?
28:22Is your side all right, Tom?
28:24I don't know.
28:24Something's happening.
28:25Yeah?
28:26I think it's happening.
28:27Yeah, I think it's working.
28:29Yeah.
28:30Yeah, the loose rope's going, isn't it?
28:32Yeah.
28:35This is great.
28:36This is the first time we've seen
28:38actually two bells clamped to our jig.
28:41Are you happy?
28:42Relief.
28:43Is that how you're feeling?
28:44It's working.
28:45And with this simple piece of angle iron and a fretted rod,
28:49it's actually lifting the bells perfectly well.
28:51So now all of the weight is off of the ropes that are holding them in position.
28:57So they can be replaced for nice new ones.
29:00So we can guarantee that they're going to be held in place nicely.
29:05OK, so I'm going to pass the lanyard through, which we've semi-prepared.
29:15Mel's making an eye splice, created by unravelling the strands and interweaving them into the main body.
29:22Great for creating strong and smooth loops.
29:26To get a good splice, you've always got to get the first three tucks in correctly.
29:32We're working with a very short piece of rope, so what we've done, we've created a pre-measured eye,
29:41which we can then slip the thimble in, but because we've only got one tuck,
29:47we can tighten that down.
29:53We now then start to move down the rope.
29:58This is the clever bit.
30:00We've got the bitter end.
30:02So the end of that bit of rope, that's called the bitter end.
30:05The end of a rope is called the bitter end.
30:06That's where that expression comes from.
30:08Yeah.
30:09I love learning about these nautical phrases.
30:12The bitter end refers to the part of the rope that's tied to a post on the ship's deck called
30:17the bit.
30:18It's the last remaining piece of rope that can be let out.
30:22Hence, it's the bitter end.
30:25Are you confident this will be strong enough?
30:27The reason we splice a rope is it retains far more of its strength.
30:33If we were to put a knot in a rope, it reduces it by 50%.
30:38Of the strength of the rope?
30:40Of the strength of the rope.
30:41And if you were to pull test a piece of rope with a knot in it, it will fail at
30:47the knot.
30:48It just will cut itself through.
30:50It will literally bang off.
30:57After a little more lifting and splicing, it's a job well done.
31:04I quite like the fact that it looks almost like we've never been there.
31:08Yeah.
31:09As it should be.
31:10All the dirty handprints on the rope.
31:12No, but just the spliced rope.
31:13Everything is as it was.
31:14Whenever these were last done, everything there looks exactly like what it did.
31:20Thank you, though.
31:20In all honesty, thank you so much for hanging with us and getting it all done.
31:23That's it.
31:24You're welcome.
31:36Back at the house, the team's returned and got the drill working again, in search of water for the pond.
31:43And we're still hoping for some divine intervention.
31:47It can be a bit of a lottery, drilling water pool holes.
31:49But just as we're about to give up...
31:53Whoa.
31:56Oh, my God.
31:59That's amazing.
32:00It's so crazy.
32:04That's actually insane.
32:06Well, I was going to say that's a lot of water, but then we need a lot of water.
32:10Oh, my gosh.
32:14Now we've finally struck lucky.
32:17The next stage is to flush the new well to remove any debris and sediment to prevent blockages and ensure
32:24clean and safe water.
32:27Down to 80 metres now of final depth.
32:29Just flushing the borehole now for the next couple of hours.
32:33Hopefully, it should be around 15,000 litres a day, should be the juice.
32:37And after that, we just need to install a pump to bring the water to the surface.
32:42And our dream of a new pond can start taking shape.
32:53Back at the workshop, I'm waiting on Sam to return with the newly painted body panels for the quad bike.
32:59The Surf Lifesaving Club needs it back on the beach.
33:03But before it can return to service, I've noticed a crack in the chassis.
33:09That's happened over time.
33:11There's just fatigue, you know, just through use.
33:13I mean, it's on the main chassis hoop, actually, holding the whole front to the back.
33:20Worst thing that would happen is we leave the crack, goes back to the beach, goes back in use, and
33:26then this whole side panel could snap off.
33:30Which is the last thing we want to happen.
33:33After a quick spot of welding...
33:35Perfect.
33:38That should hold up perfectly fine.
33:42I'll paint that black so it doesn't go rusty, because that's all bare metal now.
33:45Yeah, we're looking good.
33:47Job well done.
33:48Now, we just need to put it all back together again.
33:52Ah, they're here.
33:54Do you like shiny?
33:55Not usually, but in this situation, yes.
34:00Brilliant.
34:01That's shiny, isn't it?
34:03Oh, wow.
34:03Yeah?
34:04Yeah.
34:05Perfect.
34:06Oh, look at that.
34:09That blue matches the club's branding.
34:11So, with all our changes, not only will the bike perform better, it will look the part two.
34:17It's very unusual for me to be working on a vehicle that's just been freshly painted.
34:21It's why it doesn't usually happen.
34:23No.
34:24It's quite a stressful position for me.
34:27It's not exactly a concourse-restored, you know, Ferrari or Bentley or Rolls-Royce.
34:33No, but fair.
34:34But I still don't want to be the one to scratch it.
34:36Someone's got to.
34:37Someone has to.
34:39Someone's got to be the first person, man.
34:40I don't want it to be me.
34:44I don't think that's going to be on their minds when they're at the club and it's on the beach.
34:48Somebody's needing their life safe and they're racing down the beach.
34:52Yeah.
34:53I think scratching the paint might be fairly low down on their priority list.
34:56I reckon as low down their priority list as painting it was.
35:00Yeah.
35:01Looks like we managed to finish it off without leaving a mark.
35:05It just needs one final touch.
35:14I can't wait to see the quad back on the beach where it belongs and I'm not the only one.
35:20The whole team is out in force to welcome it home.
35:25Have you missed it?
35:26We have missed it.
35:27We have missed it.
35:28We've had to do a little bit of borrowing of other people's vehicles.
35:31I've used my car to get down there.
35:33Oh, okay, not ideal.
35:36We've pulled it down a couple of times.
35:39Which is what you had to do, I think, before the quad, isn't it?
35:41Yeah.
35:41Pulling it up is always a bigger issue.
35:44Today's a big day for getting back and it's an ideal weekend because the weather's going to be like this.
35:48Look at it.
35:48Yeah.
35:48It's going to be busy here this weekend.
35:50It's going to be busy here this weekend.
35:51Yeah.
35:51Yeah, so we'll be getting in boats a lot this weekend.
35:53Good.
35:53Yeah.
35:54Now, I need to manage expectations.
35:55Now, I know that the noise of the exhaust is one thing.
35:58Yeah.
35:59Please don't expect it to be that much quieter.
36:01That engine is just a loud engine.
36:03So, okay.
36:05Yeah, everyone's used to it.
36:06Exactly.
36:07Everyone's used to it around here.
36:08So, that's absolutely fine.
36:13Well, it's the moment of truth.
36:15Time for inspection.
36:17And I'm hoping it looks and performs better than it sounds.
36:25Here he comes.
36:26I can hear it.
36:27Yeah, I know.
36:28I can hear it.
36:34What a difference.
36:36Look at that.
36:37Look at that.
36:42What a difference.
36:44So, what have you done then?
36:45Could you take me through it?
36:45Well, yeah, absolutely.
36:46Come around this side.
36:49Maybe duck down.
36:51Oh, look at that.
36:52So, it's got an aluminium underbelly.
36:54Bash plate.
36:54Bash plate, almost.
36:55Right, okay.
36:56It should stop a lot of sand building up.
36:58Yeah.
36:59Getting up into that sort of throttle linkage.
37:00Yeah, and is that aluminium?
37:03Oh, yeah.
37:04Right.
37:04Brilliant.
37:05So, it won't go rusty.
37:06Absolutely brilliant.
37:07Come around the other side.
37:13You see the chain?
37:14Yeah.
37:15So, it's got an O-ring chain in it, so it's sealed for life.
37:18There's little O-ring seals on every single link.
37:21And you don't have to put any oil on it, so just put, like, a PTFE or silicon dry lube
37:26on it.
37:26Yeah.
37:27And then you won't have sand sticking to it all the time.
37:29Fantastic.
37:29And also, it's a really heavy chain, sort of 200 brake horsepower super bike chain.
37:34Wow.
37:34So, it should be okay on this.
37:37It should last you.
37:38That's amazing.
37:39Yeah.
37:41Yes, the frame's...
37:41Have you done a little bit of welding?
37:42Yes, the frame's not cracked anymore.
37:44This whole slide was about to come off.
37:45So, yeah, that is now firmly back in place.
37:48Fantastic.
37:49Absolutely fantastic.
37:51Are you happy?
37:52Really happy.
37:53Good.
37:53Really, really happy.
37:54Thank you so much.
37:56Okay.
37:56Well, I'm looking forward to seeing it back in use.
38:02When I moved to Cornwall, the plan was to use my skills to help me become part of my new
38:07community.
38:08I'm not sure I can think of a more Cornish scene than this.
38:11And let's hope that quad keeps this club moving for a few more years to come.
38:36We're heading back to the village of Pendine, and this time we've decided to take the more scenic route.
38:43I feel like Sam's getting faster the higher you're getting.
38:45Is this...
38:46Me?
38:46Yeah.
38:47Yeah.
38:47You're running more efficient in the thin air.
38:49Yeah.
38:50That's it.
38:50And while this way may be harder on the knees, it's definitely kinder on the eyes.
38:55Oh, dear.
38:57Wow.
38:59Nice church.
39:00Oh, my goodness.
39:01We're higher than the church.
39:03Yeah.
39:05Oh, look at that.
39:07Isn't that incredible?
39:09Beautiful.
39:10And there's Gibor Mine.
39:12When Gibor reopened the deepest shafts at the turn of the century, the mine expanded so fast that the congregation
39:19of the church quadrupled.
39:21They had to extend the church, and they put the bells in.
39:24Right.
39:24It's all down to that mine.
39:26In fact, this whole village only really grew and came about because of that mine.
39:31Because of the people that worked there?
39:32Yeah.
39:33Everyone worked there.
39:35Gibor Mine officially closed in 1990, hitting the local community hard.
39:41But the mine now runs as a living museum, helping bring visitors back to this beautiful part of the world.
39:49Sit down.
39:50Enjoy the view.
39:51It only looks like one.
39:53I've got some past.
39:53No, no, there's two.
39:54There's one for you.
39:55Come on.
39:56Nice.
39:59Just the right thing, isn't it?
40:02And from our perfect listening spot.
40:09It's nice to hear that we've played a small part in helping the community, too.
40:13Peace of mind now, knowing that those bells are hanging up there.
40:16I know.
40:16Safe.
40:17Yeah.
40:21And they sounded really good.
40:23Yeah, really great.
40:24I just hope the neighbours agree.
40:31Perfect.
40:32This is beautiful, isn't it?
40:33Really nice.
40:34We are lucky.
40:35Very.
40:38It's been a day, isn't it?
40:40It's been a funny old week.
40:50I really feel I'm beginning to immerse myself into Cornish culture.
40:56But back home, we still have a lot to do.
41:01With the house, pond, the garden.
41:05And this is just endive.
41:07I did plant loads of lettuce and radish, but got completely eaten by slugs.
41:12I mean, in terms of five-year plan, ten-year plan, how long it's going to take, I would love
41:18to say five years.
41:20But it's not going to be five years.
41:22Wendy, stop it.
41:25I don't know.
41:28I don't know.
41:30I would...
41:31There's obviously...
41:32The workshop is the number one priority.
41:34The garden, we both just love gardening, and we know, obviously, that things take so long to grow.
41:37So that's why we wanted to kind of get started on that first, because we can be doing everything else
41:41whilst trees are growing and whilst things are settling in.
41:45But I'm less patient when it comes to my workshop.
41:49I can't wait to turn my drawings and designs into reality.
41:54Doing what I need to do to try and get it done.
41:57It's getting stuck in.
41:58His first workshop that he got in Hackney was just an empty, derelict kind of building on the water.
42:07And he put up walls in there, bought in water, bought in power, did everything.
42:13So this is kind of a bit like that, just on a bigger scale.
42:17I'm knackered.
42:18Manual labour of physically doing this is one thing, but on top of all of this, I've got constant phone
42:24calls with ordering soil, ordering materials, sand and cement,
42:29and all this stuff that needs to line up at the right time.
42:34There's a lot to think about.
42:35My mind is spinning, and I'm not really one for spreadsheets and writing things down.
42:42So unfortunately, it's all spinning around in my head, which is probably not the most professional way of doing it.
42:48But it's all I can do.
42:50I'm doing the best I can.
42:52It's the start of a long journey, but at least we're started.
42:56And the work continues next time, when the excavation begins.
43:01Oh no, there's the first rock.
43:03And me and Sam.
43:04Here we go.
43:05Here goes nothing.
43:06Hit the track.
43:08Yeah.
43:09There you go.
43:10That's it.
43:12There we are.
43:13Yes.
43:13Yes.
43:14Yes.
43:20Amen.
43:42You
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