Workshop Decorating Ideas:. Paint the walls a light grey, to help keep the place light. Instead of a couch in the reception area, install some new shelving in that area to display and store your merch. Ask your decorator if he can also paint your stairs, perhaps dark grey or orange!

Our machine shop instructor at the vocational high showed us a movie. The doctor was removing a metal chip from a man's eye made a safety glasses believer out of me.

My father lost an eye as a 14 year old (in the days of old when knights were bold!) on the first day in the training school working a lathe when safety glasses were not supplied AND he paid for that lost for the rest of his life. Not only in the suffering having to wear a false eye but many other ways ie: in excess on car insurance, loss of peripheral vision and the constant regret that he was so young, restricted employment and in those days never received any compensation for his loss. So Lee my boy, wear your safety specs as they are plenty in supply not like in the day of my father! The time scale does not matter what is important is that two eyes are better than one! Please take note for your own sake and the personnel you employ as your role as employer could change...

It's them invisible glasses again....lol

No mention of the large crack in the kit car block coolant housing ???

😁 Been in a LOT of engine machine shops since the early '70s and let me tell you, THEY ALL have a few shelves full of rings, bearings, pistons, gaskets, special fasteners and all sorts of other "stuff". To most people it would all be total junk but out there somewhere there is someone who has been looking high and low for one of whatever it is in the box. Maybe on the new website add a "bits and bobs" page (or pages) and slowly identify, catalog and list it all.

The old machines are so much better built and last so much longer than the new stuff

I thought that the donut was sitting in the driving seat? 🤣🤣🤣

Whenever I hear about props I hark back to a project mate and I did with a MK1 Fiesta van where we sketched it all out and rear fitted a Cologne 2.8 using a very sketchy drive to a Sierra diff and sketchy chopped and welded drive shafts... well we kinda skimped on the cradle like used a couple bits of box to hold engine and box in place and relied on the thin Fiesta metal to kinda hold it all there and we were racing it round me uncle's scrappy and the prop came away from the diff... next second this thing like the fist of Thor was flailing around punching big holes in sides of van and the engine tore free so just as we exited the flailing prop decimated the front seats, literally tore them to shreds... Funny as the van self destructed alongside my previous "project" where mate and I turned a MK2 Capri into a convertible except no one told us about chassis strengthening and stuff like that lopping off roof with a gas axe and we were smoking around the wilds of south London posing like a couple geezers and I drove us over a speed hump and well that was the last straw as the chassis became like a boomerang, prop pulled out and had to get me uncle out with a flat trailer to come get the destroyed Capri and had to do the walk of shame as a pair of dingus's to explain things to the bloke who just could not stop laughing...

Next video, how I lost my eyesight by not wearing safety glasses. Lol

Went for a Cardiac MRI last year, couldn’t have it at that time because when they asked if I’ve ever had metal in my eyes from grinding ect I couldn’t be sure!!! ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES

If you are boarding out the ceiling and walls to make an office...stuff a shed load of insualtion in! That's going to be a hell hole in summer and an ice box in winter otherwise. Those tin roof sheets are not office friendly. A decent layer of insulation will keep the temperature a bit better. Probably still going to want aircon or some form of vent/extractor setup too.

there is no link in the description....

Merch : Boxer Shorts with 'BARUM' across the back ... !?! 😂

Hey Lee .... We have a Meze floor overhead. Done our assembling for years up there !! Now though we are told by HEALTH AND SAFETY we cannot !!!! Because there is only 1 way up/down , no secondary escape route ,we cannot work up up there. So check it out before you build an upstairs office . You know how rules change etc. Best regards Don Codman

Loose the toggles and drawstring on the hoody!

No point in having a so called clean room then you have your loading bay door open allowing all sorts of dust and debris being allowed in. If i was building a clean room for engine building it would have to be positive pressure environment so that any contaminates are kept away from the builds.

Got to admit that jacket looks really smart 👌

Congratulations on your fire inspection. 👍

Going to need a/c in that new office!

I thought motorbike gearboxes were designed to drive a sprocket and chain and go to great lenghts to get exactly 90⁰ alignment of that chain . What makes this gearbox suitable for an off centre propshaft ? I can see it making no difference but doesn't the kit car chasis flex around also putting even more unwanted angles onto the drive train ???

I did say that when you started the workshop renovation that it would not be finished till June. I could still be wrong.

Universal joints require the flanges to be parallel on the shaft, or it will always vibrate. Having the engine not perpendicular with the axle is going to be a problem.

sweet... hope you will sell the merch to us folks in the US!!! with how much everyone over uses the AirCon over here that jacket would be nice even in the summer!

How about some safety glasses for murch 😂 and cordless hoodys 😮 thanks for sharing, all the best to yous and your loved ones

It seems that there is an irresistible temptation to store stuff that "might come in handy" at some time in the future. About 1% actually gets used but the remaining 99% takes up valuable storage space...forever. 😀 I worked in the construction industry and we had a similar problem with manhole rings, pipes etc being stored in our "yard" but never getting used. So most companies have sold off their yards, retired their storemen and just order exactly what they want, when they want it. So wise decision on the mezzanine. 👍

Firstly, I accept I have no knowledge of your circumstances. I have been working for someone in similar circumstances, however after taking the plunge and upgrading the workshop equipment. The difference in the quality of work seriously improved and we were more efficient. Of course, it is very east for me to spend your money.

Ive seen a BMW M3 where someone had bolted the centre prop joint upside down speed hump diaster waiting to happen, Propshaft falling off can put the car on its roof very easily, Ive also seen a BMW hit that hard in front the prop shaft come throu the floor

It's okay... He's got the safety rated contact lenses in. Lol

Great Wednesday update, may I suggest that during the upstairs office development you consider replacing the old roof lights, engineers work better with natural day light. 🔧

Make some shelf space for merch, as well. Really enjoying following you boys' plans.

Safety glasses lad, common stop forgetting. The mouse had to commit hari kari to get you to think about modernising the equipment (ain't going to be cheap). Enjoy the channel though. Competition time for a jacket for subscribers 😂. What were those wire wheels of you flicked past upstairs.

I wouldn't fcuk around with propshaft spacers. Just get it to the right length- props are brutal!

Engine reconditioner's dont make money in a office, Why do you need one each

good work fellas. I would love a vintage-looking baseball cap with your design on it.

woolly hats and mugs ...

Stuff in the junk room: Either biff it all out, or sell everything for one hundred quid..the buyer must collect it.

Steel toecap flip flops 😂😂

I love the HH jackets. I will be getting 1 of those for sure. 👍

I am mold enough to remember when speed shops out their logo on shirts, caps and jackets ad GAVE THEM AWAY... good quality stuff meant that people would wear them and advertise for the shop.....The brnaded Merch wasn't a prfit center in itself....

PPE - glasses

Just a thought, but if you are waiting on parts and the lathe, now is the time to find out why your milling machine has a noisy motor/drive. Leaving things until they break, especially with the fact that you are an engineer is questionable.

No it was my ex foreman losing an eye in the 1960s that convinced me to wear safety glasses . He heard a bang from a grinding wheel bursting and turned around and a piece took his eye out.

Loving how the place looks now, can't wait to see how it looks when its all finished, only one thought, that office at the top of the stairs will be manic hot in the summers!!

Great video 👍 Their are ratio calculators online for pedal servos etc😊

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I remember having a escort with a CVH engine, I went to change the clutch and stem seals and ended up re ringing reshelling and fitting a new cam and lifters and about 5000 miles later the cam had to be replaced again. Yes back in the 90s they were making cams out of cheese and the lifters weren't a lit better that was when I went german and haven't been disappointed yet

Any prop shaft running straight as possible will run smoother, its because of the fast slow effect of a Hardy Spicer joint when it runs at an angle, another excellent video by the way.

I would of welded a steel spacer to the prop but then again I`m a drinking man and give advice after knowing what went wrong.

I actually really like that jacket

Interestingly, 12.9 grade bolts should not be used in cyclic loading applications such as braking or suspension, and I suspect driveshafts would also qualify as a cyclically loaded system. Try 10.9 or 8.8 that aren't quite as hard and brittle

Nice to hear the plans you have for smartening things up. Finished by the end of the year.... Which year did you have in mind? Heh, by the way. Don't write off all the stuff upstairs as "junk". I spotted some very important historic wheels up there! From a Mk2 Austin Ruby (circa 1937). Don't forget, the Austin 7 is the most important car in the history of UK motoring. (Of course, I am not biased in my opinion by my owning a Ruby).

the old Morris Marina (aussie version at least) had a 2 piece tailshaft with a sliding joint at the diff

Barum Merchandise:. Here is an idea. Most pro race teams have two kinds of merch. Version1 is for fanboys ( this is the stuff that you sell ) and Version 2 is for your staff and race team to wear. From experience with our race team, Beanies, stickers and coffee cups should be enough to get you going. The problem with tshirts, jackets and hoodies, is that you have to keep several sizes in stock, and the buyers want to return these items because they have ordered the wrong size. When you ship a finished engine or cylinder head back to a customer, always send two Barum Engines stickers with the completed job!

Would it not be easier to change the size of the clutch master cylinder rather than making a lever?

wot... no jacket for John?

Bro, why dont you modernise yur machines in stead of wasting money on kitkat cars ? Just asking.

Suggestion Lee. As part of finishing the premises upgrade, get some new phones. Those old scowley phones ready do sound “last century”. Don’t think buying some new phones should impact too much on your track car projects? P🇳🇿

For merch, consider selling old Cosworth pistons that you would normally pitch. 20 quid plus shipping might be a way to convert scrape to money.

Jaguar when did Le Mans 24hr the few years before won it they had all the cars fail it was it prop shaft angle so was constantly having to deal with angle difference with each turn to fix it they had to change angle gearbox -diff so more inline

T Shirt with Memorial to Mr Squeaky!

You will be pissed off sat in A and e like I was with swarf in my eye.

I hate to bring this up, but you may have to claim against Sparky's estate to get your lathe repaired.

Hi trying to get in touch with you as need parts and your advice thanks if I can order parts though you thanks

Lee, why do you have to have a donut, i.e. intermediate drive line bearing, when the drive is as short as yours, about a meter. Most times donuts are used on long, several meters, drive lines. Sounds to me like you need to remount the engine to get a better alignment between engine and differential.

12.9 bolts for a propshaft? That's pretty soft. Should be at lest 8.8 at least?

I`ve got loads of 24 volt Land Rover Disco starter motor bits if anyone wants any. Was for the Snatch vehicles in Iraq.

Tailshaft donuts only hide mis-alignment, they don't cure alignment issues as you have unfortunately found out. Also, bolts are designed to clamp parts together, not keep them in alignment, that's the reason dowel pins were invented, ie. like the ones between your pressure plate and the flywheel among many other applications.

Where the link in the description for Issac's channel, Bugger if i can find it...

Regarding merch what about piston style mugs ? Just a thought.

Get the website up and going, have your shop there and get a older vehicle section to sell all your goods, you'd probably be surprised at what you have tucked away $$$

You forgot to put the link in the description for the other channel

I like the admiration expressed for knife-edging the crank webs with an angle grinder. Mind you, Allen Millyard can build F1 engines using a toothbrush and a file.

Thank gawd BTS stands for "behind the scenes" for a moment I thought you meant that Korean boy band 😊

In most of the world when someone says "K series" it will automatically be understood to be Hondas finest.

I might have Colchester switch of a 1962 student 3ph lathe,I s

Only one shaft prop for any job really 🤔😉🚜

Accredited BARUM Tools would be good. Save us having to continue trying to source those darn elusive BINFORD ones! P🇳🇿

no link

I will keep my subscription going then now your gonna finish the room, I hate stuff started and just left half a job as you know, looking forward to that video. Also have to ask what that title is all about? nearly got badly injured? The only thing injured was your pride so get over it. 😂😂😂

How much are the jackets, are you doing baseball caps.?

Eye patches with a Barum Logo; left and right versions for merch? I know you love LED lights but you should really look at the health implications of them; they can damage even PPE wearing eyes though most of the eye damage is currently being attributed to high mounted oncoming proliferating LED headlamps. You are on your last set of eyes fingers etc. you might want to keep them. If you really want to see gold standard facilities look at big name Race car rebuilding facilities; I worked in several; much cleaner than any Hospital Operating theatre; (you cannot catch MRSA or MRSE either as also not part of the furniture) importantly with air filtration and positive pressure sealing and invariably epoxy floated floors without cracks and seams to hold any dirt and less-off gassing plastic. Black units demonstrably are a problem showing fingerprints so readily; mineral or synthetic oils alike. Gloves or just Barrier creams or nil? Acoustic absorbing panels and roof insulation might be very sensible as both deaden sound and you are also on your last set of eardrums. Do not be complacent on safety; hindsight can be very painful in every sense.

old machines are bult wayyy better than new stuff. the lathe i work is from the 1960's :D

But you weren't injured. .

You nearly got badly injured wow I nearly won the lotto, I didn’t think you was a drama queen

I USED TO MAKE FORD RINGS!

Poor safty