The reassembler

[gavroche]

Does anyone watch that program on BBC4 with James May? I find it quite interesting due to my engineering background. It also shows the ingenuousity of mankind ranging from every day simple things we take for granted to more complicated pieces of machinery. Very interesting I think and not contentious. Well done James.

 

[swee'pea99]

Watched the one on the phone last night - thoroughly enjoyable. What a nice bloke James May comes across as! I love his enthusiasm for small components made well, and his little monologues about springing springs and kids with mumps.

 

[summerdays]

I like bits of it... Not really the engineering, but his joy in the build, the pretty way the lawn mower was laid out in its component parts, and how he handles the stuff, that he has a feel for it all!

And it's a program I can watch with my youngest who loves taking things apart (mainly computers), and putting them back together again.

 

[hopless500]

I started to watch it cos I like James May, but I was bored witless very quickly with the subject. Then Mr Hop came in from the pub and started talking at the tv and agreeing with stuff so I gave up and went to bed!

 

[Globalti]

We've enjoyed it. We think the parts were laid out by the author of this book, which I was given for Christmas:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Come-Apart-Teardown-Manual/dp/0500516766

One of the pictures from the book:

Here's another:

 

[swee'pea99]

We've enjoyed it. We think the parts were laid out by the author of this book, which I was given for Christmas:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Come-Apart-Teardown-Manual/dp/0500516766

One of the pictures from the book:

Here's another:

They'd make great posters for engineers!

 

[Tim Hall]

As my son said, he's going for the full hobo look isn't he.

The photography on the lawnmower one was rather poor I thought. The gimmick of including the other cameras in the shot was annoying and there were parts where focus was off.

It would have been better if he explained a bit more.. "Well that's the magneto reassembled". So James, what is a magneto and how does it work?

Using the the torch on his mobile phone so he could reassemble the phone on last night's episode made me smile.

 

[raleighnut]

I started to watch it cos I like James May, but I was bored witless very quickly with the subject. Then Mr Hop came in from the pub and started talking at the tv and agreeing with stuff so I gave up and went to bed!

Good on Mr Hop.

 

[Salad Dodger]

I enjoyed the first two programmes. The guitar one will be interesting, but I hope it doesn't set me thinking about swapping out the standard pickups in my copy telecaster for more expensive ones. ........

 

[TVC]

I enjoyed them, good, slow television. Mr May is most engaging, better for sitting down and being calm then when he is enthusing to a crowd with windmill arms.

 

[hopless500]

Good on Mr Hop.

Between it being my starvation day and him stuffing his face with a tuna sandwich, being slightly beery and vocal from several pints, talking to the telly was a step too far for me

 

[raleighnut]

Between it being my starvation day and him stuffing his face with a tuna sandwich, being slightly beery and vocal from several pints, talking to the telly was a step too far for me

So you were just jealous really. ...................................................................

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Wasn't impressed, and there are far better videos on Youtube these days

 

[Crackle]

On the strength of the lawnmower one, I've bought some paint to watch dry.

 

[hopless500]

So you were just jealous really. ...................................................................

Those smilies have pretty much summed it up