Honestly it’s a lot easier to find James May appealing and engaging when there isn’t a crash-prone car reporter and a grumpy middle-aged boat enthusiast by him and calling him slow and insane for the entire length of the show lol This isn’t a jab at all, the Top Gear/Grand Tour trio are incredible together, but just May solo is a uniquely pleasant experience comparitively :)
I remember a man who wanted to own a brand new Morris Minor, long after production had ceased. Fortunately all the spare parts were still available so he bought himself a complete set and assembled them into a brand new Morris Minor. Mission accomplished.
James is brilliant, charming, intelligent, and highly entertaining! I go between feeling fascinated, amused, and interested to his every move...to belting out in laughter. Love this!
As a apprenticed engineer from the 1970s, I just find this fascinating, and we have James May presenting/rebuilding the humble classic petrol mower, brilliant.
I have had trouble sleeping. Since a couple of days I have been watching this video when going to bed. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten farther than 10 minutes before falling a sleep. Very recommended.
I went to the Suffolk foundry in 1975, they were still making lawn mowers there at the time. There was a whole yard full of stillages of castings for the engines although by that time they were also buying in engines for the larger machines they were making. That's what I was doing there collecting a large mower that was getting shipped abroad somewhere.
Thank you, James, Sean, Mitchell, Dan, Roy, Dave, Tim, Betty, Tom, Zoe, Hannah, Rebecca, John, Janise, Carly, Stewart, Victoria, Lucinda, Will, Stuart and Dan (again).
Sold your lawnmower while you weren't looking, some mate! "Strangler flap" lol. This is like a youtube restoration show polished for TV with a big name.
When I was a kid, living in L.A., I had an Allen Scythe with a Villiers 2-stroke. It rocked. I have a 250cc Villiers engine and 2-speed Albion gearbox in my Monocycle.
Very good, I can understand his enthusiasm, when I live in England I had a large front Lawn, I bought a Rasoms Petrol Lawnmower I think late 40 / 50s. It cut the grass great, I was always fiddling with it.
14:46 The red air cooling cowling reminds me so much when I (English expat) helped a local owner of a 'finca' here complete the assembly /test of his agricultural vehicle engine almost identical form. The conversation in Spanish: "...the cooling ducting isn't right, not directing the airflow where it's needed", and the reply I got "No is a problemo, we willa drill many holes into the ducting" . I love the Canarian Island innocence.
The whole world needs more videos like this! Imagine if humans could have access to more videos just like this one and actually learn something new? Oh no! Look, there is a video on TikTok about a cat walking by the road...
Reassembling a lawn mower engine in my small engines class is what got me hooked on repairing and tuning engines in general. You can really appreciate these things. Some of these make amazing sounds despite have only 1 cylinder. Like my Tecumseh HM80 which is a FIRE 🔥 BREATHING MONSTER!
reminds me of building a large plastic model kit except it's painted. i have never seen a mower like this ,but i have an old photo of my grandpa mowing with a U.S. larger type. well done SIR JAMES !! 😀
"Oh no!!! I've managed to set myself on fire and I've gravely injured Hammond... May! Is that tool made from bits of my tools?!?!?! I'll replace the blade of my hatchet with your jaw
I don't own, or know how to drive a car. I don't much like to fiddle with mechanical stuff. I don't have or want a yard, much less fancy the task of caring for it or have an interest in instruments of its care. Yet after watching most of Top Gear, Grand Tour, Man-Lab, and Tribe stuff I find myself here. All of it spent from the precious few hours after a hard day of work. Whether in the grip of Stockholm syndrome or witness to a rare talent of making mundane and boring interesting, I say let there be more of this!
In Czech, we call it "francouzský klíč" - a "french wrench". It looks like the further you are to the east, the name changes also to the east. Maybe in Japan they call it a "korean wrench" :)
I'm sad there don't appear to have been more of these... it's like a lot of the currently popular "restoration" youtubes, only without the semi-gratuitous rust-removal, sandblasting, repainting and metal-mangling. Just a quiet man, quietly (since the un-quiet bits were excised) assembling a complicated thing from it's component bits.
The very first thing I ever built was an American lawn mower as I am an American so yes I am watching and it is interesting I've never seen lawn mowers like yours ours are completely different
lol 6:22 Looks like it was machined with a knife and fork by the council. Careful, don't let the Chinese learn all our secret manufacturing techniques.
Leave it to James May to give you a calm, soothing, high quality entertainment product, with plenty of educational significance, in contrast with the loud, obnoxious, horrible programs they have on TV nowadays. A really great show!!
There would be a definite difference of style between James and Adam. James thinks things through before acting, Adam is prone to acting before thinking things all the way through. Jamie Hyneman was the one on Mythbusters that thought things through.
"May!!! Stop naming all your tools!! I don't give a shit about your power drill named Debby or your stupid wrench called Billy. All I need is a hammer, a chainsaw and a machete. I could fix a internet computer thing using just those."
This is absolutely brilliant. But, I can't imagine a more boring occupation than to be the cameraman on this show. Also, this reminds me of the Fast Show skit with the genial country tv presenter, who cannot stop coughing.
As an American, I get a kick from shows that make English a foreign language: spanner = wrench strangler flap = choke butterfly rubbish = trash plonker = ?
This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen. It is like watching Bob Ross but with an engine. This is wonderful.
That's a great analogy! Made me miss Bob Ross
good thing Jeremy Clarkson is not in this video.
This show is such a happy calming thing...seriously James May is the most calming person on television.
Elsa Wahlstrom yeah he is
James and Steve1989MREInfo (seriously, he's like he Bob Ross of MRE reviews).
zzzzz
wha?
James should consider bringing this series to RUclips. It would be perfect for this platform and god I would watch every single episode.
BBC owns it
This is fantastic; no faff, no drama, no bullshit, just a pleasant presenter presenting pleasantly
Honestly it’s a lot easier to find James May appealing and engaging when there isn’t a crash-prone car reporter and a grumpy middle-aged boat enthusiast by him and calling him slow and insane for the entire length of the show lol
This isn’t a jab at all, the Top Gear/Grand Tour trio are incredible together, but just May solo is a uniquely pleasant experience comparitively :)
And not sped up
This is the most James May thing to have ever James May'd in the history of James May.
I would pay good money to watch Jeremy Clarkson strapped to a chair and forced to watch this 'Clockwork Orange' style. He wouldn't last 5 minutes!
Could not agree more.
"Not Ludwig Van!!!"
OMG!!! xDDDDD
@Ben72 a better title would be "Jeremy Clarkson with a hammer"
Can you imagine the strength the crew has, carrying shoulder mount cameras and boom microphones for that long! Kudos to them
I remember a man who wanted to own a brand new Morris Minor, long after production had ceased.
Fortunately all the spare parts were still available so he bought himself a complete set and assembled them into a brand new Morris Minor.
Mission accomplished.
James is brilliant, charming, intelligent, and highly entertaining! I go between feeling fascinated, amused, and interested to his every move...to belting out in laughter. Love this!
"I hate adjustable spanners because I think they are the tool of the charlatan" ... that had me in tears. Hilarious!
We call them “english keys” in my language! I bet he wouldn’t be happy lol
@@davidec.4021 XD
Properly a 'Crescent Wrench', designed by the Crescent Tool Company, now defunct.
Do remember back in Top Gear he mentioned to Clarkson that the hammer is "the tool of a pickey."
@@jonnnyren6245 That's 'pikey', which by the way, is a racial slur. Which for some reason is still acceptable on tv and in polite conversation.
Brilliant. Please never stop making these.
Thanks to everyone involved in making this
Brilliant! So glad reddit sent me here!
As a apprenticed engineer from the 1970s, I just find this fascinating, and we have James May presenting/rebuilding the humble classic petrol mower, brilliant.
I agree. James May is a very calming and inspirational person. Thank you James May!
I have had trouble sleeping. Since a couple of days I have been watching this video when going to bed. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten farther than 10 minutes before falling a sleep.
Very recommended.
I went to the Suffolk foundry in 1975, they were still making lawn mowers there at the time. There was a whole yard full of stillages of castings for the engines although by that time they were also buying in engines for the larger machines they were making. That's what I was doing there collecting a large mower that was getting shipped abroad somewhere.
Thank you, James, Sean, Mitchell, Dan, Roy, Dave, Tim, Betty, Tom, Zoe, Hannah, Rebecca, John, Janise, Carly, Stewart, Victoria, Lucinda, Will, Stuart and Dan (again).
Finally! "How It's Made" for men in sweaters!
So I watch James may build an old lawnmower and the first thought I had at the end of the vid is..... they edited too much out! More please 🤣
I could watch this stuff all day. James May was favorite Top Gear host for a reason
Sold your lawnmower while you weren't looking, some mate!
"Strangler flap" lol.
This is like a youtube restoration show polished for TV with a big name.
macelius I think I saw on an American program the choke being called a strangler as well. But I realise now they both are really the same action!
When I was a kid, living in L.A., I had an Allen Scythe with a Villiers 2-stroke. It rocked. I have a 250cc Villiers engine and 2-speed Albion gearbox in my Monocycle.
I’m going to fall asleep watching this...and I couldn’t be happier.
Very good, I can understand his enthusiasm, when I live in England I had a large front Lawn, I bought a Rasoms Petrol Lawnmower I think late 40 / 50s. It cut the grass great, I was always fiddling with it.
2am. And I'm watching James May rebuild a lawnmower from scratch.
Fuck me.
This series was amazing. Would love for it to come back to YT
14:46 The red air cooling cowling reminds me so much when I (English expat) helped a local owner of a 'finca' here complete the assembly /test of his agricultural vehicle engine almost identical form. The conversation in Spanish: "...the cooling ducting isn't right, not directing the airflow where it's needed", and the reply I got "No is a problemo, we willa drill many holes into the ducting" . I love the Canarian Island innocence.
Four years after it was posted, but yes, I am watching. I’d enjoy puttering around with it too!
He looks genuinely happy . So would I 🤣
For some reason, I just really enjoy watching this video while I'm eating. Thank you Cpt Slow!
Only James May could make a series like this. This interesting, this enjoyable, this calming.
OMG an awesome series, i cant wait to binge-watch this all night... Only one episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The whole world needs more videos like this!
Imagine if humans could have access to more videos just like this one and actually learn something new?
Oh no! Look, there is a video on TikTok about a cat walking by the road...
It's a race to the bottom my friend.
Reassembling a lawn mower engine in my small engines class is what got me hooked on repairing and tuning engines in general. You can really appreciate these things. Some of these make amazing sounds despite have only 1 cylinder. Like my Tecumseh HM80 which is a FIRE 🔥 BREATHING MONSTER!
@15:15 Yes, still watching. Please make more. This is fascinating.
"Bloody British rubbish... Good god. That looks like it was machined with a knife and fork by the council."
And then I fell off my chair laughing :)
reminds me of building a large plastic model kit except it's painted. i have never seen a mower like this ,but i have an old photo of my grandpa mowing with a U.S. larger type. well done SIR JAMES !! 😀
Thank you , James .
🐺
I love watching these, I've seen all the episodes twice probably
This is the best thing I have ever watched.
Those glasses looks great on him
I love this. It should be brought back.
Jeremy should get a show called the disassembler where he just blows up and shoots and hits things with a hammer.
"Oh no!!! I've managed to set myself on fire and I've gravely injured Hammond... May! Is that tool made from bits of my tools?!?!?! I'll replace the blade of my hatchet with your jaw
Isn't that called "Clarkson's farm?" ....🤣
I don't own, or know how to drive a car. I don't much like to fiddle with mechanical stuff. I don't have or want a yard, much less fancy the task of caring for it or have an interest in instruments of its care. Yet after watching most of Top Gear, Grand Tour, Man-Lab, and Tribe stuff I find myself here. All of it spent from the precious few hours after a hard day of work. Whether in the grip of Stockholm syndrome or witness to a rare talent of making mundane and boring interesting, I say let there be more of this!
Fun fact: the sdjustable spanner is called "Engländer" in German, which means Englishman.
We call it English-Spanner (Llave inglesa)
In balkans we call it the "french key" (when literally translated) or to translate it better, the "french spanner". I dont know why though
@@ml106 In France we call that an "english key", in french "une clé anglaise" or a "clé a mollette".
@@MalvoxArt seems like nobody likes it, so its thrown around 😂
In Czech, we call it "francouzský klíč" - a "french wrench". It looks like the further you are to the east, the name changes also to the east. Maybe in Japan they call it a "korean wrench" :)
I just learned about this show and it's the greatest thing since Roy Underhill's The Woodwright's Shop.
I'm watching James! Watching and laughing. All the while thoroughly enjoying the reassembly. Keep up the great work!
Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!!!!
need more of this
Ah, the good ole "Hand Tight Plus a Quarter Turn" torque "spec"
I prefer to use the German spec "gutentight".
I'm sad there don't appear to have been more of these... it's like a lot of the currently popular "restoration" youtubes, only without the semi-gratuitous rust-removal, sandblasting, repainting and metal-mangling. Just a quiet man, quietly (since the un-quiet bits were excised) assembling a complicated thing from it's component bits.
The strangler flap! I love it!!
Why only 2.5k likes? This was wonderful!
The very first thing I ever built was an American lawn mower as I am an American so yes I am watching and it is interesting I've never seen lawn mowers like yours ours are completely different
wow only at the end did i realise my grandparents have the same mower!
The greatest thing on British television since Fred Dibnah.
As a former lawn mowing business owner/operator, I want to see the finish cut. Otherwise, 9/10 from me on this video.
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I’ve already watched all of the episodes years ago. I was hoping James would do addition episodes. They were very relaxing
Please god give us another series of this.
Strangler flap? Thats a good one!
This is, very, oddly satisfying viewing.
The best part about this are the noises that are made when he puts the chassis together.
I like the subtle criticism of post-structuralism
finding out that james may's first driving experience was a lawnmower is so on brand it's hard to believe
When James compared women to helicopters I already knew what was coming but I still laughed out loud, what a great great presenter he is!
Lawnmower repairman: So what's wrong with this beasty then?
James May: Nothing, that's to say, nothing yet.
8:30 that's so james may
I can hear Clarkson rolling his eyes
I love the humour
lol 6:22 Looks like it was machined with a knife and fork by the council. Careful, don't let the Chinese learn all our secret manufacturing techniques.
People back in the day :"cut grass? Are you mad? What will the sheep eat?"
6:52 He’s gonna use Clarkson’s favourite tool!
It looks so simple on the time-lapse videos of American V8s getting the full treatment. Reality is... different
Leave it to James May to give you a calm, soothing, high quality entertainment product, with plenty of educational significance, in contrast with the loud, obnoxious, horrible programs they have on TV nowadays. A really great show!!
I never knew the lawnmower was Georgian. Very interesting.
Seeing him likes this reminds me of Adam Savage. Same fascination and curiosity with engineering.
Would be hilarious to see those two collaborate.
There would be a definite difference of style between James and Adam. James thinks things through before acting, Adam is prone to acting before thinking things all the way through. Jamie Hyneman was the one on Mythbusters that thought things through.
"20mil own them" Closer to a quarter billion now I think considering the variety
'All those Mods on their Lambrettas think they're so cool, they've got nothing on me mums Briggs & Stratton'
That's ruthless wow
Great show
1959…same model year as I am. 😉
Wow after almost finishing this episode i discovered i have the same red toolbox.
Now i feel special.
:))
Like a Bob Ross of assembly
The hammer. Jezza would be proud
I would pay good money to watch a video of Jeremy C. and Richard H. watching this video together.. it'd be hilarious.
My only critique... I want to see the disassembly and knolling as well!
Rebecca Allan is cute
can we have a show of Clarkson trying to do the same thing???
"WHERE'S THE HAMMER?!"
"May!!! Stop naming all your tools!! I don't give a shit about your power drill named Debby or your stupid wrench called Billy. All I need is a hammer, a chainsaw and a machete. I could fix a internet computer thing using just those."
@@JG-ce6op XD classic Jeremy.
ruclips.net/video/FsI0lRu2P7M/видео.html what the entire thing would be
All motorheads start with a 2-stroke. Some choose the lawnmower.
What a shame they skipped over the cylinder head. From the valves, it looked to be a flathead like a ‘32 Ford V8.
Great 👍
This is absolutely brilliant. But, I can't imagine a more boring occupation than to be the cameraman on this show. Also, this reminds me of the Fast Show skit with the genial country tv presenter, who cannot stop coughing.
It even sounds kinda like a modern mower.
... and at 2:43 we see why his videos look better than mine. :)
Heat the piston up in an oven to around 150ºC and the gudgeon pin will drop in.
James, you need to get some ratcheting spanners. ;-)
Love it!!!
As an American, I get a kick from shows that make English a foreign language:
spanner = wrench
strangler flap = choke butterfly
rubbish = trash
plonker = ?
Now just got to find someone to push it.
@8:00 Pouring molten steel, no gloves needed. Literally grabbing 100 literal blades per minute? One kinda half-glove will do.