This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen. It is like watching Bob Ross but with an engine. This is wonderful.
@matthewnielson70236 жыл бұрын
That's a great analogy! Made me miss Bob Ross
@johnrogers28494 жыл бұрын
good thing Jeremy Clarkson is not in this video.
@power21100 Жыл бұрын
This show is such a happy calming thing...seriously James May is the most calming person on television.
@elsa_draws_stuff6 жыл бұрын
Elsa Wahlstrom yeah he is
@lachlananderson22555 жыл бұрын
James and Steve1989MREInfo (seriously, he's like he Bob Ross of MRE reviews).
@macelius5 жыл бұрын
zzzzz wha?
@faithinverity8523 Жыл бұрын
James should consider bringing this series to KZhead. It would be perfect for this platform and god I would watch every single episode.
@theghostdrummer994 жыл бұрын
BBC owns it
@kapperbeastYT9 ай бұрын
"I hate adjustable spanners because I think they are the tool of the charlatan" ... that had me in tears. Hilarious!
@genw3st5 жыл бұрын
We call them “english keys” in my language! I bet he wouldn’t be happy lol
@davidec.40214 жыл бұрын
@@davidec.4021 XD
@ricky107_4 жыл бұрын
Properly a 'Crescent Wrench', designed by the Crescent Tool Company, now defunct.
@Pennsyltucky844 жыл бұрын
Do remember back in Top Gear he mentioned to Clarkson that the hammer is "the tool of a pickey."
@jonnnyren62454 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Pennsyltucky844 жыл бұрын
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!
@richardg10175 жыл бұрын
Could not agree more.
@powertoaster5 жыл бұрын
"Not Ludwig Van!!!"
@PaulLundgren19705 жыл бұрын
OMG!!! xDDDDD
@ThePiquedPigeon3 жыл бұрын
@Ben72 a better title would be "Jeremy Clarkson with a hammer"
@jasonirwin4631 Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the strength the crew has, carrying shoulder mount cameras and boom microphones for that long! Kudos to them
@swesleyc7 Жыл бұрын
This is the most James May thing to have ever James May'd in the history of James May.
@markalexander7745 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic; no faff, no drama, no bullshit, just a pleasant presenter presenting pleasantly
@dekatonkheir5 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@MrSkerpentine Жыл бұрын
And not sped up
@markhodgson2348 Жыл бұрын
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.
@michaelodonoghue7464 Жыл бұрын
Finally! "How It's Made" for men in sweaters!
@andrewbolig6995 Жыл бұрын
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!
@lindyjohnson29085 жыл бұрын
Thanks to everyone involved in making this
@eireyoutube5 жыл бұрын
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.
@peaky435 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! So glad reddit sent me here!
@SkyfallLodge5 жыл бұрын
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.
@macelius5 жыл бұрын
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!
@twilightroach42744 жыл бұрын
2am. And I'm watching James May rebuild a lawnmower from scratch. Fuck me.
@BlokeOzzie5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Please never stop making these.
@Frequenterable5 жыл бұрын
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.
@Equiluxe1 Жыл бұрын
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).
@MatthewStotts5 жыл бұрын
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 🤣
@hamoostaffat Жыл бұрын
He looks genuinely happy . So would I 🤣
@davidrussell8689 Жыл бұрын
I agree. James May is a very calming and inspirational person. Thank you James May!
@timothygritman7445 жыл бұрын
Jeremy should get a show called the disassembler where he just blows up and shoots and hits things with a hammer.
@nathankiley82065 жыл бұрын
"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
@JG-ce6op4 жыл бұрын
Isn't that called "Clarkson's farm?" ....🤣
@justinoliver1984 Жыл бұрын
"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 :)
@SomeUserInternet Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the sdjustable spanner is called "Engländer" in German, which means Englishman.
@VinylIsForever5 жыл бұрын
We call it English-Spanner (Llave inglesa)
@anibalaguillon25735 жыл бұрын
In balkans we call it the "french key" (when literally translated) or to translate it better, the "french spanner". I dont know why though
@ml1064 жыл бұрын
@@ml106 In France we call that an "english key", in french "une clé anglaise" or a "clé a mollette".
@MalvoxArt4 жыл бұрын
@@MalvoxArt seems like nobody likes it, so its thrown around 😂
@ml1064 жыл бұрын
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" :)
@OwnTwoHands_ Жыл бұрын
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.
@robstammers7149 Жыл бұрын
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.
@jagmarc Жыл бұрын
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.
@butziporsche8646 Жыл бұрын
Four years after it was posted, but yes, I am watching. I’d enjoy puttering around with it too!
@firstmkb Жыл бұрын
I could watch this stuff all day. James May was favorite Top Gear host for a reason
@kestkr3 жыл бұрын
This series was amazing. Would love for it to come back to YT
@AW_DIY_garage Жыл бұрын
For some reason, I just really enjoy watching this video while I'm eating. Thank you Cpt Slow!
@davidsanchez41645 жыл бұрын
Thank you , James . 🐺
@loupiscanis9449 Жыл бұрын
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.
@thailandandisaanproperty312 Жыл бұрын
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...
@VitorMadeira Жыл бұрын
It's a race to the bottom my friend.
@twotone3070 Жыл бұрын
I’m going to fall asleep watching this...and I couldn’t be happier.
@Screbbinton Жыл бұрын
Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!!!!
@lisad476 Жыл бұрын
Those glasses looks great on him
@madzen112 Жыл бұрын
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.
@theloniousm43373 жыл бұрын
People back in the day :"cut grass? Are you mad? What will the sheep eat?"
@jaankuus3063 Жыл бұрын
OMG an awesome series, i cant wait to binge-watch this all night... Only one episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@WhatAboutRC Жыл бұрын
I'm watching James! Watching and laughing. All the while thoroughly enjoying the reassembly. Keep up the great work!
@jeffh70214 жыл бұрын
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!
@alexpaumen39375 жыл бұрын
Only James May could make a series like this. This interesting, this enjoyable, this calming.
@kevincaldwell4707 Жыл бұрын
I love watching these, I've seen all the episodes twice probably
@siemens1981955 жыл бұрын
@15:15 Yes, still watching. Please make more. This is fascinating.
@KeithOlson03263 жыл бұрын
This is the best thing I have ever watched.
@davesoverthere5 жыл бұрын
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!
@hellwaIker3 жыл бұрын
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 !! 😀
@dougtraver8382 Жыл бұрын
The strangler flap! I love it!!
@CoinsAndCapsaicin4 жыл бұрын
I just learned about this show and it's the greatest thing since Roy Underhill's The Woodwright's Shop.
@egonmilanowski5 жыл бұрын
Why only 2.5k likes? This was wonderful!
@BobMonsen Жыл бұрын
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.
@yobgodababua1862 Жыл бұрын
I love this. It should be brought back.
@g7eit Жыл бұрын
wow only at the end did i realise my grandparents have the same mower!
@mrrolandlawrence Жыл бұрын
Ah, the good ole "Hand Tight Plus a Quarter Turn" torque "spec"
@ncsupi Жыл бұрын
I prefer to use the German spec "gutentight".
@andyharman3022 Жыл бұрын
I can hear Clarkson rolling his eyes
@travisbusby9646 Жыл бұрын
The greatest thing on British television since Fred Dibnah.
@scottschmidt75 Жыл бұрын
I love the humour
@natankaaren1207 Жыл бұрын
need more of this
@AndreMonthy Жыл бұрын
Lawnmower repairman: So what's wrong with this beasty then? James May: Nothing, that's to say, nothing yet.
@robot7759 Жыл бұрын
Great show
@T25de5 жыл бұрын
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!
@midat9309 Жыл бұрын
I like the subtle criticism of post-structuralism
@malkomalkavian Жыл бұрын
Love it!!!
@JonathanBydendyk5 жыл бұрын
This is, very, oddly satisfying viewing.
@Ubique2927 Жыл бұрын
The best part about this are the noises that are made when he puts the chassis together.
@RyanWSi5 жыл бұрын
Strangler flap? Thats a good one!
@jimbos3421 Жыл бұрын
Wow after almost finishing this episode i discovered i have the same red toolbox. Now i feel special. :))
@Romin.7773 жыл бұрын
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!!
@ThePiquedPigeon3 жыл бұрын
I’ve already watched all of the episodes years ago. I was hoping James would do addition episodes. They were very relaxing
@onlineda1 Жыл бұрын
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
@randylucas2458 Жыл бұрын
As a former lawn mowing business owner/operator, I want to see the finish cut. Otherwise, 9/10 from me on this video.
@JoeCubicle5 жыл бұрын
kzhead.info/sun/Y52zir2AsJenlqc/bejne.html
@jon7145 жыл бұрын
That's ruthless wow
@jiggywheatly5549 Жыл бұрын
It looks so simple on the time-lapse videos of American V8s getting the full treatment. Reality is... different
@madzen112 Жыл бұрын
Please god give us another series of this.
@cjbotts4 жыл бұрын
"20mil own them" Closer to a quarter billion now I think considering the variety
@JohnUnsub Жыл бұрын
1959…same model year as I am. 😉
@DoubleMrE Жыл бұрын
6:52 He’s gonna use Clarkson’s favourite tool!
@christopher320744 жыл бұрын
I never knew the lawnmower was Georgian. Very interesting.
@andrewince8824 Жыл бұрын
8:30 that's so james may
@LordTyrus Жыл бұрын
Great 👍
@PaulCuenin Жыл бұрын
'All those Mods on their Lambrettas think they're so cool, they've got nothing on me mums Briggs & Stratton'
@madzen112 Жыл бұрын
Like a Bob Ross of assembly
@beneemoon74315 жыл бұрын
Seeing him likes this reminds me of Adam Savage. Same fascination and curiosity with engineering. Would be hilarious to see those two collaborate.
@Drowseesnorlax Жыл бұрын
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.
@andyharman3022 Жыл бұрын
My only critique... I want to see the disassembly and knolling as well!
@BallisticTech5 жыл бұрын
The hammer. Jezza would be proud
@micah_boatwright5 жыл бұрын
What a shame they skipped over the cylinder head. From the valves, it looked to be a flathead like a ‘32 Ford V8.
@arlingtonhynes Жыл бұрын
can we have a show of Clarkson trying to do the same thing???
@xTheNameisEthan5 жыл бұрын
"WHERE'S THE HAMMER?!"
@LegoWormNoah1014 жыл бұрын
"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-ce6op4 жыл бұрын
@@JG-ce6op XD classic Jeremy.
@LegoWormNoah1014 жыл бұрын
kzhead.info/sun/edeCYNCKrGSGaoU/bejne.html what the entire thing would be
@mustaschfan014 жыл бұрын
I would pay good money to watch a video of Jeremy C. and Richard H. watching this video together.. it'd be hilarious.
@justinmorgan2126 Жыл бұрын
Now, that I have finished my food, I wondered where I can get that lawn mower.
@davidsanchez41645 жыл бұрын
All motorheads start with a 2-stroke. Some choose the lawnmower.
@madzen112 Жыл бұрын
Heat the piston up in an oven to around 150ºC and the gudgeon pin will drop in.
@wilsonlaidlaw Жыл бұрын
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.
@EnoVarma Жыл бұрын
James, you need to get some ratcheting spanners. ;-)
@isuguy825 жыл бұрын
Why was the muffler left on?
@freewave045 жыл бұрын
His smile @ 5:38 XD
@drdrai74795 жыл бұрын
Rebecca Allan is cute
@jon98tj5 жыл бұрын
More episodes?
@keithmurray7748 Жыл бұрын
I am supremely disappointed that there was not a complete clip of James May mowing the grass, with the reassembled mower.
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 KZhead. It would be perfect for this platform and god I would watch every single episode.
BBC owns it
"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.
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
This is the most James May thing to have ever James May'd in the history of James May.
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
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.
Finally! "How It's Made" for men in sweaters!
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!
Thanks to everyone involved in making this
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.
Brilliant! So glad reddit sent me here!
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!
2am. And I'm watching James May rebuild a lawnmower from scratch. Fuck me.
Brilliant. Please never stop making these.
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).
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 🤣
He looks genuinely happy . So would I 🤣
I agree. James May is a very calming and inspirational person. Thank you James May!
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?" ....🤣
"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 :)
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" :)
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.
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.
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.
Four years after it was posted, but yes, I am watching. I’d enjoy puttering around with it too!
I could watch this stuff all day. James May was favorite Top Gear host for a reason
This series was amazing. Would love for it to come back to YT
For some reason, I just really enjoy watching this video while I'm eating. Thank you Cpt Slow!
Thank you , James . 🐺
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.
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.
I’m going to fall asleep watching this...and I couldn’t be happier.
Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful!!!!
Those glasses looks great on him
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?"
OMG an awesome series, i cant wait to binge-watch this all night... Only one episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm watching James! Watching and laughing. All the while thoroughly enjoying the reassembly. Keep up the great work!
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!
Only James May could make a series like this. This interesting, this enjoyable, this calming.
I love watching these, I've seen all the episodes twice probably
@15:15 Yes, still watching. Please make more. This is fascinating.
This is the best thing I have ever watched.
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!
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 !! 😀
The strangler flap! I love it!!
I just learned about this show and it's the greatest thing since Roy Underhill's The Woodwright's Shop.
Why only 2.5k likes? This was wonderful!
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.
I love this. It should be brought back.
wow only at the end did i realise my grandparents have the same mower!
Ah, the good ole "Hand Tight Plus a Quarter Turn" torque "spec"
I prefer to use the German spec "gutentight".
I can hear Clarkson rolling his eyes
The greatest thing on British television since Fred Dibnah.
I love the humour
need more of this
Lawnmower repairman: So what's wrong with this beasty then? James May: Nothing, that's to say, nothing yet.
Great show
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!
I like the subtle criticism of post-structuralism
Love it!!!
This is, very, oddly satisfying viewing.
The best part about this are the noises that are made when he puts the chassis together.
Strangler flap? Thats a good one!
Wow after almost finishing this episode i discovered i have the same red toolbox. Now i feel special. :))
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’ve already watched all of the episodes years ago. I was hoping James would do addition episodes. They were very relaxing
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
As a former lawn mowing business owner/operator, I want to see the finish cut. Otherwise, 9/10 from me on this video.
kzhead.info/sun/Y52zir2AsJenlqc/bejne.html
That's ruthless wow
It looks so simple on the time-lapse videos of American V8s getting the full treatment. Reality is... different
Please god give us another series of this.
"20mil own them" Closer to a quarter billion now I think considering the variety
1959…same model year as I am. 😉
6:52 He’s gonna use Clarkson’s favourite tool!
I never knew the lawnmower was Georgian. Very interesting.
8:30 that's so james may
Great 👍
'All those Mods on their Lambrettas think they're so cool, they've got nothing on me mums Briggs & Stratton'
Like a Bob Ross of assembly
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.
My only critique... I want to see the disassembly and knolling as well!
The hammer. Jezza would be proud
What a shame they skipped over the cylinder head. From the valves, it looked to be a flathead like a ‘32 Ford V8.
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.
kzhead.info/sun/edeCYNCKrGSGaoU/bejne.html what the entire thing would be
I would pay good money to watch a video of Jeremy C. and Richard H. watching this video together.. it'd be hilarious.
Now, that I have finished my food, I wondered where I can get that lawn mower.
All motorheads start with a 2-stroke. Some choose the lawnmower.
Heat the piston up in an oven to around 150ºC and the gudgeon pin will drop in.
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.
James, you need to get some ratcheting spanners. ;-)
Why was the muffler left on?
His smile @ 5:38 XD
Rebecca Allan is cute
More episodes?
I am supremely disappointed that there was not a complete clip of James May mowing the grass, with the reassembled mower.
Honda 50s etc used centrifugal clutches.