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Well I watched it and as with the last one I seemed to skip a lot of it. I love the care, attention and effort that’s gone into this project however it’s getting to the point where it’s really dragging on now. Especially when they spend nearly 10 mins making a bracket. Do we need to see the whole process? I’ll still continue to watch all subsequent episodes though, and look forward to the end
This is the issue with things like this, the reason it is popular here is because people don't want to see a show where 1000 hours are condensed into 1hr. Everyone will have their break point. There are Youtubers that I used to watch all the time but their style has worn off for me yet others still manage to hold my interest.
You can't please everyone and they are already doing a lot of condensing themselves now.
Generally once I start fast fowrarding videos that normally marks the end of me watching them.
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Soooo much bracketry - and I thought I was a bit obsessive about some things.....I'm just a rank amateur compared to him. 
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What’s everyone’s thoughts on a completion date?
I’m going with June 2021, that could be a tad optimistic though
I’m going with June 2021, that could be a tad optimistic though
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I watched it all, no skipping and thoroughly enjoyed it, so many comic lines.
Most impressed by the knowledge and skills of these two
Is that a cnc mill, cutting out the coil pack bracket? Not seen that before.
Cracking.
Most impressed by the knowledge and skills of these two
Is that a cnc mill, cutting out the coil pack bracket? Not seen that before.
Cracking.
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Think they has it a few episodes back, from what I remember it looked suspiciously like the Peatol Micro Mill. We've got one that's been CNCd and to be fair it has a decent size bed for its size and provided you don't get ambitious works very well. The only fault we had was the elastic band for the motor drive - replaced that with a bit of slightly flexible plastic rod and a model aircraft brushless DC motor (something ridiculous like 8hp in about 3" by 4") - direct drive. That little mill has machined out tens of thousands of parts for a system we build over the years.
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They've had that CNC mill for quite some time, but we don't see it all that often. Wonder how the haircut went... 
(if you watched the very end).
(if you watched the very end).Bill Edwards
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Personally I enjoyed every bit of it and like seeing the detail. It is taking a long time and every time I can't believe how much more there is to do in an area that I thought they had finished, but I enjoy how they continue to keep up the work to the same level of quality and seeing how they go about solving the problems.
We're all different, I'd be happy to see more - you'd be happy to see less!
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I took some stuff to the guy who does their powder coating last week and he said they'd brought in all the brackets for powder coat. I can't remember whether he said there were 140 or 240 brackets spread out on his floor.
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binky must be out soon its been a month ?
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Saw that last night - was pretty decent.
You won't be able to buy an Aygo,C1 or 107 for love nore money soon. Already at a bit of premium because they are good first cars but now there is a race series it will be even worse.
It sounds like a good series but there will always be ways to interpret rules. One of my mates raced Stock Hatch years a go when the common cars were 205 GTI and XR2. His engine was fully built and he did ok but there was 205 that won the championship and was then sold to someone else who also won the following year. The engine was stripped by officials a couple of times to check there was nothing outside the rules. They didn't find anything but the second time they found something that was making a difference but did fit within the rules.
It sounds like a good series but there will always be ways to interpret rules. One of my mates raced Stock Hatch years a go when the common cars were 205 GTI and XR2. His engine was fully built and he did ok but there was 205 that won the championship and was then sold to someone else who also won the following year. The engine was stripped by officials a couple of times to check there was nothing outside the rules. They didn't find anything but the second time they found something that was making a difference but did fit within the rules.
Excellent. Got one for sale if anyone's buying -
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the c1 cup has been going for a while now
as for cheats people will always look for a way to cheat there to the top
I recently spoke to a chap that built group n rally cars and said he used to cut a poly bush down then cut the original one so it still looked like it was factory spec just to get the extra ten tenths
