The easiest way is to make a small centre pin that fits snug into the s picket bush. Then take a one millimeter thick aluminium plate and make a hole that fits over the centre pin. Then take a small ball pin hammer and knock the edges and the holes out. As easy as that . Nothing complicated to do just that but then Brit’s are not that clever .😂😂😂

Great vid and well explained process💪👍

Really interesting video- but do your channel a favour, and totally remove the incredibly annoying music, or, turn it way down, and your voice up - can barely hear you talk, and turning up the volume means the ear raping music is way higher Also, 1200 hp from an st220 seems mega ambitious - maybe someone in the comments will correct me, but 1200 seems unlikely -

another way of centring the tap in the drill press is to use a centre point in the chuck on the top of the tap, then just turn the tap handle a few turns then once started just finish by hand

interesting content ruined by terrible audio

Hey up mate the interviewing went fine your question's were informed and intelligent not to mention useful so well done, i guess one way to get cnc parts cheeper is doing your own programming for there machines, Which you did for those pipe bender plate's

Hey up mate have seen that type ov bender befor but don't remember having to weld the pipe to it

Hey up mate thanks for the good video

Only found you today so been watching from the beginning, this plasma table is fab and can't believe how simple you made it seem, how much do you think it cost to make

This might spur me to get my metro back on the road 😂

If I start building a 6r4 that would be 3 of us building one each 😅 id love to build one. have you seen the fella dropping the metro body on a Porsche boxter

Some shots of what you were cutting off would have been nice. Pneumatic or power tools speed things up.

Interesting as it looks like a more comprehensive approach than Petseal that I used years ago, because I don't recall that including all the different stages (although I may be wrong). Do you have any idea how the two products compare?

Tanks for the video.

Building a metro 6r4 chassis is in but need help on the dimensions on the rear strut box any information would be great

i had a go at making a tube bender too , made my die a bit different kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKiqoqJjmsimeZY

Good interview, and some questions of personal interest to me there too 😎, so thank you. I now know that for my one-offs I'll stick with my 1950s Myford lathe etc., because I don't need repeatability and what I gain on machining speed I'd more than lose in programming time. If I was running a small customising business though, perhaps resto-modding customer Metros or similar where I'd need to make the same adaptor plates time and again, I'd certainly look at getting access to shared workshop space with machinery like this in as it would clearly save me time and money. You already know that you need a better microphone for next time, and perhaps a tripod (or at least camera with image stabilisation) too. You have the makings of a good interviewer though! 👍

My advice throw that die away. Die with ribs - BIG NO, (applying heat) welding tube/pipe to die while bending - BIG NO. Design new die with clamp. If you insist to make it DIY here are some links how to, also some people stack number of round plates of different diameter to form round profile. Depending on thickness you might get away without filing afterwards, I'd suggest 2mm plates and some finishing with file. kzbin.info/www/bejne/epa8o2qgjNSXq5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYexpYdjftx2la8

Fixing rusty petrol tanks will be useful as my ATC has one!

Plasma cutters with the compressor pulls quite a big load for domestic. Mcb can take overload for certain duration of time motors then will trip after few seconds. Try on another socket outlet could be dirty contact in the socket causing high resistance

I really enjoy your honesty in all these videos, but without you showing and explaining mistakes we'd never know, and wouldn't learn as much either. My big takeaways from this episode are: - bending roll cage tubing is not easy (but that's a good thing if you consider its intended application); - building a tribute car like your 6R4 is not a trivial exercise, especially if you don't have the kind of workshop tooling that we see on the big US TV custom programmes (with the result that I enjoy your videos more, because I can better relate to them). Keep up the good work!

Looks like a great day, and a good way to discover how hard it is. I've never tried but miss my is200 sport now!

How can I get the CAD for the tube bender?

did all that work to avoid buying a $300 bender. just buy a die at least...

check the circuit breaker is the right amps for your plasma cutter, and you are running 230 volts, the thicker metal you cut, the more amps the plasma cutter pulls, that sounds like the reason you keep popping the fuse, hope this helps.

Aziz, light!

It's good to see you back again. I've got no issue with either lighting or lack of scripting because I'm more interested in the automotive engineering content than your media skills 😂 I'm curious as to how you cut the plates. Did you hand cut them with a plasma, or did you use your computer controlled cutter that we saw in previous episodes? For those of us at a slightly more basic level of fabrication skill, an episode on how to set a MIG welder up correctly and use it properly would be interesting too 😆

Couple of things I need to note for you guys. This is not my best video, it was rushed and is lower than the standard I usually set myself. That standard may not be very high but it's a standard 😂 Anyway, I usually script the videos and read from that during editing/production, I didn't have time for that this time around and it definitely shows. I'd had a long day at work, travelling to London and back the same day and my brain was running on fumes so I made a few errors in my dialogue. I'll address these properly in the next video, which will have the correct amount of time spent on it. Firstly, my comment about Force = mass x area was incorrect, it's "pressure = force / area". I'll do some animations for the next video when I'm discussing the roll cage. The other thing is lighting, it's shockingly bad inside the car so I'll get a ring light or something similar that I can hang in the car for better lighting. I also didn't explain the "tacking in" properly, the boxes can be removed to sort the rust areas before final welding so that full strength and therefore, safety is 100%. That said, I hope you enjoy watching and look out for the next one.

why not fix the rust holes first , this is the wrong way around !!! and you ll not be able to get to the rust damage propperly , that will affect the cage pickup points strength ,

I don't want to hear excuses. I want another video, dammit!

I was looking forward to this build , I hope all is well

Hope all ok. We all ain’t heard from for awhile

Was a pleasure teaching you sir

This is probably the fastest Chanel I've subscribed to really looking forward to watching this. Cheers Shambo

Amazing number of parameters that you have to cope with there, it's no wonder it didn't work right first time. And talk about bootstrapping: I love the way you build a bench off-camera, to support the CNC plasma cutter that you design and build from scratch, all so you can make a pipe-bender, before eventually returning to Project 6R4. You really are a clever bloke, and great at explaining simply too (which is the mark of somebody who truly knows their onions).

Very interesting, a practical alternative to buying an overpriced adaptor plate or getting one made for you 👍👍👍

Persistence there man. Nice job fussing and being patient. You want some steel bent? Tube? Depending on what you're after my old man got a workshop up in Hirwaun. Give me a shout if I can help :)

It cuts! Just a matter of calibration now. Can't wait for the next video!

That was awesome. The amount of variables you've gotta juggle to get the thing cutting clean must be a nightmare.

Hello there, I did my apprenticeship with Austin Rover '85 - '89 so I have a sentimental connection to the Metro etc. Really looking forward to seeing your project come to life 😊👍

I'm all in on this one, subscribed.

The way you have tackled that adapter plate is amazing, very well done ! .. we need more 👍👍

Might save you some time....Throw the Ford dmf in the bin, for a single plate the TTV 1188 flywheel and an Audi 240mm plate (CG motorsport can make up an uprated plate/paddle etc) fits nicely onto the gearbox (46mm from crank face to clutch disc face), standard st220 cover fits/works ok but once you turbo it, it'll not hold the power, use a Focus rs/st cover. Much over around 550bhp and any single plate/cover just can't hold it any way. Make a spacer to extend the clutch release bearing and a spigot bearing extension (the gearbox input shaft won't reach into the crank). The ttv ring gear is the same diameter/offset, so now you've already taken a bit out of the Audi 01E bell housing it'll all fit nicely 👍

That b-roll joke is pure toilet humour

And it was over too soon! I want more.

That work on the adapter plate is insane!

Waiting for the bext video

I’m your 100th sub :)

My fav group b car. Looking forward to seeing it finished.

That was genuinely very cool. Will you be having all those parts cleaned up and looking shiny before the car is finished?