...Have we drilled enough holes in the right place! - Edd China's Workshop Diaries Ep 62

[@eddchina]

This episode has been a long time coming but it is definitely worth the wait; let me know what you think of the slightly different style of show compared to our usual workshop based videos... Enjoy!

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

Kudos to your camera team, the cinematography around the boiling vats of molten zinc was a treat to watch!

[@christhjian9923]

Great to see specialist work in such a high detail. 👍

[@user-zk6hs4pj3u]

Glad to see you EDD.

[@trevorward85043]

It was brilliant to see how the zinc plating process works. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@colinnutley6428]

Edd, it's been an age since the last update on the RR. Great to see, I'd almost given up hope of seeing the RR restoration. More please! 😊😊😊

[@wildekek]

The videographer and editor did an AMAZING job on this one. Hats off.

[@eddchina]

@MarkTaylor-Hankins knows his stuff (and got very tarty)!

[@tcpnetworks]

Agreed. They did a fantastic job. Perfection through and through.

[@davidwelch6796]

@@tcpnetworks The audio was also very good. Very clear speech reproduction despite what must have been a very noisy location.

[@skimmingstoness]

Only took them 3 months

[@alanstrathern]

I literally jumped onto the comments to write the same thing. Loved the wee nod to Termanator 2 😅

[@rustyblade5845]

Quite fitting , the chassis was built in Shropshire, galvanized in Shropshire. Birth place of industry. First iron bridge . First multi storey building built with iron. Shropshire really is the birth place of the modern world..

[@theyhateme8763]

you mean the birth place of the 20th centery.. were into the 21st

[@jimmy-buffett]

Edd! Loved the music and slow-mo in this video, whoever's doing your film editing is doing a great job. And the Terminator-like music when the frame was lowering into the zinc was lols Welcome back man, we all missed you.

[@eddchina]

We really felt the Terminator vibe when we got to Shropshire Galvanizers; the place and process is so photogenic! @MarkTaylor-Hankins did a fantastic job.

[@billdoodson4232]

What a wonderful video. Not only excellent quality of video and editing, but also music that enhanced the experience. BUT my main take was the fact that Ed's commentary and questions were spot on. No messing around, theatrics, or deliberately silly questions that take the audience for fools. SUBSCRIBED.

[@davidhomen4528]

I couldn't have said it better myself!

[@JetFire9]

Reference to Mike?

[@billdoodson4232]

@@JetFire9 I'm not so sure that Mike was the problem. It's those program producers who like to take things down to the lowest level. They think their viewers are imbeciles.

[@gabrielpe8733]

Amazing! Congratulations Edd and thanks for being with us again!!! Of course it was worth the time, effort and hard work beforehand!!! congratulations to the professionals at Shropshire Galvanizers... true professionals!!!

[@eddchina]

I’m lucky to work with so many great teams!

[@garydavo07]

Just came back from the second largest zinc producer in the world. I love seeing the end use process for the zinc. Thanks Ed

[@user-gk9oj3nb1m]

As an old sheet metal worker, I really appreciate Edd China's talent in the time and effort put into his vehicle's restoration, you can throw all the money in a project but the the quality is in doing it right, the detail in what you don't see is far more important then what you do. By the way, great video, its like a terminator film set with the editing and music.

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

The production values and visuals are off the chart for this episode. And the editing. Bloody brilliant.

[@eddchina]

Thanks, @MarkTaylor-Hankins did us proud!

[@deetee6621]

Just gotta say, the audio and visuals at the 16:00 mark were fantastic. Needed to say this out loud. Now I’m going to rewind and watch again. Stunning. 👍

[@imason5409]

That was visually stunning. I found the beauty of the liquid metal incredible....could have watched it all day!! That has to be up these as one of your best Edd.

[@barrysharp9792]

A lot of men in a shed ( A very large shed ). Manufacturing skills at there best There are lots of little places around the country doing things like this and keeping these skills alive. Great to see in the UK today.

There's something about those sheds in Shropshire...

[@CajunGreenMan]

The sound on the slow motion parts was head and shoulders above the crowd for car repair and modification videos! The influence of Hans Zimmer is very clear. His film scores have been described as a Panzer division landing on the soundscape. In this case, it's more like a ballerina materializing out of a teleporter in mid pirouette. Gentle and graceful. Give that person a raise!!

[@eddchina]

Thank you. @MarkTaylor-Hankins did raise the bar on this one so we might let him out of the cage this week. Might even give him some extra crumbs! A fantastic job! Looking forward to the BRIFFA or whatever they call them!

[@RussellCope]

The musical influences pre-date Hans Zimmer. This owes everything to the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis and The Terminator by Brad Fiedel. No doubt Hans was later influenced by them though. Although back in the 80s his most famous work was the theme tune to BBC daytime quiz show Going for Gold.

[@CMSwithay]

Welcome back Edd, really missed your excellent vlogs. I really hope this is the start of more regular episodes again, it used to be essential viewing and will be again.

[@eddchina]

Thank you, it has been too long and yes we do have a few videos (just finessing) queued up for you viewing pleasure!

[@19892CV]

Lovely to see you back, the inexplicable absences have been odd though...

[@upscaleshack]

@@19892CV Yeah, it's like an Amazon series that comes out with new episodes every 3 years and you have to rewatch the old ones to remember what was going on.

[@MdvK13979]

@@eddchina the queue normally lasts only a few months so that'll be 2025 then ;)

[@MdvK13979]

@@19892CV embargo from his day job I guess 🤷‍♂

[@lukass330]

Nice to see you again!

[@eddchina]

Thank you. Sorry it has been so long.

[@GrannyDryden]

I love the little musical nod to Brad Fiedel's score to Terminator 2: Judgment Day: it's over (good-bye) score, when the chassis was finally Zinc dipped. The music fit so well. Well done.

[@pauljanssen7594]

Only bad thing about galvanizing the chassis is galvanizing weak the metal so you may want to box the frame to make it stronger.

[@darrell9313]

My 23 year old son here in the U.S. drives a 96 Range Rover.. we got long ago for not much, and found an engine... he said he will never let it go... thank you for all your years, we have always enjoyed your work....

[@ShorrockPeter]

Great mechanic Edd China welcome back great to see you again❤

[@Andrew-ks8nc]

This has been one of the best automotive KZbin episodes I've seen. The Videography and the music were great. You made an industrial process look beautiful. Credit to all involved.

[@trevorberridge6079]

It has been a VERY long time getting to this point with the chassis. I would never have thought you could have achieved this much progress with it. But there's no hint of making do. It's a proper job. Let's hope the rest of the Range Rover ends up matching the quality of the chassis. This has certainly been a labour of love.

[@ManfredGorgus]

Great video on an interesting and exciting subject - metal, respectively chassis galvanizing. Never seen this process so detailed. There is a lot of knowledge, experience and craftsmanship involved. Chapeau! 👍

[@russianbot1420]

We all love videos that show us processes from start to finish.

[@eddchina]

Thanks, more of those to come…

[@larryenglander8735]

Edd. Missed your sage and humorous comments so much. Been a big fan all the way back to your Wheeler Dealer days!!! Welcome back,,,

[@eddchina]

Thank you. More sage hummus on its way if around a fortnight! Thanks for watching.

[@neizliyim]

This brought me back to my primary school years that we used to go field trips to factories to see how do they do it and felt like I am 8 years old observing&admiring professionals alongside our teacher Edd. Once again thank you very much for another great video. I wish you all the best for you and your relatives and friends. 👋

[@DamonKnight-qe9gr]

Only one word - epic!! Are you going for some sort of award? Mesmerising in places....your cameraman and video/music editors really know their stuff. PS: Welcome back!!

[@russianbot1420]

I'll second that 👍

[@MarkTaylor-Hankins]

Thanks for the nice comment! I’m both the cameraman & editor.✌️

[@DamonKnight-qe9gr]

@@MarkTaylor-Hankins Well, it felt like a big budget movie in places - so impresssed and I really enjoyed it - looking forward to your next epic! Mind you, the bar is now set very high!

[@interdec]

Absolutely awesome! A great insight into the galvanising process, with a lovely looking result, and if I may say so…amazing video production quality. (And 4K UHD too)!

[@eddchina]

Oh yes 4k all the way - we had to do such a filmic process and place justice!

[@cbl7333]

cheers to the terminator-like music as the chassis enters the liquid zinc 👍

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

That Terminator-like music was perfect :chef’s kiss:

[@stephenjones7804]

@@wanderer397 I did like that too, well spotted I couldn't seem to reply to the original post. Say that's a nice chassis.

[@djhaloeight]

lmfao i knew i wasn’t the only one to notice that

[@jamie7472]

Props to the incredible production values

[@Capesthorn]

Beautifully shot and edited video. The soundscape, music and visuals had undertones of both Terminator and Blade Runner. Very well done on a great video.👌

[@EHOinExile]

Got to say. Thia episode was astonishingly good. Good description of the galvanising and the music overlay was brilliant adding just the right amount of atmosphere. Bravo 👏👏👏

[@eddchina]

Thank you for being astonished. The music really helped to float the great imagery

[@johnkennedy2505]

These guys are way nicer than any galvanizer i have ever had any experience with. Everywhere i used would blow a hole with a oxy/acy torch anywhere they thought it needed it, not nice holes either big 3/4" jagged holes.

[@harkbelial]

Being on camera magically transforms everyone into nice people.

[@paulfarghi]

Ed and production team, by far the best episode (finally! ) You've done stunning video work and very informative, I was getting a bit bored with the lack of progress and you've re energised the passion for this project. Very Terminator... Dedum dum duddum.. I'll be back!

[@Smitty134]

Every question I had during your video, you got an answer. Thanks

[@eddchina]

We aim to please! Stay curious, Always learning when asking questions. Some friends up the road when I was a kid used to call me Spirit of Ignorance!

[@CanDanFixit]

Thankyou edd been very depressed lately but this video was fantastic and has given me inspiration to tackle my own vehicles thankyou

[@eddchina]

You are welcome, glad we can be of service, it’s easy to get dragged down at the moment but stick with it. Nothing is insurmountable!

[@karenmurray3098]

great to see you edd back on youtube , facinating proseses and a great result

[@cliff8669]

Wonderful seeing you back Edd. Cheers.

[@eddchina]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@dan79transam65]

Absolutely love all the questions he's asking all the right questions definitely

[@eddchina]

Thank you, ‘Spirit of Ignorance’ they used to call me!!

[@dan79transam65]

@@eddchina lol if asking the right questions gets you that name I want it too.

[@piggymito]

The slo mo shots were giving me proper vibes of the film "dredd". Lovely videography 😍

[@johnpirie3800]

Fantastic to see this process. Your commentary fits so well. The editing and music, with the wee tip to Terminator was very clever, as the chassis was getting lowered into the bath....brilliant! Great channel.

[@keith3850]

Great to see you back Ed. Great to see you've hit a million subscribers too. Hopefully you do something special with your play button. Episode was well made alright. Great shot of the worker throwing shapes as he walked across the screen.

[@eddchina]

Thank you. Working on the something special for 1M, also more episodes to come…

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Nice one! I now know more about hot dip galvanizing than I'll ever need. Kudos to the boys in Shropshire.

[@stevegreen54]

Wall to wall talent. These guys are classic independent specialists doing the best work to the highest standard. So proud of all they do and happy to share and explain the whole process.

[@fransb8543]

Mighty interesting stuff this. Well worth the wait. Love the professional production of this video too, well done everyone.

[@GenerationGap69]

Amazing behind the scenes look at the process. Very interesting.

[@ashleywebster2659]

It is perhaps the ultimate irony that the last part of this chassis that will succumb to rust in the far distant future, will be the patches you welded on! 🙂 Also a good example of the five 'P' rule: Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance (that's the YT friendly version).

[@eddchina]

Thank you, too true. Although it was John who needed a ‘five’ Pee on the way there (could have been worse I suppose)!…

[@anumeon]

That T2 homage music for the dipping into the molten zinc was perfect. :)

[@adriangiddins6065]

So glad your back...I really wondered whether we'd see your video's again....thanks you so much.!

[@eddchina]

Thank you for sticking with us. More videos on their way soon...

[@nsk143m]

@@eddchinaif I’d gotten a penny for every time you said that over the past 2 years, I’d be a very rich man by now. Don’t say it if you can’t keep your promises, no matter what the reasons are.

[@MdvK13979]

@@nsk143m exactly!

[@peepiepo]

@@nsk143m You're getting free videos

[@WagnerGimenes]

Lovely to see you back, Edd. Your fans love you and we all want to see more of you and your escapades.

[@coredump27]

Well, it's been a long time coming, but this has to be the best one yet. Very interesting process that most of us would know little about. Thanks Edd!

[@csn583]

How It's Made and all those kind of shows never lavished these processes with this kind of cinematography! Beauty.

[@e46m3csl]

Great to see you back Edd, always here for the new content and so thankful you take the time to make new content for us. Thank you 😊

[@eddchina]

Much appreciated! More good stuff to come soon…

[@forzer45]

This is top-notch content. Doing a proper job on this restoration. Keep it up Edd!

[@eddchina]

Thanks, will do!

[@jackcrews5391]

Look forward to watching your next episode in five months time

[@donaldparlett7708]

So glad to see you back, I’ve really missed you. Great video, I never realized that metal plating could get so violent. Beautiful job at the end.

[@eddchina]

Thanks, the end result was definitely worth the effort and what a photogenic process!

[@stevebootman7435]

@@eddchina Hi Edd you really are an inspiration, I have tinkered with cars all my life and always had the dream of building a kit car but that never came to fruition, anyway I have built an electric go cart for our granddaughter with a lot of 3D printing so I guess that will have to suffice 🤔

[@DJWerkz]

Absolutely FANTASTIC episode!! Thoroughly enjoyed this seeing the galvanizing up close. Matched with the sparse electronic background music made this heaven for me 😊

[@AnthonyRBlacker]

Wow that was an amazing trip through the galvanizing process!! Thanks Edd, it's great to see you back!

[@eddchina]

Thanks very much. More videos on their way soon…

[@mymodel6]

Nice, see you in 6 months...

[@italsounds001]

Really liked that, great photography and editing, and an interesting process to follow, haven’t seen it so well presented before. More please (soon) 😉

[@eddchina]

Thank you. New episodes already a long way into production. New episodes soon (let’s go for a fortnight).

[@user-di4tt5ko7x]

What a tremendous effort! You Britons love to go into the nitty gritty details and this Yank loves it! Absolutely FASCINCATING content!!!

[@eddchina]

Glad you enjoyed it, new video up today; more fiddling but this time with a laser and double sided tape…

[@getinthevantim]

It's a long time between drinks but that was beautifully done. The film work and music really framed the power of the process. To have one's hundred inch chassis galvanised is instantly a most desirable ambition.

[@TimPaddy]

Great production!

[@MetrosCarBlog]

Got to be in with a shout for Best Cinematography During a Chassis Galvanizing Film.

[@MarkTaylor-Hankins]

I'd humbly accept the award . Thanks 😊🎖

[@marieascot]

@@MarkTaylor-Hankins You are getting a lot of deserved love in the comments.

[@MarkTaylor-Hankins]

@@marieascot thank you

[@GrahamYoung]

Great camera work and editing. Extra points awarded for the Bladerunner-esque soundtrack 😊

[@nolanrunciman5064]

Worth the wait but now we'll see how long it will be for the "job for another day"! Good to see you back Edd

[@eddchina]

Cheeky! Shouldn’t be too long before the next episodes!

[@jamesflood2892]

Great Episode Edd - hopefully we can see some more new content soon!

[@eddchina]

You will indeed, in about a fortnight or so!

[@knyghtryda]

This was definitely worth watching on the big TV, cuz man was that some beautiful footage. I also loved the Legally Distinct Terminator music 😆. It just fit so well.

[@djhaloeight]

i was getting a lot of “the book of eli” vibes from the cinematography and music, along with “terminator” when the chassis went into the galv. hats off 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@gregs5247]

We waited a while but this one is possibly your west video yet, absolutely loving the production vales in this, great content story-wise. Well done and thanks.

[@evancoutts9658]

Brilliant Edd! I love the format and the quality. Very interesting and entertaining episode. Now Ill go back down and stare at my series and wonder how I' m ever going to fix all the rust 🙂

[@garystarnes5178]

Thanks for another video Edd! The "B" roll in this video is outstanding! Great job team!

[@eddchina]

B roll and A roll courtesy of the A team! @MarkTaylor-Hankins nailed it again!

[@garystarnes5178]

@@eddchina Absolutely! Have a great weekend!

[@Desmouffe]

I had almost given up this story. Nice to see you back...

[@ramonresina2299]

When the result is excellent, time doesn`t matter. Good job.

[@That-Guy-79]

Watching it go into the zinc bath was similar to watching Arnold terminate at the end of T2! Just so much emotion. Its a big step.

[@mickawe3239]

Beautiful film, thank you

[@eddchina]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@willhamlyn1908]

Beautifully shot, I love new galv. This is what we all want, lots of detail, properly presented by experts and none of the fake jeopardy bollocks that you get with almost all tv stuff these days. Always a pleasure to watch you and I always end up learning something. I don’t realise the thickness was controlled by the surface finish.

[@axelklimanek2774]

Thanks Ed for this video, the process is fascinating, and the shots are buttifulls , very nice images

[@eddchina]

Thank you, it was a very photogenic place and @MarkTaylor-Hankins did a great job of capturing the magic

[@shynebox]

Very beautifully filmed and very entertaining and informative, to boot. Ta!

[@stevenbennett3922]

Brilliant reel and I appreciated the production values as well. V Good.

[@eddchina]

Thanks very much @inksharkman nailed it again!

[@Ian-Hall]

What an amazing process. The videography was stunning. 👍 Love the Terminatoreaque music. Very fitting. 😅

[@VIW3784]

Great episode, glad to see you back and looking forward to the next instalment, it’s come such a long way since the initial strip down such a huge difference! Fantastic editing btw, really noticed the attention to detail.

[@jmpattillo]

I love the terminator-like music when it was being lowered into the zinc.

[@frogandspanner]

These channels are so much better than the original TV programmes that we all came to love: there is so much more detail shown.

[@eddchina]

Thanks very much, that makes it worth putting the effort in. Even better than the original TV you can watch all of our Workshop Diaries in glorious 4k!

[@frogandspanner]

@@eddchina I do!

[@MrRobhorn]

Great to see you back EDD, a terminator chassis very good 😂

[@RobertForslund]

So very cool to see this process! It's also very cool that there are so many insanely good companies out there doing all sorts of stuff that you normally don't even think of until you need their services! Can't wait to see that thing powder-coated! 😁👍

[@williammckinney7765]

This was like watching Mr. Rogers, for adults. Instead of the crayon factory, we got to see galvizing! Enjoyed it.

[@russianbot1420]

Excellent production 👍

[@M1LAD81]

Fantastic editing and blade runner-esq score. It was fitting and quite an achievement. Hats off to you.

[@bjwoodruff]

Hell yes weclome back Edd. Love the new style of video.

[@davidhepp1903]

Thank you, Edd. Your videos are always informative, instructional and enjoyable, however intermittent and irregular.👍

[@deejaygal]

Fascinating video, Edd. Brilliant stuff! As an ex steelworker, the sights of a dusty bay and overhead cranes brings back some good memories 👍

[@sean7134]

Thanks for posting this video was well worth the wait, Very enjoyable, the music reminded me of the 1982 movie blade runner..

[@Capesthorn]

Thought the same. Reminiscent of Vangelis on BR.👍

[@janbyrdal645]

Welcome back we missed you, hope for seeing you on a regular base now.

[@Ke0hwo]

I’m glad this is back. I loved this field trip. The cinematography and music was like watching a Christopher Nolan film. ❤

[@eddchina]

Thank you. @MarkTaylor-Hankins made the most of such a photogenic place and process!

[@cdoublejj]

ART! Absolutely art, every bit of rust treatment and prevention i've ever dreamed about. absolute marvel!!! *chefs kiss*

[@graemecatty9921]

What a superbly instructive video. The camera work was top notch and the music complementary. I learnt so much about the technical aspects of galvanising. I won't knock the current WD's videos so many do, but what you're doing now is a world away from your old show. Looking forward to the powder coating episode. QQ: Why the long gaps between episodes may I ask?

[@eddchina]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. Things have been complicated behind the scenes; more episodes, with much shorter gaps, coming soon

[@jlodew0]

Thanks a lot Edd! This was a very good video, sound wise, editing wise and so informative! Love how you showed us all these details and explained everything. It had a documentary vibe to it. Very nice work! You’ve got a new subscriber!

[@Austringer]

So happy to see you back Ed, missed you and your positivity. Really interesting stuff in this video, thanks for filming it, and all the hard work editing etc. Hope to see more very soon!

[@matthewviviano3653]

Yay! Another episode! Chassis looks great! Now crack on with the rest!😊

[@anaru5643]

Blimey that was.......................... epic. Very enjoyable watch. Seeing the Chassis disappear into the zinc was reminiscent of the terminator, hehehehe.

[@eddchina]

And we’ll be back (soon)!

[@Pignapper123]

Hence the adapted terminator theme

[@philtowle4683]

I want your Range Rover and your boots