Recreating The Ranalah Frame... | Reviving History (Episode Five)

[@glem6433]

I have binged all these episodes.

[@DominicChineas]

Glad to hear it! I hope you enjoyed it and will stick around for the rest

[@Gman4633]

I hope you’re going to number all the pieces especially the first one and make a complete No.1 You’re now creating a new history so you need to mark them and make it possible for the future generations to trace that history and journey physically as well as on social Media archives. 😀 Keep doing you it’s amazing and inspiring

[@bar1066]

Is anyone else as happy as Dom? Well, I am. Blooming marvellous. Well done you. The "can do spirit" is alive and well.👏👏👏👍👍

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks for watching! I’ll get there in the end

[@peterphillips2744]

If your thumbs down , you shouldn’t be watching. Amazing to watch , keep it up 👍

[@nickduffy8482]

Dom, your enthusiasm is just so infectious. I can’t believe I’m so excited about a machine I didn’t know existed just a few months ago. Really looking forward to seeing the main casting process and was surprised to hear you say it weighs a ton!

[@DominicChineas]

See this is what its all about, spreading the word about wheeling machines! Thanks so much for joining me on this journey. Yeah, they are seriously heavier than they look!

[@craigd6261]

Sums it up perfectly. I could never had conjured the name Ranalah, nor do I personally need one, but I'm as enthused as everyone else now.

[@negotiableaffections]

Congrats on the cradle, Dom. Your Ranalah Company now has a heartbeat - all the very best.

[@DominicChineas]

That’s so true it really feels like it! Thank you

[@robertharris8106]

The odd thing about this series is that I am a hobbyist woodworker...but I find myself still wanting a Ranalah wheeling machine...I would never use one, and I know I don't have the skillset required, I would probably end up with the thinnest fingers in the UK if I tried, but this level of enthusiasm and relentless pursuance of a dream is infectious. Good luck with this venture and I hope that sales go through the roof.

[@chrisflemington819]

Last week I watched a KZbin video made by Harry’s Garages which showed one of his cars being restored. The body turned out to require various pieces to be made by an expert and one of the machines he used was an English Wheel. There are many real experts out there who need to have such machines and I’m sure once you advertise what you have and what can be provided you will not only be able to satisfy their needs but in doing so keep those skills going and hopefully with classic car restorers increasing get some people to enjoy being able to set up their own workshop. Dom it’s a job well done.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you for such a nice comment, that’s just what I am trying to do with the project.. fingers crossed!

[@nicolaliddle9622]

I’m not quite sure how you’ve managed to make this subject both fascinating and exciting!(bit of a backhanded compliment!) So pleased for you that it’s going so well.

[@DominicChineas]

I’m glad that your enjoying it, even if you have no interest in a wheeling machine! I’ll take that! Nice one

[@nicolaliddle9622]

That’s the thing, I’m now hooked! Can’t wait to see you making your panels for your Spitfire or your Porsche!

[@moonstarer55]

The way your face lit up telling us that the new cradle was in your workshop was a sight to behold. Baby steps it may seem Dom, but you are getting there. Excellent I’m so pleased for you. Your enthusiasm is infectious as I was smiling as you spoke on your video. My Sunday is complete. Cheers Dom

[@davidpotter3777]

Used to do a lot of dental castings lots of gold and Palladium Platinum, my great-uncle taught me how to cast chromium Cobalt. I love the process and watching you go through it the attention to detail is so critical. My favorite castings were gold inlays and onlays. Upon inserting in the mouth the fits were so nice in the margins could be burnished down to the Natural tooth surface. God bless you and your family

[@gordonsmith4132]

Loving every bit of this journey. The hunt for a Ranalah and Ranalah manuals, drawings etc. All the work to find specialists to help out. I too have learned a fair bit just watching. I love watching programmes about our industrial past and shows about old skills still used today and always lament how they will disappear. Chuffed to see you are helping to try and keep them alive Dom. Will be fun watching your successes and failures as you try to make Porsche panels..!! 😀

[@bobnorman4730]

Indeed it does have a soul. And soon it will have a brand new body to house that soul. The first of many. Well done yourself on saving/reviving history. Congratulations.

[@DominicChineas]

Lovely message thank you! All these positive comments help so much

[@markdebcam]

Dom, Fantastic content, takes me back to my school days making patterns , casting etc, crikey we were 14/15 years old, pouring molten aluminium!!!!

[@wsherratt5159]

Just a great big well done mate! All the contacts you’ve made will become priceless to you and a host of the people who watch you. You could easily create something like Rick Stein did and have Engineering Heroes! Visiting all those specialists who can help make Britain Great again! Wayne

[@martinking6242]

Fascinating! I was interested in the fact that your second Ranalah came from Hoopers. My grandmother worked at their factory in the Kings Rd. London during WW1 painting Sopwith Camel aircraft. Keep up the good work.

[@frankmurray9172]

What a great project. When you have finished the first, the original patterns will turn up! Still the experience is invaluable and the contacts you have made will be so useful for the future.

[@DominicChineas]

It’s always the way!! Hey I don’t mind, as long as I find them!

[@manicmina]

Great stuff! How about casting some mini RANALAH?? (Paperweight size)

[@weevilinabox]

If you're not concerned about using traditional methods (i.e. casting) or the model being functional (for wheeling aluminum foil?), then a paperweight-sized one could be 3-d printed directly in metal. For a cast version, print in wax and use lost wax casting. I've even seen lost "wax" casting using more common 3-d printing plastics on KZbin.

[@DominicChineas]

So many people want a mini one! I need to work on this....

[@weevilinabox]

@@DominicChineas It's easy once you have the CAD. You don't even need to have them made: just upload the model to Shapeways Marketplace (or similar), then buyers can order it in whichever material they choose.

[@rogerlill]

@@DominicChineas Put me down for one please.

[@davidmanning8329]

I'm a woodworker - so have always felt a connection with Will from Repair shop. Watching your stuff, and then your youtube channel is very definitely turning me into something of a metal worker! The English wheel is something I never thought I'd need but you're twisting me around on that one too! So inspiring!

[@DominicChineas]

That’s very kind to say! You never know we might get you making things from metal soon!

[@Qspecialman]

Another small step on the journey. Great video Dom, we are all rooting for you.

[@DominicChineas]

Yes! Thank you!

[@lancpudn]

Hello Dom, The green paint on the other Ranalah machine reminds me of my first job as a apprentice tool setter in a local engineering company up here in Lancashire in the mid 1960's. All the lathes & milling machines were painted in that very shade of green. Happy times.

[@sweepsp8468]

Dreams. what else is there. Keep going and all of us will be there with you each step of the way. To Ranalah and beyond

[@romanovankouterik549]

On to the next bit sweet progress love it. Safe a bit of history good luck .

[@TalRohan]

It's a little bit by comparison to the body but its a massively important part of the whole machine.....Fantastic to you Dom and the guys...well done...love it.

[@DominicChineas]

Small steps! Thank you

[@richards7909]

From that model alone, there’s a whole lot of merch from posters and t-shirts to miniature Ranalah models :D

[@DominicChineas]

I will definitely look into those things soon, they all just take time to get right, I’m working on it!

[@rayclark44]

Dom your undoubtedly the best guy to complete the RANALAH invasion. All the luck in the world to you sir. I can't wait to see the wheels turning. As apprentices we would throw swanvester matches between the revolving wheels, what naughty boys back in the 70s haha Take care & stay safe ⭐👍

[@everestyeti]

Really fascinating, wish you'd been my metal work teacher 40 plus years ago.

[@VwRosstorations]

Getting there fella...great stuff..👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@bazwabat1]

Funny I came across this now. I'm a CNC Machinist here in New Zealand and I'm just about to start machining some failry large aluminium castings (think a round cylinder about 530mm in OD hollow with structure inside plus two large ovals on the sides 180 degrees apart. Always like doing them (although I moan oh not these again!) because there is some precison machining and tolerances for depths that have to be calculated as the origin is from the middle of the casting. But the satisfaction of achieving the finished product (there are 5 to do) is exactly what I saw now with the lower cradle. All nicely machined and then sat with the rough cast one and the original. Awesome!

[@boblawrence5011]

You say there won’t be many people who needs a lower cradle, but I bet there will be an uptake of machines use once you get more parts cast. Good luck for the future.

[@derekhunt6943]

And what an amazing Ranalah journey thus far, have one in my shop

[@stevebosun7410]

Hi Dom, yes, your enthusiasm is infectious. Glad to see things are going to plan and your dream is coming to fruition. I worked in a large automotive foundry some years ago, so I appreciate the skill involved in casting large parts.

[@adrianhoe5199]

Well done Dom, make sure you don't sell any item at a loss,,, you need to make money too re invest in your company, no one expects to buy items below cost price, Keep up the good work mate

[@DominicChineas]

As long as my costs are covered I’m happy! I will try to keep them as cost effective as possible so people can actually afford them.. thank you for the comment

[@beornwhetstone2797]

Love it! I did the same thing with the b-pillar casting for a 1933 Ford roadster

[@lewisp3954]

very cool and to think those things built panels for spitfires etc and youre recreating them decades later mabe the UK can have tradesman and a steel industrie once more brilliant.

[@martinhaskell376]

Fantastic progress, the extraction of the second Ranalah was also complicated by using the crane beneath overhead power lines, so great perseverance has paid off!

[@brendawilliams700]

Your enthusiasm for the project really comes across. Wishing you every success!

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you

[@shuttergoddess]

Hooray! And, thanks for the info on the Hooper's Ranahlah. Impressive extraction. You're brilliant.

[@DominicChineas]

Glad your enjoying the videos thank you

[@mikemorgan99]

Dom, to have a Ranalagh from Hooper's is an awesome piece of history in itself! Well done on the progress, love your channel.

[@jasontozer8079]

Dom, You're a national treasure! & the recipient of my first post (despite watching KZbin for 5years+) Congratulations on your first cast + machined part. I'm in for the long haul. (as long as it's not 7/8 years like Binky -I might be dead....)

[@thegentlemanmaker]

Fantastic progress Dom. It’s very exciting watching the process and seeing the reverse engineering bring parts to life.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you, it’s very complicated doing this reverse engineering! It would have been easier to design one from scratch I think!

[@lcoping]

Top man Dom. I wish there were more people like you around. There’s much to be said for the traditional crafts. I will be following your progress 👍

[@andrewmarch7891]

Your enthusiasm is infectious!

[@steveb2985]

You've got your first part ,brilliant, well done Dom, looking forward to seeing the next installment and seeing the finished article.

[@perr1don]

Fantastic Dom love the enthusiasm

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks for watching!

[@turbokeene]

Awesomeness. Love the new cradle. Maybe up for one for my Ranalah if costs are too prohibitive. Keep up the good work Dom! 👌

[@thomaspollock4274]

Such an interesting and informative project. Thank you for bringing us along for the journey.

[@petehall889]

Very pleased to see the excellent progress, Dom! Such a great project...

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

[@garym518]

Been following from the start I’m not an engineer but I can appreciate the workmanship that has to go into in creating a product.

[@davidthompson3562]

I am a bit behind on watching your vidios but am really enjoying bingeing them. I like yourself am fasinated with the old tools and how things were made. Always asking myself how did they make the machines that made the machines. What really prompted me to comment was your explanation as to where your second Ranalah came from, Hooper Coach builders. I have a 1935 20/25 Rolls Royce limosine made by the coach builder Hooper. Do not know how big Hooper's were but would not expect them to have many english wheels. It just crossed my mind that your Ranalah may have been used to produced the coach building on my car. One day hope to visit but just north of Preston.

[@raptman5425]

If I never hear the word "Brilliant" again, I will be very happy. Besides that, good job.

[@DominicChineas]

Brilliant! Thanks for watching haha

[@johnhicks913]

So pleased for you Dom. It,s great to see craft at work !!

[@jonathanknight9476]

Your enthusiasm for this project is infectious - it’s been a pleasure to watch the progress up to this point. You should be very proud. Well done. I think these machines do have a soul. It’s a bit whimsical, but the perfect form arrived at through its pure utility and use makes it kinda beautiful. The heritage story and it’s link to Spitfire aircraft production and the war effort is also a very special detail.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you so much for the message I really appreciate it, I am very proud, its a nice feeling after so much work. Thanks for coming along with me on the journey

[@rayhitchman4741]

Well Done Dom. See you next week for the next installment

[@apislapis]

Congratulations Dom on getting the first part of the new Ranalah made. Chuffed for you mate.

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks so much

[@ianlainchbury]

Looks cleaner cast than the old ones! The new machines will be perfect no doubt

[@DominicChineas]

Yeah my new ones will have sharper corners etc for sure.. but the original has 80 years of use, so I bet that had square corners when it was new.. I am being careful to not put fake aged marks into the parts, dimensionally its bang on, its down to the new owner to make there own wear and tear.

[@regfenster]

This is amazing Dom, I use to spin metal which involves stretching and shrinking materials around a rotating jig or former, I'd love to own a Ranalah rolling machine. I've never used one, but 15 odd years of metal spinning experience you do develop a feel for different metals and that feel must be transferable to a rolling machine, mind you I have not been near a metal spinning lathe in 17 years so maybe I'm getting too wrapped up in the excitement of your project?

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks for watching, I hope I’ve inspired you!

[@nickmassey9104]

Great progress .hopefully when the wheels are made a few automotive teaching colleges will buy some to keep the dream and traditional expertise alive 😀

[@DominicChineas]

Thats where I would love them to end up, giving the next generation a chance to learn

[@redroutemaster]

You’d be amazed at how many one man bands and small specialists garages have that know how.

[@samrodian919]

Unfortunately some bloody hope if that.

[@lucycollins9471]

Great to see the finished lower cradle. Congratulations

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@zs1dfr]

Your enthusiasm is so infectious, I feel like going out right now and casting a left-hand threaded chuffit-sprocket! The right-hand threaded ones are far too common now!!

[@lucienwilliams4359]

Another fantastic video I'd recommend anyone to look at the journey so exciting seeing such machines coming back to life

[@DominicChineas]

Thanks mate!

[@David_11111]

yay

[@philipdavis5572]

From Hoopers ! What a heritage

[@DominicChineas]

Cool isn’t it!

[@philipdavis5572]

@@DominicChineas Very

[@brianmicky7596]

Hi Dom, How happy could I be for you , great gun's , All the Best Brian 🤗

[@AndysShed]

Hi Dom! Well done on getting the wheeling machine project going. Could you do a video about some of the other unusual bits of vintage machinery in your collection please? I'm particularly interested in the circle cutter that featured in a Repair Shop episode that went out last week. I collect all sorts of vintage stuff ( I restore everything from old telephones to Singer sewing machines) but I've never seen one of those cutters before. Keep up the excellent work!

[@MrMattDat]

Absolutely brilliant! Your excitement is infectious and I look forward to watching all of your videos!

[@garylightning8740]

Thank you. The viewing pleasure is off the scale. Congratulations on your success so far . I hope and pray for your ultimate huge goal , your energy, dedication and skills are inspiring. Humble genius. Thank you. Regards Gareth Wiltshire UK. Gratitude. Quality. Respect.

[@DominicChineas]

I’ll get there eventually!! Thanks for the support

[@kevinhampton2068]

Brilliant. So pleased for you Dom. You are doing a very worthwhile thing with this project.

[@johngardiner6800]

Hi Dom, recently watched a very interesting program on the making of parts for the Spitfire, one chap demonstrated the process of curving metal on a Ranalah English Wheel that was painted in a lovely deep red. Great vids keep up the good work.

[@keithclayton654]

Been following this from the start and l can now understand why you are so enthusiastic another great video Dominic, can't wait until the next one 😎🤗

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you for joining me for the whole journey, there will be another update soon

[@kevinsimpson7114]

I really feel your enthusiasm and joy at the latest development on the Ranalah journey. Thank you for sharing this experience and please keep up with your different project videos. You are not only educating your audience, but providing entertainment and hope in difficult times, both for the majority and also on a personal level. 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

[@andreVE4BK]

Bravo Dom! You’re now off the starting blocks… nothing will stop you now! Forwards and upwards from now on. Very exciting 👍

[@paulbanks8583]

Great to see it coming along 👍 Can't wait to see the main body pattern being made. Keep up the good work Dom

[@adieaf61]

Absolutely delightful Don. Amazing work by all.

[@DominicChineas]

Really appreciate it, thank you!

[@bobt3374]

Hi Dom, Well done with the latest work & drawings you have achieved with the help of these experienced people. Good luck with the rest of the wheel.

[@Pocket-Watch]

Looking good. Great effort to get it into your hands, thanks for sharing, cheers

[@SHawkeye007]

Well done Dom, so happy for you mate! Can’t wait to see it finished!

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! I’m getting close now!

[@amnril]

Brilliant again, can’t wait to see the final product. 🙂👌

[@migalito1955]

Nice.... It was good to see the Biplane is still waiting to take off. Love those style planes. Had one very similar and maybe in the future I'll do so again.

[@DominicChineas]

I need to learn how to fly one before I fix that up!

[@markhowlett8070]

Outstanding sir

[@paddrivers]

Thank you for the update and I'm chuffed all your plans are coming together.

[@michaelgibson4705]

Dom I’m enjoying your project to remanufacture the English wheel.I think it would be appropriate if the latest incarnation of this great old machine should be called the Ranalah -Chinea model.after all your time,trouble and expense your part of its story.keep going can’t wait to see the finished article

[@raydriver7300]

Such enthusiasm and dedication. It’s lovely to see. 🌞

[@Lifesgood427]

Excellent vidoe Dom, always enjoy these updates, good luck!

[@simonclark9367]

Congratulations on your achievement so far sir.

[@DominicChineas]

Nice one thank you

[@tony.b4368]

Hi Dom, really loving all your vlogs/blogs (whichever)….keep em coming…would love to see the final machining stage of the lower cradle to finished product though?..🤔👍

[@deandowney9316]

Great news and progress Dom. Well done mate.

[@three-phase562]

Congratulations on successfully manufacturing the first part. I think you did it the best way, by learning on a smaller, less complicated part. The help you are getting for the CAD modelling is awesome. Hope the next bits are just as successful.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! I thought the same picking a small simple part, this cradle ended up being quite complex though! Thank you

[@stenalbertsen2440]

Great stuff Dom 👍🇳🇿

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you

[@alanworland9478]

Love this journey your on, good progress keep it up!

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@mwicks1968]

Well done!!! 👏👏👏

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you!

[@custom.restore]

Attention detail is amazing Dom! keep up the good work. One day I will own one of them.

[@Cradley684]

Gettin there Dom, have a nice day Mate !!!.

[@lynnhaswell1690]

Brilliant update Dom - So pleased everything is going to plan - 🤞you can sell your bike so you can spend more money on the Ranalah progress 👌😊

[@DominicChineas]

Thats exactly what I am trying to do, the pattern is expensive to make!

[@moisesjaimes6315]

Happy for you Dom, love your enthusiasm!

[@georgeclements2742]

On a much more modest scale, you have inspired me to take on the restoration of some bits of old equipment that I have had lying around for years. I thank you, but I'm not sure about my wife's feelings on the matter.

[@DominicChineas]

Thats brilliant I am so glad its encouraged you to save some old things, good luck!

[@garysmith4717]

Fantastic Dom

[@leslieaustin151]

Great! Les

[@meirionevans5137]

Yes, costly, but again, priceless!

[@steveallen8987]

Absolutely fabulous. Have you considered adding your signature, subtly, in a corner somewhere? I think you should for posterity. You der serve it. Steve

[@DominicChineas]

Noo I wouldn’t do that, just making them and knowing there out there again is enough for me!