Casting The First Ranalah! What Could Go Wrong?! | Reviving History (Episode #7)

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It's finally time to head back to the foundry and cast the first frame for the Ranalah wheeling machines! But will the pattern work? Is it the same size as the original wheeling machine? Will I be able to fulfil my dreams of bringing this unique design back to life?!
Thanks so much to everybody who has helped me along the way. Chris & the gang at East Coast Casting; Mike & his sons at MJY Patterns; Paul at Modular105Motor. Not to mention, Anthony, the inspiration gentleman who gave me my first reclaimed Ranalah.
And thank you for following me on this journey. As the proud owner of Ranalah Limited, I hope you've been entertained, educated, and inspired!
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What on earth is a 'wheeling machine'? • The English Wheel
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LINKS:
www.dominicchinea.com
Dom's Instagram: / dominicchinea
Ranalah Ltd's Instagram: / ranalahltd
Foundry: / eastcoastcasting.co.uk
Filmed & Edited by Dan Cross: / djcross87

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@threeriversforge1997 2 года назад

That was awesome to watch. You could see the casting crew was real proud to be bringing back a bit of English heritage! As a blacksmith, I really appreciate the old tools and the guys that used them to make the world we see around us today. I'd absolutely buy a NEW Ranalah if I had the money. I don't have much use for one, but it'd be a huge honor just to play a small part in helping bring them back into use so they're around for the next hundred years. Folks, tend your garden well. The original Ranalah disappeared from the world because people kept opting for cheaper and cheaper while also wanting paid more and more. Taxes, regulations, fees and all the reams of paperwork.... it kills small businesses more than you can ever know if you haven't tried to run a small business. Tend your garden well. The Ranalah, like the phoenix, has risen from the ashes, but can we keep it going? Will there be customers enough that they can cast ten or twenty of them every year, or every month? Or will you decide to buy cheap chicom products? Tend your garden, folks.

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

Thank You from Us’ & fine words 👍🏻

@threeriversforge1997 2 года назад

@@eastcoastcastings Real pleasure to watch you and your crew work. You brought a little bit of British history back to life, and I hope this is only the beginning.

@WeeShoeyDugless 2 года назад

Let's hope all of the team involved from start to finish flourish from this piece of history. It was quite emotional watching the process and, seeing the final product come out the mould, well, it was like childbirth👍👍👍

@ianwatson9096 2 года назад

When I was a small boy, I used to go into work with my dad on Saturday mornings and watch him and a colleague use one of these to hand-shape the wings for Massey Ferguson tractors. It was a small panel beating shop in Coventry called Stan Taylors. It had an outside (literally outside) toilet and while standing there you overlooked Coventry City's football pitch! Brought back all those memories. Thanks Dom.

@peterh48 2 года назад

Who says we cannot make things any more in this country, what an amazing bunch of skilled people you found to make this. Also a great film well done.

@lesfirth2539 2 года назад

I am an old git. My grandad was a moulder in a foundry. My Dad (before I was born) was a planning machine operator at the GNER loco works in Doncaster. As a child time was not governed by a clock but by the buzzer at Beyer Peacock loco works in Manchester .I was an apprentice at Ferranti Ltd. Engineering is in my blood. A mates dad had a one man band car bodyshop and I saw him making a new bonnet for an Aston martin DB4 using an English wheel. ( He tried to order a new one but was told that they were all different!) I thought all the engineering skills we had in this country had been lost. It brought a tear to my eye to see that just a little bit still survives.

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

🇬🇧💪🏼👍🏻

@conwaynoel3715 Год назад

I have to say that the camera work and post production is absolutely brilliant . The story could no t have been told otherwise. Well done .

@DavePawson Год назад

"Honestly, I did not sleep a wink last night" 🙂 Enthusiastic or what! Your enthusiasm is infectious!

@lewisp3954 2 года назад

thank god for people like you how many pieces of amazing machinery got scrapped over the years ,you kept a name alive cant wait to see it working.

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

Thanks so much!

@lewisp3954 2 года назад

@@DominicChineas feel proud my friend.

@kuriakos 2 года назад

I got chills when he brushed aside the sand and we could see "The Ranalah"

@neilshep50 2 года назад

Well worth half an hour of BBC1s' schedule. Brilliant on every level.

@antrog1895 2 года назад

In the olden days the BBC made films like this. Surely it would be watched by alot of people with Doms popularity.

@yakhunt9424 2 года назад

I actually shed a tear at the end. Lovely to see proper heavy industry alive and well in the digital economy, even if it's only small batch

@aussiemorons3515 2 года назад

As a patternmaker I would like to say that Dom has perfectly captured feeling I get when they knock one of my jobs out of the mould. Men cannot have babies, but being a patternmaker is close. Greetings from Australia.

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

I can really appreciate how difficult your job is now!

@borisjohnson1944 2 года назад

I thought the same when they were lifting it out of the mould, like a birth. Love these kind of videos. Love of history.

@budbud2509 2 года назад

Same here Peter b , on a complex job having to go down to the Foundry and help core up a complex job ( Rolls Royce Light alloy foundry Derby ) nothing comes close to seeing the mould close and then knocking out the casting and examining how the casting looks after months of work making the Pattern and multiple core boxes. Like a trip down memory lane .

@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire 2 года назад

Passing a kidney stone is supposedly close to having a baby...

@iandownie9848 2 года назад

@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire Yes, been there done that, like a plat of three barb wires.

@UCanDoIt2Mike 2 года назад

Dom, Your passion for this rebirth is priceless and gravitating. Congratulations on your efforts and success! Mike

@izirins 2 года назад

Lovely to see Dom on the receiving end of the "reveal table". Inspiring video!

@andyfirthbespoke 2 года назад

I found that quite emotional. Absolutely fantastic to see a new Ranalah come to life. Very well done guys.

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

I’m glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much for the support, it was an emotional few days!

@antrog1895 2 года назад

Me too.

@user-ku5pm9ep3u 10 месяцев назад

@@DominicChineas Hi, can someone tell me where these are for sale please. 👍

@julianginniver5785 2 года назад

So great to see artisans at work. Huge respect for the team at the foundry and for you to bring all this to fruition. 👏

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

Great job by everyone! glad you enjoyed it

@nickhale2900 2 года назад

Wow Dom, congratulations on the birth of your baby, it was like a phoenix rising from the ashes when it came out of the smouldering sand. That Chris is a real top bloke, so accommodating and so friendly, it is heartening to see that we still have industries like that around on these shores!

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

Thank You for your kind words. Rgds, Chris

@andypandy955 2 года назад

What a fantastic company East Coast Castings it just warms the heart all is not lost and as for you Dom I cried when I saw the casting beautiful mate beautiful. I bow to your tenacity. This just gives me massive faith we can still do it. I can't wait to see the finished machine. Massive thumbs up.

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

Thanks so much!! It’s been such an amazing journey so far, I’m glad you have enjoyed it too, thank you!

@andypandy955 2 года назад

@@DominicChineas Your a doer not just a talker that is the magic for me. Just keep on doing. One day real craftsman will be patting your machines with the love they deserve and making beautiful things.

@gav2759 2 года назад

I guess you now know what it feels like on the other side of that reveal table Dom. Well done all. BTY, that vid is as good as any Repair Shop episode.

@paulburbidge8636 2 года назад

Love it, and no high vis jackets. I used to work at Steel And Garlands Castings in Worksop

@thomaspollock4274 Год назад

I get gooseflesh watching this, history revived brilliant.

@ianfairclough3516 2 года назад

Hard work but what a rewarding job when the finished item is revealed. Congratulations to you and the teams involved.

@evoermine 2 года назад

What an absolutely beautiful thing to watch. The people, the methods, the music, the entire story, absolutely perfect.

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

Really glad you’ve enjoyed it, thank you

@ms_zaku.1415 2 года назад

This clip so impressive, "Respect". Your are my idol.🤘👏👏👏👍👍👍🤘

@brianclaridge7695 2 года назад

Fantastic, my heart was going 10 to the dozen while you were taking it out of the mold.

@colinreader4107 2 года назад

I've learned such a huge amount from these videos Dom, having been in the machine tool industry most of my working life as a sparkie I didn't realise the talent that went into the castings, they were just big lumps of metal. The pattern making is really fine art as is the casting process, I'm in awe!

@bobcooke6346 Год назад

What a wonderful fulfilling moment for you Dom, and all the guy’s that helped make the dream come true, congratulations 👍🙂

@zs1dfr 2 года назад

You clearly come from Cheshire, Dom - you're grinning like a Cheshire Cat! Congratulations - a brilliant start to 2022

@andywarrington4738 2 года назад

thanks Dom , great to see , from the flames comes the Phoenix , reborn .

@bozz1954 2 года назад

What an achievement Dom. We could see the pleasure and the pride in your face . Well done to you and the team behind this.

@stevebosun7410 2 года назад

Hi Dom, fantastic, what more can I say. Ranalah lives again. Great to see passionate people still able to produce work as it should be.

@simes205 2 года назад

Fantastic!! Now on with the 356!

@rachelsharkey5802 2 года назад

Well done to all and Massive congratulations Dom ! 🎊 🍾 x

@stephenblaze4571 2 года назад

I must say you have built a brilliant team around you it was like a phoenix raising from the ashes well done

@lucienwilliams4359 2 года назад

Just like the phoenix ranalah is reborn in fire! Such a amazing story all the way from searching for one to this moment 👍

@patrickbrown7491 Год назад

Great to see the skills of British Industry isn't & can't be lost but revived!

@bellethomas1 2 года назад

Thank You Dom for letting us be part of your Dream Happy new year

@craigd6261 2 года назад

Everyone involved can feel so proud of their achievement, bringing this back to life. Well done.

@BrianB14471 2 года назад

Hey Craig. Where you at?

@janzienkiewicz5295 2 года назад

This took me back to 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, all the casting and the rings rising. What an amazing company. Makes you proud 👍🏼

@kevinknowles3365 2 года назад

Very deservedly looking and sounding like a young boy with a new (and very expensive) toy. Well done to you and everyone involved.

@rotax636nut5 2 года назад

When you're good you're good as the saying goes and all these people are really good..thank you for making this series..

@iainnash6580 2 года назад

Can’t tell you how pleased I am for you Dom - it’s been brilliant watching the journey from that first video when you got the piece of paper to say you’d bought the rights to standing next to the very first new machine Thank you for taking us on the journey with you

@billkahl1147 2 года назад

Wow, I think I would have been in tears when I saw the results of all that went into making the new Ranalah. You should be extremely proud of what you accomplished.

@tomasjones3755 2 года назад

Wow... jus wow. Damn near went all blubbery, when the hoist pulled it up; from the sand. Well done, mate; well done....

@sharonhopkins1678 Год назад

My husband was a metallurgical engineer and made transmissions for Corvettes and other things. He once told me that he liked to work so well, he would do it for free so I understand their joy in this!

@stephenboyce6765 2 года назад

What a fabulous film - your best yet. Having witnessed the decline in UK manufacturing over my lifetime let us hope this is the turning point. Well done Dom your commitment to this project is an inspiration.

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

That means a lot thanks so much, I hope so too!

@1crazypj 2 года назад

Me too. I moved to Florida in 1999 and haven't been back to Britain much. Last time I was there in 2014 it was really depressing as 'everything' had shut down. Even the pubs were boarded up and clubs I used to frequent in the 80's~90's no longer existed, just a piece of grass with a bench next to a car park

@OutdoorAdventureTV 2 года назад

What a great project! I explore old mines, and at some of the mining museums I have seen patterns for huge gears and flywheels. Your project is the exact same process that has been used for hundreds of years. You have become part of Ranalah history. Hopefully Ranalah owners will watch these videos a hundred years in the future to see how their machines were made. Sooo cool! ❤️

@budbud2509 2 года назад

Yes been used for hundreds of years ........... Some say its the second oldest profession !!!

@mikebashford8198 2 года назад

What a fantastic achievement!

@meirionevans5137 2 года назад

Brilliant, 1 man + 1ton of metal=happy.

@machineshopatthebottomofth3213 2 года назад

well done Dom and team! Look forward to all the turned parts joining the frame!

@simonhi99 2 года назад

As a huge fan of The Repair Shop, I can't believe I only found your channel a week ago Dom, but have since watched every single video. It's a massive achievement with The Ranalah project, and I can't wait to see more, well done!

@joshschneider9766 2 года назад

As a metal worker it makes my heart swell to see this. Just bursting with happiness for ALL the people involved!!

@Dav4122 2 года назад

Fantastic! A great result and loved the atmospheric music in the background

@mattdow9039 Год назад

I live and work near the Morden Road, Merton industrial area, I never knew Ranalah were based locally in my home area. Enjoying these vids immensely.

@grandaded 2 года назад

What a wonderful insight into a world of true craftsmanship. And your face Dom; says it all! Congratulations.

@DominicChineas 2 года назад

Thank you!

@davidburne9477 2 года назад

What an uplifting video. Pure, unbridled joy.

@stephenkayll5241 2 года назад

Fantastic watch, great story and watching real craftsmen just doing their job, no drama, just professionalism. Well done. great music to.

@marieeaton-smith5168 2 года назад

Brilliant, and what a major piece of performance art by that foundry. I loved watching the process, the pure drama that these guys do when they make something. So exciting for you Dom, and it has been lovely following this story.

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

Thank You from Us 🔥

@FishingFan2 2 года назад

Brilliant! This puts to shame the old saying - 'They don't make em like they use to all those years ago'!!! Britains finest.❤

@neilcurson4505 2 года назад

Like a dad waiting for his first born! Wishing you every success.

@AWROAL 2 года назад

Well done guy’s a brilliant job all round

@RoyCousins 2 года назад

Excellent! So nice to see The Ranalah reborn in the flesh. Dom looked just like a proud father with his new baby.

@larbertman36 2 года назад

Enjoyed that so much. My original engineering training was in foundry techniques and it was so good to see this. I really hope you make a commercial success of the ressurrected Ranalah.

@DavidTYork Год назад

I came to this channel because of the Porsche, but I think this is the best video of the lot. The skill, what it means to Dom, even the plaque at the end. Brilliant.

@DominicChineas Год назад

Thank you! I’m so glad you are enjoying the videos

@pmg3813 2 года назад

Watching you bring the Ranalah back to life and going through all the stages of manufacture was an absolute pleasure. It makes me feel proud that craftsmanship is actively being kept alive by people who are passionate about quality and history. Thank you Dom.

@Steve-j-morgan 2 года назад

Watching it with a bit of a tear in my eye ..to be so passionate is just brilliant we need to be showing this sort of thing in schools and get kids to be passionate about things they can create ...just brilliant dom ..well done

@budbud2509 2 года назад

Steve Morgan , u are so right , in the past manufacturing had become a dirty word , but it was how the UK earned its way in the world. And its still vital to making manufactured goods even today. Any attempt to rekindle interests in actually making things should be encouraged .

@scubaroo 2 года назад

Utterly utterly captivating Dom. Your passion for this project is as captivating as the skills being employed to bring it back to life. It really is good to know that we still have some genuinely skilled people around. Beautifully filmed piece too. I really wish you all success with this , it certainly wont be for a lack of effort or enthusiasm!

@paddrivers 2 года назад

One word....Quality!

@colinmartin2921 2 года назад

Fantastic, so great to see old style skills on show, and I felt emotional too!

@danielclare2344 2 года назад

Loved every second of the series on this . Been watching this since the start . You didn’t stop smiling through the whole video 🤣. I’m delighted for you that it worked out . Can’t wait to see the finished product and possibly get my hands on one and bring it to Ireland . 👍

@stevetheflub235 2 года назад

Wow Dom, that was surreal. You could really feel your emotion, especially at the end, their present almost got you at the end, now you know how it feels to be on the other side of the table in the Repair Shop. That was a great vlog, congratulations for a great beginning. Have a good week Dom.

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

Dom didn’t have a clue about the cast plaque’ Emotions were there, and Dom loved it 👌🏼

@stevetheflub235 2 года назад

Totally agree. He does so much for others, it's nice to see the table turned. That was a lovely thing to do. Your work is fantastic, I didn't know so much went into it. However, I might be 60 this year but I love learning new things. Thanks for letting the camera in, I'd have missed so much.

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

@@stevetheflub235 Your very welcome & glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏻

@captainhaddock2137 Год назад

Should be proud of yourself Dom, hell of a journey, all the right people for each job, culminating in an end product that speaks for itself . Sorted 👏

@paulbanks8583 2 года назад

Amazing to see and what a great team you have found there Dom👍

@sadgit66 2 года назад

From start to finish this has been an epic journey - and what a wonderful gift for you at the end. Well done to everyone.

@BunnyKins1970 2 года назад

Ah, mate! That's fantastic! When it came out of the mould, you looked just like a new dad. (Apart from knocking the stuff off of it with a hammer, of course) 💚🐇🐴💚

@darrylmccreath4539 2 года назад

Lol👍

@twincamtim 2 года назад

There's really only one word for all this.......marvellous!

@digitaIgorilla 2 года назад

Chuffed for you chap. That is some achievement by all the people involved. We'll done. History lives on.

@GamingDad63 2 года назад

It's such a joy to watch these videos :) I just wish i had found your channel earlier. Brilliant!

@simonclark9367 2 года назад

Congratulations Dom, so pleased for you & congratulations to all the crafts people involved. Superb filming in this episode too.

@christophernoto 2 года назад

What a thrill to see the two frames, side by side, at the end. My eyes are wet. Thank you for bringing us along with you, Dominic. You are making us proud.

@SimonBrown 2 года назад

Congratulations. Such a great story

@Ozbert 2 года назад

Just brilliant. So glad to see this story develop and also glad to see how well it's come out. Congratulations on Ranalah No 1, Happy New Year & keep 'em coming. ; - )

@tonyburndred2432 2 года назад

The skills are still out there, amazing piece of work, well done Dom and all the other craftsman that was involved, brilliant!!!

@steveallen8987 2 года назад

Watching you chip away at the sand like an archaeologist with wide eyes unearthing a new species. I cried just a little bit. Just disappointed that you havnt put your signature on the casting. It deserves the name of the man who single handedlay resurrected this work of art. Perhaps a small brass plaque on each will suffice. Steve

@ronnygilmore6558 2 года назад

Wow!! great job being a tradesman I truly appreciate and enjoyed watching everyone doing there craft. I learned a ton and truly appreciate you for making these wheels a reality.

@sephton85 2 года назад

Absolutely over the moon for you mate i dont think I have ever been so excited to see the notification come through for this video rushed home brewed up well done Dom!!!!!

@daffyduxxx 2 года назад

Fascinating process, thank you for sharing your journey Dom. All the very best for the future of the Ranalah.

@johnhart1096 2 года назад

Dom, I found this episode absolutely fascinating, my dear old Dad, Danny Hart was a mould maker at Bow foundry starting in his young teens about 1931, and specialised in cast iron baths, unfortunately in 1937 he was up in the roof beams unjamming a chain block and fell and injured his kidneys landing on a mould frame, he survived after some pioneering surgery and became a lorry driver for pickfords on Scammell low loaders, and alas WW2 started and his skills were needed in Egypt driving tank transporters, thanks to you I have had a glimpse of his early life as a mould maker, fantastic, keep it up mate, PS, Dad survived the war in North Africa and after d mob moved away from Bow and lived out his life in Romford Essex..

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

👍🏻🔥

@johnhicks913 2 года назад

So pleased for you Dom, great to see good old engineering still needed in this modern world.

@harrytuttle0 2 года назад

Congratulations, so many different trade skills, time and effort going into making 🥇1️⃣

@dickiedum 2 года назад

What a fantastic achievement. The skills that everyone had to produce this were awesome. To produce something like this and have the energy, enthusiasm and motivation to produce number one is an indication of the skills we still have in this country. An emotional video and the pattern makers are true craftsman. Wonderful stuff.

@eastcoastcastings 2 года назад

🇬🇧🔥

@jayreiter268 2 года назад

You are correct about this being a team effort. You assembled the perfect team. Every craftsman was highly skilled and displayed pride in their work.

@mikeparker3865 2 года назад

Talk about a proud papa! The look on your face says it all. So happy to see how perfectly it turned out.

@iansinclair7581 2 года назад

We watch you on the Repair Shop Dom. This took my wife back almost 50 years as she started her adult working life as a lab technician in a foundry in the west of Scotland. Looking forward to seeing the finished article any future projects you may come up with. Well done.

@chrisomahony7166 2 года назад

Congratulations Dom & the whole team, what a fantastic achievement!

@delcat8168 2 года назад

Brilliant...it'll take you a week to get the smile off your face. Great to see such craftsmanship

@daveyoudle8396 2 года назад

Well Dom,you have done it, all bar the finishing touches. Epic . I am an eighty year old retired Blacksmith and thoroughly enjoyed watching the progress. I went to an Army Apprentices School to learn my trade at 15 years old!. The British Army are great teachers. I am able to appreciate exactly what you have achieved. It must be a great feeling. Well done. Blacksmith, Chepstow 1958.

@colinhiggins1412 2 года назад

Oh Dom, best one yet. I’m a die cast and plastic injection mould toolmaker and I found that very interesting. My uncle was a pattern maker in derby so that vid was quite close to home. Keep them coming. 👍