As a fan of Tim Hunkin and “the secret life of machines”
and as someone who is always tinkering with stuff in my shed... I’m very excited about this
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LP, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 14:03,
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I'm giving that a like without even watching it.
I still have a small collection of cuttings from a Sunday magazine which were by Hunkin, called "The Rudiments of Wisdom" - just fantastic in all kinds of ways.
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Varmint, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 14:14,
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I had the anthology!
Was only a snotty kid so I didn't really grasp how great it is. Seeing it in the wild in the Observer must have been magic.
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pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 15:00,
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I still have it
Big green book. "Almost everything there is to know by hunkin". It's awesome.
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Going for £250 on Amazon
Wonder where my old copy is...
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pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 15:59,
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Get the book - hours of fun!
I used to religiously read the Hunkin strip every week - it was an absolute highlight, sad bugger that I was.
Ok, am!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 15:33,
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Definitely watching this when it comes out!
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 15:26,
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Have you been to his place (I would hesitate to call it a museum, more a palace of lunacy) in London?
It's brilliant if you're passing Bloomsbury
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Thu 25 Feb 2021, 16:26,
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I haven't been to the one in London
but I have been to his place on Southwold Pier.
One time I was there, he was there doing maintenance on some of the machines and we got chatting. He's a thoroughly lovely chap!
Some mates and I also managed to persuade him to give us a tour of his workshop, and spent an afternoon talking to him about stuff he was building, stuff we were building, clocks, his chickens...
He's amazing.
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LP, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 17:31,
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Is that connected to the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
That used to be in Covent Garden? IIRC it moved out of central London for a while but the last time I checked I couldn't find it.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 17:33,
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Yes, it has some of the stuff from there, plus new stuff
it's called www.novelty-automation.com/ and I've seen him in there a couple of times doing maintenance and he is still lovely and enthusiastic
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Fri 26 Feb 2021, 11:44,
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I’ve never heard of this guy, but this looks really good.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 18:54,
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You can watch all three series of "The Secret Life of Machines" on his website
here.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 19:28,
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kill your television
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD8d1r52lWg
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artifus is doing it all wrong, Thu 25 Feb 2021, 20:44,
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