Edd China shows us the tools he couldn’t live without
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- The internet's favourite mechanic and former Wheeler Dealer gives us a tour of the most important tools in his shed - from high-tech laser scanners to a tiny little spanner that's perfect for getting the carburettor off a Beetle!
Edd's just published a book! Grease Junkie by Edd China is out now, published by Virgin Books. Available here: po.st/GreaseJunkie
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We need more Edd China and he needs to be back on our screens
He did all the work really made the show. To me Mike ruined it. Then stabbed in back for a random mechanic. Edd you rule
Imagine a tool showing event.. Ed and May come with a vast array of tools and Clarkson shows up with a Hammer.. :D
And Richard Hammond merely stands next to them, falls over and bursts into flames!😂
A lighter maybe
Yes please
@@christinewhybrow8813 with his 911
It's all fun and games 'till you bring Guy Martin into the picture. ''I have ten 30 mil spanners mate'' sorta thing.
Edd China, James May and Guy Martin need a show. Someone make it happen.
Edd really knows his stuff and Guy is real enthusiast. I think they would lock May in a cupboard, then go off to do their own separate projects.
Leave James may out of it.
Cut Captain Slow out, Martin & China would make a brilliant team.
I can see it now...Edd, James & Guy's Need for Greasy Reassembling... :D
The hair person on that show would have there work cut out💇🤔
Would love to see Edd and Fuzz do a restoration of an old bus or something big, maybe for a charity or just to sell on or whatever. Would be great seeing 2 very likeable characters tackle something on a big scale.
One tool that the camera guy should use, a microfiber cloth
I tried cleaning my screen first haha.
My screen is so dirty I didn't notice
First tool $30k
If you're suggesting that for the lens, NO!!!!
*THANK YOU!!* I just spent 2 minutes with lense cleaner & a microfibre cloth & NOTHING. I thought it was just me that noticed it.
It's always great to hear from Edd.
This many years and he still gets so excited talking about his tools! It's true what they say, men don't grow up their toys just get more expensive lol
I've been looking for 5 Shaftesbury Avenue for ages. Now I now why I could not find it; its on your wall!!
Brewer was one tool Edd didn't need.
I do agree about the waterjet cutter. Bit expensive but so great.
I got access to one at school and its is use about 80% of the time by a whole host of people cutting all kinds of things. From thin sheet metal to 5cm thick aluminium and even garden tiles
I love that you've invited Edd Chine to Drivetribe.
Edd was the reason I watched the other show he was on.
Yeah, Mike was a useless dealer and proper cringey "Ed's put in 90 hours work on on this car in the big expensive workshop, we've made a whopping profit of £300"
Edd, I’ve worked on electronic systems for over 30 years. The cardinal rule about electrical safety is to use 1 hand on the tool and do not grab a ground (earth) surface to complete a circuit or you will create a path from hand to hand across your heart. Also, the voltage is not what kills you, it’s the current. It only takes 0.1 amp of current to stop your heart.
Thank you for demonstrating your electrically safe tools. They do make a difference in safety.
Thanks Edd for being a teacher for all of us. It’s hard to keep people’s attention and you do it naturally. Many of us know as much as you do but it’s always nice to get a passionate persons spin on different things.
You may not have realised it but you have touched on what your next project show will be and that is building new vehicles like electric or hydraulic or what ever propulsion method you can think of. Also solar wind powered homes, buildings etc. “A tech living show”. I think the car thing has been done every which way now so time to leave that behind in your history.
Fully aware nobody asked but I’m throwing in my 2p’s worth anyhow.
1: surgeons forceps. Cheap to buy. Grip small things more securely than fingers (that’s what my misses says anyway). Fit anywhere. Just buy some. They will change your tinkering life.
2:Deep sockets over regular. Then you can get hold of them better for spinning things in or out with your fingers.
3: As many torches / lamps as possible. You can never have too much light on a job.
4: the finest toothed flex head ratchet in each size you can find. Access gets worse by the day it seems.
5: endoscope. It should be classed as cheating, it makes things that would take hours to get to visible in seconds.
You’re welcome..........
Good points sir. Pound through screwdrivers are also great for crusty old things. I bought some “aviation spanners” which are great. Really long ring ended spanner’s with no angle on the ends basically. Gives you the option to get your hands out of awkward spaces where spanner rash may occur.
Edd we really need to see more of you mate !
There was clearly one tool he could live without!
This guy gets it 😆
Bugger, now I need to buy a 3D scanner. Awesome bit of kit.
Solid works baby... where my other engineers at?
Right here! Prefer Inventor though
JustA Norwegian Hep I do aswell. I don't get why so many people like solid works more . Whenever I design something in SW I eventually get to the point where the whole assembly starts to refuse making additional joints or even changes my older joints. Inventor just works better for me I guess.
Im a weirdo and use PTC creo.
Francisco Juan - we use aecosim
Solid works mating gang hmu
Another use for those rubber gloves i found was when i had a Renault alliance that didn’t like wet weather. Moisture always got into the distributor and made driving an adventure. With zero money i ended up cutting the finger tips off of one rubber glove and had coil and spark plug wires coming through the finger holes. A piece of wire held the wrist part tight around the distributor shaft. No more problems.
I just finished reading your book Edd. I really enjoyed it. It makes Wheeler Dealers seem like a short interlude before allowing you to continue following your creativity. Give it a few years and WD will be just a distant memory. All the best - Tony Hillyard
I bloody love Edd China!!!
He’s like a world of car knowledge. Was gutted he wasn’t at Fully Charged Live this year. Briefly spoke with him at last years event.
My favourite TOOL is you, Mike brewers doing well
Edd is such a likeable fellow.
Edd, Please upload to your personal TH-cam channel. We'd love to see regular content from you, even if it's just you tinkering in your garage. You have a massive fanbase and it'd be awesome to watch some of the things you get up to in your own time.
When they say that the perfect man does not exist i just think of Edd China.
Hi Ed - really great to see you back.
Our legendary Australian " Barra " I6 would get you a lot of views if you did an NA to turbo conversion or even a repower for another car such as a nissan patrol y61. These Australian engines are even getting a lot of respect in the USA because factory bottom end and heads can be cheaply modified to give massive HP and torque. Worth a look any way!
Looks good Ed. Love your videos.Keep the great shows up always looking forward to them.
A shopping trolley on Yokohama A539s 😂
Even that’ll understeer in the wet! In many ways similar to a Polo G40 😄
The (laser / Water jet) combo cutters are mind blowing
many thanks Edd China learned a lot from you🤗😘🥰😍
Edd should join the Drivetribe team full time!
Make Edd China a weekly occurrence! Pls :-)
Brilliant Edd ..... So good you are embracing the EV future .... people listen to you as you know what you are talking about.. thanks
But the absolute most important of all, is the Nowegian moose-sign. 😂
I know Steve Coogan is a big fan of Edd. I would love to see them 2 in tv show.
2:24 it's actually the amps that kills you! Alot of people seem to get this wrong and just want to correct that.
Still a great video.
Stay safe people.
You need both volts and amps to kill
Considering you can't have one without the other, your correction is pointless.
@@Coxy002605 in welding you have massive Amps but only about 12 v, Where as a taser or electric fence for example gives you thousands of volts but mAmps,
Edd correct about 60V and above is required but also above about 50 mA hence power tools are 50,0,50 volts and Rcd's trip at about 30mA.
And on a conventional car where the electrical supply is capable of delivering hundreds of amps but only at 14volts you cannot get electrocuted,
But in a hybrid there is a 3 phase 200v generator it's quite possible to get fatal shock,
@@dogwalker666 yhea, ofc, but i'ts always better to check amps aswell as the volts when measuring, not just the volts and think "it's only 60 volts, no wories".
45 amps dc could still be leathal whit the "right" amps.
@@dogwalker666I was replying to Anders, sorry if that wasn't clear.
The book is a great read. It's written in the first person and he tells the tale of the 'Casual Lofa' and more.
My guess is the cutter is called The Bobbitt....just a hunch 😭
Welding magnets for the very corroded but epic Amphicar. :D
My favourite thing Edd did was the WD logo on the ratrod F150's side window. The way he got the rust on the glass to form the WD logo... Genius! 👌
A kettle is a tool if it's in the workshop. I bet you have one for your tea?
That 3d scanner actually seems really useful. I've got a question though, considering versions of it can scan an entire car does that mean it may be possible to use a basic version to scan say a bumper for a car so you can 3d print a replacement?
Yes, Edd, I bought the book (& enjoyed it).
I met Ed at a motor show ,,he took the time to say hello even though he was in a crowd ,,a down to earth man ,,big fan of wheeler dealers ...don’t watch them now with no Ed ...I never really liked mike that much it’s was always about Ed ....so thanks Ed for taking the time to say hello you got a fan for Life ,,,,brewers loss believe me
Glad to see you’ve still got the Shaftsbury Avenue sign edd!
Great Video! Love the content! Now we just need a double video with James May
Its not the volts that kill you, its the amps. Anything over .03 amps can kill you hense why rcds and rcbos trip at 30mA
Brewer is one tool he can do without !!!!
Yeah, we all came to post that when the vid title popped up in our 'recommended' vids section, but unfortunately we were ninja'd by some dude who got in as soon as the upload was complete, as is the case with all substantially "liked" comments...
I bought a socket set "metric and imperial" from Halfords(car shop in the UK) in about 1982, I've still got it complete and it has been used hundreds of times, I always make sure every socket goes back in its slot, definitely my favorite tool,the only thing that has broken is one of the plastic latches on the carry case, respect to you Halfords ;)
I have a metric adjustable spanner all I need now is the imperial one
@@bryanlatimer-davies1222 hahahah funny :)
@@bryanlatimer-davies1222 show me how you change a spark plug with it ;)
@@derek-press you mean they have to be changed ? I thought they lasted the life of the engine like the oil and filter !
@@bryanlatimer-davies1222 no I mean I was good enough to still have them all lol
Edd ... the whole video was ELECTRIFYING and not just the CTEC !!!!!
Not shown; that clearform scanner costs 30,000 usd
Thirty thousand dollars
If you have a use for it, it can pay gor itself in a few weeks.
haha yes i
Why do you need to spell it out, we all know what 30,000 is
Do not underestimate what Ed said about electricity. These cars are DC and currents above 30mA have an effect on the body. You short a battery cell and for sure you'll know about it.
More Ed please
Edd you are the best :)
The principle of the water jet is pretty cool but just wondering how long nozzles and pumps last with that kind of pressure blasting abrasives into the job :(
Bet it costs a bit to get a small piece of work done
😂 The captions say “I Made China”
The best tool is Edd China.
i always knew ed loved a clean end
Mine is my Leatherman Surge. It's part of my EDC.
Odyssey! Best batteries ever.
0:06 Done, it actually arrives tomorrow ;D
One tool that's missing , that Edd really doesn't need ......................Mike Brewer !
No lie about the 13mm wrench & sockets. I discovered that when I worked on a VW I had. What's with that size often not coming in sets?
Not coming in sets? Ever set in the known universe has a 13mm socket/spanner! At least in the UK universe...
Got the book and the gloves already 😎
Ed! I dosed off half way through. But you “Tom, Dick and Harry” are legendary. Keep up the good work. (F-bbc)
Edds loving them cùtters a bit too much.
10&13mm spaners essential tools
Edd, can you tell us anything about that amazing-looking vise that you've got on your workbench? I've seen a bunch of vises, but never one like that. I tried to read the side where it looks like there are some letters, but I wasn't able to read them.
@the camera guy: Clean your bloody lens!
5:15 i would without hesitation buy that and just mount it on my wall as art lol
Hey Ed, is it worth buying a car with a category N. The car is a Volvo and is reliably repaired
One of my favorite VW guys!
Volts don't kill, amps do.
That is a schoolboy error for someone claiming he has knowledge of the subject..
This edd's a yr older then me & i only started an apprenticeship as a mechanic, i wonder wat his tool's & equipmen't r worth.
You forgot the windy gun that you style your hair with!..LOL!.
Are he and James May best friends? I feel like they would be.
When will we see car repair video's?
Who else tried to clean the dust smudge right in the middle their monitor for the first 7 odd minutes of this video? My OCD went off the scale. First rule of photography/videography ... clean the lens ... LOL. Anywho, nice selection of gadgets you use there Edd 👍
Know exactly what you mean about a nice easy smooth cut!!
Feb 2017
Failed
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.2.C.1c)
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.2.C.1c)
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Nearside Seat belt retracting mechanism defective does not release (5.2.5b)
Advisory notice item(s)
Offside Rear Brake hose slightly chafed (3.6.B.4d)
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has slight play (2.6.2)
Front suspension sits on bump stops
Offside Front tyre tread feathered
hmm....
voltage doesn't kill, current does. that's why people survive lightning strikes, which are up to one billion volts.
Ed’s a tool we could all live without
Why bother watching it then?
Did you scan your knob? I would have.
Lazy Loafer who wants a 3D scan of Mike Brewer?
Edd's hair dye ? I'll buy it!
Can't believe he didn't mention the Romer arm.
There’s one tool he can do without.... Mike!!
I need a man like Ed..
I love The Micky Mouse gloves 😂😂🤣🤣
Edd, vroom buddy, vroom.
Voltage doesn't kill you, current does. I have accidentally grabbed the plugs when pulling something out of the wall socket which is 120V, it gave me a good shock but I was fine.
It's the volts that jolts but the mils that kills.
@@Forcefield23 LOL, i first read "milfs" not mils, ha ha.
I wish people would stop parroting this nonsense. Voltage and current are inseparable, you can't have one without the other. The reason you were fine after your shock is because domestic voltages are nowhere near high enough to cause serious injury or death (unless you're very unlucky). Even in industry with 400V+, most shocks cause nasty burns and not much else.
I love Edd.
That dust or dirt particle in the middle of your camera lens really bothers me. I thought my monitor was going bad, but then i noticed the particle would get bigger when image was zoomed. Please clean it.
And Suddenly this is the best car geek show on the planet .
PS: I have no idea of half the stuff he just showed off , but I enjoyed it xD
Great geeky video Edd !! :)
You forgot the three best and biggest tools.. Jeremy, Richard, and James.
Wow, hateful.
You need to see a doctor lol
1:23 I am an American and the very rude name for this tool was always "Master Key." We would inevitably use this to open padlocked chests, cabinets and doors. The downside of the master key is you cannot re-lock the padlock after.
I wonder what James May would be doing while watching this.
Edd should be on Grand Tour...
Your a genius edd
we call your cable cutters cocky beaks in australia