In this video I show how i made the inlet and exhaust camshafts for my Kawasaki Z1 Super Six engine, showing a few problems that i had, and how i resolved them.
Thank you to everyone who has commented, liked and subscribed, its great to read all the comments, and i'm pleased that most people like what I do with my engines and projects, and hopefully I can inspire others to have a go in their sheds and gardens.
Yes you have inspire me, especially the flying Millyard project. I have a couple of Pratt and Whitney R1340 cylinders, need to dig them out and see if they are any good to use for a V twin engine project.
Youve inspired me already since months , thanks . Your working methodology, often ,bring me ideas to reingeneer old pieces, for an example, and much, making me dreeminh for futur builds so re-thanks
24" welded shafts to within 0.001" thats just typical of Alans site. As an engineer 40 years working in automotive and building and tuning my own engines Id have guessed "not possible" until saw it with my own eyes. True craftsman at work. Pulling the bend out with a Tig.......yep Im still learning. A pleasure to watch true skill and no BS.
I drive sporting trials and met a Scottish guy who came to see what we were up to, upon talking to him I discovered he did beach racing up near Edinburgh. He told me that they used British bikes and cut and weld the camshafts to make the engine run like a big single ie both cylinders firing together. Amazing bits of ingenuity out there.
I'm stunned. If someone had said to me, "I'm going to chop up camshafts with a hand held grinder in the garden and weld the bits together again", I would of thought that's not possible. Believe in the impossible with Allen.
@Jota Rider thats why I don't want anyone around when I work. "hey you need help?" NOOOOOOO NO NOOO NO! I end up in the hospital when someone tries to help.
With great respect to my colleagues and friends (more often than not, although not always) someone coming to help turns into a bit of a training session whereby my work is slowed as we discuss what I'm doing. That being said, you can't be closed minded because every now and then someone unexpected shows up and imparts something clever and useful. Allen is brilliant, amazingly talented and creative and I have great admiration for his work. He reminds me of my father. When I reflect on what my dad created with an old AC welder, an oxy-acetylene rig, a grinder, and a vice attached to a tree stump I have to say that few are (were) his equal. He was a stunningly creative genius and apart from electronics (circuit boards and the like) he was able to create virtually anything from nearly nothing. He would have been 103 years old this fall (2020) and I expect he and Allen would have enjoyed one-another's company immensely. I remember one time asking him why my brother was stronger than me and he responded "simple, body centered cubic" At the time, I had no idea what he meant but now I appreciate his humor.
This man really is an unbelievably talented engineer. Cutting off camshafts in his backyard, lying them on the ground and holding them in place with his foot. Result after finish: within 0.001". Unbelievable...........how does he do it? This man creates the most amazing and fantastic bikes and engines in his SHED!!! Seen a lot of his vids already but still in awe. Just amazing skills and creations, fantastic to see him at work!
I’ve been an engineer for 45 years in the motor trade, oil refineries, industrial, and NHS and consider myself a very good and knowledgeable engineer however Alan Millyard is in a different class pulling off the seemingly impossible going where great engineers dare not go, I have leaned so much watching Allan’s work I take my hat to you Sir, I would happily be your unpaid tea boy and skivvy just to see you bring these incredible creations to life. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos on UA-cam.
I love the fact that Allen just drops the cams on the dirt in his garden, sticks a boot on one end and cuts them up!! It’s the confidence of total knowledge! Genius!! 👍
In the thinly veiled "unpack and install" sales pitches that have come to dominate UA-cam, this channel is a breath of fresh air. It doesn't appear that Mr. Millyard understands the word impossible. I'm a huge fan of this channel.
The best of these vids is that Allen does not use the very latest CNC machines, Doesn’t use the very latest super tools from a large American tool manufacturer. Old school genius of an engineer who can explain in terms ordinary people can understand. These vids make my day !, Thank you for some of the best content on UA-cam. Love the pre heat in the BBQ.
There's something therapeutic about these videos. The _casual_ approach to cutting the boot held cam shafts is just inspirational. I wish these videos were an hour long
Yes! I know exactly what you are talking about! It's calming knowing that someone can do work that accurate with such basic tools and making it all look about as hard as tying his shoes.
We need to get kids (boys and girls) involved in doing this sort of stuff again instead of staring into the emptiness of their mobile phones. I know there are engineering apprenticeships around (I did mine in a well known aerospace company) but they are not commonplace anymore. It's a real shame.
I've never seen something as impressive as this build. Just this part alone is blows my mind. How the hell do you weld a camshaft dead straight? Absolute master of the craft.
Being fearless - not phased by apparent difficulty - seems to be the starting point. (And how can five people give the thumbs down? For pity's sake. Must be Australians or New Zealanders - no other explanation.)
@@sideshowbob5237 There were 6 thumbs down for a moment. I accidentally touched the thumbs down icon. Perhaps some of the others have made the same error without realising or knowing they could reverse the negative vote.
@@brianhanson8034 You stoll the words straight from my mind. I'm a Canadian motorcyclist and I know the historic motorcycling exploits of these two inventive and awe inspiring guys from the two Lands Down Unda.
Got the lathe already but I might be sleeping outside tonight after I tell my wife I want to buy a TIG welder, a milling machine and a large bbq... Another inspiring production, thanks Allen.
Whilst your lying outside it will be the perfect opportunity to dream up a ground plan of where the new shed extension is going to house the new mechanical arrivals... Don't tell your wife about the shed extension, whatever you do.
I had 20 minutes before tea, so I cast some steel, hardened it in the barbecue and then machined it using my dremel. I managed to get it reasonably close, to 1 µ and then because I had some spare time I invented a perpetual motion machine, straightforward really!
I settled down with a cup of tea to watch this with a smile on my face, looking forward to being entertained for a little while. The smile turned into a burst of laughter when Allen dropped the finely engineered shafts onto the dirt, held them down with his foot and set about them with a cutting disc. 1mm discs are indeed a godsend. The use of heat to pull something back into line is something we used to do when fabricating welded pipe assemblies - apply heat, using oxy acetylene, to the side that's proud, then either allow to cool naturally or chuck a bucket of water over it. Not as precise as Allen's method, but ok on four inch pipework. Please keep the videos coming Allen, they are a ray of light in the gloom during the current miserable situation. You should be available on prescription as a tonic.
@@lennym1273 When you melt a spot and it then cools down, it shrinks, thus shortening that side. I have been doing it for years when building frame ect. Can bash it with a hammer or just melt and cool.
I’m staggered at Allen’s engineering abilities. Some of it looks proper back street but the outcome is just amazing. Most people taking a grinder to a camshaft on their lawn would end up with it in the bin. Not this guy. Sheer engineering brilliance.
first lay the parts in the sandy soil, hold with foot and cut with grinder, the wildlife is used to the noise! Brilliant unexpected simplicity of "ruski standard" engineering. Although English wizard in this case!
This is what all engineering students should be able to understand and do. In reality, all they can do is excel spreadsheet. Well done, great work Allen.
I used to work for a cam grinder year’s ago, and we straightened shafts on centers with a hammer and blunt chisel. Amazing craftsman you are Allen , function with grace on all your projects. Thanks again for sharing your world.
Hi Matt so true!...Allen is an absolute master at what he does I do not know even 1% of what this man knows....I dont ride a motorbike and yet find these posts great viewing...Well done Allen.
when i grow up and have plenty of time in my hands, i want to have plenty of tools and do such things as well. Allen is doing these because he loves the craftsmanship. he has nothing to prove, he's just a cool bloke with amazing brain and a set of lathes. love you Allen!
How could anyone vote thumbs down to this? My Dad was an engineer at Bristol Aircraft Company during WW2 and he told me he had to work to 1 thou but only seeing this video has this been put into context for me,; naturally I am proud of my Dad but frankly I am spellbound by what you are doing in your shed. As if working to such fine tolerances isn't enough you then go and conceive Frankenstein creations that many people would have been happy to buy new from motorcycle manufacturers if only they thought of them first. Bloody amazing.
I am the least technically/mechanically minded person in the world, but I cannot stop watching these videos. The amount of skill Allen has is unbelievable!
Alan, you are complete personification of what makes Britain great, your attitude and attention to detail is incredible, to cut up a a set of cams, whilst holding them with your foot, and then to weld them and attain such incredibly accurate tolerances is astonishing.... Love these videos...
Utterly astonishing work. I enjoy channels like Bad Obsession Motorsport where they'll happily cut up and re-weld a chassis to amazing results but I don't know anyone who cuts and welds the guts of engines the way you do Allen. You're on another level entirely. Bravo!
What on earth !!. I would not have thought this was possible. I would struggle even getting that to spin concentrically in the lathe. Allen is the master of casual expertise .
Allen it takes a genius to make something so complex look really simple. Your engineering prowess, thoughtless indifference to problems and starting again, expertise with really basic tools, outstanding videos overwhelm me. Your wife and family are bricks....I bet they deserve you. Thank you so very much for sharing. Dyson has nothing on you! Brian
I've added you to my short list of 3 engineers who inspire, which include Soichiro Honda and John Britten. I dig the fact that you include less-than-prefect results and how you overcome that. "Many people dream of success. To me success can be achieved only through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents 1 percent of your work which results only from the 99 percent that is called failure." - Soichiro Honda I think that's a great determination quote, but I'm sure your success rate is much higher than 1%. Nicola Tesla claimed to have a high rate of success because he worked it all out first in his head. I would have thought that you had a cam grinder make these for you. Cutting them up with a angle grinder and doweling them together didn't cross my mind, but after watching your other videos should have known better. Brilliant.
Your knee photo wasn't click-bait that's for sure! I'm at a loss for words. I 'm pleased you weren't around in the middle-ages. They would have dunked you in the local pond for 30 minutes 🤣
Allen's videos are a true testament to real Engineering. If I am lucky Allen will read this comment. Allen a good friend of mine many years ago took a Z900 crankshaft and offset ground the crank to change the TDC 30 thou on the down stroke. The result was the engine could rev to 20,000 and still some. The engine was fitted into a side car outfit and was banned from race circuits in Australia for being too quick. Keep up the good work.
Ahhh, as soon as I saw the notification on this - I had to go put the kettle on. Allen's videos can't be rushed - they need to be absorbed, savoured and appreciated............ washed down with a steaming mug of Rosie Lee! 😉
I actually learned the basics of lathe work when I was fourteen or fifteen years of age at my secondary modern school's well equipped metal workshop. I absolutely loved it. I left school at the age of fifteen when I started an apprenticeship with a local company. When I eventually retired from full time work I got a part time job at a local school here in Chelmsford working as the technician/maintenance engineer in the design and technology department. The main workshop was well equipped with two Boxford lathes and one Colchester. To my amazement the head of department wouldn't allow any of the students to actually use the lathes "for health and safety reasons and in case someone hurts themselves".......I kid you not! And people wonder why we don't make much stuff these days. I've worked with a lot of really good engineers over the years but Allen is the most naturally gifted craftsman I have ever seen. Well done Sir!
You are simply a genius at a whole other level. Thank you for sharing the penultimate challenges you sorted out. Using the gudgeon pin (aka wrist pin for americas) to centre, lathe and TiG. One thou runout for a 24” camshaft that you pieced together; hats off to you mate!
I got given a kawasaki er5 last week 34 k miles, thought it needed scrapping till I started watching Allen! It's difficult to explain to the layperson how unbelievably awesome this man is👍
If I lived ten lifetimes my brain would never be able to compute like this ,just incredible craftsmanship,I could listen to Allen read the phone book...👍
I hope this channel/videos will exist forever for posterity. The information gained from these videos will only serve to better humanity by inspiring and instructing people on how to make, fix and modify the things that surround them. Tools required of course but not too complicated. Mr Millyard here shows you how to shape and form metal, valuable information seeing as to how a lot of the objects in our lives are made of it. Keep it up my man! These videos are awesome!
Allen never ceases to amaze me with what he does on a lathe & how easy he makes it look. I spent 53yrs working lathes of various types & what does is anything but easy.
Therapy of the highest order. I'm restoring a GS750 and get frustrated when things don't go to plan. Then I get the notification Allen's been at it again. I spent ten minutes taking my therapy, call myself all sorts as I'm not even adding a cylinder or two. If this guy can make 6 cylinders run like a watch I should be able to do 4. Brilliant again Allen. Top job.
Wish Triumph had found you in the early days. No runs and no drips! Where oh where were you ? I'm placing a call to the Queen. If. John Surtees deserved Knighthood, Mr. Millyard should certainly receive the same.
The man is a motorhead brain! So fun to watch by this old motorhead who rebuilt aircraft recips-- Continentals and Lycomings. I never did learn the lathe, milling machine, or welding. I wish I had. Time for me to put together my old 68 BSA Spitfire.
Finding the simplest way with what's available, not getting bogged down in the potential difficulties. Perfect, and a real life lesson on several levels
What could possibly be not to like about anything this guy does, he's got some nice tools but nothing state of the art and I believe has been doing this kind of stuff since he was a lad with probably a pretty basic tool kit back then. Some people have a natural in-built feel for engineering and Alan is definitely one of them, up there with Brunell and the likes as far as I'm concerned. Keep up the excellent and inspiring work, I'm glad I kept one of my late Father's lathes 👍👍👍
I have been watching all these vids on the 6, and most parts are not that hard when one is used to welding. But It was the cams that I have been waiting with baited breath, as I was thinking, how the hell do you do them. Thank you so much for this instalment. A true master at work. Now I would love to see you make a V5 out of 2 Honda V4 750/800's. Now that would be cool.
So last night I dreamed I was at Allen's house with my Suzuki GT380 three cylinder two stroke. Allen was doing some awesome modification for me. I was in awe watching him work....just like in this video. I just love the work Allen does on these bikes. He is one of a kind. The best.
"It takes a bit of practice" Everything done takes a bit of practice and without the skills it´s impossible no matter how many lifetimes you practice. Just awesome!
you know your tools and your hands intimately. Watching people like you truly inspires me. If you happen to be in the southeast usa in the future I'l like to show you my twin engine turboshaft minivan and the worlds smallest turboshaft powered motorcycle. I'm checking out the museum in talladega next week
Allen, I have been following you now for a few years. I go back now and then and watch some of your older content. What impresses me aside from your simple, can-do, no big deal attitude is you are one with these machines. Simply amazing.
😁 Colchester Bantam. 👍🏼 I spent many hours standing behind one of those during my apprenticeship. That was amazing to watch, I love how you make something most people consider rocket science look so simple. Beautiful work Allen, such a pleasure to watch an old school mechanic at work.
"The world turns on a Colchester" as it used to say proudly on the end of the dirty great Mascot 1600 I used to drive - normally whilst stood on a pallet!
@@AllenMillyard I can't believe you are still using a tele 332 with dial and original cord - oh and did I mention the magic in the garage? Fantastic job!!!
I am literally open mouthed! I wouldn't believe that was humanely possible (as in, physically created by a human as opposed to machine) if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Utterly incredible work Allen, absolutely astounding. We are truly honoured being able to see your genius at work - and I appreciate you are a very humble guy, who probably feels a bit uncomfortable being referred to as a 'genius': but I'm sorry mate - there's just no other word for it! Truly mind-melting work - inspiring.
It is simply not possible to tell anyone without a basic understanding of mechanical engineering how darn complex the things this man is doing in his back yard, by himself with his own tools. Camshafts are a true pain to get right. Mr. Millyard is custom manufacturing his own camshafts. This is truly impressive and humbling too. What an amazingly talented and brilliant man.
At last! The weekly dose of wizardry and witchcraft! I'm now getting used to watching videos with my mouth and eyes at max stretch. Amazing work, Mr Millyard. I'm pleasantly stunned as usual.
I cant not comment on these videos, the skill and knowledge required here is off the scale, and to even attempt it in his small workshop at home is a wonder. Well done.
Hello from the states! Allen, simply splended as always! Even in the face of small failure, your humility and humble nature makes you seem mortal like the rest of us....but, we know differently. How about a V4 Commando Beret next?
The presentation, editing, and awesome voice of Allen means my wife just got called in to watch this video. She has negative interest in mechanical things but she enjoyed the video. I mention that he's casually doing the impossible on a rare and wonderful bike. "Hm.", she said
This content is already good enough for commissioning by a specialist channel on satellite or cable. I’d have the series record button pressed straight away. Genuinely, you’d pay for this content, without question. Again, thank you.
I'm afraid on TV some producer would try adding social drama to it to cater to more interest groups (like it seemed to happen with basically all the bike/car tuner shows)
Thank you to everyone who has commented, liked and subscribed, its great to read all the comments, and i'm pleased that most people like what I do with my engines and projects, and hopefully I can inspire others to have a go in their sheds and gardens.
You make the impossible look possible! Always a good watch
Yes you have inspire me, especially the flying Millyard project. I have a couple of Pratt and Whitney R1340 cylinders, need to dig them out and see if they are any good to use for a V twin engine project.
I really like your build videos. Can you post detail videos on how the honda ss100 case is made
Allen, been waiting for this on the telly for years👍
Youve inspired me already since months , thanks .
Your working methodology, often ,bring me ideas to reingeneer old pieces, for an example, and much, making me dreeminh for futur builds so re-thanks
24" welded shafts to within 0.001" thats just typical of Alans site. As an engineer 40 years working in automotive and building and tuning my own engines Id have guessed "not possible" until saw it with my own eyes. True craftsman at work. Pulling the bend out with a Tig.......yep Im still learning. A pleasure to watch true skill and no BS.
Not an engineer, but does the bend not come back as the engine warms?
No it doesn’t come back because the camshaft will never get that hot and it’s also heated evenly with the engine heat
My mind has never been so boggled!
A search for "keith fenner shaft straightening" is quite interesting...
I drive sporting trials and met a Scottish guy who came to see what we were up to, upon talking to him I discovered he did beach racing up near Edinburgh. He told me that they used British bikes and cut and weld the camshafts to make the engine run like a big single ie both cylinders firing together. Amazing bits of ingenuity out there.
This is insane. I’m watching this soft-spoken gentleman perform absolute magic as casually as one might stop to tie their shoes. Well done,chap!
Insane is just being sane with insight.
Id be chucking spanners at the wall....he dont break a sweat
I'm stunned. If someone had said to me, "I'm going to chop up camshafts with a hand held grinder in the garden and weld the bits together again", I would of thought that's not possible. Believe in the impossible with Allen.
Yeah, and then I’m just going to barbecue them!!!
@Jota Rider thats why I don't want anyone around when I work. "hey you need help?" NOOOOOOO NO NOOO NO! I end up in the hospital when someone tries to help.
@Jota Rider tell me did you briefly think about a Laverda 6 cylinder?
With great respect to my colleagues and friends (more often than not, although not always) someone coming to help turns into a bit of a training session whereby my work is slowed as we discuss what I'm doing. That being said, you can't be closed minded because every now and then someone unexpected shows up and imparts something clever and useful. Allen is brilliant, amazingly talented and creative and I have great admiration for his work. He reminds me of my father. When I reflect on what my dad created with an old AC welder, an oxy-acetylene rig, a grinder, and a vice attached to a tree stump I have to say that few are (were) his equal. He was a stunningly creative genius and apart from electronics (circuit boards and the like) he was able to create virtually anything from nearly nothing. He would have been 103 years old this fall (2020) and I expect he and Allen would have enjoyed one-another's company immensely. I remember one time asking him why my brother was stronger than me and he responded "simple, body centered cubic" At the time, I had no idea what he meant but now I appreciate his humor.
yeah, that bit stunned me too. I wanted to know how he did it, and that one sentence told me. It also told me he's a magician with machines.
This man really is an unbelievably talented engineer.
Cutting off camshafts in his backyard, lying them on the ground and holding them in place with his foot.
Result after finish: within 0.001". Unbelievable...........how does he do it?
This man creates the most amazing and fantastic bikes and engines in his SHED!!!
Seen a lot of his vids already but still in awe.
Just amazing skills and creations, fantastic to see him at work!
I’ve been an engineer for 45 years in the motor trade, oil refineries, industrial, and NHS and consider myself a very good and knowledgeable engineer however Alan Millyard is in a different class pulling off the seemingly impossible going where great engineers dare not go, I have leaned so much watching Allan’s work I take my hat to you Sir, I would happily be your unpaid tea boy and skivvy just to see you bring these incredible creations to life. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos on UA-cam.
Britain needs more people like Allen. Bring back innovation.
If he had the spare time Allen could solve the problems of cold fusion, in his shed!
The world needs more people like Allen
@@dane61 The world needs a LOT more people like Allen. Brilliant, calm, and determined.
Thatcher changed all that Mate !!!
I want him to sort out my triumphs leak
I love the fact that Allen just drops the cams on the dirt in his garden, sticks a boot on one end and cuts them up!! It’s the confidence of total knowledge! Genius!! 👍
In the thinly veiled "unpack and install" sales pitches that have come to dominate UA-cam, this channel is a breath of fresh air. It doesn't appear that Mr. Millyard understands the word impossible. I'm a huge fan of this channel.
Everybody would say that this couldn’t be done but someone apparently forgot to tell you, Allen.
Top notch perfect made piece of engineering. 😁👌
The best of these vids is that Allen does not use the very latest CNC machines, Doesn’t use the very latest super tools from a large American tool manufacturer. Old school genius of an engineer who can explain in terms ordinary people can understand. These vids make my day !, Thank you for some of the best content on UA-cam. Love the pre heat in the BBQ.
Thank you 😊
There's something therapeutic about these videos. The _casual_ approach to cutting the boot held cam shafts is just inspirational.
I wish these videos were an hour long
Yes! I know exactly what you are talking about! It's calming knowing that someone can do work that accurate with such basic tools and making it all look about as hard as tying his shoes.
We need to get kids (boys and girls) involved in doing this sort of stuff again instead of staring into the emptiness of their mobile phones. I know there are engineering apprenticeships around (I did mine in a well known aerospace company) but they are not commonplace anymore. It's a real shame.
I've never seen something as impressive as this build. Just this part alone is blows my mind. How the hell do you weld a camshaft dead straight? Absolute master of the craft.
Being fearless - not phased by apparent difficulty - seems to be the starting point. (And how can five people give the thumbs down? For pity's sake. Must be Australians or New Zealanders - no other explanation.)
@@sideshowbob5237 The antipodeans are very good shed builders especially NZ
@@sideshowbob5237 There were 6 thumbs down for a moment. I accidentally touched the thumbs down icon. Perhaps some of the others have made the same error without realising or knowing they could reverse the negative vote.
@@kmc7355 Yes, it seems Bob hasn't heard of John Britten or Burt Munro, I hope he's just pulling our leg
@@brianhanson8034 You stoll the words straight from my mind. I'm a Canadian motorcyclist and I know the historic motorcycling exploits of these two inventive and awe inspiring guys from the two Lands Down Unda.
Got the lathe already but I might be sleeping outside tonight after I tell my wife I want to buy a TIG welder, a milling machine and a large bbq... Another inspiring production, thanks Allen.
rd250yam35 If you’ve got the determination as well, it might be worth a couple of nights camped on the lawn... Les
Get the mill, then no more wife. Problem solved.
Whilst your lying outside it will be the perfect opportunity to dream up a ground plan of where the new shed extension is going to house the new mechanical arrivals... Don't tell your wife about the shed extension, whatever you do.
Barry Fairbrother Making jewellery! Les
@@howardosborne8647 She may notice it . . . women are like that.
Allen Millyard, absolute legend. Should be Allen Millyard OBE (One Brilliant Engineer)!
Allen your skill level at fabrication of these parts is off the charts. I really enjoyed watching you sir. Thank you.
Hey... UA-cam
recommend this guy's video to all. Highly recommend from India 🇮🇳 👍.
Another thing i'm amazed by is that you produce this quality content with an i-phone!
I had 20 minutes before tea, so I cast some steel, hardened it in the barbecue and then machined it using my dremel. I managed to get it reasonably close, to 1 µ and then because I had some spare time I invented a perpetual motion machine, straightforward really!
As I'm sure you intended, reading this in Allen’s voice it sounds totally and utterly unquestionably plausible.
"straightforward really" LOL. Nailed Allen's humble demeanor in two words.
Steve Brown, you need to try harder😂
Perfect, you were well pleased with that? Just right.
Edit: Love your out look Allen. Just perfect
I settled down with a cup of tea to watch this with a smile on my face, looking forward to being entertained for a little while. The smile turned into a burst of laughter when Allen dropped the finely engineered shafts onto the dirt, held them down with his foot and set about them with a cutting disc. 1mm discs are indeed a godsend. The use of heat to pull something back into line is something we used to do when fabricating welded pipe assemblies - apply heat, using oxy acetylene, to the side that's proud, then either allow to cool naturally or chuck a bucket of water over it. Not as precise as Allen's method, but ok on four inch pipework. Please keep the videos coming Allen, they are a ray of light in the gloom during the current miserable situation. You should be available on prescription as a tonic.
I would have thought you heat the side that's concave, as to expand that side...
@@lennym1273 When you melt a spot and it then cools down, it shrinks, thus shortening that side. I have been doing it for years when building frame ect. Can bash it with a hammer or just melt and cool.
Tonic available now, courtesy of UA-cam and Allen. Take as required 😂
Mp
I’m staggered at Allen’s engineering abilities. Some of it looks proper back street but the outcome is just amazing. Most people taking a grinder to a camshaft on their lawn would end up with it in the bin. Not this guy. Sheer engineering brilliance.
The best bit is the old bakelite telephone!
My personal engineering skills end at "I just cut up the camshaft into little pieces"!
Hats of to you Allen.
first lay the parts in the sandy soil, hold with foot and cut with grinder, the wildlife is used to the noise! Brilliant unexpected simplicity of "ruski standard" engineering. Although English wizard in this case!
My dear Allen, you are the most amazing professor of backyard engineering on UA-cam. Thank you for sharing
One of the best 11 minutes I've spent.
This is what all engineering students should be able to understand and do. In reality, all they can do is excel spreadsheet.
Well done, great work Allen.
I guess these days you can 3D print bits from your phone 🙂
I used to work for a cam grinder year’s ago, and we straightened shafts on centers with a hammer and blunt chisel. Amazing craftsman you are Allen , function with grace on all your projects. Thanks again for sharing your world.
cant beat a good hammer and chisel, works perfect every time
This is one of my absolute favourite UA-cam channels and I don't even like motorbikes - Good on you Allen.
Thats brilliant
Hi Matt so true!...Allen is an absolute master at what he does I do not know even 1% of what this man knows....I dont ride a motorbike and yet find these posts great viewing...Well done Allen.
Keep watching, he'll have you liking bikes in no time :)
Watching Allen‘s videos is like deep meditation 🙏🏻
"Didn't check the end two lobes so had to do it all over again ..." Thank God for that, He IS human after all!
This guy cutting camshafts with a cutting wheel, then turning it and than welding it together.... What a skill.
I could watch and listen to this all-night .
when i grow up and have plenty of time in my hands, i want to have plenty of tools and do such things as well. Allen is doing these because he loves the craftsmanship. he has nothing to prove, he's just a cool bloke with amazing brain and a set of lathes. love you Allen!
I am truly humbled watching Alan, a living legend. Reminds me of Fred Dibna, he just ‘got things done’ too, no job was ever too difficult.
As I remember Fred loved himself but Allen loves what he does.
How could anyone vote thumbs down to this? My Dad was an engineer at Bristol Aircraft Company during WW2 and he told me he had to work to 1 thou but only seeing this video has this been put into context for me,; naturally I am proud of my Dad but frankly I am spellbound by what you are doing in your shed. As if working to such fine tolerances isn't enough you then go and conceive Frankenstein creations that many people would have been happy to buy new from motorcycle manufacturers if only they thought of them first. Bloody amazing.
Every time I watch your vids, I remember the words “ nothing is impossible “.
However, I still couldn’t believe my eyes .
every time i get cocky and think i know everything about bikes you bring me back to reality
I am the least technically/mechanically minded person in the world, but I cannot stop watching these videos. The amount of skill Allen has is unbelievable!
Alan, you are complete personification of what makes Britain great, your attitude and attention to detail is incredible, to cut up a a set of cams, whilst holding them with your foot, and then to weld them and attain such incredibly accurate tolerances is astonishing....
Love these videos...
Utterly astonishing work. I enjoy channels like Bad Obsession Motorsport where they'll happily cut up and re-weld a chassis to amazing results but I don't know anyone who cuts and welds the guts of engines the way you do Allen. You're on another level entirely. Bravo!
I love the noise as the gudgeon pin is pressed into the camshaft with the vice now that's a perfect interference fit.👍🏻
What on earth !!. I would not have thought this was possible. I would struggle even getting that to spin concentrically in the lathe.
Allen is the master of casual expertise .
Allen it takes a genius to make something so complex look really simple. Your engineering prowess, thoughtless indifference to problems and starting again, expertise with really basic tools, outstanding videos overwhelm me. Your wife and family are bricks....I bet they deserve you. Thank you so very much for sharing. Dyson has nothing on you! Brian
Dyson is a marketing king. Thats something quite different altogether.
Mt Dyson is extreamly clever and a visionary. I’ve got a DC01 that I use in the shed I’ve had it from new 😎
I've added you to my short list of 3 engineers who inspire, which include Soichiro Honda and John Britten.
I dig the fact that you include less-than-prefect results and how you overcome that.
"Many people dream of success. To me success can be achieved only through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents 1 percent of your work which results only from the 99 percent that is called failure." - Soichiro Honda
I think that's a great determination quote, but I'm sure your success rate is much higher than 1%. Nicola Tesla claimed to have a high rate of success because he worked it all out first in his head.
I would have thought that you had a cam grinder make these for you. Cutting them up with a angle grinder and doweling them together didn't cross my mind, but after watching your other videos should have known better. Brilliant.
uKurtlele same. I thought he would start with some 6 cyl cams and have them reground to fit this application.
Man A "need to build a camshaft in me shed"
Man B "can't be done"
Allen "hold me beer"
Your knee photo wasn't click-bait that's for sure! I'm at a loss for words.
I 'm pleased you weren't around in the middle-ages. They would have dunked you in the local pond for 30 minutes 🤣
Not only is Allen a fantastic engineer, but he also has the world's best telephone manners. And that, folks, is how you get stuff done.
Allen's videos are a true testament to real Engineering. If I am lucky Allen will read this comment. Allen a good friend of mine many years ago took a Z900 crankshaft and offset ground the crank to change the TDC 30 thou on the down stroke. The result was the engine could rev to 20,000 and still some. The engine was fitted into a side car outfit and was banned from race circuits in Australia for being too quick. Keep up the good work.
Ahhh, as soon as I saw the notification on this - I had to go put the kettle on. Allen's videos can't be rushed - they need to be absorbed, savoured and appreciated............ washed down with a steaming mug of Rosie Lee! 😉
I'm a wartsila fse employee, what you just did is everything that we are doing.
you are a machinist, welder, timing specialist and an engineer.
Would love to spend a day watching a true genius at work and Allan you are one in a million pure skill in your own home just wow 👍🏻👍🏻
I actually learned the basics of lathe work when I was fourteen or fifteen years of age at my secondary modern school's well equipped metal workshop. I absolutely loved it. I left school at the age of fifteen when I started an apprenticeship with a local company. When I eventually retired from full time work I got a part time job at a local school here in Chelmsford working as the technician/maintenance engineer in the design and technology department. The main workshop was well equipped with two Boxford lathes and one Colchester. To my amazement the head of department wouldn't allow any of the students to actually use the lathes "for health and safety reasons and in case someone hurts themselves".......I kid you not! And people wonder why we don't make much stuff these days.
I've worked with a lot of really good engineers over the years but Allen is the most naturally gifted craftsman I have ever seen. Well done Sir!
Love your simple approach to complicated engineering, it almost makes me want to take the engine out of my wife's bike and weld on another cylinder !
When she sees you with the hacksaw, tell her Allen said it's ok
what you've accomplished with these builds is nothing short of miraculous......
You are simply a genius at a whole other level. Thank you for sharing the penultimate challenges you sorted out. Using the gudgeon pin (aka wrist pin for americas) to centre, lathe and TiG. One thou runout for a 24” camshaft that you pieced together; hats off to you mate!
I'd love to see Alan do a TV series, a bit like fred dibnahs, true craftsmen in the old style
@Johannes C , I haven't had a TV in decades. The dumbing down "programing" is deliberate.
@@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 remember what happened in the coal strikes of 1974 ? Telly off at 2200 hours?
@@bryanearthloop2403 I thought it was 9pm?
@@MLawrence2008 radio carried on as normal
I got given a kawasaki er5 last week 34 k miles, thought it needed scrapping till I started watching Allen! It's difficult to explain to the layperson how unbelievably awesome this man is👍
Awsome Allen ... Simply awsome !!! No words left to express your talent. In Welsh we say "Bendigedig" !
If I lived ten lifetimes my brain would never be able to compute like this ,just incredible craftsmanship,I could listen to Allen read the phone book...👍
I hope this channel/videos will exist forever for posterity. The information gained from these videos will only serve to better humanity by inspiring and instructing people on how to make, fix and modify the things that surround them. Tools required of course but not too complicated. Mr Millyard here shows you how to shape and form metal, valuable information seeing as to how a lot of the objects in our lives are made of it. Keep it up my man! These videos are awesome!
Allen never ceases to amaze me with what he does on a lathe & how easy he makes it look. I spent 53yrs working lathes of various types & what does is anything but easy.
I love the presentation on your videos. It’s like Blue Peter for motor-bikers.
This is what you call hand made, this unassuming bloke is a genius.
I wish we could get Allen Millyard together with Edd China from wheeler dealers. That video would be epic!
Therapy of the highest order. I'm restoring a GS750 and get frustrated when things don't go to plan. Then I get the notification Allen's been at it again. I spent ten minutes taking my therapy, call myself all sorts as I'm not even adding a cylinder or two. If this guy can make 6 cylinders run like a watch I should be able to do 4. Brilliant again Allen. Top job.
Wish Triumph had found you in the early days. No runs and no drips! Where oh where were you ? I'm placing a call to the Queen. If. John Surtees deserved Knighthood, Mr. Millyard should certainly receive the same.
The man is a motorhead brain! So fun to watch by this old motorhead who rebuilt aircraft recips-- Continentals and Lycomings. I never did learn the lathe, milling machine, or welding. I wish I had. Time for me to put together my old 68 BSA Spitfire.
Complexity and skill that you make look easier than a blue peter build
He makes it's look easy and just straightforward logical, a true genius.
And again a dull Sunday is transformed into epicness! Thank you Allen for this series Looking forward to more!
Glad you enjoyed it!
All us backyard hacks love you (and envy your prodigious skills), Sir!
Finding the simplest way with what's available, not getting bogged down in the potential difficulties. Perfect, and a real life lesson on several levels
Amazingly talented man. A brain the size of a planet.
Far more useful gift than than having a hand the size of a pallet.
Howard Osborne Although you could carry quite a lot with a hand that size.
@@stevenshipley5280 useful for swatting a swarm of Midgies
What could possibly be not to like about anything this guy does, he's got some nice tools but nothing state of the art and I believe has been doing this kind of stuff since he was a lad with probably a pretty basic tool kit back then. Some people have a natural in-built feel for engineering and Alan is definitely one of them, up there with Brunell and the likes as far as I'm concerned. Keep up the excellent and inspiring work, I'm glad I kept one of my late Father's lathes 👍👍👍
I have been watching all these vids on the 6, and most parts are not that hard when one is used to welding. But It was the cams that I have been waiting with baited breath, as I was thinking, how the hell do you do them. Thank you so much for this instalment. A true master at work. Now I would love to see you make a V5 out of 2 Honda V4 750/800's. Now that would be cool.
s/V5/V8
Liquid cooling complicates things massively, though.
I've got an 800 engine I can donate
@@handpaper6871 not much really
The dude could make an engine out of coconuts , I don't think a water jacket will be much of an issue haha
So last night I dreamed I was at Allen's house with my Suzuki GT380 three cylinder two stroke. Allen was doing some awesome modification for me. I was in awe watching him work....just like in this video. I just love the work Allen does on these bikes. He is one of a kind. The best.
"It takes a bit of practice" Everything done takes a bit of practice and without the skills it´s impossible no matter how many lifetimes you practice. Just awesome!
One thing I have learnt from watching Allens videos, not everything that comes out of his BBQ is edible. The rest is just pure magic.
Beautifully filmed, Allen. I love to see the birds on the birdtable. Nice work on those cams!
you know your tools and your hands intimately. Watching people like you truly inspires me. If you happen to be in the southeast usa in the future I'l like to show you my twin engine turboshaft minivan and the worlds smallest turboshaft powered motorcycle. I'm checking out the museum in talladega next week
A rotary dial fone... goes to show old stuff just plain works....a great vid...
Allen, I have been following you now for a few years. I go back now and then and watch some of your older content. What impresses me aside from your simple, can-do, no big deal attitude is you are one with these machines. Simply amazing.
😁 Colchester Bantam. 👍🏼 I spent many hours standing behind one of those during my apprenticeship.
That was amazing to watch, I love how you make something most people consider rocket science look so simple. Beautiful work Allen, such a pleasure to watch an old school mechanic at work.
"The world turns on a Colchester" as it used to say proudly on the end of the dirty great Mascot 1600 I used to drive - normally whilst stood on a pallet!
I love this sort of stuff , twenty minutes ago I was watching some guy (British)
Making a useable jet engine, I find this so enjoyable
Fascinating as ever Allen - and so good to see that on rare occasions even Allen Millyard has to redo a bit of work!!
I found Allen through your 2 Stoke video. Great channel yours is also . Cheers
I could have left that bit out but it was funny at the time and pete at DK was great finding cams over night 🎥😎
@@AllenMillyard I'm glad you included it, Allen. Easily overlooked.
A sign of a great engineer. Show what can go wrong, find a solution .. jobs a good un. Everyone can learn from it.
@@AllenMillyard I can't believe you are still using a tele 332 with dial and original cord - oh and did I mention the magic in the garage? Fantastic job!!!
Hello from France, you are certainly a member of the last generation of guys able to do these builds
Just to mention that good old, properly calibrated analog measurement dials work just as well, if not better than digital electronic equipment!
It’s better digital is often a blur of numbers a sweeping needle is much nicer to work with
@@AllenMillyard To this day I dread batteries going flat....
The sound of that 6 is just so sweet you just can't get enough.
I am literally open mouthed! I wouldn't believe that was humanely possible (as in, physically created by a human as opposed to machine) if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. Utterly incredible work Allen, absolutely astounding. We are truly honoured being able to see your genius at work - and I appreciate you are a very humble guy, who probably feels a bit uncomfortable being referred to as a 'genius': but I'm sorry mate - there's just no other word for it! Truly mind-melting work - inspiring.
It is simply not possible to tell anyone without a basic understanding of mechanical engineering how darn complex the things this man is doing in his back yard, by himself with his own tools. Camshafts are a true pain to get right. Mr. Millyard is custom manufacturing his own camshafts. This is truly impressive and humbling too. What an amazingly talented and brilliant man.
At last! The weekly dose of wizardry and witchcraft! I'm now getting used to watching videos with my mouth and eyes at max stretch. Amazing work, Mr Millyard. I'm pleasantly stunned as usual.
I cant not comment on these videos, the skill and knowledge required here is off the scale, and to even attempt it in his small workshop at home is a wonder. Well done.
Amazing stuff Allen you make it look effortless, can’t believe someone gave this a thumbs down. Clearly jealous of your skills
this man is a true master of his craft. i'm not even into bikes an ind really enjoy these videos. greetings from Albania
Hello from the states! Allen, simply splended as always! Even in the face of small failure, your humility and humble nature makes you seem mortal like the rest of us....but, we know differently. How about a V4 Commando Beret next?
A Norton? I don't think he's ever done anything with a Norton.
The presentation, editing, and awesome voice of Allen means my wife just got called in to watch this video. She has negative interest in mechanical things but she enjoyed the video. I mention that he's casually doing the impossible on a rare and wonderful bike. "Hm.", she said
This is even better on a wet Sunday afternoon than Kylie at Glastonbury.
I love the easy going tone of voice..makes you kinda think you could just pop out to the shed and build an engine yourself..👏👏
'It means I can have any firing order I like' & 'Well, it takes a bit of practice, but you get there in the end' . . . Oh Allen. : )
This content is already good enough for commissioning by a specialist channel on satellite or cable.
I’d have the series record button pressed straight away.
Genuinely, you’d pay for this content, without question.
Again, thank you.
Would be cool 😎
I couldn't agree more.
I'm afraid on TV some producer would try adding social drama to it to cater to more interest groups (like it seemed to happen with basically all the bike/car tuner shows)
10,240 views in 2.5 hrs tells me you're underselling yourself @Allen !
I reckon Duke Video should make a series of Allen Millyard DVD's.........or even his old mate 'enry Cole could produce some programmes for TV.