Series 2 Episode 1: Repairing Big Ben with Keith Scobie-Youngs
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As the founder of the Cumbria Clock Company, Keith Scobie-Youngs and his team have repaired and restored some of the most famous clocks in the country – including those at Salisbury Cathedral and Hampton Court Palace. In this episode he tells us about a very exciting recent project, fixing Big Ben, the world-renowned clock from the Palace of Westminster in London.
Keith has given an online interviews as part of the If you were an engineer what would you do? Leaders Award competition so if you would also like to see some of the things she describes watch the interview below.
Charlie’s voice-activated storage unit – the Auto-Kallax – is our prototype of the week. We hear from Charlie about her idea, and from Strathclyde University’s Tom and Fraser, who are bringing the design to life.
Thanks to the children from Heasandford Primary School who shared their engineering ideas with us at the top of the show.
And if you have an answer to our problem send your thoughts to [email protected] or comment on Twitter @Leadersaward. This week it comes from Cummins: When turbochargers are fitted to an engine, they get very hot, and sometimes melt other parts of the engine. How can you stop that from happening?
If you’d like to get in touch, follow us on Twitter @Leadersaward, @primaryengineer and head over to our Primary Engineer You Tube Channel and be inspired!
We’d like to hear what you thought of the series so please help us and complete our survey.
As the founder of the Cumbria Clock Company, Keith Scobie-Youngs and his team have repaired and restored some of the most famous clocks in the country – including those at Salisbury Cathedral and Hampton Court Palace. In this episode he tells us about a very exciting recent project, fixing Big Ben, the world-renowned clock from the Palace of Westminster in London.
Keith has given an online interviews as part of the If you were an engineer what would you do? Leaders Award competition so if you would also like to see some of the things she describes watch the interview below.
Charlie’s voice-activated storage unit – the Auto-Kallax – is our prototype of the week. We hear from Charlie about her idea, and from Strathclyde University’s Tom and Fraser, who are bringing the design to life.
Thanks to the children from Heasandford Primary School who shared their engineering ideas with us at the top of the show.
And if you have an answer to our problem send your thoughts to [email protected] or comment on Twitter @Leadersaward. This week it comes from Cummins: When turbochargers are fitted to an engine, they get very hot, and sometimes melt other parts of the engine. How can you stop that from happening?
If you’d like to get in touch, follow us on Twitter @Leadersaward, @primaryengineer and head over to our Primary Engineer You Tube Channel and be inspired!
We’d like to hear what you thought of the series so please help us and complete our survey.