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So my name is Colin First and I'm building a secret underground tunnel!
Well, you can't really call it secret anymore can we Colin, because it's had like 20 million
views on the previous four videos.
So I am building an underground tunnel now, from my shed, which is where I am now, along
here and through to my house, and eventually onto the underground bunker in the back garden.
Now in the previous four videos (link's in the description) we basically dug the hole,
broke the floor, dug all the way down, tunneled across, lined it all with steel, concreted
it all up.
It looks awesome!
It's all done, but before we progress and cut ourselves into the house, we've got things
to fit into this ready part of the tunnel.
Basically we had a hydraulic motor, which powered all the pins and digging equipment,
and a winch that's used basically to pull it all out to the surface.
So I'm going to refit that now because I've made, like this little cubby hole inside the
tunnel for it all to sit in.
So I'm going to get all that in, wire it all up, put all the hydraulic lines underneath
the floor, so I'm not tripping over them, and then once we've done that, we can start
digging a bit further!
So then let's get on with it!
Now since the last video, I've kind of cut the carpet now, so it goes over the hatch,
because beforehand we used to have to roll it all back, which means we had to close all
these cupboards, get rid of the bandsaw, it was a bit of a pain.
So now, you just lift it up!
Hell yeah!
Now some of you may have seen that on some of my social channels, Instagram, TikTok,
links are below should go and follow me over there, because I do do random things, you
get a little bit of a sneak preview.
Right let's lock you on in place, let's go down and sort it out more.
So basically I've made this little dog kennel uh, fireplace space, to sit the hydraulic
pump, which we've got down here now, and this essentially powers the winch, which lifts
all the stuff up and the hydraulic pin digging equipment, which breaks all the rock up.
Now beforehand, we just had it on this bit of board and we dragged it around the tunnel
and whatnot and that was fine, but we don't want to be doing that now.
So I want to take it off the board, fix it to the floor, and then run all the hydraulic
lines which connects into everything, run them under the floorboards to the digging
equipment and then mount this winch on the side of the wall here.
Properly plumb it all in, so it's all nice and neat and it will just look fantastic.
Right let's do that, that is the first job!
Right pumps fitted, nice little light stud welded up there, so it kind of gives it a
nice little glow.
Winch is all working, everything's done.
We've replaced the cable on the winch because it was like this frayed bit, which never used
to be in a position that was worth worrying about, But because now the winch is at the
bottom of the hole and not the top, it was in a horrible position.
So we spent ages cutting it down, crimping it all back up, putting these weights on it
to keep it all nice and taut, only to lower it down and it was a foot shorter than what
it needed to be and we'd run out of cable!
So we've got to wind a whole new one on.
I've also got this nice little cable tensioner, which stops the whole thing from going zzzzzuuuuu!
Right, now we've got all that fitted, we can do a bit more digging!
OK, got that chrimbled out, nice and smooth, going to have a little bit of a crack with
the new hydraulics and check all the new system out, and then we're going to drill a hole
from here up to the yard.
Is it hard work Colin digging under the house?
no it's easy! you just push a button! watch this look... hahahaha!
this is brilliant!
Right, that's got the ceiling supported.
Now next job we're going to drill a hole from here up to the surface, for two reasons, one
for ventilation, and another reason to pull the concrete down to surround the next bit
of tunnel once we've made it.
So we're gonna need a pretty long drill bit for that!
OK, this is the plan... gonna get one of these core drills, it's a diamond tip, they'll basically
go through brick, through concrete, you name it.
You used to use these as a plumber for like putting, like boiler flues in.
So got that big fat bit of pipe which is pretty much the same diameter, we'll cut this in
half weld the top and bottom half to each end of that piece of pipe, effectively making
a really long core drill, so we can go in, drill up through the top of the tunnel, through
all the dirt, through all the muck, and of course through the concrete bit of yard! yeah!
Now that is a drill bit!
Let's go and give it a go!
Haha! this is a rubish idea! look at that, thats not a hole!
Shall we put some hats on?!
Right hat, goggles! oh that's the most safety equipment I've ever worn!
Right then Simo!
Smells, smells like your drill Rick!
We've got 15 centimeters in and we've got 130 centimeters to go, so we're not giving
up though!
I know we could do it from the top but no!
We want to see that come up out the ground!
I will not accept!
There we are, getting there!
Let's get old bessie back up there and see if it will take the edges off.
Oh look at that look!
All right, let's get rid of that little, oh look, we've got a wonderful idea... the old
weeder!
Here we are, a little bit more.
Yeah just over 500cm.
We're nearly halfway, we're getting there!
Well the soil's completely changed color Rick, it's dark now, we're in the top soil boy,
you'd expect it to get easier now.
We've got another idea, so we're going to use the hydraulic thingy to just push up this
big bar, and then we can wiggle it so we don't get it stuck.
Look at that, we're good.
Right, we're kind of struggling to get it out, so I'm going to weld some like a periscope
arms onto it.
It's sticky!
That's got it, it might nearly be there you know, you've got to be nearly under the concrete
now!
whoa! yeah?
whoa!
Shed doors just got a bit stiff! yes boi! on the bottom of it now.
Any signs Rick?
No.
Might need to swap, my arms are knackered!
I think were nearlt there!
Yeah!
Whey! haha! whey up Simo!
Oh look, it's Rick!
Hello Rick! haha!
Didn't quite hit the spot!
Right that's got the hole drilled, we've laser cut a hole in like a cap end, plopped a fan
on it so we've got a nice breeze coming down here, which is great for ventilation, smells
a lot better down here already!
Now we've drilled that hole we can kind of see how far along we are and we've got to
go about another meter that way, and then after that we basically need to put the junction
in to head towards the house, to come up into the pantry.
So that's what we're going to do, now just get on and plow forward another meter and
then we'll review the situation after that.
It's a good way of getting stuff down here!
Now of course our little fan upstairs, as well as blowing fresh air down into the tunnel,
we can flip it over and it can suck all the welding fumes out of the tunnel, and to demonstrate
this I will perform a smoke machine test!
Wait a minute, what is this poorly covered bag...
It's a Colin Furze bundle box, what with a t-shirt, a mug, oh and a placemat which I
cut on my own laser cutter!
But I thought they're only available in those little boxes under the video or at the shop.com,
thing!
The shop! haha!
Colinfurzeshop.com!
But how did that get under here...
So we've bent the chisel on the end of hydraulics, but it doesn't matter we can lower the hydraulic
press down connect it to the hydraulics in the tunnel and straight it out.
oh, that's not a small bit! where do I put it now!
It's snapped and bent the thind on the end again!
Never mind, all part of tunneling!
There we are, fixed, look at it though, look at it!
How cool is this, the longer it gets the better it gets, got our little fan going bringing
some fresh air in, i think we've got this system cracked!
Got it all dug out, swept it all up.
It looks very nice!
Now then, going to build another bit of box, I've been round the edges of these, grinded
it all up, made it all nice and crisp, as little bits of concrete.
We're going to put a few more beams underneath the floor this time, to kind of stabilize
it a little bit while we're building.
So we're going to come out another panel, another 1200, and then at the ends instead
of putting that like insulation stuff that we stuffed in the corners, we're going to
do mesh all the way around there, so it acts like a little bit of reinforcement and also
it'll stop the concrete trying to blast all the blooming insulation forward and filling
the whole thing up.
As you can see there's a little bit of concrete that didn't quite flow right to the front
there, so we need to make sure that we get that bit completely full!, Right, let's get
on with it, yes!
Just getting it all nice and straight, because you know we don't want a wonky tunnel!
Right, got concrete coming today, now i've put some mesh all the way around the tunnel.
This is to hold the weight of it back, obviously stop it booming forward.
We're gonna put some wood as well up there, just to stop all the slop coming through,
and we'll see how we get on with that.
Look at this look, knocked up a little tin chute, so we can wheelbarrow tip, down the
hole!
OK, concrete's here, this is always a nerve-wracking bit, it always is.
Is it all gonna go bellowing out the side, is it gonna bend it, is it gonna start....
whoa! haha!
Yeah I fell over, it's alright!
I got it on camera though,
Oh, I've got it in my eye now!
This has not started quite how I wanted it to, I've got a cement in my eye and i fell
over!
OK, that's worked so well.
The mesh has held back the concrete absolutely perfect, enough for it to like poke through
a little bit so the next layer of concrete can proper key up against it.
Well of course I say it went really well, I'm still laughing at the fact that I fell
off my steps and if you pause the video, there's that look on my face where the moment is I'm
falling down and I'm like, what am I gonna land on!
I've totally screwed up here!
Excellent.
Right, progress is really good, it's getting nice and long and we're nearly at the point,
we're quite far across the yard, where we need to turn left and come under the house.
So when's the next Colin Furze youtube, tunnel video, well you're not gonna have to wait
weeks and months like you have since the last one, in fact if we had a brand new Colin Furze
calendar, you could mark off where it's to be, oh amazing!
Now there is actually quite a few new things on the old Colin Furze merch store, so go
and check that out, but of course Freetrade, click the link, download it, get your free
shares, that's what massively helps this project.
That's what is keeping it going, so see you in the next one, SUIBSCRIBE, put your notifications
on, all that social media nonsense, follow me on the other pages, because you'll see
little updates.
It's all good, we're loving this project.
It is fantastic.
Tunnel, tunnel, thank you Channel Members for that, Tunnel, tunnel.