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The thing is, being able to machine all that wood up is a skill in itself, and having it ready made is just diluting the required skills. I doubt any of those except maybe Radha could dimension a board by hand, I doubt some of the earlier contestants could even operate a plane.

I thought last night's programme was a lot better. Billy has a lot of talent considering he's self taught, but is a very long way from accepted standards. I feel if he were to go to college or serve an apprenticeship he'd be exceptional, but until then he'll always be in the winging it bracket...

Sorry, it's terrible, it's school woodwork class skill level at best. They have two days to actuallymake their projects, but are already designed by themselves and all wood prepared by the technicians in advanced.

I'm sure if Misti were to team up with a competent woodworker we'd see some spectacular stuff.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-Various-Sizes-Footprint-Carpenters-Bevelled-Edge-Wood-Chisels-/234266159542?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 That’s a lot of money for Footprint chisels, maybe they were valuable for their rarity value.

Being easier to sharpen surely means softer steel 🤷‍♂️

Those black handled polished chisels were a thing of beauty 😍

You need to know about grain and material whatever you use The voice of experience! 😂

Preparing timber by hand is something you have to do in school woodwork class and college as an apprentice, it’s last resort only after that. Prepare by machine if you’ve got them, and cut the joints by hand.

I was expecting a lot more considering he's got a YouTube channel, that was school woodwork class ability on that joint, if not worse.

These people are pretty clueless, those joints are horrendous. Mr Bradshaw my college lecturer would be pulling his hair out seeing them banging away with no sacrificial piece of wood as they assemble their projects.

High end tools From what I saw I doubt any of the contestants would know how to use one.

I’d go for the 4” as a 150mm random orbit sander can do the same and if not more than a 3” belt sander. In fact, I’ve not used a belt sander since I purchased a Metabo 450 duo about twenty years ago. I’ve even sold both my 4” and 3” belt sanders around three years ago. Have you considered the...

Our Record lathe at work has a knurled nut on the headstock side that’s used to eject prong drives from the morse taper. It goes on the thread that the chuck uses.

What a disappointment, beautiful workshop, top of the range tools, expensive timber but contestants who all but one were amateurs who were rough as hell and didn’t have a clue. Radha seems to be the only person with an idea although using a lump hammer to assemble that frame was definitely a no no.

He was my only hope till I saw that 😱

I think there's a few tradesman on this board judging by things I've seen.

I'd love to think this will be a programme featuring apprentice trained craftspeople, but more than likely it'll be a bunch of amateurs who've taken it up after being disillusioned with their chosen architecture/solicitors/advertising etc profession.

The problem with that is you need to take the four complete frames apart should you want to dissemble your bench. With the traditional way both end frames can be glued up, leaving only the stretchers to be removable.

I need to see a project in my mind first, can spin it around like you would on CAD, try different variations, then once I know what it’ll look like I’ll make a rough diagram on paper with all the necessary dimensions, time’s money when you do it for a living.