Nice one Ed, I'm a 32 year old ex chef now apprentice chippy, most lads think I'm mental but love every minute of site work. Keep it up

You can change you're career at any age... You often don't know what drives you until you know yourself well. As long as you plan it... I say go for it. One life! 👍😉

Ed comes across as a really nice guy and good to hear he's found a career he loves. U two are a perfect match as your positivity and enthusiasm for the industry always shines through on the videos. This is one of the reasons I come back and watch, not just the interesting, quality work u do. Have a good weekend chaps and look forward to the next one.

I am currently a catering assistant, tinker with wood in my spare time and am now training to be an electrician,,,,at 50yrs old. The brain is tired and I have to study into the early hours but I am determined to do it

A unbelievable chance and opportunity for you Ed, working along such skill and experience

I learnt on the job ! 4 years & really enjoyed it. I was taught to do it right "Once" no short cuts, thats what I have based everything on, no matter what I do. Respect to you Robin.

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim!

Robin & Ed ; I want to encourage your viewer who talked about a career change at 50? I did at 54 and I am now 63 going ? I did hv a pension behind me however if you want it you will do it! I had some training behind me w/my Dad being a General Contractor all my life building custom homes!! I took what I knew and ate, slept and breathed it! I read books (I am a finish Contractor) specifically everything on Gary Katz , all door hanging, crown, base ect.,. When I did a job I bought tools with my profit ect.,. I am a cabinet builder , tables , custom base and now learning to make custom doors! Real wood doors!! I hv done ok and carpentry keeps me in shape , sharp, learning back math skills ! I am a Christian and tragedy struck right about the time I decided to become a carpenter??? It has given me a new chance at life; a real blessing from God and an honorable trade! Treat it well mate!

@markw7997

2 жыл бұрын

Hope your faith keeps you strong .

Excellent again guys,keep these chats coming. Loving the content 👍🏻

Great chat guys, I change my career when I was 27 and went to evening college and got my qualifications and 43 now still loving butchering wood 😂 so never to old for change, great news on the hinge jig can’t wait to purchase a set.

Love it. Great video. Like to hear more about the kit that works for you - boots, trousers, gloves (?!), tool boxes - anything really, just keep this content coming as it's great.

Chippie Chat is great Robin and Ed, it is very informative. Keep up the great work.

I'm 33 been plastering since I was 18. But was always really interested in carpentry. So give up work for one day a week and when back to college. Didn't hear from them though covid, but then out of the blue my nvq level 2 came in the post, I'm now a chippy and loving life 🤩

Great chat fellas big build is progressing really well looking forward to seeing the videos hoping to be at Sandown toolfair myself keep up the great work 👍

Another great vid lads Thanks for answering my question too ! 🙂

Good to hear about people of all ages changing careers. You both make carpentry interesting .

Good chat , it's a first to see someone in suspenders on site 😂

Brickie here,43 years in the trade ,really enjoyed this

Thanks Ed and Robin really enjoy seeing these. Glad Ed sees the importance of a roofing square I wish it were used and understood more amongst the trade. It's how I used to find all my cuts when I couldn't afford a power saw and had to cut by hand. Best of luck to Ed.

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

You don't need a roofing square if you know the maths a protractor and a bevel and pythagorean theorem will do the job 🔨

Another great chat lads. And man is that roof looking something else!

Superb guys. Thanks for your continued inspiration.

Brilliant video, always so much fantastic advice to walk away with!

Brilliant guys I really enjoyed that.

Enjoyed, thanks. Good luck Ed 👍🥳

keep them coming lads like it a lot all the best si.

Liking the new logo animation. Have a good weekend guys.

Love this guys!

Well done chaps….

Enjoy the chat and really like the new hinge jigs

Enjoyed this chaps. The topics hit home for me; 15 years into a rather specialist corporate career path with two young kids; and I have hit a relative wall so do it to “provide” now mainly. If I could wave the magic wand I’d have taken a trade after university and would like to have my own business as a carpenter. I used to work with my uncle who was a carpenter in my teens and early 20s and loved it. I do seriously consider making the change now; but the barrier is going back to “beginner” wages when you’ve mouths to feed and bills to pay. The next best thing is looking to set up my own consultancy business again and be my own boss at least! I worked for myself for a year and a half in my late twenties and loved it. That and doing as much carpentry and woodwork in my own time as I can.

another great video, keep them coming

Well done lads, really enjoyed that!

Thanks for the video guys👊I like this format and I always enjoy finding out what other carpenters are thinking about👍

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Del!! Have a great weekend mate

@thetallcarpenter

2 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction You too bud👊👊

Great video! Enjoyed.

Please number each episode in the title (this one was Chippie Chat 3). It will make it much easier in the future to search through past episodes.

love it guys..

Keep them coming lads

Work ethic, attention to detail, the ability to explain what u r doing and why u r doing it those r the qualities of a good teacher. Robin has them in abundance. A sense of humor helps. And even though u may b a boss, b willing to do the most difficult and unpleasant part of the job. Lead by example. Isn’t that why we r all here? And of course there r all the previous projects. My first Clevitt project was the green garage doors. Using that little air bladder to hold the doors up was so trick. I bought dozens the next day. Some things I’d like to know. Do u service your own pool? Do u heat it all year? Is the big build a long way from home? Thank u!!

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Bill, I know you have asked the pool question before so apologies for not answering it before!! Well my pool is not due to be completed until early in the new year, I have been working on so many other jobs and my next free window is in January to get back on it!! The Big Build is about 15mins drive from me so pretty close, and I will have a pool firm doing the maintenance probably, have a great weekend Bill

Very enjoyable video.........thanks !!!!!

met robin clevett in 1995 london on formwork job.he liked big tool belts then .way ahead of his time

Great video!

Love the new intro!

Omg I need that hinge jig!! My mdf ones are wearing out

I bought a Makita 7-1/4 In. Corded 15-Amp Magnesium Hypoid (Worm) Drive Circular Saw 5377MG from the USA back in 2013 that runs on a UK 110v Transformer & it's still running perfectly today having been used & abused. Best thing about it is, although it spins about 1000 RPM less than a European "Sidewinder", it is geared down to have "much more" torque. So for instance once I had to rip down 30 off 7x2 (175 x 47mm) × 4.8M C16 "Wet" Timber Roof Firrings (using a make shift "straight edge" jig for consistency) and the saw didn't miss a beat or come anywhere near to stalling 👍 Also (apart from the brushes .... that I've never changed) it's maintenance free as the oil for the Hypoid Gear is sealed in a cleverly designed synthetic rubber bellows/seal system that expands when the oil gets warm/hot and contracts back to "flat" once oil has cooled back down. Also, in conjunction with a 7 inch Swanson Speed Square, it makes mincemeat out of crosscutting 2" (47mm) thick timber 😀.

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

That saw sounds awesome, thanks or sharing your experiences with me!!

You need to teach Ed how to plumb in a frame using the old-school cross line method...

Thanks for the video lads! Robin, can you keep us all posted with regards to your own branded tools and when they might be commercially available for the general public, would love to purchase one of your framing squares.....Many thanks in advance 👍

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

If the alloy jigs are going to last maybe a insert could be designed to fit Middle so when the time comes and the router is lifted to soon only the insert gets chewed up. Very Good vid

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't be a factor as the bearings are offset 🔨

"Greatest tool upgrade" ALI HINGE JIG!!!!!!

Ed I’m concerned about you cuddling the circular saw with a battery in it haha!

@simony2801

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping the battery wasn’t in it, wasn’t sure.

really enjoyed that guys, Please try and get to the colleges Robin and share that vast knowledge and skill set, the young ones need it.

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

The lecturers at the colleges have vast knowledge it's up to the students to take it in 🔨

This is great

That's better, l always thought you should of had a musical intro. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

I’ve worked with some but very few in the building game that ASK “what do you think”?. Robin really is a very clever man in all aspects. The guy working with him is brilliant, he’s also asking the right questions. What’s missing nowadays is this enthusiasm and the want to learn and ask. Cheers guys really refreshing

Another Great chat guys,,, Question for the next one,,, What is your favourite tool from the other trades,,, As all trades will do something out of there own trade ,,,For instance a bricklayers trowel a plumbers spanner, and electricians meter,,, What's your favourite tool you use that's really used for another trade. Best Wishes

@chrisgunn121

2 жыл бұрын

Ray Dunn I love my new knipex flat faced wrench pliers and my new Superman pyjamas….👍 What do you like?🤔🙂

Looking forward to them lush hinge jigs Robin, I'll need to get saving haha, get a long rail one 6"down 9 "up and and adjustable one for a pair and half mate

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

Trend do one 🔨

Work ethic in all jobs is essential!! You wouldn’t believe how little some people work in non construction jobs.

@cuebj

2 жыл бұрын

Now retired. Did several career changes. Last job was longest as self-taught performance data developer. Astonished at younger colleagues complete lack of any inquisitive analytic diagnostic inclinations to self-learn, acquire new skills, design beautiful easy to follow screens, buttons, dataset layouts or... anything. Turned worst performing local authority social care into best until new senior management ruined it all.

Chefs are the best carpenters. 🤘

Cracking video boys! Have to ask... Where did Ed get those safety glasses from? Keen to get a pair for myself

Love this new format “chippie chat” Where’s the glasses from Ed ? Keep up the good work 👌🏼 great words of wisdom and encouragement

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

NHS!!

@jsdare

2 жыл бұрын

are they safestyle? australian company, worth the shipping!

@edwoodcarpentry

2 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction those in glass houses…. 😂

@flyingjackcarpentry9394

2 жыл бұрын

Are they the perkins brother style ones? . I tried looking for some a while ago coz I hate looking like an alien in the generic speedo shaped ones you get in the UK.

@burwoodbuild

2 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction I think the lesson here is don't ask Instagrammers which safety glasses to buy! 🤓 #stitchup

That was Really good chaps. Especially the Job change question. I’m 50 and have Previous Carpentry experience and Actually feel that I can do a decent job if given the chance. I don’t have qualifications unfortunately so now I’m looking to go alone and build up alongside my current job. As you say Robin, it’s not easy to get training while you have a house to run and family to support.

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

The best advice I can give is just do wknd work and price your time correctly and don't overspend on tools if you don't see value in them good luck 🔨

@eldoradocraftsman3733

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomsmith9048 that’s my plan at the moment Tom. Regarding tools, I do see the value in Quality tools and thankfully, I have most of what I’d need. 👍🏾

As a 65 year old, and since I can't remember table saw user, I have to disagree with Ed and vote for the hand held cordless circular as a go to saw, tops!

The format of this is great.

@ukconstruction

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!! Our latest Chippie Chat is next Tuesday/Wednesday

That De Walt saw with the small 100mm blade looks an inspired choice by Robin. Could well be a lot of situations for that saw.

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Its a gem Ian

im a 40 year old joiner (as im from near newcastle and there are no carpenters up here) you never stop learning. those ali hinge jigs look class. mines holding up canny well currently. be onto about its 30th door soon i think. id never used a hinge jig before but couldnt go back now

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome Paul, many thanks for buying one of my Jigs!!!

Cheers!

Sounds like you’re on the m25 😂 great video lads

I'm an industrial mechanic, and have mainly experience with this, along with welding and some industrial plumbing originally. I've in general done quite a bit of different things, like house plumbing, farming and painting. Right now I'm being trained as a carpenter. It was hard to get into the game, but a very nice, old experienced guy took me on. I feel very blessed to work under him, and he is investing a lot into me from his personal time, as well a being generous far above what is considered normal. I also get do do a little welding now and then when things come up. We build houses, and do repair/renovaion jobs in central Norway. I think the main reason he took me on was because I had passion for construction/structures, as well as running business. He has declined other people before who have been far more qualified than me :)

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I love Norway, I have worked in Bergen and ski in Myrkdalen and Geilo!!!

As a carpenter.. i think the only downfall to carpentry is the amount of money you spend on tools .. a brickie could earn a days living from a few hundred quid same as a plasterer.. and earn more than a carpenter.. yet we spend 10s of thousands on tools

@markw7997

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely correct , I'm both a joiner and an intruder systems engineer and I can earn up to £250 an hour doing alarms with a tool pouch full of termy drivers cutters and a multimeter. But I've got thousands of pounds worth of joiner tools I would have to lug about all day , hence i only do joinery work for myself for the love of working with wood ....One is my passion the other pays the Bill's.

Showing one of the college chats and tool reviews would be great.

Thanks guys! I’m English working in Australia though ! Cheers

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Thought that was the case!!

With Robin’s connections to City & Guilds, it would seem to be a good fit for his apprentices to obtain the relevant qualifications from them. It also gives the apprentices a great sense of achievement and confidence having a recognised qualification and a great selling point for any business

Another great vid 👍🏻 Please could you possibly let me know where you got the safety glasses from Ed?

Love this guy.

@retardedamericans1

2 жыл бұрын

He's a cowboy

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

With a name like that mate I'm glad I'm a cowboy!!

@retardedamericans1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction you should post a video of your cert in carpentry and dedicate it to me

Hi Robin Really enjoy your channel and learn so much. Spent 35 years as a pilot but nothing beats the job satisfaction I have always got from building and carpentry in particular. Over the years have got pretty comfortable using both hand and circular saws. The chop saw makes me look far better than I am. One question, you have your pencil line but do you aim to leave the pencil line in and cut down the waste side of it or just cut down the pencil line. I sometimes use the notches on the front of the circular saw but mostly eyeball the blade relative to the line. Kind regards Stew

try and ask about the osat route with a college I work with a college and a few of our students can do osat i would let edd do some work with you and then it is a quick route you will get an assessor come out and assess him on certain pieces of work that they would class as evidence. good luck edd

I've a dewalt flexvolt skill saw but I've always had a milwaukee skill but it doesn't stand against they flexvolt but regardless of that I appreciate milwaukee more

I started in the building game as a labourer then helped the carpenters asked them questions then went to night school gained institute of carpenters qualifications. Career change was at 37 one of my careers before hand was the military. I’m now 52 and enjoy it still to this day love these videos sending love from a female carpenter from jersey Channel Islands

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Helen!! are you still a member of the IOC?

@helenlegallais4208

2 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction I’m not really sure I did the course with them in jersey at highlands college I’ll have to check if I’m not then I’ll join them

@helenlegallais4208

2 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction also I do everything in carpentry from first fix to second fix to general building work. I am not a time served joiner but can turn my hand to most things I made a pair of louvred doors some years ago I think that’s been the hardest thing I’ve done joinery wise in a garage not in a joiners shop, I also do cabinetry to. I prefer using hand tools when it comes to fitting hinges a combination square marking gauge and chisel of and a set out rod with a 2 pence coin screwed to the top lol my work colleague can’t believe how accurate I am with the depth when I use a chisel as he uses a palm router I also cut corners on work tops rather than use a router and jig I’ve used the jigs but if a corner is well out of square then there’s a limitation in the max angle you can go at so by hand it is he said he wouldn’t attempt to do it by hand lol

Hi I was in the same boat as ED I did yts in the early 80,s did my first year in base construction which included bricklaying and painting, specialising in carpentry and joinery did my last six weeks with a local builder and was told they take me on for my second year, said take a couple of weeks off before you go back to college and we will see you in sept turn up no place it was their easiest way to get rid of me with no callback so luckily for me a couple years later I met my old college teacher and ended up working for him for five years one to one and think I learned more in those years with him so now been doing it for thirty-odd years now and never been as for any qualifications

Confidence is like riding a bike, once you can do it you can do it, jump on any bike and away you go - even with square wheels you'll find a way.

Question for Ed, how did you manage to get the job with Robin? and Robin seems a real nice guy, but what about behind the scenes? Haha! Keep this content coming!!

In Australia we have recognition of prior learning

Hi robin and Ed, great content as usual got a random question to Ed were did you get you safety glasses from I like the retro look ? Thanks nick South carpentry

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, mine are prescription safety glasses from Specsavers!!

When I was training 30 years or so ago we had one of those old skill saws it seemed deadly ,also a planer think it was called a tarr planer have you ever come across one of those ,

I thought you’d want to become a sparky if you wasn’t a joiner 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

Enjoyed this one, question, if Ed was a chef does he do lunch?

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Pot noodle

@mattcartwright8272

2 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction And that's why he's no longer a 'chef' 😄

How about a visit to UHI, the University of the Highlands and Islands. Only a few miles from Inverness Airport. Joinery classes, but also a large forestry school. Scottish building regs might be of great interest.

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds Idilic, I would like to come there to see whats going on!!

The whole qualifications for non college apprenticeship is fantastic. My tradesmen always told me you only learn bad habits at college. I have contacted CITB in the past to enquire about gaining the qualifications but nothing ever came of it. I don't believe they could offer the full qualifications just enough to get you a semi skilled CSCS card

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

You should contact city and guilds their always very helpful and the no qualifications thing is only good if you do private work and don't want to travel abroad doing carpentery as they as for proof of qualifications 🔨

I'd love to do an apprenticeship with you rob... Im a panel beater by trade 14 years.. Since had health problems but love woodwork.. Its become a passion of mine

Always loved wood and wood working but somehow got into tiling instead. Been doing it now 35 years and had enough. Almost 60 and seriously if i could get together with a carpenter i'd change trade's and work 2 days for free.

You two were sitting in a really superb looking roof/upper floor space. But Robin, are you really sure you want to be a pilot? Pilots spend their time trying to be chippies, engineers, plumbers, boat builders - and virtually everything else. Don’t get me wrong, flying isn’t a job, it’s a way of life. Even when it goes “wrong” and you earn your pay (because something has gone ‘twang!’) you still have a good day at work, even if you do end up having to spend an unscheduled night away without a toothbrush or change of clothes. The downsides of flying are dealing with equivalent of the mouth-breathers in Travis Perkins or the numpties from the local council (all departments). You can also spend your entire working life NOT being with your children as they grow up and remotely fixing the effing boiler on the coldest night of the year. The reality is, you Robin have something very permanent to show what you have done. I just have a few (rather brilliant) memories and a few pictures. Satisfaction in life come from knowing you have done the best you can. My suggestion is to carry on being a really good chippy and take up gliding.

@chrisgunn121

2 жыл бұрын

Fling without wings…. I feel a song coming on……. Is not a good idea especially without an appropriate prop or jet engine 🤔 don’t trust the thermals, especially in the UK 🇬🇧

@Trevor_Austin

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisgunn121 Thermals are an excellent way of getting about from late February to late September. Don’t forget though that hill and wave lift, especially the latter, are also very useful forms of lift. What makes gliding so appealing is that it is down to your skill and judgment in reading the sky and terrain and using your aircraft to get the best out of an unreliable forms of lift.

Hello Robin and Ed, Great chat video. I will be grateful if you will please let me know, what are best times on the big build so far.... I will be interested to see on chat show regarding latest power tools at affordable prices with good features in them. I am interested to know if someone can please let me know if there is a tool fair in Leicester or Leicestershire. Many thanks to Robin and Ed. Cheers, Ahmed Leicester ENGLAND

Hi rob would love to hear you both talk about work standards, balancing work output and quality. Also whether you believe in tolerances or are a zero tolerance perfectionist mindset? Thanks

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

There'll never be a zero tolerance in carpentery timber is a living breathing thing all it's life through hot and cold weather 🔨

there are places that still do do a grandfathers rights test. it's over a couple of days and the assessor will talk to you about loads of things, like weird questions you'd only know if you've had experience of it. Then there is a practical test over a day or so that has an array of tasks to complete in a set time. they then send it off to another assessor and if you know your stuff and produce good work you get your nvq. so learning on the job is not a total loss, you can still get your quallys for your cscs card, just have to prove yourself over a few days. I've met a lot of really good tradesmen that don't have any qualifications! especially in the traditional building sector, restorations and the like.

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but that only entitles you to a blue cscs card which is not a recognised qualification just a skilled worker so you couldn't travel abroad on it hope that helps 🔨

Ed should do what professionals do, keep a diary of work and Robin signs the diary page to confirm the work he's done and experiences. Then get the Colleges to accept those towards a qualification. Question - how can Ed demonstrate his knowledge of health and safety on sites to satisfy CDM regulations without any formal qualifications that are recognised?

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

Nowadays with the rules being strict you'd only get the lower end qualification if any and if he wanted to travel abroad it would have to be a recognised qualification city and guilds ect 🔨

@Elfin4

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomsmith9048 Yeah but I bet he could get a one a week course to get the City & Guilds. Having said that I was involved with an Employment scheme back in the early '90s where people did a 6-week course as carpenter or electrician or Bricky and they got NVQs. They thought they knew everything after 6 weeks then being set free into the big world. In reality, they were very green and blinkered. What Robin is doing here is far superior and doubt the training would be any better, but Ed needs those qualifications as without them how can he demonstrate his training on paper.

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

@@Elfin4 yes but that is only a skilled workers card and not a recognised apprenticeship while city and guilds do offer that it won't be what's classed as a gold card in today's system it'll just be a blue card but that'll only effect him if he goes on a commercial site or working abroad 🔨

I thought you would give a shout out to another fantastic tradesman like yourself whose work and ability to teach people from in front of a camera while managing a great workforce..Tony from A&E Construction has got to be up there. Is there a collaboration some time in the future between you two...that would be worth watching.

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a great Shout, I know Tony and we chat from time to time, I'm sure we will collaborate in the future!!

Robin, you can get Ed up to nvq status through the Cscs system I’m doing the same through the young lad I’m training up. My trade is roofing and cladding .

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

I have heard that Brendan, thanks for suggesting that and thinking of us!! Cheers mate

Ed take those sweater strings out they could get caught up in a saw

@thesimmings

2 жыл бұрын

Sweater Strings 🤣 The fear when you realise how close when leaning over your router 🤢

Question. Im desperate to know, with the festool pir cutting tool 18v, can you cut through insulated plasterboard? Up to 4 inch?. Looking at buying it after watching robin demo it.

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

With the depth of that blade you'd cut through 200mm 🔨

@jonfenwick6200

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomsmith9048 but will it be fine to be cutting through the gypsum too? I have used skill saws and my jigsaw with a different blade on, but the dust goes deep into the machines..

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonfenwick6200 most modern tools are well able to handle it it might be you'll need to find the right blade for the job as you said but I know you can get a fiber board blade for cutting composite boards which is what I use but I couldn't tell you about the one with the festool 🔨

If you don't mind training someone then enthusiasm usually trumps everything else when it comes to hiring a candidate.

Is carpenter/chippy are more southern saying, don’t really here it up in the northwest, either a trim joiner, roofing joiner or general joiner

@ukconstruction

2 жыл бұрын

Yes mate I reckon it is!!

Paper means a lot these days ,I think would be a mistake not to do an nvq with robin

@tomsmith9048

2 жыл бұрын

I agree definitely if you want to travel on your trade