Anyone interested in watching Paul work at 'full speed'?
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I’d love to see it, I wouldnt want it feel like some act of shop voyeurism though lol. Things i dont want to see…Dovetails…or stock prep. Taking some sized and 4 squared pieces all the way through joint lay out for say chair legs to final fit would be really interesting.
I was watching an old video of his today and I was very taken aback by the speed at which he was working. He was going like a rocket lol
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBkO2chZxk
I worked with some old tradesmen like Paul, one of whom was my dad, he taught me my trade. These old school tradesmen don’t work “fast”, its economy of effort. Working with wood in joinery or carpentry day in day out for your living is hard work. Yes you get used to it and build strength and technique. But to me its really economy of effort and picking the right tool for the job that generates the speed. You would not use an inch chisel to cut the rebate for a 4″ door hinge, that would take 6 blows with the chisel hammer to delineate the edges of the rebate. An inch and a half chisel would only take 5 blows. Three or four times round the hinge, times two hinges per door, or three hinges per door for externals or solid internals, times a dozen doors per house, it soon adds up. By picking the wrong chisel you could in relation to the number of hammer blows be cutting out a couple of extra hinge rebates that you wont get paid for. But you burned your time on doing the work and have nothing extra to show for the effort. There are loads of examples like this that you develop your knowledge of with a good tradesman such as Paul. Watch him closely and listen to what he is telling you. There is a reason he tells you to develop your skill at judging sizes by eye rather than always measuring when there is no need for spot on accuracy, and its not to look flash.