Hello robin I am a young carpenter I’m 14 I love ur videos I learned from my father who is a brickie and many relatives and lots from you Im still in school and I can’t wait to go to college when I’m finished school because I’m still in school, thank you so mush for uploading the videos, I love working on the weekends and school breaks I don’t have to work but I love to and have learned from many good carpenters I’m not made work it’s my choice to and I wish I could drop out of school but I have to finish school. Ur a very inspirational carpenter and a role model for me, Thank you.

wonderful Robin soooo glad you keep this going and stay in touch with us viewers

Another great video remember buying my first tools something new every week or so ☺️🇮🇪🍀👋

Got to admire your dedication mate keep it up

Thanks for taken the time for us no notices ,I've got them. In The Box just got to put them to Use. Thanks for your time.

That is a great list, it's pretty much all the tools i bought recently when replacing my kit after my van was broken into. I would add a pair of carpenters pincers and a small digital angle finder. That's obviously before we get into power tools which is when you get into big money.

Just ordered the 76mm hinge jig as the new site I’m on the houses have a average of 15-19 doors per house traditional and I’ve always been hammer and chisel so got the dewalt router and correct cutter you recommended! Can’t wait to speed that process up! Love the video’s! You are a true inspiration for quality and pride in the job!

Hi Robin nice video brought back a memory of a friend who had a plane it is duffel bag on his way to lay a gym floor in a Oldham school fell out broke the handle ended up making an aluminium one and worked for many years after. 👌

Look after your tools, and your tools will look after you !!!, that’s what was drilled into me as an apprentice 😀👍🏼

You just made me spend £50 on some new tools😂 new block plane for second fix and i needed some new hand saws blades 🪚! Definitely do a power tool video! Helps people identify what tools they might need and for people who might not know the best ones to get! Keep it up rob🤙

Clifton make a beautiful block plane Robin. Solid bronze with a walnut handle and beautiful cutting iron. I bring it out for quality jobs alongside my Japanese chisels.

Love the trip down memory Lane Robin but...Henry Disston saws not Dissiton and Estwing hammers not Eastwing. We carried a stanly knife which was the only sliding knife in existence, a large spiral Yankee pushed our screws in, we made the saw stocks you describe plus a tool chest with our rip and crosscut saws plus tenon and dovetail and coping saw pegged in the lid. We used a wheel brace for drill bits and a swing brace for augers. Your marking guage is a mortgage guage because it had the two pins. A marking guage had one (scribing guage had a blade for cross grain) Plus we were taught to hit chisels with the side of the hammer head. Keep it up I enjoy these videos for so many reasons.

Yes..Stabila, Lufkin, Diston..last two don't see about much. Don't forget sliding levels, nail punch, pincers and junior hacksaw, to name but a few more.

I must say a Tracer mechanical pencil is a must have. I've been using mine for 2 years and must say it's one of the best purchases I ever made. £15 for the pencil and 10 leads, 2 yellow for darker materials. Used about 6 so far

Don't think you mentioned the hacksaw right in the middle of the table, unless i missed it, it was a bit like the Generation game conveyor belt, cuddly toy!

It's great how you don't fixate on brands, traditional over new, price, etc. You seem to have a high ability to be mentally flexible and keep your eye on the result.

I've still got the saw jack I made to hold the saw while sharpening when I was an apprentice carpenter and joiner in the early sixties,but have'nt used it for years !

Love your vids Robin but 360p. Thought my eyes were still blurry from last nights stellas 😂🥸

I remember making a saw clamp as an apprentice and a wood tool box, also my first tools which included a Brace and a Yankee screwdriver. Let's not forget the traditional folding Rabone Chesterman wood rule.

diamond stone and bevels i would include with those and a box to carry them all in stanley 28'' perfect you can fit full 22'' saw in

Try out a Japanese pull saw... you’ll love it

I started my "time" in 82, last year they did the full indentured apprenticeship. My full set of hand tools cost £440. I was only earning £42 a week and had to pay £5 a week to pay off the tool loan. We all had Yankee screwdrivers and a wheelbraces, because cordless drill drivers ( makita with the stick battery) didn't become popular till the early 90's. That's enough history for now. Keep up the great work.

Haven't used jab saw in years. Use a very old Bosch DiY multitool with used blades for socket boxes in plasterboard etc. If we're sticking with hand tools, I think I'd use a bradawl to start then pad saw for cleaner cut in the PB. Then dilute pea to bind the cut edge. I want my socket boxes set as perfectly as possible so no excuse for sparkies to be slapdash

Hi Robin. Great video as always! A fantastic insight to the skilled trade of carpentry joinery tools. I just followed your link to the dreaded Amazon store.... and noticed that 3 of the books you recommend are by Brian Porter. I was lucky enough to be taught by this fantastic carpenter! A truly skilled and knowledgeable carpenter snd a really down to earth helpful chap. I studied at Leeds college of building where Brian spent his final yesrs as a tutor passing on his knowledge along with Mr Smith featured in the book images i learned as much as was practically possible within a classroom/workshop environment! I feel very lucky to have bern been taught by Brian and learned a tremendous amount from him. A complete authoritarian on our trade and always had time to explain everything. Our trade needs people like him and yourself to pass our historic skilled trade to the younger up coming generation. And what a media to do it on for the new carpenters to learn from. We need the pride and skill back in our trade. So many are driven by price that the skill and pride is missed all for the money. Anyway, the purpose of the message was just about Brian. A super chap and skilled carpenter. Keep up the fantastic instructional video's you're pride of the trade.

Hacksaw just along for the ride eh :)

Great video again!! Only problem Robin, the quality is low!

Mitre saw, mitre block and bahco are also good to have if using hand tools and definitely for the DIYer but great video 👌. Cats paw is the pry bar he was using and there great

One tip regarding spirit levels. They all have an allowable margin of error, Stabila is, I think, 0.5mm per metre. So some will be spot on and others will be less so. The trick is to find the one thats spot on, so rather than order online, go into a good tool shop and go through the rack of levels checking them until you find the best one. It can take a while to find one thats good on all three vials, and you might have to compromise on one of the verticals but if you can get a good central one and one good end one, happy days. Robin, maybe you can do a video showing how to check if you're levels are accurate. It's second nature for me but I do see a lot of guys using levels with no regard as to their accuracy.

Never forget buying my first set of hand tools back in 1994. Brings back so many memories..

Great video once again Robin. Reminds me of starting my apprenticeship in 1984 and being presented with my bass of tools. £277 worth and paid them off at £5 a week. Still got a handful left but the #4 hand plane is the only one I keep in my tool box. The full set of Disstons are somewhere too, was forever resetting and sharpening them so they were retired early for the Sandvik throw away saw in the end. Different days.

Aldi do a set of chisels for £8 according to Paul Sellers' channel. He then flattens the back of them with wet and dry sandpaper on glass then sharpens the bevel.

Thanks Robin

When I was 17 I brought a secondhand dewalt 706 mitre saw 110v 305mm blade for £100 I ’m turning 34 and still use my saw practically everyday and not once has it let me down it’s still true and works a treat for the young apprentice out there you should think very carefully about your tools you buy because they will last a lifetime if used correctly

My father was a amazing cabinet maker and as such it’s lovely to have some quality hand tools passed down to me. The steel in the older chisels and planes holds a far better edge. Though like you power tools have taken over my trade. If worth a note though to the young tradesmen and new diy people starting out to look at the second hand quality tools out there. 👍

When I started over 30 years ago I bought a Diston saw never got on with it and never really used it|! It’s got a lovely handle though! 😉

Good video thanks

Don't forget a toolbelt if your not on site just get something cheap to keep you going and a bradawl to help start your screws 🔨

Mr Clevett I would love to work along side you and as we can’t. This channel gives that to me so keep up the good work. 💪🏻

Useful tip: if you can wait till weeks before Christmas, lots of shops, even chains, have the same catalogue of big reductions on usually Faithful and Bahco tools. Check exactly what models the power tools are - often not the DeWalt bargain they appear to be.

Just ordered your hinge jig....sods law though won't have any doors to do for a year 🤣🤣🤣

I know this has been on for a year but just found it. I remember when I started my c&j app in 1986 at St Albans building college. We were given a basic tool kit. Have noticed you didn’t show the sharpening Stone. I had one in my tool kit. Very important 👍

I could basically build a house with that kit. Have done a couple of sheds with nothing more. 😂Might take slightly longer, but I much prefer working with a hand saw and hammer. My only "go to" power tool is really an 18V cordless impact driver. The rest of the power tools sit in the hand built shed unless REALLY required.

I've still got the chisels we were given when I started my apprenticeship/college in 1986.

Love watching all your videos Robin. Currently a third year engineering student, although I’ve been considering a carpentry apprenticeship for a while now - it’s been mentioned to me a few times. Woodwork’s been my favourite hobby since I could hold a hammer, have accumulated few tools since then! Wonder what advice anyone would have 🤔🤔 afraid to drop everything and make such a change

Hi Robin, I watched your video expecting to see the large carpenters square, especially because you had one in the background, but you missed it completely, as this is an eventually the tool you need to set out rafts and bird mouths joints. I know you have your own brand of this tool but that doesn’t make it any less of an especial tool

It's a good tip about using a screwdriver that takes bits as your main screwdriver, as this cuts down on the number of tools you are carrying around.

I'd add in a couple of sliding bevels also

Re Hammers: I have 3 Estwing's, a 240z English pattern for roofing, carcassing etc A 20oz ripping claw for house bashing/finishing/general purpose and a a long 22 oz ripping claw for extra leverage for shuttering (most formworkers use preposterous 34 oz long, ripping hammers that look identical to my 22 but weigh a ton! HERES THE ADVICE: FORGET THE ENGLISH CURVED CLAW REGARDLESS OF HAMMER, GET A RIPPING CLAW - IT IS A MULTITOOL!!! Once you've used a ripping claw, you cannot go back to curved!

How do you store your hand tools robin? Do you have a bag for roofing/first fix and also a bag for 2nd fix?

You missed an opportunity on your logo to get a circular saw blade on the curve of the C or R :)

Good selection, The only thing I wouldn't bother with would be the marking gauge.

The best saws I ever knew wereoriginal Disston from Canada,the only ones that you could bend the blade and put the tip through the handle and it would go back to being perfectly straight again

Hi Robin, when will your roofing square be available to buy? Also where can I get it?

Great Vid Robin, out of interest what make is that tape measure? I need a new decent one. cheers.

Very informative and interesting, I always learn something from your videos and am convinced that watching them has improved my DIY no end and really boosted my confidence. What are your thoughts on pencils, markers etc?

Hi there, asked a few times; just wondered again where I can get the deck tape you use on the top of your frame where I can find it or what can be similar alternative. Thank you.

Can we have a video on storage space as well? That's the issue I have with my DIY tools. Shove them all in the nice big dewalt bag but its not big enough.

Sharping saws as you said first make your clamp by copying your mans your apprenticed to then get shown how to set and sharpen a saw always had to run the file flat across the teeth then file out the flat spots so always keep the teeth straight.Great when employed doing it firms time but once self employed no time many a evening spent on my saws ready to hit a nail next day on first cut.

What is the model of the Wera screwdriver please? Could not see it in your Amazon store. Thanks.

Your enthusiasm for your trade shines through in all your presentations and when combined with the style of production is eminently watchable. Good selection that could do most things. I reckon you should finish your time as one of those lecturers you are always on about. The kids could benefit from your font of knowledge and manner of teaching. Unless the UK has become like OZ where knowing how to do something is irrelevant. You would need a degree and ten bits of paper to be able to teach a subject you have no practical knowledge of. Like Building Inspectors.

I have had the same set of Stanley no 6 chisels for years. Better than most out there now. Robin you forgot the pencil 😂😂

Robin , what ever happened to the Stanley 'Yankee ' screwdriver ? back in my early carpentry days , this was the screwdriver ! Although i have to say , i hated slot or flat-end screws !! god bless phillips , then posi , now torcx screws !! Great content , should have had a bevel also ?? Sorry being picky , and a little bit nostalgic ;)

how about something to sharpen those chisels or are they use once and throw away

Iv also got the big blue 28oz eastwing and I love it I can't use any other hamer now! But I get so much stick and comments from other carpenters about it saying its to big and I shouldn't use it! And that im just attention seeking and all that it does my head in but I'm not gonna change it!

What do you think about the idea of buying a plane second-hand? As an apprentice, you are going to need to get the hang of sharpening planes and even taking dings out of the blade.

Who makes the tape measure? I tried pausing the video but it's only 360p and the packaging was blurry!

Can you tear off the nails in paper collated strips to be used with a hammer

Throw a couple of carpenters pencils on that list rob

A tape measure is like a pair of shoes, you should never go out without a pair.

Hi RC, that looks like a great starter set for someone, how would we go about winning the lot? 😁👌🏻

The bloody rugby’s on robin! It’s hard to watch both

Clamps. Can never have enough clamps

Did you do the C&G Advance course Robin ? The exam was tough I thought . Makes me annoyed when you go to renew your CSCS card they barely recognise C&G certs

Most important is at least one ear to put your pencil behind.

Hi, and you still forgot the hacksaw. Stefan

Dobre!

We’re you able to take the stuff back

What brand is the tape measure. Thanks Ross

Can you recommend a decent pouch/tool belt? Also would you advise a competent DIY'er to take on a small DIY mono-pitch roof with tricky angles ?

Wear can I get the rc hooded top

Only in 360p? What happened there?

I'm 43 years old and desperately want to retrain into carpentry and was wondering if this is practical, what with my age etc?

I prefer a bahco

No chop saw?

You forgot a sharpening stone!

No clamps or bevel?

I haven't read all these comments, in case anyone has already mentioned it... But I'm DIY... I can sharpen and set a handsaw in about 10 minutes. And to a good standard! Nowhere near an hour!!

What brand is that tape measure? It sounds a good bit of kit

Robin big blue 18 inch builders hammers are 25 oz

Nice vid Robin You must have enough tools to stock a warehouse!!I hope your missis doesn't give you a hard time for spending £400 on more tools 😉

You forgot A 5 lb hammer and of course a hatchet for removing fingers and preparing a rabbit for dinner.

Anyone know the make of the pry bar? Dogyu?

360p is the highest resoloution? 🤔

I would add Steel rule, bradawl and carpenters pencils. another £5 for these from Wilkos. :)

Robin pencils very important

The resolution is capped for me at 360p!

And there I was thinking a good tradesman would maintain, sharpen, hone, and clean his tools in his own time...as opposed to buying cheap Chinese tools (are there any British made tools these days?) and throw them away when, for example, the blade dulls...probably a sign of the times, and why our world is in such a state...

You a fan of Japanese saws?

A tape measure has got to be no1 for anyone in the building game

Didn't open anything so that you can take it all back to the shop tomorrow? 🤣