Carpentry

The Saw Horse – An Apprentice Carpenter Test

The Saw Horse - An Apprentice Carpenter Test

When I was at college, they said to me, the first thing you need as a carpenter is a saw horse or single bevel trestle. I want you to do it yourselves. It's thoroughly enjoyable.

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6 Roofing Squares Compared – Which is the Best?

6 Roofing Squares Compared

6 Roofing Squares compared and explained by Roger Bisby. Give us your opinion and complete the survey at the end. Roger shows you all of the different tools used by carpenters for calculating roof pitch.

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Roof Construction & Weathering In – Garden Room #4

Roof Construction - Weathering In

How to build a garden room episode 4 gets our room weathered in. Robin finishes the roof construction and PIR board while Andy gets the Easy Trim Vista Breather Membrane on ready for the slates.

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Roofus, Roof Construction Made Simple – KB#6

Roofus, Roof Construction Made Simple

The Roofus square carpentry tool, a game-changing product for carpentry, steel fabrication and roof construction. The movable ruler can be positioned at any angle, allowing for vertical and horizontal levelling.

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Milwaukee Rear Handle Circular Saw for Wood

Milwaukee Rear Handle Circular Saw for Wood

Robin checks out something from Milwaukee that he's been waiting a long time for! The Milwaukee M18 FCSRH66 Rear Handle Circular Saw is something we've enjoyed using and in this video you'll see why.

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New Skill Builder Project Series – King Build #1

New Skill Builder Project Series

We’re excited to bring you our new extension project series featuring James King from The Supreme Finishing Company who has taken on a huge extension building project and intends to carry out much of the work himself. https://thesupremefinishingcompany.co.uk In this first part, Roger takes a tour of the house with James to look at all of the work that’ll keep …

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Robin’s Building Progress Update – Capel #11

Building Progress Update Capel #11

Robin is getting closer to completing his own project in Capel and he gives us a tour to show us why it’s taking so long to complete. Check out our Lindab MVHR installation video on The Capel Build. ================================================ Tell us what you like: http://skill-builder.uk/vote Get in touch, send us your pictures and videos: http://skill-builder.uk/send Twitter: https://twitter.com/skillbuilderuk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skillbuilderchannel Out …

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Milwaukee Cordless Table Saw – Robin’s Site Test

Milwaukee Cordless Table Saw

Robin takes a closer look at the cordless table saw last seen in the Dublin review video. After two months of using this saw onsite we might not be able to get it back from him.

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Is the Sealey Saw Blade Sharpener Any Good?

Is the Sealey Saw Blade Sharpener Any Good?

Roger tries to get his dull saw blades back in good shape with the Sealey SMS2003 Saw Blade Sharpener with Bench Mounting that bought from Toolstop. More info from Tool Stop SEALEY SMS2003 SAW BLADE SHARPENER WITH BENCH MOUNTING 110 WATT 240V A great 240V bench mountable saw blade sharpener from Sealey. Includes 2 x blades for sharpening both TCT …

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