[Closed] The Repair Shop. Any other fans?

Yep, enjoyed watching the previous series.

Yes I love it, was pleased to see there was a new series (although forgot it was tonight).

Lots of episodes available on iPlayer if anyone wants to catch up on past episodes from previous series.

Such a mix of abilities though.

Some of them going at old bolts with adjustable spanners made my teeth itch.

The horologist is ace though. I guess you can't be tense working at that level of detail.

Absolutely love it. There's something so satisfying about watching people who seem to be really good at what they do, and love doing it.

I like watching the work, I cringe at the reveal when people who haven't bothered about that piece of rust mouldering away in the loft for years have to make up stories about how they'll cherish it for evermore and remember their grandad risking his life for it.

I still have no idea why they have the need for Jay to be involved. Doesn't seem to do anything useful.

Jay wears a bloody hat indoors! I find it hard to get beyond that. I do like the show tho

Jay also restores stuff, he's on the Money for Nothing show too

Last night's bloke who brought in his late father's sailor equipment was a bit of a tear-jerker; he was obviously still missing his Dad badly. But yes, it's great to see the confidence of the restorers as they pull things apart then the techniques they use to restore. The nearest I've been to that was in refurbing my old ex-MOD Landy when I discovered the very good Frost Auto-Restoration business, now in Warrington.

Those restoration and repair YTs are strangely soporific, a bit like watching NG films on planes about tree felling or trawling. I'm fascinated by what they can do with a limited supply of tools.

I wish they had more details on the restorations and less on the stories behind the objects.

Jay also "restores" stuff.

I like it. Reminds me of Bagpuss.

Also look at the handmade series on BBC4. The wooden Windsor chair one was ace - hardly anything measured - all done by eye.

The Samurai sword one was also amazing (forge work in sandals and no safety glasses!)

I think the horlogist will snap one day and all the years of pent-up aggression will flood out smashing things to pieces 🙂

A lovely program that I enjoy immensely. I love peoples reaction when they see the old, tired thing restored. Makes me 'proper well up' it does!

Jay; not sure he's strictly necessary but it would be marginally worse without him so he can stay :o)

I liked it when it first came out a few years back, then stopped watching it because it just seems a way for people to get their tat fixed for free and claim “ohhh just how I remember it from childhood”

If it was that important, why not go to someone and pay them to fix it 🤷‍♂️

a way for people to get their tat fixed for free

You might be thinking of Tattoo Fixers?

I like Repair Shop and like to watch talented people. I also have a little crush on Kirsten Ramsay the pottery lady.

Near to us there is a Repair Cafe that runs now and then on a Saturday morning. I went and mended loads of things one time but stopped when I realised people were just bringing broken stuff along (which they didn't really want) out of sympathy just to stop us feeling lonely.
The real people who could benefit aren't the nice middle class church folk who come to this sort of thing and modern electrical goods and Argos furniture can't really be repaired.

ebygomm
Member
I wish they had more details on the restorations and less on the stories behind the objects.

+1

I think that's why my YouTube channel has some craft folk in it.

bikebouy
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I liked it when it first came out a few years back, then stopped watching it because it just seems a way for people to get their tat fixed for free and claim “ohhh just how I remember it from childhood”

I *think* people are asked to make a donation for the repairs made to their items.

modern electrical goods and Argos furniture can’t really be repaired

Probably not the aegis furniture but modern electronics can still be fixed. Some of the time it something minor other it may require mad skilzzz (TM) but like anything it's amazing what a skilled person can do with a fairly minimal tool kit. For lots of things though it does depend on product knowledge to get the most. Hence the special phone fixers or ECU fixers.

If it was that important, why not go to someone and pay them to fix it

Because (a, the cost would likely be far beyond the ability of the majority of people to actually pay, and (b, how do you go about finding the variety of skilled, knowledgeable craftspeople in one place able to carry out the restoration?
I have a Gurkha Kukri that belonged to my dad, my brother had got hold of it and just left it in his garage. When I finally got my hands on it, it was in a really sorry state; the blade was rusty and pitted in places, the leather covering the sheath had mostly disintegrated, the wooden sheath itself had split along the joint, and a small piece of the handle had broken off.
It’s one of the few things of my dads that I have, I don’t even know where his medals are, I didn’t think to ask my mum, and she’s no longer around.
The kukri I believe he was given by a Gurkha after he was released from Changi POW camp after it was liberated after the defeat of Japan, and I know he served with Gurkha guards around the RAF base he was on, so I’d love to get the knife properly restored, but where, exactly, would I find someone able to do the work?

Oi you lot, I ain't supposed to shed tears at cruddy BBC2 reality shows!! Anyone see the accordian?

Yep. Some of the dust they cleaned off ended up in chez fadda...

I like watching the work, I cringe at the reveal when people who haven’t bothered about that piece of rust mouldering away in the loft for years have to make up stories about how they’ll cherish it for evermore and remember their grandad risking his life for it.

I call that the "Wheeler Dealers" method of watching these programmes. I could care less about all the fluff, I just want to see them fix something......although Wheeler Dealers isn't the same without Ed

It is overly sentimental and mawkish. The youtube restoration vids are a thousand times better. For example..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zDyyxSJ8YK4

It is overly sentimental and mawkish

Here's an idea! Don't watch it!

I don’t for the reason stated - I was merely commenting on the thread.