Robin Clevett Answers Your Carpentry Questions: Tools, Pricing, Vans & Traditional Skills

Robin answers your questions on the tools he couldn’t work without, whether apprentices rely too heavily on power tools, and why traditional hand skills still matter in modern carpentry. He also discusses accuracy, quoting jobs in uncertain times, handling awkward conversations with customers when projects change, and whether rising costs are making skilled trades unaffordable. There’s also debate around expensive van leases, the government’s proposed crackdown on rogue traders, roof-cutting skills in the age of factory trusses, and the best way to move into fitted furniture and cabinetry work.