The Repair Shop 255x46 - Episode 46

Today, woodwork conservator Will Kirk is presented with akitchen curiosity and, without doubt, a first for the barn.The coconut scraper has been in Fausta's family for over 100years and was used daily to extract the white flesh from insidea coconut shell. Fausta grew up in Tamil Nadu, India, wherecoconut is used in much of the cuisine. The task of preparingthe coconut often fell to a young Fausta. She prides herself onher speedy scraping skills! The low wooden stool is fitted witha sharp metal tool on its side so that the user can sit astridethe tool whilst scraping out the shells. Fausta now lives inthe UK but continues to cook many of the region's coconut-baseddishes, and having brought it back from a recent trip to visitfamily, would like to put it to good use again. However, thewooden section that holds the metal tool has crumbled and thetool itself is blunt and rusted. Will does a wonderful job ofcreating an insert to fill the lost wood and works wonders withwood glue and some clever clamping to ensure it can serve auseful purpose once again.Sue from Somerset delivers her latefather's wedding ring to goldsmith Richard Talman, hoping hecan give it a new lease of life. The gold signet wedding ringwas worn every day of Charles's 64-year marriage to his belovedwife, Valerie, but not long after Valerie died, the ring wasmisplaced, causing everyone much concern. The ring wasrecently discovered but sadly after Charles had passed away.Sue knows it would bring her family much comfort to have itsmartened up again as a symbol of her parents' love. Richardpulls out all the stops with this treasure and enlists engraverSam Marsden to carefully reinstate Charles's initials.Andthere's more metal magic in the barn when a music stand arriveswith proud owner Will. The folding stand was gifted to Will byhis biggest fan, his father. Will started playing the cornetat school as a teenager, finding solace in music during thetricky teenage years and went on to be awarded a scholarship tostudy music. He has performed in many prestigious venues andnow teaches music for a living. He feels he owes it all to hisdad, who would move mountains to support him. He lost thisspecial man when he was just 21, so the stand holds hugesignificance to him. Expert Brenton West rids it of rust andgets all the seized-up sections moving again, while Suziecreates a new leather strap to finish it off nicely.