Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Fletcher reveals what it was like to work with his son on the transformation, and the challenges they stumbled upon.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the lovely things is that my son was involved in the repair as well and did some filming with me. I\u2019m so proud of that fact. I\u2019m proud of all my children, but it\u2019s so lovely to have one of them working with me on the show,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was Fred\u2019s first time on the show and he took to it like a duck to water. He was so good. I could not have done what he did when I was his age. So I\u2019m very proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cFred is one of my apprentices, so I do work with him, but working on the biggest indoor clock we\u2019ve ever worked on and the first clock of its time that was completely made of wood, there were some issues that we had to get over.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we managed that, and I certainly couldn\u2019t have done it on my own. There\u2019s too much lifting and heavy work.\u201d<\/p> The horological wonder, which stands at 3 metres tall, was designed and built by Monica Norton\u2019s father Ron, a cabinet manufacturer by trade who had always dreamed of building wooden clocks.<\/p>\n It was originally built for a display at the World Trade Centre in Dallas, but more than 30 years ago, the clock was taken apart, packed away in huge crates and shipped back to the UK. It hadn\u2019t worked since.<\/p>\n Monica and her husband Andrew wanted to revive Ron\u2019s legacy and donate the clock to a museum for all to see \u2013 something which put a lot of pressure on Steve and Fred.<\/p>\n \u201cWe always want to do the best job we can in the barn, and with anything that\u2019s mechanical, obviously we need it to work properly as well. So we have that pressure on us to make sure that it\u2019s going to last for another 100 years. So you have to make sure we\u2019re doing the job right,\u201d Steve explained.<\/p>\n \u201cBut on this particular clock that was made by Ron Woodford \u2013 he was just the most amazing craftsman \u2013 it was made to his own design. There were parts of the clock that I\u2019ve never seen before, which worked incredibly well, and it\u2019s lovely to know that this clock is going to go on public display as well in the future at the British Horological Institute Museum.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked if they faced any issues along the way, Steve admitted he wasn\u2019t sure the clock was actually going to work until the very last minute.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThe challenge was to not only to get the clock working, but to make sure that we kept the old finish. It was important to try and keep the original finish on the woodwork, but also revive it as well.<\/p>\n \u201cIt hadn\u2019t worked for over 30 years and had been packed in a box for that time, and we didn\u2019t know whether the wood had moved at all, or whether the clock was going to work at all because of this strange design mechanism. It was sort of unproven.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we didn\u2019t know whether the clock had worked really well before or not. And it wasn\u2019t until we finished getting the clock together and testing that we realised that actually it works very, very well and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Lauren Morris.<\/em><\/p>\n The Repair Shop airs on BBC One on Wednesdays at 8pm. See<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>what else is on with our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a> or check out our dedicated Entertainment hub.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Grace Henry Published: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 12:00 am The BBC\u2019s Repair Shop is back for a brand new season, with more members of the public visiting Jay Blades and his team of experts with the hopes of restoring their family heirlooms and antiques. 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