We never know what timber we’re going to salvage, and quite often it comes complete with wire, nails, bolts and even old hinges still embedded or sticking out of it. To eliminate the danger of our tools hitting a metal object as we assemble, we run a metal detector over the timber. While old metal is removed, or smacked back in to the timber in some cases, we try and leave as many of the old age imperfections still present.