Bentley Factory Wood Shop

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[@desmondmoonbear8149]

My dad always told me
"If you're riding in a Bentley and see something that looks like gold, it probably is

[@michaelmixon2479]

I can certainly see why they cost what they do. Superior workmanship and materials. Awesome!

[@namelesswarrior4760]

The term "You get what you pay for" has never been more true right here! Imagined you take a little bit too much off with the chisel and have to tell the boss about it!

[@TheDwightMamba]

Their dust extraction is incredible!
Notice how clean everything is? My wrists would be covered in dust after 2 minutes of sanding, not to mention my nostrils. Everyone is super clean and nobody needs a dust mask [pre-Covid 19].
Most are plugging their ears though! If I were lucky enough to work in that shop, I would smack some earpods in and truly enjoy my 40 hours!

[@georgevecchi1509]

Bentley Cars are the best interiors in the world, I believe even better than Rolls Royce...Nothing is in plastic, all material are solid and high quality.

[@PossDatta]

Product has an amizing result! I usually worked in a boat's factory when I was 19 and I saw a lot of this process. I remembered the hard work that people did for getting a quality products.
No doubt people who work there are professional.

[@7individual]

A pleasure to watch ❤️

[@izzy1446]

it seems people love picking holes in perfection , its the way of the world ,,,, but i prefer to admire it.

[@BeasleyStreet]

After the burrs are prepped,there's inevitably some filling which a keen eye will spot on the finished item.

[@therickpound]

Steve Prince indeed, they mature as expected if purchased by a car guy...ironic that those who moan about the finish most inc the clearly deficient 5 min celebs and the over paid much maligned turf monkey...the Rappers get it..the most bling thing needs a lot of polishing.

[@williamcox1176]

Not denying the excellent craftsmanship, some very skilled and dedicated staff, it's a shame that Bentley make some of the most unreliable cars on the road.

[@samueldavis5895]

My thoughts exactly.. not at all impressed with all the fancy gimmicks

[@byteme9718]

What rubbish! If you want an example of unreliable look at Land Rover and their overpriced tat.

[@williamcox1176]

@@byteme9718 True they where up there with Bentley, and Jaguar was snapping at there heals.

[@danp9551]

Dito

[@williamcox1176]

@Tal Benavraham Prob true, but over the years they have set the bar rather high, And Landrover,BMW, Porsche,Mercedes and VW are catching up fast.

[@jackoshea687]

I don’t even think I could afford just the dashboard.

[@derekstocker6661]

Great skill and experience makes these guys the tops when it comes to motor wood fashioning.
Superb video and thanks for letting us see this amazing process.

[@mrstrong2006]

The most pleasing thing I’ve ever witnessed

[@christianedwardsen7585]

You should see the production of my '72 Gremlin.

[@JesusSaves-007]

Meanwhile, sitting here in my 2010 Vauxhall Astra...

[@lukisz111]

It must be nice, to have a car.

[@SkateSmokeAndDrum]

Complaining about a 10 year old car....

[@Kyleinasailing]

Absolutely superb quality.

[@dale7561]

Really nice to see young people there. Bentley are obviously investing in apprenticeships

[@ethanpace2225]

Yeah, but they'll probably fire them all when they can manage to get the machines to do all of the work.

[@ethanpace2225]

@Great White You did see all the machines being used for production, yes? I think the "craftsmanship" angle is probably more of a bait than anything else. If they cared that much about master craftsmanship, they would hire a master craftsman, who you know, has a shop and his own tools, not employ a bunch of people with no independence.

[@Oo7Hola]

Amazing. What a fun job

[@herbertthecat]

Given me some ideas for my Ford Transit dashboard!

[@LegoMan-cz4mn]

Oh I'll definitively be pimping my yellow 2000's Ford Ka!! Lol

[@sherifkadir]

Asmr for exquisite car manufactoring aficionados.

[@SuperKwame1]

I just to watch sand learn! Great detail in your video recording! Thanks you gained my support!

[@izzatroslee]

Sweaty hands like me never get a chance to work here. LOL
On another serious note, i have deep concern on those workers that never wear mask, especially clear coat dust.

[@510fitzy2]

They are working on vacuum benches, sucks the dust down away from operators.

[@byteme9718]

@@510fitzy2 The clear coat in this case is actually dangerous for some time after application so it's allowed to fully cure before any sanding. Very powerful extraction is used hence the hearing protection. It's not a pleasant work environment.

[@audioalto3287]

...and this is just a wood part. Grand!

[@fab3319]

these guys are highly skilled.

[@tlahuicolexiii2844]

No they are not. Lol

[@jokinabadsbs]

7:51 the only manual labor they are doing is sanding and they screwed badly

[@largol33t1]

Wwooww, how many meters of blue painter's tape does the factory use in a day? That's a lot for one car.

[@therickpound]

High skills, years of apprenticeship, making a car of superb quality, decades of service & reliability is not cheap, hence the cost, they factor the tape in!

[@easymedia7988]

Probably produce their own tape

[@peterh3233]

Doesn't look like painters tape, it has a bit of a sheen to it. It's necessary, without it the veneer would crack, the tape adds strengths and allows it to bend around curves. I use the same method with forming veneer over curved surfaces 👌

[@claytonhanika1992]

They spend so much time and effort to make these parts perfect but will never be able to afford to take one home.

[@Hattonbank]

I felt sorry for the guys who built Concorde, they could never have one either.

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

Not true they are all allowed to take a piece of wood home

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

At the Bugatti factory every employee owns at least one Bugatti

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

Every employee at SpaceX owns at least one Rocket

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

They dont want to take one home. Most people who build cars wouldnt want the cars they build!

[@johnneedy3164]

I need a new dash for my motorhome ✌👋🤗

[@lemansteve]

everyone else’s dashboards: 1 injection molding machine, 1lb plastic resin, 1 worker, 30 seconds
Bentley dashboards: 1 tree, 10 workers, 10 hours of labor, 100 square feet of sandpaper

[@TheTarrMan]

Wonder how hard it is to keep up with production quota's with this type of job.

[@TheTarrMan]

@Milwaukee Mayhem That's what they say but is it really like that? I mean they have to crack the whip a little bit or people will take advantage of that. Wonder how it's like and I wonder how it pays.

[@puzzle3407]

china would never get to this type of quality, equality and fine detail. excellent....

[@zaibabe]

It doesn't matter if it looks like plastic, what matter is they want you to pay & pay a lot..

[@byteme9718]

Do you even know what plastic is?

[@AnyFactor]

Veneer pfftt I want my interior made from actual quilted wood no matter how unstable it is.

[@byteme9718]

Veneer is used for stability under huge temperature and humidity changes a car is subjected to. The other reason is that the pattern of the wood is mirrored about the centre line if the car by book matching consecutive sheets of veneer. The pattern you see on each door capping is essentially the same. You can't achieve this any other way.
Birds eye maple is cut differently so cannot be book matched but this was a rare option.

[@didierleclerc66]

Simply stunning. I had no idea that even today it involved so much high level manual craftsmanship. No one else in the world can do that at that scale.

[@byteme9718]

This is so automated compared with how it used to be.

[@jokinabadsbs]

7:51 yeah no... Very low standard... Even for today veneering

[@didierleclerc66]

@@jokinabadsbs So you mean that there are other car manufacturers with higher standards ? Any name ?

[@Jakeman90210]

Am I the only one that thinks the burl veneer looks worse than the wood that’s beneath it?

[@samueldavis5895]

It’s hideous and lust cheap veneer

[@samueldavis5895]

byteme9718 maybe for a cheap dash board or steering wheel.. I’m a master craftsman by title and believe me any veneered parts of the build are definitely considered cheap. Yes they have there uses but mostly these days I build solid doors and tables with joinery lol... so obviously my opinion differs from yours

[@byteme9718]

@@samueldavis5895 No, you're a hillbilly who ha never seen quality work. You've never seen a piece of quality furniture or have any concept of why veneer is used.

[@Hattonbank]

That grade of walnut veneer is not cheap. Although only 0.6mm thick, with irregular shapes and sizes, it will gust Bentley over £30 per square metre

[@Jakeman90210]

@@Hattonbank don’t care how much it costs, it looks bad.

[@davidbourret2418]

un travail de qualité, par des gens qui aiment certainement les belles choses, c’est tellement beau !!! merci

[@TheMilanceks]

i would love to work here :)

[@therickpound]

They always advertise the jobs.

[@samueldavis5895]

Lmao not me... I’ll stay in my own shop thanks

[@jasoniannone9675]

10:25 cleverest upsidedown belt sander.

[@scottmcfarlane9742]

Highly skilled more like good tools..

[@DrLA-vt1ff]

At same price you can buy a ferrari Lamborghini or a porsche but nothing is compare to this quality

[@pauljob8959]

Which is the wood

[@ambitionsskyyyy]

Paul Job underrated comment, you get a thumbs up from me pal

[@antonb9459]

Veneer is walnut texture veneer, base probably juat walnut

[@byteme9718]

@@antonb9459 Veneer is a thin layer or wood taking from a much thicker solid part.

[@Hattonbank]

Walnut burr veneer not textured!

[@ciumino15]

Very pretty work. Did anyone can know what kind of clearcoat is used to strip?

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

A good one

[@Neildo430ci]

11:28 now those are some beautiful pieces.

[@JeremyCoppin]

Can't help thinking "what a waste of human time and skill for a frigging car console".

[@byteme9718]

It pays their bills and provides pride in what they do. Keep flipping those burgers.

[@BeasleyStreet]

Very surprised to see a long belt sander with the operator bare armed with that razor edge at that speed ? Shouldn't he have some arm protection?

[@MrGuit12]

Only if Honda is made this way ...

[@rustyshackleford9446]

Pretty cool 👍👍

[@bracsim]

That’s not a car to be near the elements for sure, in and out of the garage is a most. Really nice craftsmanship, nature has a price.

[@aokiaoki4238]

Did they varnish it before they buff it?

[@byteme9718]

Yes, the material used is the real secret to the finish.

[@byteme9718]

@Tal Benavraham French polish is not durable enough for use on anything other than furniture. It's a polyester that cures rapidly after hardener is mixed in. Three coats provides a build thick enough to be sanded and polished. It's much the same material high quality modern pianos and guitars are finished in.

[@phranklyn]

It's impressive how much you can make a brand new car look dated...

[@danielgarcia6223]

Nice job 👍

[@derbisenda1330]

Timeless... The brand new cars now will look dated in 5 years. These cars are timeless.

[@pookatim]

So the goal is to take the highest quality wood and make it look like plastic then?

[@randomcarguy1656]

they are polished, not made to look like plastic. they feel wood when you touch them. i think you are one of those poor people who don't have wood furniture in their home because wood is more expensive than steel, aluminium and not having a house to live in.

[@osieeeeee]

Random car guy contact me

[@ramonching7772]

Wood really gives warmth to an interior. But a printed wood board would also serve the same purpose. Specially if cannot touch it as it is under a clear coat of paint.

[@byteme9718]

What do you think french polishing does?

[@Hattonbank]

It might serve the same purpose but will not give the same satisfaction

[@dipankarbarooah3392]

Is it termite proof .

[@Bert3HD]

If you had smooth music in the background it be hypnotised😍👌🏽

[@Neildo430ci]

Some Pusherman - Curtis Mayfield. On the finished pieces scenes.

[@DavidDiaz-uq8pj]

Como se llama esa máquina que parece de costura que une las laminas?

[@MrConnert]

Non of those dudes wearing masks. Hello saw dust lungs.

[@ShotgunRocket]

Some of them should have been wearing masks. Still, others were working at a special vacuum table that sucks up the dust as they work.

[@mondvogel6124]

Soooo a Bentley customer will pay 10x to pay for manual labor and outdated machinery so that Bentley can produce a car which is lower on quality since human works is nowhere near as precise than machined and tooled parts?

[@byteme9718]

You miss the point completely. These cars are cheap for what they are.

[@mondvogel6124]

@@byteme9718 and what are they specifically?

[@byteme9718]

@@mondvogel6124 A modern technologically advanced car with exceptional levels of traditional hand crafting and attention to detail. Find something that comes close.

[@mondvogel6124]

@@byteme9718 i will find technologically more advanced cars much much cheaper all day every day. do then, the rubber hits the road at the "handcrafted" piece. ion't disagree with or debate it, but i am challenging its value since it doesn't really provide any more quality (in terms of longevity, accuracy, fitment etc). hence, i am challenging whether its worth it since an owner will mostly pay for the "feeling"

[@byteme9718]

​@@mondvogel6124 I specifically said "A modern technologically advanced car with exceptional levels of traditional hand crafting and attention to detail" and then offered you a challenge, one that you've ignored. You have no concept of quality or how much effort it takes to get from very good to excellent. At no point have I claimed that they're the most technologically advanced cars and why would they need to be? Cars have long been beyond the point where much of that technology is usable or necessary.
Unfortunately too many people have access to money whose only skill is to kick a football or pretend to be someone else in a movie. Most however appreciate fine things and therefore have a greater understanding of why these cars are above everything else
I'll give you a simple example, paintwork. There is no automatic paint process or individual in the world skilled enough to produce the standard of finish necessary at this level. To achieve that requires hand wet sanding and machine polishing and this can only be done manually. This is the only way a glass like finish is achievable and is a traditional process that goes back to the days of horse drawn carriages. Another example would be the wood finishing. This is a polyester material that's used for many items including pianos and guitars. There are non sand polyester materials that give a glossy finish and have enough build to fill in the grain of the wood and level out to a good degree. Most would accept that in their spam can clone Mercedes or Range Rover but only hand sanding can achieve that ultimate finish. Sanding polyester is hard work and takes numerous repetitive steps using progressively finer grades before a final polish. When you're in a car you see these items up close and appreciate the attention to detail if you have a trained eye. People whi buy these cars tend not to fill their homes with crap from Ikea, they know and understand quality.
Many cars have leather and usually it's of a very low grade. Even high priced cars use substandard leather that is made using a process called graining. This entails passing the hide through a pair of rollers that emboss and artificial grain and this is to hide scars and defects that would otherwise be obvious. This is the only leather most people see but these cars use natural grained hide. These are selected during the manufacturing process to be the best of the best but even then they're not perfect. Most manufacturers will simply use a similar cutting pattern for each hide but this doesn't take into account any natural defects or weaknesses it has. At this level every hide is examined and cutting patterns worked out to avoid these defects. This causes much higher wastage and cost. Many hides are rejected and sent back but even that's time consuming and incurs cost.
You also have no idea of how much a limited scale of production has upon cost. Prior to the takeover by VW Bentley really struggled. Prestige means nothing so when they needed specialist components specific to their cars made had to pay a fortune for them. If they went to Bosch and wanted a few thousand of something they were laughed at. They now have access to a common parts bin for many components but still there's a lot that is unique to the car. A Bentley owner doesn't want to play "spot which car this came from" with their car.
You mention "longevity, accuracy, fitment". Longevity is easily dealt with. They'll last as long as there's a supply of parts. All cars have weaknesses and when the supply of new parts that commonly fail runs out then they'll have to be salvaged from scrapped cars. When they're not available that's it, just like any car. Longevity isn't an issue like it once was as the business plan is now very different. All Bentley are interested in is selling new cars and sustaining a second hand market enabling them to do that. After five years they don't care.
Accuracy and fitment is a much bigger issue. Prior to VW the quality of the body shells were poor but all that meant was that time was spent later putting defects right. At the time this resulted in tight shut lines and perfectly level panels vastly superior to the spam can produced then. That all changed in 90s when the big mass car producers changed their production methods and started to produce highly accurate bodies. Look at a modern Bentley and their shut lines are still better but the difference is not great as it once was but once again that last bit of detail costs disproportionately more.
In terms of its value, in my opinion they're cheap for what they are given the inefficiencies of small scale production and degree of hand crafting. That's where a significant part of the build cost goes. Compare the cost of a modern Bentley like the Flying Spur against a similar model from the mid 90s and you'll see that in real terms the cost has fallen while every aspect of the car has got better.

[@travisjeffrey5092]

So, how do they get the wood polish to work so well ?

[@leelad]

They don't use Mr Sheen, Probably Sir or Lord Sheen, something better than a simple Mr.

[@MrPhatties]

It's possibly an epoxy

[@kreed1004]

This is the superior wood that goes in the cars where the rich people stare out at the poors

[@gbjjt3643]

Acorn, cherry, and walnut, there are high quality wood from Bentley. China can't imitate this quality. This is a good wood from Bentley. If it's not For Bentley, it's For quality fashion For handcraft For House hardware. And leather also For clothes, shoes, and bag quality

[@michaelr2526]

What?

[@ke0kie]

but the window won't roll down and the engine comes out to replace a single o-ring...

[@anosluz]

Sure Jan. Your Nissan is certainly more performant.

[@prof_aw3som014]

You mean that engine that’s 2 engines whacked together? The smoothest engine you’ll ever see? The cars that can go years without a service and use insane materials and craftsmanship? The same cars that have been made for 100 years? But the engine needing to come out do the job right it’s just absurd!!

[@danp9551]

@ke0kie yup, my thoughts exactly.

[@danp9551]

@@prof_aw3som014 well, reliability, functionality and ease of maintenance are certainly desirable in the real world. Most people cannot afford to pay exorbitant prices for cars that look nice but are impractical.

[@minimoog4236]

@@danp9551 You're right, no-one buys those totally impractical Lamborghinis and Paganis. I mean, how the hell do you get a bag of cement in one of those, eh?

[@adler98br]

Soft touch? LOL

[@user-ns8on9sq8i]

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[@sensor-sweep]

eat the rich

[@MrTcvip]

Never women involved in videos like this. Passed from Father to son back in the days.

[@WaveAnthony]

+MrTcvip 9:01 saddly a women appeared

[@asomind]

@@WaveAnthony that's an air powered rotary sander, not a woman!

[@matejmoravcik6857]

do anybody know what glue they use? :)

[@ambitionsskyyyy]

Glue

[@tomgio1]

ambitionsskyyyy , that was funny.

[@roysingh5975]

I think it's horsehid. Very hard to find and expensive. Ever heard the term "straight to the glue factory"?

[@ximono]

Epoxy? Or maybe hide glue, like in classical instruments?

[@pavloshutka8195]

Про респіратори хтось там чув взагалі?

[@TheHasekmichal]

What a waste of wood and labor for a car!

[@byteme9718]

Some people want the best. Other like you accept any cheap tat.

[@don1738]

Plot twist: YOURE ALLERGIC TO WOOD 😂

[@ramonching7772]

The art of doing what is totally unnecessary. So many hours spent on something that is so ancient and unnecessary today. A better woodgrain can be printed today and nobody would have know.
At least with leather, you can feel it. But wood underneath all that clear paint?

[@byteme9718]

Poor people like you don't understand that real veneers have a 3D quality called lustre that printed finishes cannot reproduce. Are you not aware that when you sit on leather in a car the top finish layer is plastic?

[@ramonching7772]

@@byteme9718
Can you feel the wood? No. Under plastic paint.
Can you smell the wood. No. Lacquer, yes.
Any difference in sight? No.
Nothing to hear either.
You going to taste it? No.
The only sense you can use is ego.
I.e. if it is sensible to do so.
It's not that we are poor or not. It's just that we are smarter to wake up to reality. And are not bound by the trappings of the old ways, with so much limitations.

[@byteme9718]

@@ramonching7772 You're obviously entirely ignorant of quality wood finishing. That lustre cannot be reproduced by anything other than real veneer. One option is birds eye maple that can flash reds, greens and gold over the base colour according to viewing angle. No printed finish can show this but as you've never seen the real thing you'll never understand the unique appeal of natural materials.

[@ramonching7772]

@@byteme9718 ok. As you wish.

[@byteme9718]

@@ramonching7772 just accept you're wrong and that you have low standards

[@vincent7520]

LOOKS LIKE PLASTIC

[@byteme9718]

Only to poor people.

[@vincent7520]

@@byteme9718 Exactly. :/

[@gjw45]

Nothing looks worse than a wood interior.....

[@snakecold6755]

+gjw45 Chi zail

[@randomcarguy1656]

you don't have to like it if you can't afford it +gjw45

[@drameday]

I kind of agree. Although I understand the skill and craftsmanship displayed here, I simply don’t like the look of wood anywhere on a car. It’s fine for very old classic cars, when wood was the only thing they had to work with. But give me modern materials. Less reflective, no worries about fingerprints or scratches, and less pretentious.

[@sneakerfreak2002]

Ok boomer

[@ramonching7772]

@@drameday Agree about the wood.The material is very dated and not appropriate for cars of today. I remember seeing a video or read an article from BMW, they had to make the wood veneer very thin so that in the event of a crash, the wood splinters will not injure passengers. Might as well use wood grain print.

[@drkroots333]

Looks the same as plastic

[@byteme9718]

Not at all. Real veneer has a lustre that cannot be duplicated.

[@Hattonbank]

PVC seat covers can look the same as leather seat covers to the uninitiated, but like veneerr to plastic, they definately ain't the same thing.

[@603storm]

Waste of good wood.

[@byteme9718]

Most highly figured veneers are unusable for anything other than decorative purposes.

[@husseinhani]

Bentley Factory Vinyl Shop

[@ironchip1]

I wonder how many of these toads would be still flipping hamburgers if they hadn't lucked out on getting hired at this place?

[@g41thomas]

You should Ask your parents!

[@lukarogovic6733]

Nothing special

[@byteme9718]

Neither is your Trabant.

[@mehmoodhassan2600]

Lol no skill its jus machines

[@clementr]

If you want a car interior produced entirely by hand, then the interior itself will cost you over several hundreds of thousands probably, or even more..

[@byteme9718]

The Islamic world has produced nothing and when you say "jus machines" you didn't even make them.