Nick Wedlock is a long-serving volunteer whose transition from a professional engineer to a dedicated museum volunteer embodies a deep passion for traditional craft. His date of birth, parents, and early life are not publicly available. What is known is that he built a career as a professional engineer before discovering blacksmithing through his association with the Weald & Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex.

Nick volunteers at the Weald & Downland Living Museum, working two days in the forge and one day in the mill. In one notable project for the museum, he was asked to make a historically accurate thumb latch for the museum’s new dairy building, based on a damaged original — a painstaking process requiring constant measurement and technical problem-solving at the forge.

The Repair Shop is filmed at the Weald & Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex, and the Court Barn is its principal setting, though some repairs are carried out in the Victorian smithy. It is through this shared location that Nick became connected with the programme, lending his blacksmithing expertise as a guest expert.

Nick has spoken openly about the personal importance of his volunteering, saying: “I work two days in the forge and a day in the mill. I enjoy working in the forge the most, but a lot of the enjoyment is around meeting people. This is my social contact; I suppose you could call it. It has made a huge difference to me.” His personal and family life are entirely private and not publicly available.