That is, in fact, a brilliant observation!
The tools he was using are Japanese carpentry tools- planes and chisels that are very expensive and take years to master. When I saw (hey now) what he was using, I thought immediately that no high school program in the US teaches students how to use the Japanese block plane and chisels. It’s just too expensive, time consuming, and everyone would need their own tools because sharpening them is so much of the art.
So, EITHER the details were fuzzy, and they hired a skilled carpenter for the close in stuff without thinking about it- OR this is one of the most detail-obsessed shows ever made, and your explanation is the only possible one. He learns the Japanese carpentry LATER and finds some peace among the sawdust and shavings…
