The Repair Shop's metal maestro Dominic Chinea has boldly shared his experience of leaving his previous job, confessing, "it's never the right time" to take such a step.

In his latest YouTube Q&A, Dom reminisced about his career before becoming a household name on The Repair Shop.

One viewer quizzed the craftsman on his foray into TV, prompting Dom to share his journey from Kent to the Cornish coast: "I got a job in London working for Rankin, a photographer.

"Ended up being his set designer, making props and sets and things for him, which took over a few years, and ended up running his set design department. That was a wild, but amazing, and difficult few years."

Dom's narrative took a turn towards the entrepreneurial as he recalls the decision to go it alone: "I literally quit my job on the Friday, left there Monday that weekend whenever it was, signed the lease to my workshop, my new workshop in Hackney Wick in East London, which was an absolute derelict workshop, and started my own company being a set designer," reports Gloucestershire Live.

Taking viewers down memory lane, Dominic opened up about the gamble of starting fresh after walking away from a steady job. "The next few months, from there on, were some of the scariest weeks, months, literally, I've ever had," he revealed.

"Having that commitment to pay that workshop rent, having no job, no idea where the next job is going to come from, was a really scary time.

"And I think that moment in my life, that time has given me a real appreciation for every single person that comes on to Make it a Market Show.

"They've got so many of their situations I can relate to. They've got full-time jobs, they've got real jobs, and they want to do a craft for a living, but it's taking that leap from that full-time job to doing your own thing.

"And I think because I've been there, I can relate, and when I speak to the people on that show and so many other people, I get it. I know how scary it is."

Regarding making the jump into new ventures, he added, "And there's never the right time. It's never going to feel comfortable, it's never going to feel safe, but sometimes you have got to do what feels right."

Dominic shared some encouraging advice: "And even though you don't know all the answers and you're not sure which way it's going to go, what's going to happen, just try and just go for it."

Concluding his thoughts on taking chances, Dominic reflected, "I'd rather get to later in life and regret having tried something and it failed, than regret not trying it."