I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof!
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux here in Lisboa, instead of fitting the bricks, they put down stones that are a very rough fit and fill in the (large) gaps with sand and dirt.
This has major failure modes, being exceedingly unpleasant to ride a bike on (or walk with a cane, wheelchair, etc.) as well as generating frequent potholes with piles of little stones kicked out of the sidewalks up against the walls. But I suppose it is Traditional.
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux
Cool! Tetris!!
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
I may need a brick slicer!
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux Expertise!
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We helped our father doing this as a child
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We helped our father doing this as a child
(once)
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux That's the easy part..
The preparitory groundwork is the hard part..I know, I've done a few and with large pavers that are way heavier.. like one in a barrow with two men to wheel into position ;-)))
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux That first part is half of what my brother did when he was working for a mason. The other half was making mortar.
He found out at the end of the year that they hadn't covered their half of the taxes that they owed on his behalf and he would be responsible for that as well. He found another job after that
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux this is so satisfying
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
There's likely some far-right politicians trying to reclassify this work as "low skill" and trying to suppress wages.
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There's likely some far-right politicians trying to reclassify this work as "low skill" and trying to suppress wages.
@Npars01 I think we’re looking at the very device where we could put those far right politicians!
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux I just took 3 muscle relaxers. Joke!
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@stux he makes it look so easy! What is the slicer called? And are they available in the US?
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
That cutter seems pretty slick!
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux Good grief that cutter just slices right through the bricks like they are made of hot butter.
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
Edit: oh I see he cuts it at an angle so it gets a bevel and falls in better
Seeing a lot of comments about how easily the cutter slices through the brick but can we take a moment to admire his marking work?
Just a one shot freehanded line on a brick that's leaning at an angle and somehow he manages to draw it in the right place on the opposite side of the brick from the side leaning on the edge of the hole without having to actively correct for it
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
@stux handbuilt klinker, This Is the Way...
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I’ve also done this for a year or two, hard work oof! Especially the first period where you just keep hauling bricks to these guys
Like... How much force is he having to apply to that cutter? It doesn't _look_ like he's applying a lot of force.
It's _all_ impressive but I'm afraid my 'tism has zoomed in on the cutter, as well.
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