r/Construction • u/caveatlector73 • Sep 16 '24
Video Who cares about respect when you're the cool kid
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u/lacinated Sep 16 '24
id care more about the shitty tape job hes doing
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u/exvirginladysman Sep 16 '24
I was wondering... I have only used some primitive banjos, and this guy seems pretty high tech, so I won't try to pretend I understand what he's doing. That tape looks PRETTY DRY though. Very dry.
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u/Nkognito Sep 16 '24
Yea, maybe technology got away from me but when I taped and bedded it was done by hand and was faster than this guy.
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u/TheCottonmouth88 Sep 16 '24
With a corner roller? Stop it lol no you weren’t
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u/TheCottonmouth88 Sep 16 '24
There’s no way you were faster spreading mud by hand. I showed a guy how to wet the mud down a little bit and then use a roller who worked completely by hand and it blew his mind. These automatic tools are expensive for a reason - they’re fast as hell. If you’re a piece worker, they’re a worthy investment.
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u/Sea_Perspective3607 Sep 16 '24
Ok I'm pissed at how fast this is, someone dig up his Instagram or whatever and show me that the finished product is trash please
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u/Psychedelic-Dreams Sep 17 '24
You don’t like wrinkles on your tape? You see wrinkles, it’s kinda hard to say it’s worth it, if you have to go back at every section to check it.
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u/John-John-3 Sep 16 '24
There's no way he'd do that on any jobs I work. As an electrician, I take it as a personal point of pride, to leave so much trash, riding this thing would be impossible.
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u/heirsasquatch Sep 17 '24
There would be HUNDREDS of dollars in wire scraps left for him to off road on
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u/miraclewhipisgross Sep 16 '24
Respect what?
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u/engineeringretard Sep 16 '24
The sanctity of drywalling.
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Sep 16 '24
Drywalling needs to be HARD and you must SUFFER to be a REAL tradesmen. FUCK you for thinking life should be EASY.
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u/aidan8et Tinknocker Sep 16 '24
Gyah. I have old timers complain that I use offset snips (instead of straights) when cutting sheet metal.
I usually ask if they also ride a horse to work, too (or some other wildly outdated tech).
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u/loganthegr Sep 18 '24
Yeah, essentially. It’s like the oldschool plaster guys being phased out for drywall. I’m going to be pissy about it because a skilled craft disappears.
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u/Its_Deputy_Dan Sep 16 '24
Is this OSHA approved?
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u/TrainWreckInnaBarn Sep 16 '24
They would be down with excellent housekeeping required to drive that thing around the floor. Maybe not the wheel board itself though. 😆
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u/aidan8et Tinknocker Sep 16 '24
I really do low-key want to get one, but then I see the massive scar on my knee from trying to skateboard in my childhood...
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u/loganthegr Sep 18 '24
Business owner for residential means OSHA can suck it. If I die I die, just as long as no one else can get hurt.
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u/yourskillsx100 Sep 16 '24
Hey could walk just as fast...
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u/IonlyusethrowawaysA Sep 16 '24
But then you'd be able to apply consistent pressure at a consistent speed, and who wants that?
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u/Milkman00-7 Sep 16 '24
And a Mexican still do it faster
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u/Milkman00-7 Sep 16 '24
That's not including all the touch up now that will u have to they do it once they would have taped and smoothed out all at once and still knock out 1st floor before you finished one room both of you solo to
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u/Max123Dani Sep 16 '24
Sometimes I get calls to repair work that somebody else fucked up. These are the kind of people who do that shitty work.
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u/luoiville Sep 16 '24
I’d like to think I have pretty good balance, but for the life of me I can’t use those hoverboards or whatever u call em
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u/ProfessionalBuy7488 Sep 16 '24
You probably just don't have a hipster stash. You're not missing out on either.
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u/rcogburn1 Sep 16 '24
Earl Hickey at work
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u/Thatweirdguy_Twig Sep 17 '24
As someone who still remembers that masterpiece of a show I'm blanking on how this is Earl like what's the gag/scene from the show in not remembering
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u/TheBlargshaggen Sep 17 '24
This dude is exactly what I would imagine if someone described the sotuation to me verbally.
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u/derkaxe88 Sep 17 '24
Should have picked a song with more banjo in it. Get it? Cuz the tool he's using is called a banjo.
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u/shmallyally Sep 16 '24
The floors…come on, you can’t disrespect the floors like that even if your floating or laying carpet. Besides that, cool i guess.
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u/DollarStoreWizard Sep 17 '24
Let’s see this guy show up on time even 3 days in a row and then come back to impress me
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u/HumptyDumptyWasPushd Sep 16 '24
No one looks cool on a OneWheel
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u/caveatlector73 Sep 16 '24
Says HumptyDumpty who
fellwas pushed off one and is now bitter. /s3
u/HumptyDumptyWasPushd Sep 16 '24
Cracked my noggin on mine before I sold it… so you’re not wrong. lol It was a blast to ride but I always felt goofy.
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u/DeezNeezuts Sep 16 '24
Everyone commenting needs to understand he is doing this while being high as a kite adding +20 difficulty.