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leob93•2h ago

Just realized my $40 laser level from Harbor Freight reads the same as the one my old boss paid $400 for

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max68•17h ago

Wet saw on a 90 degree day in Tucson, blade grabbed and nearly took my thumb

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gavin928•23h ago

Switched from a 4 foot level to a 6 foot one on a garage wall in Bend and the difference was night and day

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faith_smith•2d ago

Counted the block on my last 3 jobs and the wastage numbers surprised me

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the_viola•2d ago

Learned to mix mortar by feel after my gauge broke on a job in Fargo

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lilywilliams•3d ago

My uncle in Cleveland swore by soaking bricks before laying in July, and it saved my wall

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dixon.anthony•5d ago

Got cocky rushing a garden wall in the rain and had to tear out 30 feet of it

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webb.stella•5d ago

A foreman in Tulsa called my head joints sloppy on a 90 degree day, so I bought a $9 jointer and never went back

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oscarwilliams•6d ago

The batch of mortar I mixed Friday in the rain set up on me in 20 minutes

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tyler_baker•6d ago

PSA: telling a new guy to "just watch" on a scaffold is how we lose people

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terry_hayes18•6d ago

Asked my foreman 3 weeks ago why the young guys trowel backwards, turns out nobody ever taught them

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mitchell.shane•6d ago

Update: my union hall's apprentice pay chart was posted in the break room and the jump from 2nd to 3rd year is only $1.85 an hour

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gavin_mason31•6d ago

Spent 6 hours last Saturday chipping mortar off 40 bricks because I stacked them wet, is there a faster way to clean these up

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the_jason•8d ago

Showerthought: a retired mason on my crew said mortar should be like peanut butter, not cake batter, and I finally get it

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casey787•8d ago

Old timer told me 20 years ago my head joints were too dry, and it took me a decade to actually listen

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