with the cost of contractors today, this is having a resurgence!

Oy vey, got a cardboard box full of pueblo printed government how to pamphlets and back then we used the one on how to build a septic tank when we put in the indoor turlet as the hill house got real old real quick at the -10 F region not to mention the stinging wasp issues during the summer. Worked my little 13 year old butt off digging thru 14 feet of hard adobe and then we hit easy sand. I wanted to dig more to put a funnel bottom on it, but was voted down. In all it's wisdom, the pamphlet never mentioned that septic tanks need to be pumped out occasionally which is where my tapered bottom would have shown as a brilliant thing to do even if I had no reason to do it other than it would have been real easy in that sand. 30 years later, they have to be pumped out? came as a shock to all here, but it is indeed a part of life. So what else isn't in those best current knowledge you can get government pamphlets? The very idea that the USA government should have such a printing press built in the center of the country in pueblo colorado was to disseminate solid information to the masses at the cheapest mailing rates. And it was a po dunk town at the time which means cheap labor too. By the look of it I'm guessing the photos in it were from the 40s, I thought they shut it all down in the 60s, but it's still a thing with only a token smattering of what they used to offer for free. And it is still free to USA citizens. How to isn't a thing over there anymore. Money advice seems to be their focus today.

or meticulous people like my engineer husband see half done work and have to correct it - we think that our house was the learning curve house for the post WWII development , it seems every stupid thing that could be done was done to this defenseless little house (took the electrician 3 days to un weave the mess of wiring from 1958 when we had the kitchen re done) - next project small half bath in basement in a 43 inches by 6ft space that "someone" thought was a sufficient space for a 3/4 bath (no!)

I agree. This saw is not heavy, it’s accurate and durable.

I mean not great if you don't like cracks or screw pops though. Maybe you could covice me a credit card gap or floating top member is OK but otherwise thats how you get drywall issues that you can't fix properly.

Didn’t he say “hang cabinets”? (Shudder)

Ultimately was just talking about his little gap he left on his last stud. For a little clarity.

@@davidmattson5750 ah yeah credit card gap is whatevs imo thought you where talking about the orginal framing

@@stich1960 I don't think the original gaps would be a problem, they're unsightly but you can see in the video how he can't pull the studs out.

I do a lot of things that aren't in the manual.

Right. I heard of a guy whose vision was *nearly* lost due to doing this without eye protection. Fortunately, he's still able to see... For those that don't know, hammer steel, when meeting other hammer steel with 'vigor' causes one of the heads to fail. This causes steel shards to go flying in various directions at high speed. They care not whether they're heading for a wall, a leather boot, or the supple tissue of your eyeball. They do so with fury!!!

@@ItchyKneeSon thanks I did not know. I always hit my drywall hatchet with another drywall hatchet

@@damitbobby6677 I didn't know either, until about a year ago. Maybe try a mallet instead? One of those flooring hammers might be about the same size. What do you use the two hammers to do?

@@ItchyKneeSon I use one hatchet to pound other hatchet into studs sometimes to pry the studs apart if needed

@@damitbobby6677 Gotcha. Maybe get one of those Stanley prybars/flatbars? They're like $10 at HD and you can also use it as a kicker when hanging walls. They're about a foot long, mostly black, and have yellow at one end. The steel won't fail like it hammer steel. They're designed to be wailed on. Do it for your eyes. :)

They do. I've used them. Plastic extension rings to go on plastic boxes.

Exactly ! That shit is really dangerous !

Studs behind

Just one.

@@vancouvercarpenter Thank You..I have the blue backs while you have the green backs!!

Even that one at midspan is more than enough for how small it is.

@@vancouvercarpenter I was thinking about hanging cabinets… For rock alone it is fine for sure!

I'm 6 foot 1

@@vancouvercarpenter you barely edge me out in height, but your drywall skills are leaps and bounds better than mine. Thoroughly enjoy watching you work.

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Some may be preference, nail guns require extra tools, screw guns don't. There is also the shear vs pullout forces. Nails pull out easy but are much stronger against shearing forces than screws.

Nail guns are super loud and dusty in indoor spaces. Such a small job doesn't warrant a nail gun.

@@thoughtlesskills Thanks for the insight. While I think most professional framers use pneumatic nail guns, electric or gas ones are pretty common, so you’d only need that one tool (instead of also needed a compressor).

@@vancouvercarpenter makes sense. Thanks.

I have no idea. I wasn't there for the electrical