A drywall master at work in the 1940s USA.

Guy works like he can afford a house on his income.

Wait. I thought only illegal Mexicans had the skill for this?

My man probably just got back from a 4 year world war as well. Some generations are raised hard, others are soft. Which one do you think is better?

And with a collard shirt tucked in to clean khakis

Me watching this 70 years later as I continuously fix those popped nails.

23yrs in construction and skills have declined greatly! Many are brainwashed to take their skills and not teach the new ones their knowledge! They just say “let them figure it out” All so they can be missed without knowing the damage they are causing to the future

I've been on thousands of construction sites in 50 years and NEVER seen a single man be able to do what he is doing. Very impressive.

My house was built in 69. Hand built. You should see the door frames. 2x8 construction. 56 years old and made from wood you only wish you could find today.

With all the fancy tools now they do an even worse job. Because nobody gives a shit it’s not their house they are rushed to get it done as fast as possible all the employees are disgruntled it’s a shitshow in the trades now unfortunately

A few years after we bought our house, we needed a new roof, and used the same roofer who’d done the house of our neighbor across the street. The owner was an elderly black man, and he climbed the roof with his mixed crew. The main nailer didn’t use a gun, but was almost as quick. When hurricane Ivan hit, the only two roofs in our whole neighborhood hood that were undamaged were ours and that neighbor’s.

The difference between that time and now and what u get. Worker in video has pride in his craft Dresses professionally Tools he was using cost 4 dollars and the job will last. Today they show up looking like a homeless person They have 2000 dollars in tools and don’t have a clue how to use any of them . You will be calling another contractor within a year to fix it.

Not even close to what modern tools can do and today’s work is so much cleaner. All those hammer hits break up the chalk behind the paper and after you coat the nails with mud when the mud dries there will be cracks. For wartime houses built fast its fine but not modern homes

That’s not dry wall, it’s rock lath. It was plastered over with about 1/2” to 5/8” brown plaster, and then a finish of white smooth coat

I'd love to live back then. I exist in the wrong timeline.

That’s lath board not Sheetrock. But I agree this dude was a craftsman

Houses built today will blow over with just a little fart.

This guy lived during the best time of the United States. With this sole job he probably paid a comfortable home, had his wife stay at home, paid for vacations for the entire family, and put his kids through college. Luckiest generation ever.

He’s hanging a napkin sized piece of cardboard. Of course he makes it look easy. Welcome to today gramps 🤷‍♂️

Craftsman is right. They are rare these days.

Imagine only 10% of the smart people with above average IQ go to university. That means a lot of people with >115 IQ go into the trades. Imagine you are really smart and have to do the same tasks every day. You get bored, it's slow. Your brain gets creative. How can this be done faster, more efficient? Which tools can I create or make better? How can I solve problem x? That's what happened in the past. Half of the population has above average IQ and few of them went to university. Nowadays, almost everybody above 100 wants to study instead of doing this kind of work. And they can. There are still highly intelligent people in the trades of course, but fewer than 30 years ago.

That’s lathe for plaster not drywall like you’re used to

I've been removing old gypsum board from my reno project. All those nails in the expert video don't come up with the board... Going to take us forever and a day to pull all of them and the 1920s higher-quality wood doesn't really help.

I think 25th time I've seen this clip, and while I ended up in advertising as an art director & designer-Creative Director, when I got out of the military I started out as a house framing guy, then got into full on remodeling...this guy and his skill never seizes to amaze me!

As a drywall finisher/hanger for 35 + years. We still use these methods! Power tools help, but skill is always better.

He actually sucks! If he were my employee, Id yell at him. Too many fucking screws. I have to mud and sand every fricken screw so it is not visible when painted. He is putting a screw every 6 inches - way overkill! A screw every 18 to 24 inches is just as strong and less work

His dexterity is not INSANE it's INCREDIBLE. Calling every damn thing "INSANE".... when will this dumbing down of our language end?

US house building was just as shit as it is today

Its how my father and uncles put up sheetrock on our house. The hatchet was razor sharp and you'd get slapped for touching it.

And he probably isn't even left-handed. 🙂

The guy is busting his ass so he doesn't get drafted.

Wtf is a flat head nail? As opposed to a Philips head or Robertson nail?

By modern standards though this isn't good. Today you use screws, hammers should never touch drywall. Use glue preferably on all drywall especially ceilings. No glue means hollow sounding walls that transfer more sound

gnarly too bad the dude was handling asbestos bare handed

Man shit right there.