Thanks for the vid! Funny how ingrained safety is now. While you were showing how to attach the utility blade to the tape measure, I instinctively tried to move away from the screen.
Very good instructional for beginners. One criticism I do have, which I get and understand everybody does it different, so nobody is wrong. Forget the pencil when marking with a T-square or when preparing to do a slide cut. Pull out to your measurement, right under your tape stick your knife in the board (never above, could damage your tape), it will sit there while you reach for a T-square, then cut as normal, you'll feel a bump from where you stuck your knife in, that'll let you know absolutely you're right on your mark. Same for a slide cut, mark with knife, position hands for slide cut, stick knife blade in your mark, adjust tape so your knuckle sits on top just like the video, maintain distance and move it all to the far edge of your sheet (close to where you made your mark with the knife) then slide cut for your rip. Also ya don't need to move to the other side to snap your board, on the small end grip with your left hand, just to the right of the cut grip with your right, push with left while pulling with right (should also end up pulling it somewhat away from the wall) do it in a controlled jerking motion. Then from the white side of the board, just run your knife from bottom to top right in the center, control the knife - don't let it wobble and go crazy on you. Finish it with snapping the cut off piece back towards you, should come off like nothing. Other than that, fantastic video - but also everyone does their thing different, if it works it works.
Hey I'm a tsper and didn't get a chance to get really good at hanging, plus I'm a painter. This was great Info, Noone showed me how to hold the knife on the tape
Eric have you ver tried a wallboarders buddy cutter. It is designed to cut to length or width with the boards stacked against the wall. It measures as well. I did a whole house last year for the first time in more than twenty years and loved it.
People like you are working us all out of a job. Your how to videos are made for your own selfish purposes. You give away trade secrets and make homeowners think they can do this as well as someone who has put years into it. Your ruining the value of skilled labor
You are good. REALLY GOOD. I agree with Dan the teacher.....Training presentation is totally professional. I appreciate your time making this video. This really helps with my project.
The length of this video takes foreverrrrrrrrrrrr !! It would have been more helpful to show the beginning goal of the build and the final. Otherwise it's like random wall instructions for a random project.
