The trades would be so much better off if more guys took the two seconds to show the right way like this guy did, rather than degrade and belittle for the mistake like most guys do.
You can always just like think for yourself lol, use a heavy hammer for this. Not a 20 Oz, they're old nails. They're all ribbed because it's a deck. They are hard to remove. Some older houses you'll rip the board in half trying to get the nail out. Use a framing hammer, not a finish hammer. 😂 I hope this kid went and bought a heavier hammer after this.
@markhynes1940 If I was his boss I would have let him try with his 20oz hammer. Then let him use a 44oz framing hammer. So he could learn the right tool for the job. I probably woulda given him my old one so I could buy myself a new one. You're only as good as your weakest link. I was just hoping that his boss/friend knew this information and helped him. The kid clearly has the drive, so why not give him the tools to be successful... It'd be like asking you to do your math homework in pencil. Then using a crayon and wondering why you failed... I'm not hating on the guy. I just said I hope his boss is helping him after he turns off the camera.
Oh man, I love that feeling of relief when someone shows you a better way. It's such a contrast to the frustration. You feel good because you learned, and you'll remember because of the contrasting emotions.
@@Mike-we3rb everyone has to start somewhere that’s why they have openings that day no experience needed and training provided because they want new people to carry on the knowledge.
The funniest story I have about apprentice hazing is from a few years ago. The boss got his kid a job as an apprentice but didn't want anyone knowing that he got him the job. Only me and one other guy who had worked with the dad for a while knew. About a week in his son had been bounced around by a few journeymen because he was a good guy and tried but just didn't have much if any ability to work with his hands. They went through a few of the normal ones like finding a board stretcher but one particular day this guy told him to go ask around to see if anyone has any bubble level fluid for his 8' level... Sure enough the kid asks around to several different guys who all tell him to ask someone else until he gets to Miguel... Miguel tells him he has just what he needs down in his car, he runs down pisses in a water bottle and brings it back up to the kid and tells him to be careful that stuff is expensive. Sure as shit the first question out of the kids mouth was "why is this warm" and Miguel explained to him that it was because it sat in his truck all day. He just shrugged and walked back to his partner thinking he was successful. After he left the other guy who knew who the kid was walked over and whispered to Miguel who his dad was and I have never seen someone so brown become so pale in my life lol. Luckily for Miguel the kid legitimately never figured out what actually happened.
I appreciate you taking the time to show him how to do it properly after letting him screw around for a bit and find out that his methods didn’t work. That’s good teaching right there.
@@WATCHMYCLIPSZ People tend to hang on to negative emotions much better than positive emotions, so this person will likely remember the frustration and then it just going away once they were shown this much superior method. So even if they never remove another nail for months, they will remember how to do it properly. Instead of if you just show them the correct way, you will likely have to show them several times in order for that memory to stick
Yep an old Polish dog showed me how to do it with my cheap as claw hammer and I've never met a nail i couldn't pull since. The cheap hand spikes we use always pop the heads off so I just give em the curl and feel like Archimedes.
Former concrete worker here. We had a young 21 year old construction management intern come to the job already making a higher hourly wage than 80% of the guys there. I always thought it was self-explanatory but this kid couldn’t figure out how to use a shovel anywhere close to the right way. We moved him to another job and had no idea how to use a hammer and after a few days of practice, he was able to hammer a nail in about 25 mini-strikes. Wish I was joking. He ended up quitting cause of how bad he was getting bullied. 21st century bullying (teasing, joking on his behalf, and funny remarks). The boss couldn’t feel bad as when he was 17, he was thrown face first into wet concrete, spat on, and cursed at. Ahhhh, I miss the good old concrete days.
@@UGFUpsn it’s hard to have credibility as some random RU-vid account. The kid went to university of Cincinnati and I was working for TCW Concrete at the time. The majority of our work force is Hispanic but we still have a few old schools who started early 90’s and some mid 80’s. I’m sure pulling wire is a workout in itself
I used to be a line cook and this line to new kids was always applicable: "You gotta warm it up and make love to it, don't try to shove it in dry and fuck it". This approach to problems is probably pretty universally beneficial.
I was the best welder in my apprenticeship, knew everything I needed to know... Then my first day on the job I fucking forgot which lead goes in the positive end of the welder and my journeyman gave me a look that only my father gave me when i told him i'm not going into the army... Everyone has a first day, everyone has times they dont know what they're doing, but eventually you'll get to a point where you roll up, tell dave to go fuck himself, and get to work.
I always hated the "oh wow" or "look at that" I got from older guys after I figure out how to do something that I was doing wrong on a job site. It always made me feel like a complete idiot.
@@spilledcoffee383 I work in a garage. I never claimed to be a carpenter, However I have banged a couple thousand pounds of nails in my day. I know a good hammer.
@@spilledcoffee383nah… @krz9487 is right. i got my first hammer at Harbor Freight. it was wood not this fancy composite stuff. my first pair of steeltoes were from WalMart. now i got Red Wings. you gotta start simple
Please wear safety glasses… My mother actually lost her eye when she was 17. She was doing the exact same action, removing a nail, and the HEAD of the nail went into her eyeball and shattered her lens. 50 years later I’m still tormented with this story and am reminded of the importance of eye care. We only get one set of eyeballs, let’s take care of em
@@fatbroccoli8 if you're more worried about getting teased by your coworkers for being smart over your own health then you got bigger issues my man. Don't let people goat you into acting cool in favor of popularity over safety. You're there for three things a job, money, and getting home to support you or your family. That's all you should worry about.
Twelve years ago my mother walked in on me jacking off and I was past the point of no return. My jizz shot out like a thunderbolt and severed both of her retinas. Wear safety glasses at all times people.
It definitely sounds like you've never trained a new guy in a trade job especially young guys. You have to let them struggle and fail to learn they always come in thinking they know it all you have to let them find out they don't before you can train them
@@phillip6370 I trained people to repair aircraft navigation equipment as well as gyroscopes and flight instruments.. you could not let them destroy the equipment with poor maintenance practices. You absolutely had to show them the proper methods of doing the job properly. Too expensive to let them cause damage to the units under repair or overhaul. No matter what the job is you need to show the trainee the proper way to accomplish the task so he understands what you expect him to do in a timely manner.
When pulling a nail, just like wrestling use leverage. Put the nail in the claw then just turn the hammer sideways. Works everytime but not many people know this simple technique.
It’s almost like my job but when I do it wrong they continue to laugh and call me a dumbass and to get out of the way. Then they wonder why I don’t know how to do things sometimes
@@yusriyahbagheri8843so everyone should be perfect their first time doing things? Too bad the teachers at the schools you went to didn’t give up on you, maybe you wouldn’t seem like such an asshole😬
@@yusriyahbagheri8843 thats the reason why their is a shortage on experienced workers. You gotta treat the helpers like babies sometimes lol but be straight up when you have too
Wow a video of a person actually showing them how to do it after jeez good job man big respect for you, ion know how buddy doesn’t know how to use a simple claw hammer but I guess not everyone has common sense nowadays but still good on you for showing him after
Fat ass, I’m this dude size and i eat when I need too not when I want too. I squat almost triple my weight and bench 85 over. I don’t work out I work. Being big doesn’t mean stronger pal.
ok as someone with a lot of experience removing nails, there are several much easier ways to remove a nail. One, use a catspaw, they are far easier than a hammer. Two if its still too stubborn, hammer the catspaw to pry nail out, or use a crowbar. Three, if the other end is exposed, you can punch it out with a hammer or a pneumatic nail puncher. Four, if all else fails, and the head breaks off, go get some vice grips, lock that sucker where the head broke, wedge your crowbar under the vice grips, and wallah!
As a fencer in Aus my hammer is curved so I actually get nails out like this by ripping it back, id rather leverage then having to rip it back when it’s high off the ground.
I start with a crowbar for stubborn nails and I use a hammer for folded nails and use the crowbar to pound on the head of the hammer so the claw digs into the nail
@@davidelliott5843 I fail to see the issue with that. It should be covered by a new board if they are only replacing deck boards. So long as the nail is buried it shouldn't cause an issue
Quite... the dewalt is a good porch hammer but thats about it. I have a 17 year old 24 oz Estwing. Used daily for everything from sending home panel pins to demolishing masonry. The best steel. No deformity in the head and the only gripe is the roll pin that stops the grip sliding off fell out. Easily replaced..
@@swervsplatt9672titanium is not an ideal material to make a hammer out of. It will deform much faster than steel. Titanium is an excellent material to make a piece of structure out of when weight is the number one enemy. When you are constrained by a shape or dimensions then steel is usually a better choice because for a given volume or weight, steel will almost always be stronger for that volume or weight (unless it's a really cheap steel but just don't get something made out of a really cheap steel
Working class guys always want to bash anyone who works less hours a week than them, and especially anyone who doesn't work with their hands at all.... But you show up on the job site ready to work and they start filming you and shaking their heads before teaching you. Got to feel superior when deep down you know your just a cog in someone else's machine. Classic.
I got out because guys weren't as educating and helpful as you are to him. I dont mind a ribbing, but it became clear i was labor not apprentice. Props for teaching
The kid showed up for work, he didn't quit trying until he was successful. And he does as told in the video. He's better than 99percent of his generation. Don't give the kid no shit. He's good.
I could swing a hammer at 4 accurately, rebuilt the top end of my dirtbike at 7yrs old, and was driving heavy equipment by myself around 7-8. Parents, especially fathers, need to teach their children simple mechanical skills because the 18-24yr old generation are lacking. Out of 12 kids that I had working for me, only 2 could read a tape measure. Thanks Dad for teaching me how to survive and put food on the table
I’m a mason and I once asked the apprentice to get me the height of a the hoisting beam for the elevator shaft. He was gone for about 10 mins then comes back to me dragging 23 feet of my tape measure to show me the number he got. He got me the length
My father taught me alot growing up. So thankfully I did all that silly stuff as a kid and never embarrassed myself when I started to get out into the world working. I don't think enough young boys have fathers like that anymore.
I never really cared about not having a father untill now later in life when it's time to grow up and learn a skill. I didn't know what i wanted to do with my life so i chose a school to learn being a mechanic, Because i guess i sorta liked cars lol. I Had no idea how to even check the oil in one or how to take off a wheel. It was absolute torture to learn that stuff when everyone else already had some experience way before i ever did. l felt ashamed of myself for not knowing such basic stuff considering my choice of a career, Now I have quit that line of work because i hate it but i love it as a hobby and is currently rebuilding the whole suspension fuel and brake systems on my car. So if i ever meet someone who asks a "Dumb" question or does something simple wrong i never talk down to them instead i try to explain it as best as i can because i know how useless and dumb you can feel for getting something "simple" wrong. I might be a bit more sensitive to feeling useless than others, Either way it's not a pleasant feeling so i try to spare others from having to feel it as much as i can.
I didn’t have a father growing up. He passed. And I wish he was alive even for a little bit to teach me these things. Anyway I taught myself these things and then taught my little brother. One thing I never did was be “embarrassed” of myself because I didn’t know how to do something. I know people learn and you only have masters in their craft because of experience and applied knowledge.
The best way to teach someone in something like carpentry is let them do it the wrong way just to the point of frustration and the instant. They start getting frustrated step in and teach them the best way you know, they will remember that even if they don't have to do that thing again for months.
Hey I mean that was me at one point. Now I have the ability to fix or build almost anything in my house. The guy who taught me did everything. Electrical, plumbing, carpentry, you name it. I owe everything to that guy. Never yelled. Just told me when I wasn't thinking with my head and to just do it right the next time.
It’s always fun to catch the apprentice doing goofy stuff. I caught one of mine trying to put a torpedo level on the outside edge of a 90 rather than the face. I laughed and asked him how is he leveling a rounded edge, he laughed figured it out and never did it again.
Lol, at first the dude was just pulling the hammer towards him instead of using leverage. Glad the guy helped him at the end. Another way to pull a really stubborn nail is to put the claw on the nail all the way, grab the nail and turn it side-to-side instead of back towards you, you can get a lot more leverage believe it or not.
What I noticed about construction work is that a lot of guys will make you feel hopeless and like shit when you’re foreign to the field. Not everyone grew up with father figures or someone to teach them the basics. I’m glad this guy let him struggle a little then showed him a more efficient way. I just remember being in the field before the Army and some of the guys mainly the old timers would make me feel stupid and just shake their head when you didn’t know how to do something that you’ve never done. You start to understand they lack teaching skills and don’t know how to properly talk to people. It shows too when they brag about what they’ve done and their money but how their wife has cheated or left them. Everyday after work those same grumpy old timers would be at the bar smoking cigarettes and getting drunk. If someone is new to the field, they’re trying to learn a trade and be able to provide for themselves and their family. Respect that they’re there giving it a shot and not out here doing/selling drugs or being lazy sitting at home on a gaming system like their younger counterparts.
Bless his heart for trying and not giving up….BUT LAWD HAVE MERCY!!! You’ve got a GREEN one! 😮💨 Good luck and I hope you already have the patience of a saint. 😅😂
