Had mine 35 years and still love em . I like the wedge tip and I’m the same , a little push and hand tighten them 👌🏼 We have the magnetic level too it’s like an extra hand 🖐🏼 . When we take ours down we do the opposite ( slacken the stabilisers them a little push and loosen the bottom screws then everything pops out lovely. Great no nonsense video 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
To get the profile squared up, a good tip is to run a course round the plot, but leave the corner bricks off. Then set up your line on the line clips and you can get the profile bang on lined in and square
Nice video fella! Very good tip with the datum and that little wedge!! Might get some now..great video! I've only got straight box section..but use them paired with Rhino Blocks (Dori blocks) almost the same thing😉👌
I find the Blake's better though I have both, the bonus of Blake's is being able to joint behind them and not needing all the top clamps etc if you use the stabalisers properly. 👍
Again brilliant! Wat I was doing , was holding the part where u put it in the brickwork tight in the bolt a few turns more and put them both in at same time ! But sometimes I fuck it up 😂
No favouritism here as I think Blakes are the best on the market and have stood the test of time untill now nothing better but I have to he honest Richards are better.
As far as I can make out , 3 other companies besides Blake’s make the Blake’s type profiles , I think they might be a bit concerned about losing out when the fitzbrick profiles come on the market . The fitzbrick profiles look like Blake’s on steroids . I was thinking about getting the Blake’s type that Faithfull tools sell . But I’m going to wait until the fitzbrick ones come on the market now .
@@brickbybric A lot of people commented saying Richards look complicated, they look it but they really aren't, these same dense brains cant even put a Blakes up lol.Wait and i wil do a full honest revue on them.Richard has a lot of respect for Blakes and wont do anything to compromise them but fair competition is unavoidable 👍
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 i don’t think either one of them look complicated to set up .but if I had to pick one richards look the least complicated to set up .
What do you think of Charlie’s new blakes stabiliser? Good idea, i usally go block first and gallow bracket top of blake of block. Good for if you got to do brick first tho andy aint it👌🏻
No i forgot, but mentioned it in the comments, there is another vid somewhere where i show it. New profiles coming out soon which i will be demonstrating which are self squaring👍
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 keep going buddy, love what you stand for. No ego just trying to help and for the up and coming brickies is perfect, I try to help myself, seems to be a lot of egos but I really don’t know why with some of them 😂
@@RosierConstruction Thanks mate, I think some just like the sound of there own voice, I just do it as I enjoy doing sometimes funny and informative vids certainly not for the money. To many of the skills are just being lost but to be honest most of the young ones aren't interested. If you head a vid " pick and dip and profiles" you will get a lot more views than " how to set out a gauged arch" .Thanks for watching and good luck with your channel 👍👍
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 yeah I am traditionalist and unfortunately don’t seem to get as much of the skilled stuff as I’d like but got a few decent ones coming up hopefully, got a dovecot to build which I’m really looking forward to doing. I find these fellas on here say this and that but don’t know there arse from there elbow of truth be known 😂
Yes I forgot to explain that in vid but did mention it in the comments if I remember correctly. I can set them up by eye before I tap the clamp in and they are generally spot on square 👍
More you use them the easier it gets, you slightly offset the profile when you put the first clamp on, the wedge then stops that from falling out and when you bang the second clamp in it pulls it square.
Nice,……before taking them down loosen the bottom screw half a turn to prevent chipped bricks,then next time you always screw to tighten,not unscrew to loosen… Great tip,l never bother with the square plate to stabilise
Me again, just spent £400 odd on some new ones, but seems whenever we get to the next lift, we plum them up, and the lines are always running 2-5mm in towards the brick…I’ve always been told you shouldn’t adjust that top setting screw? Do you adjust them? Any help would be lovely me old mate?
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 in the southwest, it really is bizarre, it happened a few times with the last set, hence why we got new ones, sometimes it will run through lovely but the last couple times it doesn’t run through right and we’ve had to stick a packer in behind the brick and the setting screw to bring the line out, to avoid tipping the brick back
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 Yeah I always check for square, with the level, you got any tips on making sure it’s 100% square tho? Maybe I need to invest in a magnetic level
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 we cant use them top of wall we have to wait for them to get better ones in. Im doing a nice rag stone plot at the moment