2008 Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition (Part 1 of 3)

The Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition showcases the speed and skill of a journeyman mason and how important teamwork is in accomplishing a final product. With the time limit that is placed on the contestant,they must make certain decisions based on the judging criteria set forth. Only those journeymen masons who have the skill, confidence and courage to face-off with the industry's best are invited to complete.

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[Geminii27]

So - just over 100 blocks laid by a three-person team in 20 minutes. That's about 36 person-seconds per block?

While the craftsmanship is respectable, it really seems like we're due for a leap in bricklaying automation. Current packaging systems could place a brick in about 0.36 second (100x top human speed), have the mortar measured out to the millimeter, and could work 24/7. 20-25,000 bricks per day, or quite a large house appearing nearly overnight. And that's with one brickie onsite.

[masoncontractorsassn]

@Geminii27 Only one contestant is laying block. The other two are the tenders. If we assume the mason laid over 100 block, he would have laid about one block every ten seconds.

[dzibutti]

Oh please guys REAL briclaying is no about speed!!! I wish i could put my spirit level on this wals and laugh at this guys LOUD

[masoncontractorsassn]

@dzibutti Level is one of the six criteria contestants are judged on. The top course of the wall at three locations, both ends and in the middle are judged. The single point of greatest deviation in each of the three sections is recorded. The number of 1/8" deviations in excess of 1/8" (1/8" at each location is allowed) is deducted.

[dudeskate119]

i think me and my boss could blow them out.

[masoncontractorsassn]

You and your boss should sign up for the 2010 competition then. We still have a few spots open. You can compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes including an MK Diamond BX-4 Saw and Marshalltown tool bags. Sign up today at fastesttrowel [dot] com.

[theomccleary41]

me and my brothers will smoke em

[mick997t]

Trying to work too fast as you can see just look at there work area and messy block work shocking for a competition.

[j3masonry]

That's pretty fuckin stupid that they flip a coin to see what side of wall to judge.Everybody knows that Block aren't perfect Besides these Retarded Rules and Judges.

[higgins1ish]

im a brick n block mason and i had no idea there was a fan club.i bet those people's lives are sharp as a bowlin ball.

[idealreelz]

Sounds like you're just a fucking dick

[MultiSpread]

Have a fastest plasterer competition.

[gordthelord12]

@Geminii27 yes but can it shout at women from the scaffold, take long breaks and smoke 40 fags a day??

plus how would it build round corners?

[gregbails4]

@pacers714 What the hell are u talking about? 700 a day on a commercial building is nothing crazy. I know guys who can run 850-900 a day. When u get paid by the block u hustle. U just proved part of my last comment, "Seperate the men from the boys"..... Me = Man, U = boy.... Nuff said.

[originaldanman]

@pacers714 Unlike you I do believe in God, and I don't lie. For I am going to have to answer to Him for every word I speak, and so will you! I feel sorry for people like you who are miserable lost sinners on the road to hell and want everyone else to be as miserable as you are, which is proved by all your NEGATIVE posts on this video. youtube.com/watch?v=hAPQUpF0Km­4 Check this video out "O you of little faith", this is every day life sir, and I know you could never keep up. God bless.

[pacers714]

@cndbrn791 You dont have to be a tender at all to join a apprenticeship was u a rat