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The machine that could spell the end for bricklayers

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  1. Who lays the mortar?

  2. The bricklayers wiil indeed enjoy their new working conditions. Provided that they’re happy on the dole or flipping burgers. Clever inventions but very un-clever forward thinking.

  3. Good point, Andrew. Lets get rid of plant and machinery and go back to using horses and hard work again.

    I can’t see this fully replacing anybody, however, it does seem somewhat of a novelty In fact it’s a bit of a chocolate teapot. As rather than build in brick you could use slips and/or pre-fabricated sections of wall.

  4. Remember those trucks that could batch and place concrete from the sand, cement and water it carried? Yeah, that again. Limited scope, huge vehicle maintenance costs, specialist deployment, dodo lifespan.
    One also wonders about joints, pointing and the aesthetic pleasure of traditional authentic brick facings… I will let my brickies know that they are not going anywhere soon!

  5. I will say bricklayers don’t have anything to fear but fear itself, for no amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

  6. I feel hassle free deployment will be an issue. Also, the fact that it can’t lay our common face brick is a downer.

  7. Well, this will help a lot in Bricklaying.

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