LMAO! 35 year Commercial Contractor here. First make your guys shed all the 200 lbs junk they are carrying and don't need. NEVER carry anything you don't need. Wears you out, gets in the way, and looks stupid. Real metal stud guys wear nail pouch on left and lathers or electricians pouch on right. The only tools you need to wear is a hammer, Stanley 199 knife, pencil/marker, nippers, screw gun, tek screws and snips. Then get an 8' or 10' scaffold. your track is 10' so match it. If you work 6' long you think 6' long. Personally I would ring the room with 4 or more scaffolds. Tucking top track to bottom track is a crappy, inaccurate, and a super slow way to do this. I frame freestanding walls by myself. its a 1 man job. Shoot down your track. freestand all corner studs 2 screws in one side and 1 in the other. plus a stud about mid span of each track. brace 1 corner stud plumb, set laser in 2 directions for corners and a point laser at one side of door or window openings set top track on the studs, pull layout, cut on laser mark. tie end wall kicker to deck or floor, turn corner, etc. Jump down, fill studs, screw bottoms. jump up screw tops add any kickers required. I would race all 3 of you and be done before you get that first wall set. You shouldn't be teaching this nonsense to people. Its not efficient, and definitely not pro and hurts the industry by driving costs through the roof.
With metal you have to fasten through the sides and not through the plate like wood. There is no double top plate and the corners are framed different that wood . I’ve seen it done both ways , this process works pretty good.
The metal will bend and twist during the standing process. Especially if you've got splices along the plate Also you'll only have screws in one side, since you're not going through the top and bottom like with wood.
Impressive belt tool holder by the guy fastening...could climb wall with that equipment.
LMAO! 35 year Commercial Contractor here. First make your guys shed all the 200 lbs junk they are carrying and don't need. NEVER carry anything you don't need. Wears you out, gets in the way, and looks stupid. Real metal stud guys wear nail pouch on left and lathers or electricians pouch on right. The only tools you need to wear is a hammer, Stanley 199 knife, pencil/marker, nippers, screw gun, tek screws and snips. Then get an 8' or 10' scaffold. your track is 10' so match it. If you work 6' long you think 6' long. Personally I would ring the room with 4 or more scaffolds. Tucking top track to bottom track is a crappy, inaccurate, and a super slow way to do this. I frame freestanding walls by myself. its a 1 man job. Shoot down your track. freestand all corner studs 2 screws in one side and 1 in the other. plus a stud about mid span of each track. brace 1 corner stud plumb, set laser in 2 directions for corners and a point laser at one side of door or window openings set top track on the studs, pull layout, cut on laser mark. tie end wall kicker to deck or floor, turn corner, etc. Jump down, fill studs, screw bottoms. jump up screw tops add any kickers required. I would race all 3 of you and be done before you get that first wall set. You shouldn't be teaching this nonsense to people. Its not efficient, and definitely not pro and hurts the industry by driving costs through the roof.
Thanks for the input!
You should lock the wheels on the scaffolding
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Get it Doug! What a good guy!
Seems like a lot of extra, unnecessary work.
Yup, the good ole American Way!
It’s actually a faster frame than wood believe it or not
Why not build all 4 walls on the floor like we do in the real world, then stand them up and join them together?
With metal you have to fasten through the sides and not through the plate like wood. There is no double top plate and the corners are framed different that wood . I’ve seen it done both ways , this process works pretty good.
The metal will bend and twist during the standing process. Especially if you've got splices along the plate
Also you'll only have screws in one side, since you're not going through the top and bottom like with wood.
I agree, metal studs is totally different when building free standing walls, way too flimsy and you need like 3 guys to do the work of 1 for wood.
@@juanoramo Do you mean it would take 3 guys to stand a wall, LIKE THE THREE NOW building it?
I build these walls often by myself...we all do .
These are apprentices in a training center
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