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Installing drywall is unsurprisingly easy. Just that just needs a driver, a jack and a bucket of screws. And the sheets are large enough where you can cover a r

by yardie 8y ago

Installing drywall is unsurprisingly easy. Just that just needs a driver, a jack and a bucket of screws. And the sheets are large enough where you can cover a room with just a dozen. What eats up time is the taping and mudding. It's what sets an abject amateur from a pro.

crescentfresh 8y ago
My god when I saw the title I thought how awesome it will be to see mudding automated. I was disappoint. I'm just starting on drywalling a repaired section of my basement. I'm only at the "get the drywall from the hardware store to the basement" phase, already that was hard enough and that was the easiest part. Ugh.
- bachbach 8y ago
  Look up Myron Ferguson's 'Drywall' book - it's the bible on it.
- toasterlovin 8y ago
  Mudding is a fucking pain in the ass. There's no other way to describe the utter frustration of what you are about to embark on.
DougWebb 8y ago
It also requires a lot of careful thought, observation, and planning if you want to get a flat wall that will be easy to tape, mud, and paint, and will look good when it's complete. Like all skills, there's a big gap between "easy enough for an amateur to do an amateur job" and "results worth paying an experienced professional to do a professional job." Until we have real general AI, robots will not be capable of the latter outside of tightly constrained situations, like assembly lines.
nvahalik 8y ago
Installing drywall in this sort of set-up is pretty easy. When you've got to cut holes for electrical or cabling, move around curves, do ceilings or use hoists to get stuff up... things become a lot more cumbersome and tedious.
getpost 8y ago
Long way to go here; it's not a real world yet. For example, the robot didn't have to accommodate electrical switches or outlets. Also a lot of walls aren't multiples of the usual 4x8 drywall sheet. Often two full sheets plus some filler are needed to cover the entire wall. The pros I know install drywall sheets horizontally, in part so filler pieces don't have to be done while squatting or bending. The filler is in the middle of the wall. I assume low back or knee pain isn't programmed in yet.
mikestew 8y ago
My ex-wife, for all her faults, that woman could tape and mud where you almost didn’t need to sand it. Sadly, good drywall skills do not a marriage make.

by yardie 8y ago

crescentfresh 8y ago

My god when I saw the title I thought how awesome it will be to see mudding automated. I was disappoint. I'm just starting on drywalling a repaired section of my basement. I'm only at the "get the drywall from the hardware store to the basement" phase, already that was hard enough and that was the easiest part. Ugh.

bachbach 8y ago
Look up Myron Ferguson's 'Drywall' book - it's the bible on it.
toasterlovin 8y ago
Mudding is a fucking pain in the ass. There's no other way to describe the utter frustration of what you are about to embark on.

DougWebb 8y ago

It also requires a lot of careful thought, observation, and planning if you want to get a flat wall that will be easy to tape, mud, and paint, and will look good when it's complete. Like all skills, there's a big gap between "easy enough for an amateur to do an amateur job" and "results worth paying an experienced professional to do a professional job." Until we have real general AI, robots will not be capable of the latter outside of tightly constrained situations, like assembly lines.

nvahalik 8y ago

Installing drywall in this sort of set-up is pretty easy. When you've got to cut holes for electrical or cabling, move around curves, do ceilings or use hoists to get stuff up... things become a lot more cumbersome and tedious.

getpost 8y ago

Long way to go here; it's not a real world yet. For example, the robot didn't have to accommodate electrical switches or outlets. Also a lot of walls aren't multiples of the usual 4x8 drywall sheet. Often two full sheets plus some filler are needed to cover the entire wall. The pros I know install drywall sheets horizontally, in part so filler pieces don't have to be done while squatting or bending. The filler is in the middle of the wall. I assume low back or knee pain isn't programmed in yet.

mikestew 8y ago

My ex-wife, for all her faults, that woman could tape and mud where you almost didn’t need to sand it. Sadly, good drywall skills do not a marriage make.