Laying perfect bricks like dominoes - GIF

**Jon** · Aug 10, 2017, 05:28 PM

The real secrets of the Freemasons. Wait for it, it ends perfectly.

Previously:

Brick laying machine GIF
Brick laying machine GIF
Pavement brick laying machine GIF

**Leprechaun** · Aug 11, 2017, 03:11 PM

Sheesh! How'd they do that?

**SRQSid** · Aug 11, 2017, 09:43 PM

The last cap landed flat which allowed the one behind it to lay flat, etc., etc.,etc.....

**Jon** · Aug 12, 2017, 11:23 AM

These "mysteries" never seem to last as long on this website as on others.

Here's a screenshot from an explainer video, at the critical moment, as the domino effect doubles back.

And here's an explanatory diagram:

**Moby Duck** · Sep 17, 2017, 07:34 PM

Amazing, but I think that the real trick will be how are they going to get the mortar, under and in between, those capping bricks.

**Frank S** · Sep 17, 2017, 09:35 PM

You're not supposed to ask questions like that you are just supposed to be amassed.
But to let you in on a little secrete before setting up the cap bricks you would have put down a thin layer of mortar which would have had an epoxy resin mix in it then stacked the bricks as in the video. domino-ed them then point trowel and cake decorator-ed any additional thin set between them tap them into final place with the but of the trowel handle gauged them with a set level
there would be 2 extremely tricky parts to the process first every brick would have to be stood in exactly the right place easily done with a wooden gauge cut the correct length. The other would be overcoming the surface tension or the mortar on the ends of the bricks as they were knocked over, probably not too difficult as long as the resin in the mortar had not started to react.

**Jon** · Sep 2, 2018, 09:59 AM

More nice bricklaying. And I believe these are actual bricks, laid around a central frame.

**Scotsman Hosie** · May 23, 2019, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by Jon

More nice bricklaying. And I believe these are actual bricks, laid around a central frame.

You'd have thought – for the same money – they could've got 'em laid straight.

**Frank S** · May 23, 2019, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by Scotsman Hosie

You'd have thought – for the same money – they could've got 'em laid straight.

Yeah but then it wouldn't drive people crazy trying to figure out why they did it LOL

**Frank S** · Jun 16, 2019, 11:31 AM

Never tried any brick trick but used to hold a 12 lb sledge by the very end of the handle straight armed out and touch my nose I thought I was pretty good until I met a guy who could stand with 3 others using his hand as the center of the square then take the sledge and touch his as well as the other 3 guys noses using only the action of his wrist. He was a stocky little guy but you didn't want to arm wrestle him.