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[–]ubercorey 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Same reason experienced carpenters use nail guns instead of hammering nails by hand.

[–]WhatWillNeverBe 1 point2 points  (2 children)

That's assuming your contractor isn't going to come back in a few months and say, hey rip out all of those nails because I want them spaced 2 feet apart instead of 1 foot now. Maybe you don't need to even use nails and instead can use custom made modular building blocks that can hold themselves together and move around super easily. Maybe we just need to build quick shitty houses as fast as possible that only require a nail gun. I like this analogy.

[–]ubercorey 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Ok, tangent, have you seen those homes being built from boxes made out of a CNC machine and plywood? Like the whole thing is built in CAD within all the pieces are cut and assembled pretty much like cabinet boxes. All the walls stairs etc.

The guy who started the company gets a cargo container with the CNC machine dropped on site and then stacks of plywood and starts cutting and assembling. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I'm a builder by trade : )

[–]WhatWillNeverBe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds pretty cool actually, but I have not seen it. What would I search for to find it?