Shoutout to the old timer who said lay the bed 3/4 inch, not 1/2
Used to hog the mortar bed out at a half inch because that's what my first foreman drilled into me back in 2011, and I'd get lippage on every third course. Switched to a fat 3/4 inch bed on a patio job in Tucson last spring and haven't tapped a brick down since. Anyone else running fatter beds or am I just late to the party?