Had to pick between a tape gun and a bazooka for this big hotel job in Nashville

I went with the bazooka cause the crew was small and we had 12,000 feet of board to hang in 4 days. Took me a few hours to get the hang of the feed but once I did it was twice as fast as taping. Anyone else find those things finicky with different board thicknesses?

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daniel_rivera7d ago

Man, I used to be pretty anti-bazooka. Always thought they were overhyped and just another tool to lug around. But a buddy talked me into trying one on a warehouse ceiling job last year and yeah, it totally changed my mind. The speed difference is real once you get the rhythm down, especially on long runs with high ceilings. The feed thing is tricky though, I definitely had to learn to ride the pressure right or it'd bind up on half-inch board vs five-eighths. Did you find you had to adjust the tension a lot between different rooms or did it stay pretty consistent?

mitchell.dakota7d ago

Yeah the feed pressure thing is real. I had a buddy who tried one of those for the first time on a job and he kept cussing at it, said it was jamming every other board. Turns out he was pushing it too hard, trying to match the speed of a screw gun. He finally slowed down and let the tool do the work, said it was like night and day after that. He still bitches about it on five-eighths though, says he has to baby the trigger or it'll bind up halfway down the run.