Tips and Maintenance Video's

Muddauber

Right. But it's a pain in the azz to tighten the tension if it's to loose.

Capt-sheetrock

Well said,,,, I wondered about the tic tic tic thinga-ma-goober.

I can relate to your explanation, these parts are confusing, ain't they???

The adjustable brake is neat, but as canuck said, its about getting it where you like it, and then you'll leave it there, which is a good thing.

ColumbiaTechSupport

I started with the Anglehead repair video due to popular demand and it is very close to being finished, should be done by next week.

ColumbiaTechSupport

It allows you to adjust the brake tension on your top wheel so that you can tighten the brake up as the parts wear out to get more life out of them rather than the fixed brake which has to be replaced when it wears out. It also allows you to change the brake parts without taking the top wheel off.

cazna

Sounds like a good idea, one thing i seem to be not so great at with my goldblatt g2 taper, when starting a ceiling/lids to wall tape in the top corner, square stopping we call it here, i drag the tape quite bad, it feels tight and takes some force to get going which then drags the tape along and i usually get 10 inches of the tape hanging down which i need to put back up and then hand cut i peice of tape to fill the gap i F****D up on.

Dont laugh, I know it should be easy but im sh!t at it, maybe its the mud, maybe its the arse about face way i hold my bazooka with left hand on the cutter and right hand on the creaser lever, starting from the right taping to the left walking backwards, anyway your brake adjuster thing ma goober that frees up the wheel sounds like it may help me????? Maybe, im not rushing out to get another bazooka though, i have spend a lifes savings on tools and feel a bit over it.

2buckcanuck

you can install the adjustable brake in the bazooka you own right now if you wanted to,some tubes drag more than others also,we got three of them,they don't run equal ,some drag more than the other ones

Capt-sheetrock

Man I feel your pain. Thats the toughest thing to master, (I ain't got there yet). I look at how long the run is, guess how much drag I will have, leave that hanging over the creaser wheel, run ,and IF my calculations are correct, i end up with a perfect corner,,,,, like I said, I ain't got it down perfectly yet, but I am getting better, don't have many that I have to add a piece of tape too, unlike when I started, (except the ones I misjudged and had to cut the extra hang over off of)

SaskMud

So Im not the only one! haha

cazna

Well i thought i was the only one having trouble at that??? the cats out of the bag now?? Makes me feel better anyway thanks for being honest guys.

Mudstar

Its been out of the bad long ago, your a post whore and you know it so when do you have time to work with all this typing you been doing ?