Where do yo buy your tools and equipment?

Originally Posted by Mudstar

Just remember Brandon this forum is open to anyone and everyone on the internet

JS

Originally Posted by tanker300

Wallboardsman1 you are a highly respected authoriy on tools and work all the way over here and most people do trust your opinion and on that note the best thing about Tapetech is the parts used to put them together, all are high quality for example the pushrod assembly-054032f compared to the dmasters or any other taper is night and day to name one, but even the screws if they are not aircraft grade stainless steel without any defects the whole batch is refused, same with taping knifes ect. Tapetech tools have the highest resell value ever over any other tool for taping in the world, type in Tapetech and your favorite tool and see a 10 year old taper compared to a less then 1 year old favorite and even a dmaster and you will see there is no comparison.
Not all tools are perfect and not all run perfect but Tapetech stands behind there tools 100% and is backed by Ames. We sell drywall and supplies to drywall contractors here and have for many years so we know just from users what they want, not because they are gold it is because of the quality, we have put every tool in there hands and here everything about them so we are not a salesperson for any of them, it is just what they want. The dmasters have been returned so we returned back to them, the nstars are beautiful tools but a little to pretty for guys to use them they say they are afraid to put mud on them and just want to look at them. The quality is better then dmasters and we sell neither one, the columbias have really improved over the years and is a close second under tapetech and the bluelines are so unique they have there own people who will never change so it is from sales here Tapetech-Blueline-Columbia

Originally Posted by 1wallboardsman

I've been offering alternate flat boxes that are TapeTech clones since FinishPro re-designed theirs, and now I'm having them powder coated to match in color. They come with extra blades, double-sided shoes, and real quiet urethane wheels. They have a spring washer on the wheel bar to keep it from knocking around, and they are designed so that if you want to employ the old-dog trick of using the box as a scraper on ceilings, you can by removing the "easy-clean" tabs and using thumb screws through the side plates to hold the pressure plate.

Then I make extending handles for the angle tools, including the Abox, that go from 3' - 6' so they are the other foot long that Nstar doesn't know that you need. My angle ball adapter for the angle head not only has the crook down (3.5"), in the right place for more manueverability, it is also adjustable so that you can adjust it for your height and/or the height of the work.

Premier is the first one I know of to screw this up, and for years I thought it was something with their angle head that reduced reach and manueverability, but it turned out to be that they put the crook up only an inch from the ball, NStar, Rankee and others copied it without knowing that it makes a difference.

My extending handles go with the set for the same price as the standard fiberglass poles. Goldblatt has also gone back to aluminum, not a good idea.

Goldblatt has changed the nailspotter too, they made a different link piece that screws on and off of the handle, good idea, then they muck that up by pinning it on a standard 4' aluminum handle so that you must buy their handle (which is too long) with their nailspotter. You can't even get the link piece separate. An old trick widely employed by manufacturers to nickel and dime you for things that you would rather replace anyway.

I have a machine shop duplicate the link piece so that I can sell the nailspotter with a short 2' - 4' ex. handle that also screws on and screws off. So that you can put the longer one from your roller on it for high ceilings. For even higher ceilings, just screw it onto a 6' - 12' ex. handle. At 2' the standard handle is very workable on walls and the handle is never in your way even in closets.

If a man wanted to, he could run this nailspotter one handed without the handle on it too. Can come in handy for coating No-Coat with nailspotters.

Goldblatt also has recently changed their angle heads by copying NStar completely with a different lock, for those that prefer the original small and light Ames design, I offer that style with a 5 year warranty.

After all of that, I call it the "Best" set because it is high on workability, and durability, but low on cost and maintenence.

jdl

Originally Posted by calgarytaper69

are tapetech extention handles any good,cause i had a northstar and it broke.i replace it with a new one and the handle sticks.they gave me a new one and the same thing happened.so how good are tapetech i was wondering