Joint Chief

摘要

If you do serious work around the house, you've probably dealt with dry-wall. Most DIYers tackle the seams between Sheet-rock panels armed with a trowel, a roll of tape, andabucketofgooeyjoint compound. Those people are suckers. Professional drywallers use automatic taping machines, known in the trade as bazookas, like this swanky $1,725 Blue Line. Holding more than half a gallon of compound in its cylinder, the device goops on the "mud" and embeds paper tape as it's rolled along the seam; a shotgun-like cocking motion cuts the tape.