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If you've got some board to hang, you can't go wrong with this gun. This model is the most ubiquitous tool on a professional drywall job.
I work in the building trades in Manhattan NY.I asked a sheet rocker what was the best gun and they told me dewalt. I figures why buy a new one when my old gun still worked. The old gun burned out and I had to run out to buy a new gun. With the advice I previously received I picked dewalt, It worked smoothly and quietly and within the hour I had wished I tossed the old gun working or not.this gun is well worth having.
this is the best drywall gun out there as far as i am concerned. i am a contractor and hang quite a bit of sheetrock and this gun makes the job so much easier. a must have even for the smallest drywall project
I picked this drill up at Home Depot where the display and box said "Drywall and Deck" Drill. I finished the job. I even tried the same bit in this one and no luck. I found that the drill bit would bounce around and spin in the screws at the slightest provcation. Larger treaded drywall screws were no problem. I ended up pre-drilling each hole. Now I was buying the drill to do some framing 2x4 to 2x4's with 2 1/2 screws. My 14.4 Dewalt cordless drove them in flawlessly.
Even still slow or fast it would bounce out and begin the stripping. Oddly about every 4 screws zip in one would go. I think the problem was the degree of speed was difficult to control and the drill over rev'ed. This is not a deck screw drill.
If you think you'll do more than one project in your lifetime though, spend the 90 bucks. You typically run this thing all out at top speed without letting up on the trigger between screws. If you're a homeowner/occassional user, the price puts this in the realm of serious consideration. What more do you need.Setting the depth is foolproof, and the depth stays consistent.I use it more often for cement backerboard with durock screws than I do drywall.
You can't be overly careful with the thing, you have to put a screw on and jam it in with one quick decisive motion. But nothing you shouldn't be able to pick up very quickly.There are other good ones out there, but nothing I'd recommend over this one.And if you're thinking cordless - don't do it. Dewalt did this one right.It's built well, works well, and it's priced right. It's SO MUCH faster than the cordless drill approach. Most people have trouble until they figure that out.
It all happens in the blink of an eye. If you've got three or four sheets of drywall to put up, you don't need it. And you won't over/under drive your screws (assuming you set the depth correctly to begin with, of course).One word of warning to the casual user - Remember that this is a professional level tool. As mentioned above, you want to keep this thing pegged as you're popping screws in.
I'm not a big fan of Dewalt, but even the worst companies do at least some things right. It's not a regular drill where you have to slowly bring the screw up to speed. With drywall guns, the bit doesn't turn till you push the screw to the wall, when it catches it drives the screw at top speed, then stops turning once it hits the right depth. Being timid with it only gets crooked screws driven half way.I'd recommend using the shortest screws you can get by with until you get profficient with it.So there's a bit of an art to it (and this applies to all drywall guns, not just this one). You won't just pick this thing up and start using it like a pro. Having a power cord attached to you is a very small price to pay for never having to worry about a constantly diminishing battery charge.(oh and only 4 stars because the instructions really are kind of useless, and I think they should include a case with some extra bits - they have to box the thing anyways, how much more would a blow molded case cost them instead. But for either job, I'm totally happy with its performance.
50 cents. The instructions assume you're a pro. Expect to have to practice a little with it first, until you get the technique down. Cordless tools have their place, but this isn't one of them. The tool itself gets 5 stars)
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