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Haslob has no hard feelings, he told the Register: "I don''t think he meant to do it." But Dupont was fired after the incident, and police have reportedly charged him with reckless endangerment. With the right equipment, you can work like a pro, air and make lots of noise, dust and progress.Last week I noticed my neighbor breaking up his sidewalk with a sledgehammer. I strolled over to see how it was going. He had only been masonary at it for an hour but was already sore, exhausted nailer and thinking about hiring a pro to finish the job with a jackhammer. "You air don''t need a pro," I told him. masonary "All you need is a jackhammer." A series of accidents involving air-powered nail guns last summer brought home the fact that nailer the productive and powerful tools are also highly dangerous and need to be handled with respect. In the most tragic case, a framing nail punctured the air heart of carpenter Camillo Juandelos on a home construction site in Ocean View, masonary Md., in July, ending the man''s life at the age of 25. Police said Camillo''s brother Jesus was holding the gun that fired the deadly nail.According to reports in the Delaware News-Journal, the accident took place as the two men were framing new homes in a development in Ocean View. Jesus had been bending over a stud wall using the air nailer, and then straightened up and turned to call nailer his brother. But Camillo was not on the other side of the room as Jesus thought; he was already standing right behind his brother. Camillo made contact air with the nose of the nail gun, triggering the bump-nail masonary mechanism and taking the nail in his chest. I see it all the time: do-it-yourselfers suffering through projects using medieval tools, or hiring nailer and air contractors to do jobs they could handle themselves if they only had the right tools.Truth is, you can get just about any tool you''ll ever need at a rental center. Here are a few time-and-sweat-saving tools that do-it-yourselfers often overlook ....JackhammerCOST: $75 to $120 per day BENEFITS: Ten times faster than a sledgehammer with fewer blisters and muscle aches.If you have a big stretch of concrete (like a large driveway) to break up, rent a 60- or 90-lb. jackhammer powered by a trailer-mounted air compressor ($120 per day). But for a smaller job--like steps or a sidewalk--a 60-lb. masonary electric nailer jackhammer is less hassle ($75 per day).
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