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I see it all the time: do-it-yourselfers suffering through projects using medieval tools, or hiring 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. electric jackhammer is less hassle ($75 per day).

A series of accidents involving air-powered nail guns last summer brought home the fact that 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 heart of carpenter Camillo Juandelos on a home construction site in Ocean View, Md., in July, ending the man''s life at the age of 25. Police airnailer-max and airnailer-max said Camillo''s brother Jesus was holding the gun that fired the deadly nail.According to reports airnailer-max 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 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 with the nose of the nail gun, triggering the bump-nail mechanism and taking the nail in his chest.

And in Connecticut in August, a nail-gun incident highlighted the importance of training and supervision, as horseplay between two carpenters almost turned deadly. The New Haven Register airnailer-max reported that carpenter Eric Haslob was in the hospital recovering from surgery to repair his heart after fellow carpenter Joseph Dupont fired a finish nail into Haslob''s heart by accident as the two were airnailer-max fooling around on the job. A supervisor told the paper he had warned the two friends against horseplay just the day before.