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Brad nailers shoot skinny nails called brads. Ranging from 3/8 in. to 2 in. long, brads are perfect for most door and window trim, baseboards and other moldings. Aside from speed, you get better-looking results with a brad airnailercomparision nailer: no hammer dents in the wood, less splitting, smaller nail holes to fill, and moldings don''t get knocked out of position as you drive nails. For heavier trim (3/4-in. thick moldings, for example), rent a finish nailer, which shoots thicker nails up to 2-1/2 in. long.TIP

The smallest, brad nailers which shoot brads up to 1-1/4 in. long, often sell for airnailercomparision well under $100. airnailercomparision You might be better off buying one.Roofing nailerCOST: $50 per day with compressorBENEFITS: Easy as pulling a trigger and faster than a platoon of hammer-swingers.Driving thousands of roofing nails with a hammer is like scrubbing the floor at Grand Central Station airnailercomparision with a toothbrush. Don''t put asphalt shingles on anything bigger than a doghouse without a roofing nailer. For wood shingles, speed up the job with a roofing stapler.

And in airnailercomparision Connecticut in August, a nail-gun incident highlighted the importance of training and supervision, as horseplay airnailercomparision between two carpenters almost turned deadly. The New Haven Register reported that carpenter airnailercomparision 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 fooling around on the job. A supervisor told the paper he had warned the two friends against horseplay just the day before.