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A series of accidents bostich involving air-powered nail guns last summer brought home the fact that the productive and powerful tools are air 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 said Camillo''s brother pin Jesus was holding the gun that fired the deadly nail.According to reports in the Delaware News-Journal, the accident took place nailer as the two men were framing new homes in a development in Ocean View. Jesus had been bending over a stud wall using bostich 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 air with the nose of the nail gun, triggering the bump-nail mechanism and taking pin the nail in his nailer chest. I see it all the bostich time: do-it-yourselfers suffering through projects using medieval tools, or hiring contractors to do jobs they could handle air themselves pin 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 nailer aches.If you have a bostich 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 air and pin ($120 per day). But for a smaller job--like steps or a sidewalk--a 60-lb. electric jackhammer is less hassle ($75 per day). Brad nailers shoot skinny nails called nailer 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 nailer: no hammer dents in the wood, less bostich splitting, smaller nail holes to fill, and moldings don''t get air knocked out of position as you drive nails. For heavier trim (3/4-in. thick moldings, for example), rent a finish nailer, which shoots pin thicker nails up to 2-1/2 in. long.TI nailer.
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