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TIPIt takes a crew of three to get the most speed out of a roofing nailer: one person driving nails, dewalt the others air Laying shingles in place.Air compressorIf you have your own compressor, you''ll save about $25 per day when you rent an air nailer. nailer So if you plan to use a nailer for eight days or more, buy a compressor. If you''re framing up a wall or two, renting a framing nailer probably isn''t worth the trouble. dewalt But it will save hours on a big job like a garage or an addition. You''ll nail studs, joists and rafters quickly, but more important, you''ll nail sheathing to walls and roofs 10 times faster than you could with a hammer. "It was just a strange thing that happened," Ocean View Police air Chief Kenneth McLaughlin told the News-Journal, nailer and dewalt "a very, very unfortunate accident." The young carpenter died at the Peninsula air Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., after being evacuated by helicopter.A nail-gun accident in Mississippi had a happier outcome, reports the Biloxi Sun-Herald. Stone County, Miss., contractor Duncan Hatten nailer was crouching down to nail a 2x4 block onto a column when he lost his balance and fell against the nail gun, which fired two quick nails into his heart. "I just figured I was gonna dewalt die," Hatten told local TV station air WLOX. "I told my coworker nailer to tell my family that I loved them." But the two framing spikes had narrowly missed major blood vessels, and surgeons were able dewalt to remove the nails air from Hatten''s heart in a two-hour operation. 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 nailer need to dewalt be handled air with respect. In the most tragic case, a framing nail punctured the heart of carpenter nailer Camillo Juandelos on a home construction site dewalt in Ocean View, 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 air up and turned to call his brother. But Camillo was not on the other side of the room as nailer Jesus thought; dewalt he was already standing air right behind his brother. Camillo made contact with the nose of the nail gun, triggering nailer the bump-nail mechanism and taking the nail in his chest.
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