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Give your friends and family mem -bers who handle home improvement and maintenance projects gifts to help them work efficiently, successfully and safely.Woodcraft offers the following holiday gift suggestions.

Tools With CloutWhether repairing a cabinet door,

mounting a picture, building or installing cabinets, or remodeling an entire room,DIYers will likely be drilling, driving, cut -ting, and possibly joining wood. A Festool CXS Lithium-Ion 10.8V Cordless Drill Multi-Chuck Set can handle all these drill -ing and driving challenges, from maneu -vering in tight spaces to installing cabi -nets. A belt clip keeps the lightweight (2 lb.) drill/driver handy, and an ultra-bright LED light illuminates dark corners. The Rockwell BladeRunner is a multipurpose,precision cutter that uses any T-shank jig -saw blade and can easily cut wood, metal,ceramic tile, aluminum, and plastic.Operate it attached to the wall or on a benchtop. Put wood together effortlessly with the Kreg Jig Jr., a complete kit for pocket-hole joinery. Nine depth settings make it easy to join materials from 1/2” to 11/2” thick in 1/8” increments. The WoodRiver Low Angle Block Plane with Adjustable Mouth is perfect for finessing trim (mitersand back bevels, for example) and for use anywhere you need to removea controlled amount of material (trim,molding, doors, shims, etc.). For building projects, the 12” Pinnacle Combination Square includes a blade, square head and center finder – all the tools needed for vir -tually any layout.

Work Area Helpers The portable Vika Twofold Workbench

and Scaffold quickly turns into a 47.6” long, 18.7” deep, 31.8” high bench or a 21.7” high scaffold, depending on how the legs are positioned after unfolding. The

Gift ideas for the“Home Care Specialists”

bench features a tool tray, drilling hole,protractor and ruler inscribed into the MDF work surface. Both bench and scaf -fold have a 500-lb. capacity. LED (80 and 60) Magnifying Lamps and Bessey Auto-Adjust Toggle Clamps (horizontal low and high and inline) are handy helpers for the workbench projects. Each lamp has a spring-balanced arm for variable position -ing of the head and can be clamped to a workbench or tabletop. The toggle clamps eliminate time-consuming manual adjust -ment to correct clamping force by auto -matically adjusting to variations in work -piece dimensions, all the while maintain -ing constant clamping force with a maxi -mum vertical opening distance of 2”. The 16” Versa Spin 360, when used with Painter’s Pyramids and Grabbers, is a ver -satile support (25 lb. capacity)that allows the user to securely and effortlessly rotate projects for sanding, light machining,painting and crafts for better results in less time.

Storage and SafetyToughBuilt Mega, Project, Universal,

Utility and Tape Measure Pouches range from very large to small and provide tem -porary storage for tools in the interior pockets. Each can be easily attached to a belt if desired. For personal comfort and safety, give your workers a Woodcraft 22-Pocket Apron, FastCap MXV-Pocket Dust Masks (N95 rating), and YGC General Utility Gloves (medium to extra large).Stocking stuffer ideas: WERA Kraftform Kompakt 26 7-in-1 Bayonet Screwdriver that conceals six driver bits in the handle and can be used with cordless drill drivers via a quick release locking chuck and spin -ner stored in the shaft, a Snappy 5-Piece Countersinking Drill Set, a Cutting Board Kit (milled domestic and exotic hardwood pieces)

Visit your local Woodcraft store, call (800) 535-4482 or visit www.woodcraft.com.

Those experiencing dizziness or flu-like symptoms might be quick to assume they have a virus. However, such symp-toms could be a byproduct of carbon mon -oxide exposure at home.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless,colorless, toxic gas. In 2005, U.S. fire departments responded to roughly 61,100 carbon monoxide incidents across the country. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, carbon monoxide poisoning is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America.Roughly 500 Americans and 400 Canadians die every year due to CO poi -soning. Thousands others are hospitalized due to the poisonous gas.

In 2009, a family of four from Ontario,Canada all perished due to CO poisoning in their home caused by a clogged exhaust vent on the home’s gas fireplace. The house didn’t have a carbon monoxide detector.

Carbon monoxide forms from the combustion of different types of fuels,including natural gas, gasoline, wood, and kerosene. If improper venting in the home occurs, CO can build up to hazardous lev-els. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, acute effects of CO ill -ness are due to the formation of carboxy -hemoglobin in the blood, which inhibits oxygen intake. At moderate concentra -tions, angina, impaired vision and reduced brain function may result. At higher con -centrations, CO exposure can be fatal.

CO detectors, like smoke alarms, are the single best way to detect harmful CO levels. The detectors work on a chemical reaction causing a color change, an elec -trochemical reaction that produces current to trigger an alarm or a semiconductor sensor that changes its electrical resistance in the presence of CO. Most detectors

The “silent killer”should be taken seriously

require a continuous power source, so they should be plugged in and also have a battery back-up.

The National Fire Protection Association recommends these tips with regard to CO detectors.

• CO alarms should be installed in a central location outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home and in other locations where required by appli -cable laws, codes or standards. For the best protection, interconnect all CO alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they all sound.

• Follow the manufacturer’s instruc -tions for placement and mounting height.

• Choose a CO alarm that has the label of a recognized testing laboratory.

• Test all detectors at least once a month.

• An alarm could indicate a problem or a low battery. However, many detectors beep intermittently to signal a battery needs to be changed. If an alarm sounds,get out of the house or move to a fresh-air location, like next to an open window.

• Contact your local fire department’s non-emergency number to find out what number to call if the CO alarm sounds.

It’s important to take CO alarms seri -ously, as detectors are programmed to indicate the start of a problem before it becomes dangerous.

Preventing CO from building up indoors is also beneficial.

• Never use an outdoor grill indoors.• Make sure all heating equipment is

properly sized for the home and vented. • Open the flue when using a fireplace.• Warm up a car outside of the garage.• Hire a professional to routinely

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