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Fiber Gloss Duct Liner

A new information sheet on LinaCoustic A fiber glass duct liner has been prepared by Johns-Manville. The product is a fiber glass duct liner for sheet metal ducts in air eonditioning, heating and ventilating systems, It offers outstanding toughness and smoothness in exposure to air velocity and superior acoustical and thermal performance.

Working With Plexiglos

"Houp to Work with Pleriglas," from Cadillac Plastic and Chemical Co., offers practical instructions on working rvith Plexiglas for the hobbist, home handyman, student and industrial fabricator.

Gripe Deporlment

Gq'ieuance Guide by the Bureau of National Affairs (a private organization) has 265 pps., paperbound, costs 95, It is a handbook for management executives and union representatives concerned with grievanee handling and contract administration. Write, BNA Books, a division of The Bureau of Nati.onal Affairs, Inc., 1231 25th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.

Hond Trucks

Literature describing 12 models of steel and magnesium multi-purpose hand trucks is available from the Allis-Chalmers Corp.

Show Your Wqter Works

The Wateq' Works. an attractive four-color (free) brochure designed to help improve the stature of plumbing contractors in the eyes of the public, has been produced by Delta Faucet Co. It describes the workings of all elements of a home's plumbing system in language a layrnan can understand.

Beoutiful Hordwood Poneling

A free new ?ownsend Inc., fourcolor, 4-p. brochure shows their line of 1.2 rich hardwoods and describes packaging, mouldings available and other related information, A coupon ofrers a designers' sample kit.

Fibergloss Screening

A free brochure describing the benefits that have made fiberglass screening the largest selling screening in the U.S., is now available from Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

A Stud's Story

St. Regis Paper Co. has a 16mm color/sound, 15 minute film called "The Studmill $l,r1yy,'t which shows the step-by-step manufacturing process of 2" x 4"s.

New Redwood Promotion

California Redwood Assn. has a new fence booklet for promotion of the garden grades of redwood-construction heart, construction common, and merchantable.

New 12-p. color idea book "Red,uood Fencest' spearheads promotion, baeked up by new how-to-build-it tip sheets on fences and dealer ad mat designs featuring garden grades of redwood.

Free Reader Service

For further informotion on oll New Products ond New Litero ture, write fhe Merchont Mogozine, 573 So. Loke Ave., Posodeno, Co. 9l l0l. Pleose mention issue dote ond poge number so we con process your request fosterl Thon ks.

TVADisploy

full-color display designed to sell families pianning to build or remodel their homes on the idea of installing a master antenna TV system (MATV) is being offered by Channel Master, Literature explains how it works and the ease and economy of installing the system,

On-Site Fobricotion

New literature is available on Bostitch's automated system for on-site fabrication of panels, trusses and other basic components. Illustrated folder shows how steel frame system speeds construction and helps reduce cost of labor and materials as a result of improved handling.

How Green ls My Volley?

Melnor Industries irrigation div. has a new soil moisture meter.

It is lightweight and features an electronic mechanism, which needs no batteries. The meter easily ealibrates to soil "PH" value, and indicates percent of moisture to 48" probe depth. Ruggedly constructed with rubber mounted head,

lmproved Floor Tile

A new 4-p. brochure by Kraftile Co. features a new floor tile called MasterKraft $'hich has broad applications in the commercial, industrial and residential fields.

The floor and patio tile has the cushion edge of a dry pressed product on all four sides, is available in nominal t2 x 12s. 7s" thick.

Scrope Up A Tool

New 1973 Allway tools catalog gives complete information on this line of keyhole and compass sawsl putty, u'all and joint knives; paint scrapers; and utility knives and blades.

Winch One For You?

Literature is available on Warn's new Utility Hoist, a boom and winch combination with 7a-ton lifting capacity. The vertical base of the boom mounts on any utility truck bed and bolts to the box rail for extra security. The boom is 65" long and is mounted 30" above the truck bed. revolves a full 360".

Vinyl Moldings

An envelope stuffer and color catalog sheet describing a new line of Formcraft cellular vinyl moldings are available to dealers from Masonite Corp. New moldings are constructed of a cellular vinyl material that is more impact-resistant than wood.

Wood In Bridges

Glued, Laminateil Wooil in. Bridges, an 8-p. brochure containing information useful to designers of highway and railroad bridges, is from the American Institute of Timber Construction. It includes advantages of engineered structural timber, case histories and illustrations of several highway and railroad bridges built with glued laminated timber.

Smqll Spoce Selling

For retail building material dealers faced with limited floor and vrall space problems, a new full color brochure, "Imagination in Showroom Displags," by Georgia-Pacifie Corp., illustrates factory finished paneling and molding merchandising concepts available,

Fire Fighting Shingles

A new brochure from Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation details why asphalt roofing shingles reinforced with glass fiber mats instead of conventional felt mats have greater fire and wear resistance as well as increased dimensional stability.

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