FAMOWOOD

is the PR0FESSI0t{AL'S Att PURP0SE PtASTIC

Boat builders, furniture makers, cabinet makers, etc. have found it the one sure answer to correcting wood defects, filling wood cracks, gouges, covering countersunk nails and screws.

Can be used under Fiber Glass! 13t tu.

Ready to use right out of the can, Famowood applies like putty-sticks like glue; dries quickly; won't shrink; takes spirit stains, and will not gum up sander. Waterproof and weatherprooiwhen properly applied. -/44

Geilings From The Past

Antique look-a-like pressed tin ceiling material is available from the Chelsea Decorative Metal Co.

The 2' by 8 ' sheets are stamped by original dies dating back to the 1890s.

Eighteen designs ranging from Victorian era to art deco cornice (moulding to finish the area between the wall and the ceiling) are available in sizes from 2 in. to 9t/z in. wide.

Floor Sealer

Piran Poly sealer, a new polyurethane floor sealer from the Randustrial Corp., is designed to protect wood and concrete floors from dirt and grime.

A one coat finish is said to give floors a we:u resistant coating that guards against oil, grease and chemical spillages.

In two hours, the product dries hard to a clean gloss. One gallon covers approximately 300 sq. ft. of flooring.

Foldaway Clothesline

Foldline from Tirb-Master Corp. is a new 2l ft. vinyl-coated, nylon drying line that folds out instantly from a 50 in. decorative bar.

Installed by attaching to brackets, it can be used in any room of the house. The line holds up to l0 lbs. of wet clothes and when not in use snaps back to a decorative bar with either silver or gold tones.

Heated Warning

A new warning device for heat pump systems from Allard Design & Engineeririg Co. sets off an audible alarm indicating abnormal and/or power wasting conditions in the system.

The syston has a high wattage set of electrical elements that are automatically activated during extremely low temperatures or when the compressor unit is not providing hot gas to the system. The alarm alerts homeowners that excessive amounts of costly energy are being dsed or that possible failure of the condensor might occur.

It has an automatic switchover helping eliminate continuous compressor functions. With six foot leads and attachments provided, the unit is poweredby a UL approved 9Vpower supply.

Gunning Down Foam

Universal Foam Systems, Inc., has redesigned its U-Control foam dispensing gun to include a solvent port through which chemical waste can be flushed from the interior of the breech.

Between uses and prior to storing, a steel cap is removed from the port and solvent is flushed into it. Exterior portions of the gun also can be cleaned with the solvent.

The foam can be used for a wide variety of insulating, sealing, patching and filling applications.

Blade Cuts Any Shape

A new triangular shaped Delta blade from Portalign Tool Corp. allows standard circular saws to cut any shape including circles, curves and irregular shapes.

Usable for table and counter tops, archways, cutouts for heating and air conditioning ducts and paneling grooves, it also works as a power rasp and cuts dados.

The blade will fit all circular saws with a 7Vt " blade capacity and a 5/8" shaft.-The blade takes out about 3/16',.

The tool is skin packaged on a full color card, complete with a hanger cutout for rack displays.

More Outlets lor Energy

A new six-plug, two-wire polarized hex tap outlet adapter for converting standard double wall outlets to as many as six outlet receptacles is from the Wiring Device Department of General Electric. Up to six nongrounded power cord plugs can be used with a combined load of up to 15 amps or 1.875 watts.

This device doubles or triples the utility of the oiiginal outlet. The hex tap along with the three-wire grounding model is available in brown or ivory. Both units are UL listed for temporary or pernanent indoor installations.

Adapters are plugged into the outlet for temporary installations or screwed in for permanent installation. Full installation and use instructions are provided.

Wood/Masonry Anchor

Anchor Clips from the Panel Clip Co., are a new approach to anchoring wood to masonry, reportedly eliminating the time consuming job of locating and drilling holes for anchor bolts.

The clips, shipped flat and shaped to the application desired, are available in two sizes, 143/t " for concrete or single block construction and 223A" for two block embedment. They can also be used for end anchorage of joists and securing roof rafters. They reportedly are approved by all major building codes.

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(408) 842-1673

INN(rcENTS ABROAD

We're visiting Spain and Portugal where inflation is rampant.

I have seen forests that were cleared by clear cutting- nothing but stubble-then streams frothing with white foam and pollution. I am told there are laws against this, but the companies have money; thus no laws are enforced.

Coming into Lisbon, Portugal, yesterday and seeing the towers of the Lisbon bridge, I felt I was coming down off the Wddo grade and the Marin headlands.

We will be in this area and then head back to Spain for another two weeks. Then to Nice and Monaco and hopefully a few days through Switzerland and the Black Forest of Germany.

We will depart from Frankfurt, Germany, for the old U.S.A. (Uncle Sugar Able). By then it will look wonderful.

W. W. "Pete" Sharp, Jr.

1444 Pslsyan rWsy

Santa Rosa, Ca 054O4 for him and Fran, his wife, getting Ken Walker to move Paul Bunyan to Anderson, Ca., for nicer winters and springs.

Retired lumberman Sharp also asks us to say hello to all hb friends in the business.-ed.

We did business with Al for many years. My son, Fred, and grandson, Greg, also enjoyed a business and personal relationship with him. I met Al a number of times in San Francisco at the Western Pine Association (now Western Wood Products Association) meetings where he served on the grading rules committee.

We will all miss AI so very much, but will always have fond memories of our personal and business relationship.

Leslie G. Passmore

Central Valley Lumber & Millwork

P.O. Box 2072

Oroville. Ca. 95%5

Southwest Buyout Called Off

Southwest Forest Industries Inc., Phoenix, Az., has terminated plans for a $312 million leveraged buyout by a group of investors led by its president and ceo, W. A. Franke.

First Boston Corp. has been retained by the company to assist in a review of strategic alternatives to the proposed buyout. No other indication of future plans has been given.

Reportedly there had been concern :rmong a number of banks about the group's ability to complete the offer. This concern was said to be caused by rising interest rates and other factors affecting financing.

Fond Memories

I have just learned of Al Kerper's passing.

We have lost a frne friend, a person who has done much for the lumber business and given much of his time to the promotion of the marketing of lumber and re-manufacture of forest products.

I first knew him in l9l7 when he was with Vaughn Millwork, Inc., in Reno, Nv. In fact, he sponsored some of us from Central Valley Box & Lumber Co., Lou D. Ohlson, Phil J. Carroll, Bud Miller, Dave Rogers and myself, into the International Order of Hoo-Hoo. Then Al went to Susanville, Ca., with the Paul Bunyan Lumber Co., owned by Ken Walker.

I shall never forget a telephone conversation with him on a spring day and his exclaiming, "The tulips are in bloom." Thenseveral days later on the telephone again, "The doggone tulips are full of snow!" Perhaps that is one ofthe reasons