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Meet Ritco

Ridge Tool Co. has a line of hand tools to be brand name of Ritco.

new consumer sold under the

The line will encompass a full range of utility quality hand tobls - awls, benders, bits, chisels, drills, files, hammers. ha.tchets, pliers, wrenches and many other catesories.

A leadei in the field of professional tools for the past 50 years. Ridge has earned a reputation in the industry for the quality of its tools. The company currently manufactures more than 300 different tools in a wide variety of models under the internationally known brand name Ridgid. These products are currently sqld in l2l countries.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9il0l.

New "Sprew" Ingertg

The thread strength of holes tapped in plastic, light metalJ, cast iron ani'wood can be greatly increased with the Sprew insert, a new product of Kato Spring, Inc.

The helically coiled screw-thread insert is made of diamond-shaped l8-8 stainless steel wire to provid-e strone threads in materials not ordinarilV suitable for tapping and in which screwi normally tend to loosen rapidly under vibration and routine use. Sprin! action keeps the inserts securely in place.

- Sprews have widespread afplication, flor both manufacturihg and ir!:pair.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9fl0l.

The new model 230K Solderine Hob9y Kit, consisting of a | 314 oz. i5-watt iron developing 750-degrees F., solder, iron rest, and a variety of tips, has been designed for wood and cork burning. plastic sculpturing and sealing, leathdr tooling and numerous other hobby uses. The U.L. Listed Kit is self-contaihed in a plastic case, complete with manual.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9llOt.

Millers Falls Sabre Saws lt quickly adjusts with the flick of a finger to neatly slice through a 2 x 4 or cut metal l/8" thick. For example. a

Millers Falls' SP 5041 is one of the two sabre saw models in the new "5000 Series" line of consumer products.

.Big in service and quality since 1883-and now we're Northern California's leading wholesale distributor of hardwoods. Higgins is also the place for plywood and related prodducts, and for kiln-dried and airdried softwoods. Call your nearest Higgins yard for prompt delivery. ln San Francisco: 8248744. We're also big in Sacramento (927-2727) and Union City (471-4900).