NEW PRODUGTS

And Selected Sales Aids

Countertop Line

Chandler Corporation's building materials distribution division is now marketing the SUBA countertop line to retailers in a five-state area of the Northwest.

Certified by the National Association of Plastic Fabricators for quality and consistency, they are for both the professional and the do-ir yourselfer. Custom-fit reportedly can. be achieved with accessory kits including iron-on endcaps, end splashes and precision-cut mitered countertop blands for U-shaped and L-shaped applications. Measuring and installation instructions specify everyday tools.

Chandler will be offering retail dealers a product support program, including co-op advertising, merchandising racks and displays, consumer literature, training programs and quick custom cutting service.

Clear As Glass

Clear Tuff-Glas is new from Yancey Co. for storm windows and doors.

Tough and shatterproof, reportedly with a long life, the insulating film is easy to install. It is available in 12 and 16 mil. thicknesses in36,42,48, and 52 in. widths.

Dispenser-display rack is available to retailer. Suggested price is 27 to 309 a sq. ft.

No Kickback Here

A plastic tree-felling wedge for use with chain saws is available from Safe-T-Wedge Co., New Hampshire.

This Way Up

New model spiral stairs in steel or aluminum for residence, townhouse or commerciril use are from Spiral Mfg.,Inc.

The free-standing stairs come in prefinished dark bronze baked-on enamel finish on steel models.

In a wide range of heights in 48, 54, and 60 in. diameters, it is shipped disassembled complete with all necessary fasteners and instructions.

See

the Light

ODL Inc. has a new line of skylights with both curb-mounted and flush styles for new construction and/ or remodeling.

All are made of translucent or clear Lexan@ sheet. a durable weather resistant material.

Keep Your Cool

Fashioned of acrylic, Tumbler II from Evans Specialty has double wall thermal construction to seal in an insulating cushion of air.

Beverages stay cold or hot for more than an hour. No condensation collects, so you can place your drink anywhere.

The l3-oz. size takes a full can of beverage. Dishwasher safe, shatter resistant, they are available at $12.95 the set of four.

The wedge features a patented cross-ridge design on top to prevent kickback. even in frozen timber. Recognized effective by the American Pulpwood Assn., it is said to resist splitting, cracking, and shattering.

In bulk or individually blister packaged, it is aVailable in 4 sizes. Custom colors can be provided on volume purchases. Suggested retail is $2.95 to $4.50 each with quantity discounts.

Home Repair Shrink

Raychem Corp. now has ThermoFix Shrink-To-Fit Tubing for home repair.

Used to insulate, repair, cover, mend, protect or mark, it can be used to insulate ,wire splices and connectives, to repair rustv or splintered handles, to provide strain ielief, or to mark tools, utensils or equipment. It can be shrunk to fit anything up to one half its diameter by heat or steam.

It comes in five colors and eisht diameters in informative packagEs. Suggested retail prices are $1.49 to $7.99.

Chopping Block Goupon

Franklin Chemical Industries is offering retailers an alder hardwood chopping block kit coupon program. Consumers may order the kit for $6.99 plus $1.25 postage and handling. Assembled dimensions are II x 11 x l/e". Instructions are provided.

Special offer coupons are part of the Franklin's new Titebond wood glue display rack.

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Cedar Shingle To Show

A new four color display from Shakertown promotes Fancy Cuts decorative cedar shinsles.

The adjustable display which is 50" wide x 36" high for flat wall mount folds to 36". Providing a three dimensional effect for gondola or endcap mount, it can also be used on counter or case display.

Real shingles in the nine available patterns border a full-color poster.

Beat the Heat

With the new Heat Shield from Hop Cap, Inc., a stove can be placed as close as six inches to the wall.

Tesled to UL Standard 1482. it is also listed for use in mobile homes. Brick, flagstone and barnsiding designs are available in a variety of srzes.

Thev can be installed on a hard surface floor or on the wall over l" ceramic spacers for air flow. The shield is predrilled and screwed to studs.

Each is individually cartoned for shipping and handling.

Saw Blade Guards

Midwest Automation has new saw blade guards for its Model 5033 Cur ting Station.

Glass-Based Roofing

GAF Corp. has a new line of glassbased roofing material.

From base sheet to cap sheet, Gafglas products are said to be moisture and rot resistant and flame-retardant.

The product line includes Gafglas Ply 3, designed forWest coast application, meeting ASTM III requirements.

Stratavent, a ventilating base sheet surfaced with mineral granules, is available with perforations for application over non-nailable decks, and without perforations for mechanical application to nailable decks. Base and Ply Sheet is fully asphalt coated on both sides.

As a finishing ply for hot-applied roofs and flashine construction. Mineral Surfaced Cip Sheet may be used. Combination Flashing, a glass reinforced asbestos flashing sheet, can be used in constructing all types of builrup roofing systems.

The guards are designed to give additional protection to the operator when the saw blade is in extreme front and rear travel positions without interferingwith machine function or capacl.ty.

They reportedly are simple to install. '

Foam Repairs Away

A new do-it-yourself product for performing a variety of weatherproofing chores and home repairs, Great Snrff is from Insta-Foam Products, Inc.

A multi-purpose urethane insulating foam sealant that dispenses from an aerosol can in a froth form. it expands and solidifies to fill cracks, holes and voids. It reportedly can be used to form an airtight seal around doors, windows, electrical boxes and outlets, and other areas where air leakage occurs.

Each can comes with a long flexible nozzle that allows the foam to be applied quickly and easily in such hardto-reach places as behind electrical boxes and around wiring and hose bibs. The exact amount offoam can be applied in different bead sizes, to fill various sizes of cracks and voids.

It adheres quickly to any surface, wet or dry, and humidity or moisture actually helps speed up the curing process. It will cure tack-free in less ihan one hour and completely set in eight hours at normal room temperatures. The foam can be painted or coated to match wood or other materials.

A l4-oz. can sells for $7.75 (suggested retail price) and yields over 175 lineal feet of %" round bead. which is equal to 15 ll-oz. tubes of conventional caulking.

Blanket Insulation

A new, blanket-type fiber glass insulation, designed to be used as additional thermal protection in the roofs and sidewalls of metal buildings, is now available from CertainTeed Corp.'s Insulation Group.

The insulation is made of fine glass fibers bonded with an inert thermosetting resin. Furnished in rolls or panels without a vapor barrier, it is normally applied as a second layer over vapor barrier-faced metal building insulation.

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It is available in thicknesses of 3. 3r/2., 4, and 5 in. in standard widths and lengths with varied R-values. The insulation reportedly will not absorb moisture readily, is non-corrosive to steel, copper, aluminum, and zinc; and it emits no odor. It has a flame spread rating of no greater than 25.

SPECIALIZING IN PINE AND FIR PRODUCTS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL AND RETAIL MARKETS.

Flberglass

Column

Dixie-Pacific Manufacturing Co., Inc. has a new fiberglass simulated wood grained column.

The Colonial column reportedly will not split or check, and is impervious to termites and weather. In off-white, it may be painted or stained.

Design styles include plain and fluted round. from 6" to 12" in diameter, in 8', l0', and 72' lengths.

Sepalate, fiberglass caps and bases are pre-drilled for installation.

Birch Woodgrain Paneling

The grain pattern of birch is reproduced on hardboard in a new series of NorthWoods paneling from Masonite Corp.

Available in natural and white. it feaurres a random plank design. The 4' x 8' sheets of prefinished paneling are Vt" thick. They install with nails or adhesive directly over studs, on furring strips or on an existing flat wall surface.

Bathroom storage is no longer limited to the medicine cabinet. Many cabinet manufacturgrs now offer attractive and durable vanities, wall cabinets and open shelving to solve bath storage problems.

Specializing in

Western Red

Canadian White Cedar Redwood Spruce

Rough Dimension 5/8" & 1" Fencing

Timders lo 12 x'12

Post & Rails

Dimension

Fascia

Siding Dimension Alaskan Yellow Cedar

Fencirig 2 .a saw-sized Trim ffi1lf siding

Decking p.T. Foundation Lumber

Decking, starter Board aa+-,

Fluorescent Fixtures

Nutone/Sterling has new genuine walnut framed fluorescent fixtures with distinctive rounded corners and basswood grids.

They blend with cabinetry and panelled rooms for residential and commercial applications. Smooth white acrylic diffusers swing down from either side for relamoins.

Square model 28" x 28r, uses 2 40 W U-shaped lamps. Two larger oblong models- are available

Also available are universal shields to convert track fixtures to energysaling spots or floods. In a variety of finishes, the fixtures have accessories including roto-groove louvers and color filters.

Ready for the Draft?

A new charcoal-fueled outdoor cooking appliance is from The Earth Stove. Inc.

It features a thermostatic draft control system that regulates cooking surface heat from 200 to 90ff Fahr: enheit; and maintains temDeratures within 25o of desired iettinss throughout the entire burning cycie. The draft contol can also be-used to shut off all combustion drafts to smother burning coals for re-use later.

- _Reportedly this unit does everything an ordinary barbeque can do as well as other cooking such as baking a turkey, a pineappile upside-dowi cake, chocolate cookies, bread, pizzas, pies, casseroles and thick pot roasts.

A special paint coating protects the steel unit with cast aluminum ends from heat, weather and cookins chemical corrosion

The appliance weight 83 lbs., is 4ot/z in. high, with a cooking surface rack that measures 221/z in. bv l2L/z in. and can be adiusted to three levels. Additional ieatures include removable redwood shelves. redwood handles, an external frontmounted thermometer to measure heat on the cooking surface, and rubber wheels for easi mobilitv.

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Shingles by the Foot Shakertown CorP. is Producing round and diamond patterns of Fancy Cuts shingles in 8' panels with other patterns available on special order.

Panels are packed four per bundle' each bundle covering 20 sq. ft' of sidewall at the recommended 7t/2." exposure.

MARY'S RIVER TUMBER CO.

Specialists in Western Red Cedar

Channel sdg. or Lxl2SLS2E (Clear Tight Knot €s Standard A Btr.) Rough and Surfaced Dimension Fencing and Shakes Rail or truck shipments

North Hwy 99W 45151 N.E. Elliott, Corvallis. Or. 97330 1503\ 752_0218 . (503) 7s2_0r22

FRANK CLEMMONS O BOB AVERY

They are manufactured bY bonding 5" wide hand-shaPed cedar shingles to a s/a" plywood back. The laminated panels rdquire no sheathing or funing itrips and-can be nailed direct to studs for-either exterior or interior accents' Thev can be applied over old exterior sidine or interior walls, nailed at stud spaclngs.

Sewage Solution

Hydr-O-Matic PumPs has introduced a l/z horsepower low pressur€ sewage system for residential applications in areas where gravity systems are impractical.

The'sewage slurrY lines can be placed in the ground just below the, irost line, foilSwing the contours of the land. T\e llz horsePower PumP features patented two-stage grinder assembly which most effectively reduces sewage to a fine slurrY. The upper cuttei and cutter ring can be reversed to extend their useful life without disturbing the pump, seals or motor.

An oil filled pumP motor Provides lifetime lubrication for motor bearings, and reduces maintenance while exiending operational life. The model SPGl50-reportedly can be installed or serviced by one man.

Matching Doors

The E.A. Nord Co. has a new matching interior door and bifold door design, the Sierra Nevada.

Featuring 14 or 2l raised panels (depending on the width of the door), both doors are made from verticalgrain Western hemlock which takes stain or paint.

A contemporary design, they complement the Sierra 2l exterior door.

Since the design is lTa" thick, the added thickness with the strength of hemlock reportedly makes it nearly twice as sftong as lr/a" pine bifolds.

Display for Blinds

A new in-store demonstrator from the Marathon Carev-McFall Co. assists in the sale of Sali blinds. The demonstrator, 29rh," wide, 76r/2." high, 20th," deep, is wood with a high-gloss finish, chrome legs, and plexiglas copy panels. [t shows the three most popular blind styles, a Bali color selector, and a supply of product information literature.

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Custom Cabinets

American Heritage is Haas Cabinet Co.'s newest line of kitchen cabinets, vanities and modular wall units.

Crafted of western alder hardwood in a honey-maple finish, they come in a wide range of units and sizes to allow customized designs.

The doors are framed in solid alder with recessed panels of cherry veneers. and an incised border. Polished brass hardware is used.

Additional features include drawers with dovetailed joints; solid wood fronts, backs and sides; concealed three-point suspension system for drawer operation; slide-out shelves; adjustable shelves; magnetic catches and strike plates; western hardwood face frames with mortise and tenon joints; finished interiors-; ten-step iinish including Durasyn@ coating: National Kitchen Cabinet Association certification; and one year warranty on materials and workmanship.

The line features customizing accessories including lazy susans, cuttine boards. veeetable bins and spice -racks; decoraEve spindle rails: crown mouldings; modular shelving; and wine ragks. An antiqued glass door is availaible.

Forest Products

All species of cedar productsTreated and untreated poles for farm E ranch supply dealers

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NEW LEADED glass door, available for the

lnsulated Garage Door

A new concept in insulated overhead garage doors is from Howmet Aluminum Corp.

Called Weather BreakeP, the door features a lr/e" injection-filled polyurethane solid foam core. bonded on both sides to seamless aluminum panels. Built to resist rotting, warping, sweating, it reportedly will not gain weight from moisture absorption. The completely sealed unit is fire resrstant.

Weighing less than a conventional wood door, it is said to be maintenance free. With a wood grain effect, it is offered in a wide raige of contemporarv colors.

Cold Feet Cure

Rusth Industries has a destratification device to extend to homes comfort and heating fuel savings.

Heat stratification, warm ceilings, cold floors, exists in virrually all enclosed spaces, wasting oil, gas and electricitv.

StratoJet MkII hung at the ceiling captures rising warmth before it escapes and redirects it to the floor with a low-velocity fan and honeycomb air concentrator nozzle. A nafural convection current is created to distribute the warmth throuehout the room.

Measuring 6" in diameter and 7" high, alriost silent and drawing less current than a l0-watt liehtbulb. it is capable of destratifying in average-sized room with up to a l0' ceilmg.

The Economy In 1981

(Continued from Page 8) for 1981 and beyond.

First, unlike the case of previous recessions, there was little cooling effect on interest rates. Indeed, longterm rates at year-end are considerably above their pre-recession levels. Since long-term rates are determined, to a large degree, by people's expectations of future inflation, this suggests that the recession itself has done littleto remove the inflation bias from our economy. As long as these expectations remain high, the prospects are faint for reducing actual inflation any time soon without severely weakening the economy' Second, the consumer-who drew down savings balances considerably to finance an inflation-motivated spending sDree in early 1980-now his cori'siderable rebuilding of his household balance sheet to do. Consumers came out of the sharp diP in 1980 with a greater debt burden (as a percentage of income) than theY have had in previous recessions. This debt constraint will limit the consumers' discretionary sPending abilitv and limit the likelihood that a re6ound in consumption will strengthen the recovery, as it has after prevrous recessrons. -

Finally, monetary policy has had a hard time coping with the one-two punch of a weak economy and effects of the credit-controls program on the psychology of the nation's money markets. In more normal times. the transition to the new procedures instituted by monetary authorities in October 6, 1979, might have been smoother. In the helter-skelter environment of 1980, however, the new procedures yielded the worst of both worlds: unprecedented variability in interest rates and a roller-coaster of money growth. This performance has, understandably, confused the market place and made it less certain that monetary authorities have found a way to wrestle inflation to the mat. This in turn, adversely effects inflation expectations and interest rates.

Disappointing Picture

Converting this perspective on 1980 into a forecast for 1981, a disappointing picture emerges. The welak positi-on of the consumdr is likely to make the recovery from the recession a delayed one. Indeed, a weak consumption sector and the uneven movement of the moneY suPply in 1980 could produce a second dip in 1981.

By far the most ominous turn of events, however, is the continued high level of inflation expectations. In my forecast in last year's issue, I had expressed the hope that the new Federal Reserve control procedures would add to the credibility of inflation-fighting policy, thereby making the policy itself more effective. It is clear from the signals that the financial markets are sending, however, that events have caused few to shed their inflation psychology, and inflation can only be brought down quickly at a huge cost in lost output. Thus, for 1981, and the immediate period beyond, high interest rates and inflation are likely to prevail.

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Mortgage rates, of particular interest to the housing industry, are likely to remain at double-digit levels through 1981. For some households, incomes will be insufficient to support the borrowing necessary to become home-owners. To assist these households-and revitalize a depressed home-building industry- it is important that mortgage instruments be developed which provide relief from the effects of inflation on monthly mortgage payments. The liabilities of the conventional. fixed payment mortgage, in an inflationary era have become increasingly apparent. Graduated payment mortgages, equity-sharing agreements and other special mortgage instruments may be necessary to carry the housing industry through what is shaping up to be a weak and inflation-prone economy in the short-term.

Better But Not Great

(Continued from page 8) covery. The remodeling market will increase as existing home owners decide to upgrade rather than buy up. We hesitate to look in the crystal ball in regard to the farm market but see no slump on the horizon.

During 1980 the export market overseas was excellent. Sales and activity began to soften by mid-September, and it doesn't look good for the frst half of 1981. The bright spot of this year will be the dull spot next year.

At our eighteen regional meetings in the fall of 1980. we summarized the 1981 market to our members with the following numbers:

1981 Housing starts at 1,450,000, up from about 1,200,000 in 1980.

Overall industial markets improving gradually throughout 1981.

Remodeling markets up l07o in demand and l0Vo in inflation during l98l Export markets off substantiallv in 1981.

Our estimates are admittedly conservative. On a note of optimism, we feel that there is more upside potential than downside risk.

RAILROAD'S OUTLOOK

(Continued from page 9) nomic cycles. UP fortunately serves the great Wyoming soda ash producing area. That tonnage is steady.

So, although there recently have been small and still uncertain indications of hope, the counry's economy could be in the doldrums until the second quarter of 1981.

One real uncertainty concerning l98l is what tax policies the next hesident brings to the office. Unless there is tax relief, the economy rnay dip even lower with Social Security increase, inflation-induced personal income tax rise and new oil profit taxes added to the burden.

However. once the recession bottoms out and movement of all commodities begins to ever-so-slowly accelerate, there is a key to keeping the acceleration moving.

That key is the maintaining of a sense of optimism in businessmen.

The thing that determines the rate of increase and volume coming out of a recession is principally the optimism on the part of manufacturers and retailers and how rapidly they build up inventories.

These are the author's personal opinions and do not necessaril-v represent opinions or policies of the Federal Reserve Svstem.-ed.

You may also look for two entirely different teams in the Super Bowl this Januarv.

Not only can the American economy survive the recession and prosper, Union Pacific will, too.