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Wood Roof Truss Mqchine

The "Beaver", a new wood roof truss machine priced at $2450, is being marketed by Hydro-Air Engineering, Inc., St. Louis. - Frice includes the hydraulic press, lumber clamping fixtures, boom with hydraulic power unit, and the trolley on which the Loom travels to each joint of the truss being fabricated.

Production capacity of this Beaver truss builder is for trusses for up to five houses per day.

The hydraulic press which presses coni;ritector plates into the truss joints has an

Four drop rings, two bails, a pendant, and an Aperican Eagle decoration in bas relief, are new additions to the Kingsley line of solid brass and solid pewter cabinet hardware announced by Kingsley Brass Co. Each item is available in antique brass, polished and ivory brass finishes, as well as solid pewter with an antique finish. These new numbers are designed to harmonize with the knobs, pulls, backplates and decorations in the Kingsley line. adjustable squeeze in excess of 20 tons. This press hangs from an overhead boom which also carries the hydraulic power unit and is moved by the operator around the truss. 'Only installation requirement is the electrical connection, hanging of the trolley and construction of the wood assembly pedestals by the fabricator.

The Beaver requires a minimum of floor space which is only a few feet of working area around the perimeter of the trusses being fabricated.

The "risers", clamping jigs which rigidly hold the truss members in place while connector plates are pressed simultaneously into both sides of the joint, are placed on the pedestals built by the fabricator for which Hydro-Air supplies desigrrs.

The Beaver is the ultimate in flexibility since a truss joint actually can be located wherever a nail can be driven.

'WRITE: Hydro-Air Engineering, Inc', 131? So. Vandeventer Ave., St. Louis, Mo' 631 10.

Available in Brass and Pewter

'WRITE: Kingsley Brass Co., BabYlon Turnpike, Roosevelt, New York 11575.

Weyco Offers 42Door Finishes

Forty-two standard natural and stain finishes for architectural hardwood flush doors now are offered by Weyerhaeuser Company to save both time and money for users.

Under its new standardization program' 'Weyerhaeuser has consolidated its factory prefinished flush door program into (1) natural and stain finishes to match its prefinished ,Craftwall and Forestglo panelings, and (2) 16 other finishes most frequently specified by architects on a custom basis. The newly-completed selection of 16 previously custom finishes resulted from exten-

Sample Kits Help Specifiers Select Desired Finish sive analysis of the firmts past sales of custom-prefinished doors.

As a result, architects and other specifiers now may easily select 42 standard finishes from six variations on birch flush doors, four on red oak, four on white oak and two on walnut.

Besides eliminating the time-consuming custom selection of stain finishes, the new Weyerhaeuser standardized program now permits such prefinished doors to be shipned as fast as unfinished doors.

- WRITE: Weyerhaeuser Company, Box B 324, Tacoma, Wash. 98401.

New Roofing Moteriol

Increased weather protection for home recreation areas i! now feasible through the use of a new, translucent roofing material, introduced by Filon' Desigaated Royal Filon, the fiberglass-reinforced panels are primarily for use in home patios, carports, pavilions and pool dreas. key feature of the new product is its weather-side surface which makes it impervious to sun, hail, rain or breakage.

The colors-moss green' satin white, bamboo, sun gold and Pacific blue-are formulated to reduce the degree of heat transmitted through the panels, while allowing soft diffusion of sunlight.

Royal Filon's lifetime guarantee stipulates that the manufacturer will replace or repair any panel which fails to retain original color, surface appearance and structural strength.

WRITD: Filon Corp., 12333 South Van Ness Ave., Hawthorne, Calif. 90250.

Self-Sticking Cork Ponels

Self-sticking cork wall panels in easy-toapply I2"xl2" squares are now available. Made of genuine cork and panels allow the homeowner to create a bulletin board by merely tearing off the backing and pressing to wall.

WRITE: Decro-Tile Corp., 21 Saw Mill Rd., Yonkers, New York.

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Fost Stort for Stqin Sqles

Deft has developed a practical one-case starter assortment pack to introduce their revolutionary, quick-drying water-clean-up vinyl wood stains. Each case contains both pints and half-pints in seven assorted popu- lar wood colors plus a neutral that cin be tinted to any decorator shade.

Also included are point-of-sale material, product brochures, color cards, and an easy demonstration kit consisting of small wood panels, a 2-oz. sample stain bottle with built-in dauber, and a 16 oz. spray can of Deft Clear Finish.

With this kit the dealer can quickly and easily demonstrate Deft Stains for customers in less than a minute and make $24 profit in each case. Available from your distributor.

^ WRITE: Deft, 612 Maple St., Torrance, California.

Plqstic Roin-Corrying System

The fir-st rigid vinyl plastic rain-carrying system for homes, recenily perfected by Monsanto, is now being marteted in thl West by Moncrief-Lenoir Mfg. Co., Houston, Texas.

The r,ain carrying system consists of all white vinyl components including gutters, downspouts, connectors, inside and outside comers, elbows, end caps and collectors. The only non-plastic parts are metal gutter hangers and downspout brackets.

The five-inch wide system requires no maintenance, no painting, and will-not chio. dent, rust, blister, peel or corrode, It 16- sists, buckling and warping under the weight of snow or ice.

0NE-CASE STARIER as. sortment of Deft stains includes Doint-of-sale material, brochures, color cards, a demonstration kit and all the sales tools the dealer requires to exploit this new product. Dealer profit is $24 per case.

Weighing only eight ounces per foot, the revolutionary rain-carrying system can be cut-to any desired length with conventional tooIs.

Manufactured from solid vinyl, the components represent an improvement over conventional metal in the reduction of noise levels caused by the fall and flow of water. Th-e equipment does not conduct electricity.

Moncrief-Lenoir operates six warehouses in the Southwest, with offices in Denver, Colorado and Pendleton, Oregon.

WRITE: Moncrief-Lenoir Mfg. Co., p.O. Box 2505, Houston, Texas.

NewT&GDeckingPonels

New from Tarter, Webster & Johnson is a_ two-page brochure describing Bond-Deck, the _ recently developed TW&J decking product.

Bond-Deck is manufactured from 2,, x 6,,. T & G selected white fir, assembletl into panels which net 2I,, width and can be