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Leose Lift Trucks

A new folder tells how companies using lift trucks can ap- ply leasing and other financing methods to acquire use of equipment without large capital outrays.

It reviews advantages of different plans and explains how they work. Covered are straight lease, lease '"1'ith option to purchase, tax treatments, payment items, terms, and treatment of equipment upon expiration of lease.

WRITE: Industrial Truck Div., Clark Equipment Co., Battle Cr:eek, Mich.

Free Deoler Tie-ln Kit

Dealers can obtain a free tiein with national advertising in Better Homes and Gardens magazine designed to stimulate the

The storage plans offered are among the most popular of 52 indoor and outdoor storage ideas rieveloped by the plywood association.

Both the booklet and the accompanying 10 x 36-inch color window banner are reproduc- tions of the association's twopage advertisement in the October issue of Better Homes and Gardens.

WRITE: Publications and Exhibits div., American Plywood Association, 1119 A Street, Tacoma, Wash. 98401.

Lever

Hondle lockset

Arrow Lock Corp. is offering a new brochure describing its unique LA600 lever handle lockset. The literature contains complete descriptive data, finishes, specifications and pricing information.

The LA600 is the first lever handle lockset featuring a posi- tive "sag control" stopping mechanism. Literature is available.

WRITE: Arrow Lock Corp. 49000 Glenwood Rd., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234.

Plywood Siding Booklet

Roof Truss Design

Timber Engineering Company is offering a free 8-page publication describing the various types of roof trusses that can be designed and built using the

Bothroom Vqnities

A new catalog describing and illustrating in full color Kemper's complete line of wood vanities and lavanettes is now ready for distribution.

All vanity styles, Traditional, Provinciai, Colony and Corinthian, are shown. In addition, finish options of fruitwood, walnut, genuine cherry and white with gold trim are shown.

Copies of the catalog are free.

WIiITE: Kemper Brothers, Inc., Richmond, Indiana.

Shingle ond Shoke Guide

A new, four-page specification g:uide, including a complete summary of grades, sizes and shipping weights, is now available free from the Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau,

Outlines Designs Using Teco Connectors

Teco timber connector system of construction. Called "Versa- tility in Wood Roof Trusses," the publication outlines the conditions under which different types of truss designs are most effectively utilized.

In addition to typical details on each type of truss, the publication presents a listing of 88 design sheets that are available from Teco free upon request.

Window Banner and Counter Display home craftsman this winter by ordering a flee counter display and window banner from the Amelican Plywood Association. Included in the promotional offer is a counter stand containing 50 copies of an eight-page color booklet with views and descriptions of 12 storage iders.

A" 24-page color guide that shows how plywood sidings have been used to add distinction to buildings, while cutting costs at the same time, has just been published by the American Plywood Association.

Single copies of this 24-page color booklet are free. Ask for "A Guide to Distinctive Plywood Sidings," Form No. 64-770.

WRITE: American Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wash, 98401.

The Teco timber connector system of construction is based on the use of split ring and shear plate connectors that spread loads more evenly throughout timber joints. Through utilization of up to 100 percent of the streng:th of the members joined, Teco connectors remove the limitation of joint weakness in fastening pieces together. Higher joint efficiency permits the use of smaller members, thus providing savings in material.

\\'RITE: Timber Engineering Co., 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036.

The new guide contains information on shingles, rebuttedand-rejointed shingles, grooved sidewall shakes and handsplit shakes. Specification instructions for both roof and wall applica- tion are accompanied by easyto-follow line drawings.

The guide consolidates all important red cedar shingle and shake specification infotmation.

WRITE: Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau, 5510 White Bldg., Seattle, Wash.

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