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materials and equipment

SANDER

Rapid Action Tool for Finishing Work

DESIGNED for furniture finishing, paint removal or smoothing wall- board joints, the Model 310, sander developed by Wen Products Inc.. 5810 Northwest Highway, Chicago, USA, provides a straight line sanding action of 7,200 3. 16 in. strokes a min- ute and 26 sq. in. of sanding area.

It is powered by a patented elec- tromagnetic motor which has a high efficiency-to-current drain ratio. The 310 resembles a domestic iron, hav- ing a die cast aluminium housing and weighing 31⁄2 lb.

One third of a standard 9 in. x 11 in. sheet of sandpaper is used. The

Wen model 310 sander

paper is tightened and locked into position by lever action clamps.

Distributors include: Sing Chow Engineering Co., Singapore: Mag- dangal and Co., Manila: and Sang Rung Ruang Electricity Ltd., Bang- kok.

CLADDING

Interlocking P.v.c. Planks Have Invisible Fixings

SECURED BY hidden fixings, the interlocking planks of Aspect p.v.c. shiplap siding provide an attractive, tough and durable cladding of 4 in. effective width, that requires no painting and little maintenance.

The 4-9/16 in. wide shiplap plank- ing, with an interlocking lip on each edge, and the 2 in. wide starter strip, having a lip on one edge only, are made in 16 ft. lengths, in white rigid p.v.c. Besides being rotproof, the planks will not chip, dent or peel. They may be fixed to vertical soft- wood battens or studding at not less than 16 in. centres, or applied direct

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Cleat

+ saw cut

Plank

Starter Strip

to fair-faced building blocks. Slotted p.v.c, channel, for weathering at the ends and at door or window openings, and p.v.c. external and internal angle for corners. are supplied in 10 ft. lengths: one 22 s.w.g. plated fixing cleat is included for every foot of planking.

The head of the panel is weathered with metal flashing or wooden cover fillets: internal and external angles are weathered with the appropriate sec- tion, and gable ends with channel section. Where it is necessary to join planks. lap joints are recommended. and these should be staggered uni- formly in alternate courses. The weight of the siding, including fittings is approximately 12 oz. per sq. ft.

Allied Structural Plastics Ltd.. Luton Road, Dunstable, Beds, UK. are the makers. Exports are handled by The Universal Asbestos Manufac- turing Co. Ltd.. Watford, UK, and agents in Hong Kong are J. Mayers- tain and Co. (Int.) Ltd.

LIGHTING FITTINGS

Hospital Bedhead Lamp Incorporates Dimmer Switch

DESIGNED for easy cleaning, with smooth, dust-shedding surfaces, the Courtney Pope all-metal HOS 33 1 60 hospital-bedhead lighting fitting accepts a 60-w. lamp and incorporates a dimming switch in its backplate. A

Hospital bedhead fitting

pull-cord, also in the backplate, turns the lamp on and off.

In addition to housing the controls, the backplate of the lamp acts as a pivot base for a cantilevered arm which, in turn, supports a spun-metal lampshade.

Overall dimensions for the back- plate are 8 in. wide by 41⁄2 in. high by 14 in. deep, while the arm, capable of swivelling through 180 deg., projects a maximum of 18 in. from the wall. The lampshade, 91⁄2 in. high by 3% in. in diameter, can be rotated about the end of the rod and fixed in any position up to 20 deg. on either side of the horizontal.

The stove-enamelled fitting has a two-tone colour scheme. In the standard version, the backplate and the top of the shade are yellow, while the arm and the remainder of the shade are finished in white. Other colours can be supplied to order.

Courtney Pope (Electrical) Ltd.. London, N.15, are the makers. Agents in Singapore are R.E. Morris and Co. Ltd.

DICTATION MACHINE Microphone Bracket Serves as On! Off Switch

THE functions of microphone bracket and on off switch are com- bined in the Philips 84 dictation machine. The machine is automa- tically switched on as the microphone is lifted from the bracket, and switch- ed off when it is replaced.

The dark-grey methacrylate cabinet of this latest model measures 8 in. deep by 3 in. high by 11 in. wide. while the retractable microphone bracket extends another 2 in. The tapes are enclosed in 21⁄4 in. square transparent plastic casettes and are in- serted under a hinged, transparent cover to give a dictating time of 20 min. per side. A red pointer traverses

Philips 84 dictation machine

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the time scale during dictation or transcription, and an optional index- ing strip, slid in over the time-scale, will receive markings as a letter is completed.

Red and green plastic tape couplers are fitted to the opposite ends of each tape, and automatic coupling of the casettes occurs as the control bar at the front is depressed: simultaneously. a buzzer sounds, and the pointer on the time scale returns to 0. A buzzer also sounds 20 sec. before the end of the tape during dictation and playback.

Push buttons above the control bar operate fast forward and backward winding, and telephone and confer- ence recordings. Dictated matter can-

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