Masonry Magazine February 1973 Page. 24
RUGGED MASONRY SAWS
FROM FELKER
Complete line of saws, diamond and abrasive blades, diamond core drills and drilling machines for the professional mason.
Felker saws are built to last rugged construction with heavier castings and welds gives you longer on-the-job life.
HEAVY-DUTY FELKER MASON-MATE MASONRY SAW (Above) has a free moving cutting head to accommodate large masonry or refractory shapes. The open throat design swallows any work piece up to 20" wide. The Micro-Match handwheel, located at the operator's working position in front of the saw, provides simple and exact cutting head height and angle adjustment.
FELKER TOUCHMATIC MASONRY SAW for those hard-to-get-at jobs. So light and compact, it goes with you inside the tank or kiln, up on the scaffold. A truly portable saw.
DIAMOND AND ABRASIVE BLADES, the industry standard preferred by professional masons the world-over, are available in any required specification for any job application.
Write for full information on the most complete line of saws and accessories to solve your toughest cutting jobs.
FELKER
BAY STATE
DRESSER
Felker Operations, Dresser Industries, Inc.
19000 S. Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, Calif. 90509
Telephone: (213) 328-4704, Telex: 653-431
OSHA Prescribes Rules
For Ladder Safety
The nation's new OSHA law doesn't stint its coverage of ladder safety, according to the Aerospace Newsletter. The law devotes eight pages to listing definite and practical precautions concerning the construction, cost and use of wood and metal ladders those assigned to on-the-job service.
Here, mostly briefed from OSHA, are some cardinal safe practices for curtailing ladder accidents:
-Choose the right ladder for the job-the right type and height one that precludes your climbing above the third rung from the top of an extension or straight ladder, and the second tread from the top of a stepladder.
-Check to make sure that a ladder is in good shape before you use it for any job-no faulty or missing parts, no defect whatsoever.
-Don't use a metal ladder for work on electrical equipment or wherever you or the ladder might contact it.
-When positioning a ladder for work, be certain that its footing is secure on a level, firm and non-skid surface. In case of doubt, block, lash and/or stabilize the base and get an assistant to hold it. If stability can't be assured, don't attempt to use the ladder.
-Protect the footing from disturbance when conditions dictate (barricade the base against traffic, lock or block adjacent doors, station an assistant to ward off contacts, etc.).
-Place the top of the extension or straight ladder so that both rails lean squarely against a solid stationary structure-never a weak partition, piled boxes or other objects that can shift or collapse. The rails should extend about 3½ feet above any top landing.
-Always face the ladder and hold on with both hands when going up or down. While working, keep your hips between the rails, stay in close to the rungs and limit your reach to a comfortable arm's length.
Manual on Concrete Pipe
Installation Offered
U.S. Steel is making available at a discount price copies of the new American Concrete Pipe Association installation manual. "Concrete Pipe Installation Manual" can be ordered from the steel company at the reduced rate of $2.50. The manual will cost $3.75 when it goes on sale at the regular publication price.
Orders for the publication should be sent to the Advertising Department, U.S. Steel Corp., Rm. 6982, 600 Grant St., Pittsburgh, Pa., 15230.
masonry February, 1973