'Hot Press' Assembly Line
Turns Out Tailored Homes
From Portland Factory
Br ANN KFKD BURNS
PORTLAND, April 25 WV-Truckloads of sliced liomri are rolling
tn highways hereabouts.
They are hrlplnr to ease a critical housing shortage, and. their
builden contend, may result In a multi-million dollar annual payroll
here.
Frefabrlratton Engineering company, which turned out a house
every 40 minutes for the llanford, Wah., atom bomb project, opened
s four-block-lonf "factory built houie" plant there in March, Right
now It's building s house s day. Eventual capacity will be 35 a day.
The houses roll off an assembly line with the help of a locally
designed machine which the firm say is the first of its kind in the
country.
It's a "hot press" which puts wall panels together, complete with
sludj and insulation, without any nails.
The operation resembles that of a housewife designing a dress. At
the start of the assembly line, work-
men cut plywood from a pattern
into the size of the needed wall, drop
It on s moving: belt Atop, they place
dimension lumber studding, Insulat
ing material, glue, then another
sheet of plywood.
Wall Molded
The belt travels to the hot press.
In ten minutes, heat and pressure
mold the whole thing Into a wall
which the federal housing admini
stration says equnls the strength and
permanence of the ordinary wood
construction of 2x4 studding, diag
onal shtplap, drop siding, lath and
plaster.
A floor is made in the same way.
Only the roofs are nailed.
After leaving the hot press, the
walls are sanded. Other workmen
add doors, millwork, Install fixtures
and pipes, paint, lay linoleum, and
put a section of the house together.
Actually the section is more like
a slice, since it may end In mid
room. One section, lor Instance, has
all the bathroom and the sink end
of the kitchen.
Trucked to Site
At the end of the assembly line
the finished section, complete to
bathtub and furnace, is hoisted onto
a truck and trundled out to the
homeslle. There the seotldns art
matched on a cement foundation.
Outside painting a leaden oil point
with asbestos liber wiucn gives a
round finish vaguely slmllur to
stucco is done on the site.
Houses now are being produced
lor a 340-house real estate develop
ment. They're modernistic-appearing,
with almost flat roofs, lots of
closets, louvercd windows, and car
ports garages.
Another model Is ready on the
drawing boards. Future assembly
lines will turn out packaged houses
for shipment to the western states
and Hawaii.
The company calls these "factory
built houses." Ormonct R. Bean, sales
manuger, says "Surveys over the
country Indicate a long-range de
mand, particularly among the groups
who couldn't afford to have a house
of the same sire built in the tradi
tional fashion. We anticipate a con
tinuing market, even after the hous
ing shortage ends."
The firm Is headed by O. D. John
son, former president of the West
CoAst Lumbermen's association and
one of the state's largest lumber
operators.
Johnson envisions tits plant, at
full capacity, providing a 14,000,000
payroll.
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Recreation
Plan Pushed
Klamath Klwants club proceeded
with Us plans tor developing a
recreation center at Division and
Reclamation streets, when President
Charles Mack at yesterday's meet Inn
appointed more members to the Uoys
and Kills committee In charge of
the project.
The entire committee set-up now
Includes John Van Daren. Phil
Hitchcock. Joe Hicks, Lester Off leld,
Ray Lamb, Tom O'Dwyer, Dick
Magulre, Frank Drew. Joe Kessler,
Russ Marshall, Gerald Murray, Cllen
Inman, Burse Mason Jr.
Speaker at the Thursday noon
meeting was Winston Purvlne, trade
and Industrial education super
visor of the stale, who Is here In
connection with the new technical
school to be set up at the Marine
Barracks plant.
TOUR
PORTLAND, Ore., April 35 I IV-A
tour of lumber Industries, Including
a visit to the Longlew, Wash., area,
was to wkid up the annual con
vention of the American Wood Pre
servers assoclutlou today.
Business sessions concluded yes
terday with election of A. J. Loom,
Bralnerd, Minn., as president. Dele-
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