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A time of great opportunity
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When phantom rules rule
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CAD Catalog – Page 23
Osborne Wood Products Inc. introduces their CAD Catalog. The
Catalog provides 2D and 3D CAD drawings of Osborne’s entire line
of products in multiple formats to enhance project drawings.
A CD with your copy of the Catalog can be found on Page 23.
www.osbornewood.com
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Publisher Bob Lindsey
Editor-in-Chief Karl D. Forth
Managing Editor Ken Jennison
Senior Editors George Lausch,
Kathleen McLaughlin
Assistant Editor Susan Casson
Copy Editor Stephanie Steenbergen
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Contributing Editors John Aves, Kim
Kennedy, Art Raymond, Gene Wengert
Senior Art Director Elizabeth Crosby
Production Manager Robert Portillo
Circulation Director Jim Wessel
Market Manager/
Woodworking Rob Roszell
V.P., Director of Content Bruce Plantz
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