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Friday, May 29, 2009

everyday scene

 
millwork reading for transport up to the fifth floor. Work in a high rise.
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big cabinet

 

this is our preferred way of doing things. We do as much as possible in the shop a controlled enviroment, and leave only what is needed in the field. In this case it is only to carry this cabinet in and set in place, well we have to scribe it to the floor and attach it to the wall and install the shelves. From the clients point of view it just one day of disturbance.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

kaizen event week 20, 09

The two carts in the photo are a result of the last kaizen event. They are a storage place for all the supplies that we use to wrap up the finish products. Having these products in one place neatly organized will expedite the time spent preparing for an install. Also it will insure that the finish goods are not damaged as they are moved from the shop to the job site.

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Friday, May 8, 2009

 
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

new ideas

in the photo below you will see a height adjustment device screwed to the pedestal of this cabinet. I did not build or install this cabinet. I am repairing the bottom panel that was damaged from a leaky sink faucet. What is interesting about this is that I have had this very thought myself. As I do the installing one of things that is always tricky is leveling the pedestal, but using the leveling leg make it's much easier. the only thing is that it is an added expense. So my thought is to still use my technique of securing the pedestal at it's height by screwing a board to the inside of the pedestal and then removing the leveling leg and using it again for only the purpose of leveling. Each one of these leveling legs is about $5. I want to buy good ones so they'll hold the weight of the cabinet over the years, so that adds $20 to each pedestal. I like the idea of re-using, and still having the strength of the current method of the plywood screwed to the side of the pedestal. I am going to buy a small supply of levelers and give this a try. I will keep them in the same box as the shims it should be an easy thing to try.

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Friday, May 1, 2009

 
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variety

 
 
That is what I love about my buisness. We are always doing different types of work. We challenge ourselves by doing woodwork. Not building the same thing over and over again, but different things that require different thought processes and different techniques.
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