Lost in lean, getting organized is worth it!

Humans so often develop tunnel vision towards the world around them. Over time they neglect to see the opportunities that exist. We become de-synthesized to problems and opportunities.

Objective of Standardization

This post is titled after a search engine query that brought someone to my site. This query resonated with me because professionally it is a  challenge to help clients learn and understand the value of standardization. This is particularly frustrating personally because to me the concepts of standardization seem simply natural, it just makes sense. So what is [...]

Economy Vacuum Bags

One of the more exciting additions to my shop in the past couple years has been a vacuum pump. Purchased primarily for use on the lathe I have long wanted to explore alternative uses.

With inspiration from a recent wood magazine I elected to try a desk with a bent laminated top veneered in walnut burl [...]

Drill Press

I’ve had the same drill press for nearly 20 years. I have always used the same breaker bar and socket to adjust the table. It’s the only place I typically use this socket and bar so since the first year of use I’ve let this breaker bar hang from the tables adjustment bolt.

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A Kaizen a day keeps the ________.

Kaizen is one of the key elements of a Lean workplace. Most people, I find, only give passing thought to this idea of Continuous Improvement as it is translated into english.