Lean Cabinet Making

A listener submitted this video showing how he cut 2 hours out of a 5 hour process when making cabinet doors. Now that’s lean!!!

10.27.12 | Categories: Lean Organizations

Edge Banding Station

Check out this video submitted by a listener showing off the edge banding station he created. For more information on FastCap’s Fastedge, visit our website.

10.25.12 | Categories: FastCap Products, Lean Organizations

Templates with FastCap SpeedTape

Dave West of Meadow View Construction demonstrates how he uses FastCap SpeedTape for attaching templates to a work surface before running them through a router with a bearing bit.

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10.23.12 | Categories: Lean Organizations

The American Innovator – Characteristics of a Great Innovator

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, discusses Isaac, a great innovator. Isaac possesses the characteristics of a great innovator: humbleness, persistence, gratefulness.

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Point of Use Tooling

Shop 56A at the Puget Sound Navy Shipyard shared this video of how they re-tooled their shop to make it much more lean. Quite inspiring!

10.17.12 | Categories: Lean Organizations

Lean Rigging & Re-Purposing

The gang at Walters & Wolf were busy using lean principles to organize their rigging. For more lean ideas, visit 2 Second lean.

10.16.12 | Categories: Lean Organizations

Wire Mess

Walters and Wolf show how they use FastCap’s FastWrap to help organize their Computer wires. For more information on this product, visit our website.

Lean Email

Paul Akers demonstrates how to create lean audio email.

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The American Innovator – Survival is Not Mandatory

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator broadcast, shares an example from Clyde about how overproduction had devastating effects for one organization.

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FastCap’s SuperMount on DIY steadicam for my iPhone

“The FastCap SuperMount is incredibly versatile as shown here mounted to my DIY steadicam shoulder rig. It simply screws onto the Manfrotto quick release mounting plate and securely holds my iPhone, any smartphone or small digital camera.” David West of MV Construction

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09.24.12 | Categories: FastCap Products, Lean Organizations