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Archive for Lean Homes

Want to keep blinds in their place?

Brian Kliss, of Kliss Cabinets, get creative with FastCap’s PowerMags and Kolbe Korners to keep his blinds in place and fix what bugs him!

Clear ChopShop Sawhood

Paul Akers designed a Clear ChopShop Sawhood made with plexiglass for his home shop. His chop saw sits in from of the window so he didn’t want to block the light, or see the saw from outside. This currently isn’t a FastCap product, but base on interest, it might be.

You’re never too young for making shop improvements!

Allen Bonthuis sent us this video and said, “You and 2 second Lean are a great inspiration to me working in the agricultural field and trying to help my customers get started in Lean. You have also inspired me to take Lean into my own woodshop and there are some videos of that coming soon to YouTube and Facebook. What I wanted to share with you today though is my fun day in the shop with my grandson yesterday. He started asking questions about my new work table and why I was taking apart my old work bench and well you can see for yourself what happened…”

Was Thomas Jefferson Lean?

Happy Independent’s Day! This Thomas Riner video showing how Thomas Jefferson fixed what bugs him seem appropriate to share today!

When Woodworking Tools meet Gardening Tools

Paul Akers uses creativity and FastCap tools to make hedging fun and easy.

For more information on FastCap’s 3rd Hand HD, visit our website.

For more information on the Maruyama M42BK, visit their website.

Kaizen Foam in the Kitchen

Patrick Molzahn sent us this video showing how he used Kaizen Foam to help organize his kitchen. Looking good!

FastCap’s Label System

Paul responds to questions from his Home Shop video (https://youtu.be/TG6QMFexLwg) providing more information about FastCap Labels.

For more information on these products, go to these links:
Erasable Kaizen Labels
Fastcaps (various sized labels)

Lean at my Home Woodshop

Paul Aker always says the real litmus test for whether you get Lean is whether you do it at home. So he takes us on a tour of his home shop.

Have you fixed sometime that bugs you today?

Ashley Bailey, of Klime-Ezee, sent us this video showing how he used FastCap’s Kaizen Foam and SpeedTape to fix what bugs him.

Paul Akers’s 2015 Year End Message

Paul Akers discusses the nitty-gritty of lean at his house. A true confession for more 3S’ing (Sweep, Sort & Standardize) and quality.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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