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Air Tight Electrical Box

NOTE: This product has been discontinued. If you have questions please call us at 888-443-3748.

Paul Akers demonstrates the Air Tight Box (ATB). This is designed to make an air-tight home that much easier!

For more information on FastCap’s Air Tight Box, visit our website.

Farming Variance

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video where is discusses how reducing variance can reduce waste.

For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

Matthew McConaughey Winning Best Actor

Absolutely fantastic! The best acceptance speech I’ve ever heard at the Academy Awards. It Is amazing what happens to human being when they are properly aligned. We watched this at our morning meeting!

Zero Clearance Insert Plate Project

Izzy Swan, of Think Woodworks, sent us this video showing how to make a zero clearance insert plate for a table saw with p.v.c. He used the following FastCap products:
SpeedBrace
Tip Magnet
2P-10

The American Innovator – Day 3 Myanmar (Bagan)

Paul Akers, of The American Innovator, on his third day in Myanmar, travels to Bagan, an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. He captured it all using FastCap’s iPole, FastCam (Action Camera), and DJI’s Phantom 3. Please Note: The FastCam has been discontinued.

For more information on Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), visit their website.
 
For more information on DJI’s Phantom 3, visit their website.

For more information on FastCap’s iPole, visit our website.

For more information on The American Innovator, visit our website or Facebook.

For more information on lean, go to 2 Second Lean or Facebook.

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Shoot Straight Every Time!

Brian Kliss, of Kliss Cabinets (www.klisscabinets.com) sent us this video demonstrating on how to use 4 FastCap PowerMags to assure your staples go in straight every time! For more information on FastCap’s PowerMags, visit our website.

How many FastCap product can you find?

Brian Sheldon, of Sheldon Woodworks, sent us this video. How many FastCap products can you find?

The 11th Finger
PROCarpenter Tape Measures
Skins Gloves

How to Start Lean?

Question: We have taken on the 2SL journey tailored around FastCap version. I am one of our companies green belts and was hoping for some insight on how to come across to my peers on how to start 2SL journey in their own branches.

Paul’s Response: This is actually one of the easiest questions to answer. It is called “first pants then shoes sequence”. When we get dressed every morning we first put on our pants and then we put on our shoes. If we do it out of order, we will fail and we will be miserable and struggle.

You start lean by first “you getting really good at continuous improvement”. You will then become a magnet and everyone will be attracted to you and what you were trying to teaching. Lean will be much easy to explain and implement and you will have many people that will quickly want to join your team. The world loves excellence…think Michael Jordan!

On the other hand if you tell them they need to do it and you haven’t done it, you might as will put on your shoes on first and then put your pants on.

Credit for the analogy of pants then shoes goes to Matt Stodola from Excel Pacific builders. Matt is a highly accomplished builder and runs some of the best jobs I’ve ever seen. Matt also did a 30 second video with me last night, explaining that some people would rather not change they would prefer to keep hammering with a rock!

More Lean Pigs

Thomas Riner, of Fancy Hill Farms, sent us this video showing how lean farming practices produce lean pig meat.

For more information on lean, visit 2 Second Lean.

SafeCut Replacement Blades

Jon demonstrates how to replace the blade on FastCap’s SafeCut Mouse. The Replacement Blade come in a 5 pack and can be ordered here.

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