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[Cheese]

Did anyone else notice how little dust escapes that Mafell saw?  It’s quite an impressive piece of equipment.

 

[squall_line]

Did anyone else notice how little dust escapes that Mafell saw?  It’s quite an impressive piece of equipment.

I didn't notice until you said something.  I had to stop watching the video on repeat for the sake of my pocketbook...

 

[PaulMarcel]

As for that Mafell, seems like Festool or some third party could make the wall-board blade or kerf-cutting blade for the HK-85. It already has an expanding dado blade. 500W more power, too. Granted, NAINA

 

[luvmytoolz]

As for that Mafell, seems like Festool or some third party could make the wall-board blade or kerf-cutting blade for the HK-85. It already has an expanding dado blade. 500W more power, too. Granted, NAINA

Whitehill in the UK can make custom cutters, and have available two stock cutters for the HK85 groove kit that I'm lusting for after I sell a kidney to buy the Festool groove kit:
https://www.whitehill-tools.com/cutter-heads/cutterheads-festool/cutters-for-festool-hk85-saw/

 

[PaulMarcel]

Whitehill in the UK can make custom cutters, and have available two stock cutters for the HK85 groove kit that I'm lusting for after I sell a kidney to buy the Festool groove kit:
https://www.whitehill-tools.com/cutter-heads/cutterheads-festool/cutters-for-festool-hk85-saw/

Oh, nice, exactly what I was thinking. Wonder if you can get the dado blade cover plate separately from Festool; probably through EKAT.

Lucky you, you could toss in one lobe of your liver, too, and do that whole frog thing and grow it back...

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Do the installers ever prank you with a phone call, "dude, you built it turning to the right, but it needs to turn to the left!"

No, I've never had that happen, but there have been "incidents". I had one come back for repair because the delivery truck got into a wreck. I had one that was "supposed to fit" by the measurements given at the time.....and somebody moved a wall. I have had several that had to be lifted into a window with either a crane or Telehandler. And of course my favorite, the one who someone decided they wanted on the second floor.....after I was built to go right inside the door on the first floor.
It was built as one piece and had to be cut in half, with the ability to put it back together.
These are all things that I am very conscious of at the beginning of every big job.
A lot of times the real restriction is the delivery truck itself. It has a liftgate and that brings its own challenges.
In most cases "reception desks" are just inside of a double door, which is easy. But they don't all go that way. A lot of these big units are nurse stations. Those can be anywhere, on any floor and there are usually several of them. Generally matchy with each other, but sizes very per layout.
There was one hospital (new construction, not remodel) that I did a few years ago that had 24 nurse stations, 5 check-in desks, the main reception desk and a payment counseling area. They all had the same two contrasting colors of laminate and similar style. That was a busy summer. During the final push to get it done, I built 4 of the nurse stations at the same time....and that was in the old building. There was less than 1/3rd of the square footage of where we are now.
That was way more than you wanted to know, sorry  [eek]

 

[LazyGretlWoodWorks]

That was way more than you wanted to know, sorry  [eek]

No, man. I love these stories.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

That was way more than you wanted to know, sorry  [eek]

No, man. I love these stories.

I've got 20+ years' worth of them and some come out from the most random reasons.

 

[PaulMarcel]

That was way more than you wanted to know, sorry  [eek]

That was awesome! Just the sheer size of your builds makes things you normally wouldn't consider an important detail.

Hospitals must have decent ways of getting large items to a floor considering all the machinery they have on various floors and their hallways seem roomy.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

That was way more than you wanted to know, sorry  [eek]

That was awesome! Just the sheer size of your builds makes things you normally wouldn't consider an important detail.

Hospitals must have decent ways of getting large items to a floor considering all the machinery they have on various floors and their hallways seem roomy.

Yes, they are usually fairly easy to navigate. New buildings or full wing additions are the best. Remodels can be a bit more of a struggle. The sometimes complain about noise (hammer drills especially) and dust collection is important.

The funny thing is, I haven't built anything big in a while  [blink]
Just before the move I built a wall/desk unit for a local BMV facility that was a big L shape. It was 50 feet long in one direction and 34 feet in the other. it had 9 "windows" to serve customers. That thing was so big that we had to move some equipment around to fit it in....then put it back.
There was a run of 3 remodels that summer, but the others were smaller.

There is a little dialog box on the front page of our shop drawings that is specifically for elevator dimensions. Getting that information is part of the project manager's job, though sometimes they make special provisions like leaving out interior walls (or windows) until a certain date.