So now that the Rolling Acres shop is closed, and the contractor is on site working towards updating the shop's Dust Collection system, Special Projects has once again welcomed us into their home. After a week of disorganization and cluttering up the Special Projects workspace setting up our machines, we have to apologize to everyone in Special Projects for all the disorganization and chaos we brought to your house.
We’re finally back in production. Well, sort of anyway…. We can’t find anything. Nothing is where it was,… most of it,… is in cardboard boxes, stored in several places, and the question heard most is,…. Does anyone know where we put the ………….. ? OK, I know, it’s gonna get better.
As some of you may have noticed we brought a lot more tools this time, since we expect this may take several months before we can get back to the RA shop. During our first trip to Brownwood, we pre-cut many of the toys before coming to Brownwood and focused more on assembling them. This time, (3 months) that’s a bit more impractical. Hence, we brought all of our stationary and hand tools. And the reason for this is to lessen the impact we would have on the general shop. Consider how unpopular we might become if we tied up (for example) the only ¼ inch bladed Bandsaw for 3-4 hours at a time, multiple days a week, cutting up stock for 50 - 100 toys. On average, we make over 700 toys per month. Our goal is to not impact the general shop area.
In the coming weeks, we’re going to set up a display of some of the toys we make, and I would like to invite you all to stop by and say hello and see what we’re making.