Papercreters: Re: [papercreters] Jay Cleaning up our act.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Re: [papercreters] Jay Cleaning up our act.

Greetings,
When I say neat, I meant neat for a work site. Of course it doesn't
look like home and garden magazine. I like to be organized so I can
work more efficiently. The way we had it set up, one person could do
400 lbs of paper in 8 loads per day by herself. And still keep house,
look after the farm and everything else I had to do.

Bright Blessings,
Garth & Kim Travis
www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
Bedias, Texas

On 3/26/2012 11:46 AM, Donald Miller wrote:
> Wow! I'm headin' out right now to start cleaning up my "mess". I think
> the most important thing is to make blocks/poured walls instead of
> fussing over what the construction zone looks like. When the job is
> finished is the time to pretty things up. What looks messy to one person
> works fine for another. Some people stress more over details, others
> don't. My shop I suppose looks messy to someone else but I know where
> everything is and it works fine for me. Construction sites by their
> nature do not look like a better homes and gardens centerpiece.
>
> --- On *Mon, 3/26/12, Garth & Kim Travis /<gartht@windstream.net>/* wrote:
>
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> From: Garth & Kim Travis <gartht@windstream.net>
> Subject: Re: [papercreters] Jay Cleaning up our act.
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, March 26, 2012, 4:51 AM
>
> Greetings,
>
> The pictures I had are not on this computer, they may be archived
> somewhere, but I am not sure.
>
> One thing we did when we were using a tow mixer, was we had 4 fiftyfive
> gallon drums up on a stand for soaking our paper. We could drive our
> mixer under them, and dump a barrel of presoaked paper, 50 pounds worth
> if I remember correctly into our mixer. We had our paper storage in a
> cage, so the wind didn't cause havoc right next to it.
>
> Our papercrete area stayed really neat when using this system. But, our
> tow mixer didn't last.
>
> At present, we are moving the entire setup to be under a roof. Either
> is it too hot to want to be out there, or it is raining. Both of which
> we find slow down production.
>
> Laying out the area for efficient production is important to us. One
> thing that came our way was some of those tube things from the back
> of a
> concrete truck. We are looking at using them to move the papercrete
> from the mixer to the forms. Our building will be strong enough to be
> able to hang them, so they pivot.
>
> I am interested in seeing what other people have come up with, as re
> inventing the wheel is not my thing.
>
> Bright Blessings,
> Garth & Kim Travis
> www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
> Bedias, Texas
> What are your thoughts?
> > What do you think are the best practices?
> >
> > Do you have any photos that demonstrate what works really
> > well for you?
> >
> > Do you have any photos of problems you are having that you
> > would like some suggestions on how to organize your work
> > site better?
> >
> > Do you wish you could find a way to work cleaner?
> >
> > Let's not hide from the mess. Let's face the mess and find
> > ways to clean it up.
> > Calle
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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