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Post by GhostFist on Oct 25, 2017 18:14:40 GMT -5
I'm of the same school as you. I'm just using it as an example as I've certainly seen guys do it that way(miter saw).
For the record I don't own a miter saw.
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Post by Tom Gensmer on Oct 26, 2017 8:33:08 GMT -5
I agree Tom. Just collecting some numbers so we have something to measure. Would be nice to get a pool of data from various users so we can create an overall average. If anyone has a faster average time would be nice to know what they are doing different, stressing of course that you're not racing the clock or others, just working at your natural pace. To go intobfurther detail each operation can be broken down into individual steps and each step can be timed. This allows us to see what takes the most time so we can analyse how to streamline the whole process. I know it sounds like a lot of nonsense but it's a way to prove and improve overall efficiency. For example. One site has a pile of lumber that needs to be cut to the same length. Using a miter saw station, what are the individual steps taken to achieve this task and times for each step. Compare that to using a kss saw or something similar and cutting off the pile. Which is actually saving time? How does this affect your profit? i framed houses for years. some guys would set up a miter saw station for precut things and said it saved them time. But my theory was i want to pick up and move lumber as few times as possible so i always cut on the pile and took it right to where it needed to go. i felt the miter saw station i was handling the lumber too many times to save myself any time. headers we just nailed them together marked them and cut them right on the pile and brought them over to where the door or window was to be framed. jack studs we just cut 11-1/2 off a stud from the top layer of a skid of 2x4's then nailed them to the full one lying underneath then brought them to the wall being framed. rafters were the only thing i'd knock together two 16 -20 foot saw horses out of what ever 2x10 lying around and spread out as many would fit then mark them all with a template and cut my way down the line. but even then it was lift onto the horses, cut then bring them were they needed to go. less wasted lifting, moving and steps. move the lumber once where it needs to go. or try you best. i can honestly say i have never used a miter saw station for anything but running trim work. I've subscribed to the "Take the small thing to the big thing" work flow. For framing, that generally means cutting on the pile with a KSS saw. It's only when cutting little pieces of blocking that I'll break out the Erika when framing. Likewise, when running millwork I'll often cut window and door casings on the pile with my KSS saw. Sometimes these are the finished cuts, other times it's to break the materials down to a manageable size, then they go to the Erika. |
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