I worked for a Fortune 50 Beer Company for 35 years and during that time I wrote hundreds of SOP's and Process Flow charts and process flow documents. What we found was that taking the time to create a good process flow chart reduced our costs substantially over the years and we reduced the number of repetitive motion injuries. Because people and employees learn in different ways. Some people learn by reading and some people learn by looking at a visual. So along with a written process flow document I always included a diagram with instructions. They are tedious to write but you are correct Doug they are beneficial to any operation. Thanks for this and all of your videos

@MikeZMonroe

19 күн бұрын

Absolutely. I worked for a major aerospace engine company manufacturer. We strongly encouraged our contracted subcontractors to implement these concepts as a way of doing business.

That cycle counter is a pretty cool idea

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

@@HometownAcres I bet I could hook a guy up. Wait, how did you see that in fast forward??? 😂

THERE YA GO DOUG…creating a BETTER WAY to do something! Thanks, Tim in northern TN

Good job Doug! Love that you are always working to make it better. Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend with your family and friends. Take care, Brent

@OneEyeCustoms

18 күн бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Doug, always enjoy your videos, your attention to work flow, process, tool placement, and ease of operations, in all your projects, makes the 'work' not feel like a burden. Good stuff.

I finally got my sawmill and I'm slowly working the process out before I build a sawmill shack. I want to do it right the first time and process flow is the way I'll do it. I watch a lot of sawmill channels and see what I like about their set ups and then work it into mine. It takes a while to get all the info, but in the end, I'll have a process/mill operation that works best for me. Thanks for the thoughts!

Looks like you have a cool spot to work in

Could not agree more. A good practice is to, before you work out your workflow, take the time to scratch out your current-state workflow. This will highlight all the gaps in your current state and you can address them in your future state workflow. Organization is key. Taking the time to get organized and stay organized pays off in spades. People can’t seem to find the time to get organized, but the truth is, you can’t afford the time disorganization cost you. And then there is cleanliness. I don’t do firewood. I’m a woodworker. I cannot tell you how many shops I’ve been in - or seen on KZread - that look like obsticle courses in a junkyard. Unsafe and unproductive. Clean up and put your tools away every day and throughout the workday. Doug, you are a fine example of the positive side of all these things. That’s one big reason I enjoy your channel.

I've been busy did a binge on your videos to catch up cool stuff

Good explanations. There’s always a way to improve the process and that’s the cool part. Thinking how can I make this quicker / easier / less laborious. The cycle counter is a nice touch. Have a good week Doug!

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

Thanks Bob!! 😊

I was a manufacturing engineer so, yeah, I get it.

I agree with you about process flow. I stopped watching a few channels because they were making things way too laborious. I’m a one man operation with no lifting equipment so proper flow keeps me from wearing myself out.

Dude. I do the same when I am moving round bales. And logs. Great video!!!

@OneEyeCustoms

16 күн бұрын

Cool, thanks!

Love the way your brain works, Doug! Smooth process, enjoyable workflow. 👍

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

You are the KING of Smarter not Harder!❤😊

Very interesting and widely applicable!

Great video Doug. I always preach “economy of motion”.

I am a manufacturing engineer guy and I was wondering the same thing for a while about what cycle time would be with this machine. All depends on what your size for cuts. I do a lot of maple syruping so my cuts would be a little smaller based on our cookers. Thank you for doing this video. Puts a better perspective toward what the machine can do.

Hey Doug- great video and process! I do wonder if you could lower the splitter so that you are grabbing the logs at the splitter height. Maybe the option to dig down a little? Keep the great videos coming!

Good info.

I appreciate you talking us through the entire flow of the system at your place. Great job!

@OneEyeCustoms

19 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

hi there really good show . been preaching that for years , everyone thinks i am crazy , the hang up most the time is not the wood splitter , i named it years ago " WOOD SPLITTER MERRY GO ROUND "also do not care for log lifts if you have a loader of some type , just to slow . don't like conveyors for small time like me , i stack wood my wood why do i want to pick it up one more time ,i stack my totes in a easy way to hold about 9 cubic feet more , and cover them different as well . i dont care for multi split wedges , watch people chacing the splits or stuck , then it up / down . i can comfortably split and stack 1/3 cord in 20-25 mins, . i promote a heavy table way faster than most anything out there and a lot easier. best to all john PS when your ready to modify your splitter it will cut your time by 1/3 , let me know best to all john

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

@@fricknjeep would love to hear your time savings ideas!!!

I was literally the low man on the totem pole for the last company I worked for in construction and the other guys were okay guys but they didn’t have any sense of work flow or organization and usually it after my tripping on something or falling over the mess that they had made I would loose my cool and clean up the whole job site yelling and ranting about how it would work better with flow and organization then our company owner would show up and chew my butt for wasting time cleaning up. Enough of that i quit the company and started my own. Some people just don’t want to learn. Blessings brother.

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

Awesome, good for you and congrats for taking the leap towards owning your own company!

It is a key thing, kaizen was a subject I studied a lot many years ago. Taking additional civil engineering training in recent years (for large roadworks etc), it changed how I looked at most every job. Small jobs, where you don't have benefit of a lot of labour resources in particular. But in handling stuff even such as paper and file archives, you come across horror shows and real inefficiency.

@brucemitchell5637

20 күн бұрын

A lot of large corporations actually hire efficiency experts to come in and study their manufacturing operations and make suggestions as to how to improve efficiency. Quite often that's all it takes is another set of eyes to look at a problem and come up with a solution that no one ever thought of.

@anglingmailbox3236

18 күн бұрын

​@@brucemitchell5637In manufacturing I've read of examples of where large pieces of mechanism were removed from a process. The larger purpose made mechanisms being super efficient at doing one thing, but caused more trouble than it was worth, by giving away too much flexibility needed to alter the process later.

@anglingmailbox3236

18 күн бұрын

It's also why with saws I purposefully forced myself at additional time and expense, to learn not only one chain saw but a range of types. I discovered on my more ambitious projects, that using the wrong tool, started to cost substantial time and money after a short while (often though, one persists with equipment that one is familiar with). We all do it. With brush cutters too, it can cost one dearly (a large brush cutter gobbles fuel but kills off a substantial job involving many acres of ground a lot quicker). Conversely, a large brush cutter in garden or lawn work is a joke. You spend all you're time re-fuelling, and not enough time getting it done.

Excellent application of lessons I use at work to the challenges I face around the homestead. Thanks for the good video.

Hi Doug, You do a good job with the wood 🪵

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍

@AmandaDoll-hi4dr

20 күн бұрын

You are welcome Doug

Shoutout to Autumn for all that camera work! All of your emphasis on flow and process is so true and so helpful. When I was a teen, I worked at In N Out burger- their process was so buttoned up and extremely well maintained. As an employee, you never had to move more than a few steps to get something done. And they had very tight rules around safety. A whole ‘system’ if you will. Anyway, I see the paint is rubbing off on the top of the surface of the bucking awesome station. Do you plan to re paint or might you add some steel edging to the top? Thanks for the video. Outstanding always.

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

I’m sure I will add some sort of rub rails over time.

Hi Doug: Excellent video- Work flow is so important to remain productive and work efficiently. As I get older, I also noticed repetitive motion injury is an issue. So I change tasks more frequently to reduce that risk of injury.

Good video explaining your process 👍 A good plan makes the work faster and less strenuous.

Thanks for another influential video. Your videos have been insightful as I setup my work/hobby shop and complete projects around our house. You have given me a new way to look at things. Cheers!

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

@@daverahrman5662 thank you, that is very kind of you!

Little flex for the thumbnail 😂

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

Not really, but it sure looks that way.

@Deutschehordenelite

20 күн бұрын

@@OneEyeCustoms Looking good 💪😁

Love the counter idea! Made me smile. Kind regards

Good morning, Doug I’ve spent most of my working life in Quality Assurance and Process control facilitating 5S Programs finding out that Efficiency is more than saving time it’s benefit stream covers a lot value added benefits. One story that comes to mind is a Group of Hikers trying to make it to the next camp site before night fall. They placed the fastest hiker up front, but the group got spread out and were disorganized, some were getting hurt trying to keep up. So next they noticed that some hikers were carrying more weight than others, so they tried to spread the weight evenly among the hikers that helped a little in the short term. But that didn’t help in the long run since some hikers were just naturally slower hikers than others, resulting in the hikers being spread out again where they had to constantly wait for others to keep up. Determined to solve the problem and get to the camp site by nightfall, they placed the slowest hiker at the front. This kept the group together where they set up a good pace and all got to the campsite before nightfall. This story harmonizes your points of spreading the workloads and lead with the slowest function and harmonize the throughput. BTW I used MS Visio for my flowcharting of the process including inspection points and roadblocks in the process, everyone had a say, All Inputs Were Gratefully Accepted. 😀👍👍👍

Always a pleasure …

Now that's a well organized setup.. and thanks for not pointing out my flaws on KZread 😂

@dilbotmacguillacutty4849

20 күн бұрын

Subbed😊

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Good works for workflow wisdom. In a former life you must have been an engineer or a company auditor - LOL. Stay safe.

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

Actually both. Lol

Damn Doug! Flexing the pythons on us in the thumbnail!

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

That wasn’t the intention but sure looks that way, sorry!

@BacktoBob1

20 күн бұрын

@@OneEyeCustomsLOL don’t be sorry

@dilbotmacguillacutty4849

20 күн бұрын

Lol. Firewood heats you more than once... makes the ladies hot n bothered too.😂

Coincidence would have Chris, "In the Wood Yard" said the exact same thing today. Spock was mentioned, use common sense and logic. Live long and proper. Logic and common sense allows this. So, I agree that some people need it laid on the table and have it explained to them as they don't have these qualities. One thing I noticed I had not seen before is the angled log lift. Wood Ridge put some thought and planning into that great idea! That makes the process much more streamlined.

You are right, its all about log handling..

Process improvement is what I did for around 35 years so I enjoy your content. Couple questions. If you had it to do over would you increase the angle on the slide of the bucking table maybe a shorter slide and more angle? Lastly for your counter maybe a cable/strap instead of the chain?

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

At this point, I’m pretty happy with it and still putting it through the paces. No plans to change it yet. The counter was just a quick idea I had and it needs refining at some point. Yes, a cable would be much better!

You can tell you have a background in manufacturing! I always struggle to do enough of the same thing to get a process down LOOK A SQUIRREL!

I'm sure I would frustrate more people if I posted more video's of me processing firewood. I do things that make sense to my situation but looks inefficient to others. Adapt and overcome! I do love your technique of off-setting of the tote on the outfeed table of the splitter. I've been doing it since your video last fall/winter.

@OneEyeCustoms

20 күн бұрын

We all have our limitations and find work arounds for everything! You have faced challenges and never slowed up!

@bioniclife

20 күн бұрын

@@OneEyeCustoms Oh, I'm slow! It's a gift.😆

You have a 2 atv trailer

U r too e-fish-hunt Uno Oc! I haven’t seen a 4 way splitter head on the hot vertical splitters. Y not?

tell your wife that she does very good job.