I have been working so much lately, that there is really not that much to report. I was at ATS from 7:00 to 9:00 yesterday, so I did not even get to unload the dirt from the pickup that Lorena had purchased earlier in the day. Kelly and Christian went with Lorena to rotate the tires and change the oil in the pickup followed by a trip to by dirt and fertilizer.
Dad went to the doctor yesterday to have his knee examined. The good news is there will be no knee replacement. The bad news is there he has some arthritis in the knee and there will need to some be minor microsurgery to remove some cartilage. Dad is driving over to Idaho today to take the new machine. When I talked to Ron last night, he mentioned that the orders we have been receiving from Millsource in Phoenix for Home Depot have been increasing greatly. We should be getting some big orders from Orepac too, now that we can make the universal corners cheaply and can produce 1-1/2 inch radius corners.
Dad’s idea to make a general 3/4 inch radius corner machine similar to the universal corner machine has us all inspired. We will cut our wood costs in half and our labor costs by two thirds. The machine makes parts smooth enough that they might not need to be sanded and it makes than at a rate of fifteen parts per minute instead of three parts per minute like the older machines. We are hoping to be able to get the Sauder business by driving our cost and prices down while we maintain our margins.