WALKO WORKBENCH SYSTEM

 

Today on the second day of our building weeks we did all the preparation, the biggest tasks was the cutting of all the plywood plates. Perfectly equipped with the tools from festool and the Walko workbench system it was an easy and also comfortable task, we wondered how the students make the systen their own in such a short time.

For more info have a look at www.walko.nl

 

BUILDING WEEK DAY 1 FESTOOL AND WALKO INTRO

Today the first day of the bucky lab building weeks started, the weather was mixed but our tent was nearly perfect set up. Its quite a hassle if you are building a workshop and dont have a place to store all the tools, but this will change over the coming days. In the morning the team from Festool and Mr. Walko himself arrived and we started with a proper instruction of the tools and systems we are using. Divided in 3 groups we used the morning to give safety instructions and showed how to work with the tools.

After a short lunch break the students could not wait to get their hands on the tools and on the smile of their faces you can see that they really liked to work with them.

The assignment was a small stool that included most of the tools we will work with for the next days.

The day was running fast and everyone was tired but happy at the end of the day. The tent concept worked very well so we are also pleased that the whole concept of building outside of the faculty paid off right now.

We are looking forward for tomorrow to start the preparation for the flight case build.

We have to thank Frans and Hans from Festool and Bart from Walko for their great effort to teach the students some tricks and how to work, this was a perfect start for the next two weeks.

And by the way...the coffee machine works now !

TENT FITS LIKE A GLOVE

Today the tent was set up, we measured it before and the the place was prepared to fit the tent. Finally we have to say the 15x6m tent fits like a glove, 10 cm longer or wider and we had a problem, but fortunately everything works according to the planning.

With a nice flat floor we have a secure place to set up our mobile workshop tomorrow.

 

 

COFFEE MACHINE HOW IT WORKS

We got our coffee machine from Douwe Egberts this friday and we already set it up in our basement storage room. Thats how a workshop should look like...This one is an instant coffee machine, which allows us to operate it in the tent without a constant water supply. What we didnt know was how it works in detail. The coffee comes in a frozen pack containing a very strong sirup, that is made by setting a normal coffee in huge barrels and will then condensed into a honey like fluid by getting rid of all the water, in the end this is a 20 times stronger espresso that will be mixed again with boiling water. This one is also able to serve cappucino so a box of milk is also within the machine. To keep all the ingredients fresh, the machine has a frigde also, quite interesting how much temperature differences the coffee passes till it is served.

 

ALMOST READY

 

The big tools already arrived...just kidding, they are monitoring the structure of the tower from the faculty. Having placed a picture from the same perspective two days ealier, we couldnt resist. We will actually build also on the other side of the building.

 

THE TIME IS RUNNING

 

 

The time on our clock is running fast, monday morning our building weeks will start for the very first time not in the old workshop but in a tent. Thank you festool for the lovely clock by the way !

INTERNATIONAL PLYWOOD PACKAGE ARRIVED

Perfect timing for the delivery of the plywood plates today. The sky opened for a moment and we were able to unload the truck under dry conditions. We werent able to fill in the form early enough to get our faculties forklift, but fortunately the street was under construction and the friendly excavator operator was openminded to help us. The first time we were happy that a road was closed for repair ...someones problems someone elses happyness.

 

We got a decent price from International Plywood BV for the building material and a very good advise which material will be the best to use for our flightcases. Did you know, that the plates have different names internationally ? In Germany its Multiplex, in the Netherlands Triplex, even if it has more than 3 layers and in the United States of America its plywood.

Have a look on http://www.intplywood.nl/