A Comparison of Thunder Cutting Wheels I Conducted in the Past | Repost
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Since people in the construction industry seem to care so little about sander blades (or maybe I’m just being overly picky?), I’d like to revisit a test I conducted on sander blades a while back. And here’s a test of sander blades from Wakazono Seisakusho, which is just a 5-minute walk from our office…
Virus Prevention! Ways to Avoid Touching Things with Your Hands | Preventing Infection
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, I went to take a look at the hammer that had just been completed. Apparently, the hammer and other parts can be manufactured domestically, but since they can’t produce the other motor-related components, delivery is reportedly being delayed—which is a bit of a problem. Unless the hydraulic unit arrives (from China, I suppose…
Making Tools and Having Fun on the Job | The Ingenuity of Slope Workers
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The other day, I used a milling machine for the first time. It looks something like this—it’s a machine that mills flat surfaces with a precision of 1/100. I used it because I wanted to give a stainless steel nipple of the same diameter a flat finish. To cut the threaded portion…
BMS-360 Winch for Moving Spring Drills | 450 kg Lifting Operations
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. The winch we’ll be using to move the spring drill has arrived! It weighs 12 kg, but it’s a real workhorse—it can lift up to 450 kg! However, it’s a shame that it isn’t waterproof, so we can’t use it when it rains. What we purchased this time is…
Improvement Jigs to Eliminate Human Error (Part 4): Adjustment Work
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Let’s just take it easy during Golden Week! Not that I really need to say that, though... I made some adjustments the other day. It’s for the casing mounting brackets. I attached two 5mm-thick plates diagonally on either side of the locking mechanism. Circle…
Improvement Jigs to Eliminate Human Error (Part 3): Adjustment
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I’m hard at work right in the thick of Golden Week. We’ve got three job sites running full steam ahead. There aren’t many cars on the road during Golden Week, so it’s easy to get work done. That said, I’m already dreading the heavy traffic this coming weekend lol. Anyway, moving on—using the casing lifting device I made the other day…
Improvement Jigs to Eliminate Human Error (Part 2)
Hello, everyone. It’s Enta here. I converted the design from the cardboard box I mentioned the other day into a 3D CAD model and headed to the hardware store first thing this morning. I bought this sheet of steel (T8 × 100 mm) and will be machining it. (Since I have a partner metal shop, the dimensions and sizing are perfect!) Next, I’ll take this to the bending shop…
A Great Creation! On-Site Toolbox | DIY by a Slope Construction Specialist
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. I got a message saying the toolbox I’d ordered a while back was ready, so I went to pick it up right away! What do you think? lol It’s a pretty big toolbox. It’s wide enough to fit snugly into a 4-metric-ton truck, and it’s 1 meter deep. As for the height, the boom of a 4-metric-ton crane hits…
Cut-N-Jer | The Strongest Cutting Blade
Hello, everyone. This is Enta. Aren’t there a ton of stink bugs right now? It was during the first, second, or third phase of construction on the Tokuyama Dam—I think it was about a dozen years ago… There was a massive stink bug infestation back then. And the news reported that it was a major problem nationwide. Even here in Hokkaido, where I live, there were quite a few…