On a Thursday morning last month, Pratt walked me through the factory’s main building—there are three in total—demonstrating the prosaic manufacturing process of Mid-Continent’s most profitable product: Paper Tape Strip Nails, a row of thirty-three nails held together by paper, made to be used in nail guns. Pay here is modest, from $11.50 an hour for new hires to twenty-five dollars an hour for those with engineering skills, but Pratt clearly pays attention to what’s going on in the lives of his employees. When he was eight years old, in Puxico, Missouri, a rural town of fewer than a thousand people, his mother suffered a ruptured aneurysm and spent months in a St. Louis hospital. His father, who repaired furnaces for a living, remained at her side; his father’s boss invited Pratt and his two sisters to stay with his family, and paid Pratt’s dad even while he wasn’t working. Pratt, the first in his family to attend college, studied accounting at Southeastern Missouri State University and received a job offer from a Big Eight accounting firm after graduation. But, rather than moving to St. Louis, he married his high-school sweetheart, settled in Puxico, just a mile from his childhood home, and began work at Mid-Continent. He started as an accountant and eventually worked his way to plant manager. He never forgot the act of generosity that his father received from his employer.
Image credit: Adam Jakubiak, royalty free. Note: This is a stock image, not an image of one of NBN Co’s towers.
Our RMA 448 TC package came supplied with a recommended AP 300 battery and AL101 charger combination, although that combo wouldn’t have been our first choice. The single battery doesn’t make full use of the RMA 448 TC’s full twin battery potential,and the charger is woefully, glacially slow for such a large battery. The green charger light flashes for an eternity as the battery’s four segments illuminate at a rate of slower than one per hour.
There are productivity benefits from sourcing the laser cutting machine and press brakes from the same supplier in that all use the same BySoft 7 software. When a new component is designed in Indespension’s SolidWorks CAD system and exported to the Bystronic control software, which itself contains powerful 3D CAD/CAM functionality, the model generates a program for laser cutting and a sequence for bending the component, including backgauge position and tool plan, thereby minimizing delay and downtime.
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Extensive testing has been conducted on rocket technology to ensure performance of SS2 in its drive to suborbital space. The rocket has now been qualified for human-rated service. Shown here, a rocket moved into position for testing. Source | TSC
Gotta love the fear of the unkown / NIMBY. They will buy a mircowave oven and get an x-ray but they won’t have a radio wave tower constructed.
There’s sooo much to eat in Uptown Oakland. Here are some of the best of the sit-down restaurants—for grab-and-go, sweets, and more, click here. // Tucked away inside The Gastropig, Abstract Table (2123 Franklin St.) is a multi-course dining experience that manages to mix the quality and innovation of an upscale prix fixe meal with the laid-back atmosphere of a friend’s dinner party. A sort of "permanent pop-up," Abstract Table offers just two seatings (6pm and 8:30pm) every Friday and Saturday, with reservations for either a five- or seven-course meal only available on Resy ($50–70). // Itani Ramen (1736 Telegraph Ave.) serves the best of slurpable cuisine, with a seasonally changing menu that shows finesse and an intimate familiarity with Japanese food. // As the unofficial centerpiece of The Hive, Calavera (2337 Broadway) immediately beckons with exposed brick, soaring ceilings, an open kitchen, and a meticulously organized wall of spirits. Adventurous diners will get a kick out of duck confit tacos and guacamole topped with Oaxacan chapulines (grasshoppers). It’s hard to go wrong with one of the bar’s tequila and mezcal selections. // Hopscotch (1915 San Pablo Ave.) helped solidify Uptown Oakland as a dining destination, and still churns out one of the tastiest take-out options in the area: the to-go bucket of fried chicken. // Casual vibes make alaMar Kitchen and Bar (100 Grand Ave.) the perfect place for dollar oysters and drink specials on game day, girls’ night out, and a relaxed evening over craft-your-own seafood boils or Cajun crawl packs with peel-and-eat shrimp and crab to feed a crowd. // Montreal-style bagels are now available in Uptown, with the second location of Beauty’s Bagel Shop (1700 Franklin St.) serving wood-fired bagels topped with silky cream cheese and smoked salmon, sandwiching fried chicken, or alongside chicken scrapple (cornmeal laced with chicken and pan fried). // Shiba Ramen (1438 Broadway) lends itself to a satisfying yet casual experience with five menu standbys that vary by broth (clear, spicy, soymilk), and sides including Nagoya-style fried chicken wings and gyoza. // The Oaxacan-infused Agave Uptown (2135 Franklin St.) features a colorful folk art mural, authentic renditions of dishes such as molcajete and prawns diabla, and an impressive array of mezcals. // One of the first restaurants to recognize Uptown’s potential, Flora (1900 Telegraph Ave.) capitalizes on its Art Deco exterior and proximity to the Fox to serve elevated seasonal dishes and cocktails // Caribbean flavors collide at Kingston 11 (2270 Telegraph Ave.), and weekends bring a lively crowd for island-inspired libations and classic roots and reggae music. // At Dosa by Dosa (2301 Broadway), enjoy lunch and dinner, or order both alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails and chais from the all-day bar. Street food–inspired favorites include the butter chicken street wrap, the masala potato dosa, and idli fries.
“In the past, a person had to hold the product by hand, so it could be dangerous,” he says. Through the new process, the aluminum is fed through a line and into a saw that is enclosed in a protective housing and programmed beforehand to cut the piece to a specific length for customers.