(l to r) Mary Spears, Carisa Sheely, Christopher Main
While there was some really cool hi-tech digital products there, we brought our tried-and-true Sign Maker panel saw, made specifically with sign makers in mind. Complete workhorses for sign shops, we made one machine for all of their cutting needs. No longer need to buy a panel saw AND a mat-cutter. It is equipped with specialty accessories for cutting all of the substrates used in the sign industry, in both directions, vertically and horizontally. This “all-cutting” substrate cutter is ideal for making precision cuts in sheet goods that are up to 1¾ inches thick.
The high tech world IoT was everywhere at ISA 2019 … but a Saw Trax panel saw is a timeless classic!
Home Depot loves the Scoop Dolly for their Window & Door departments. They’ve learned that it keeps their employees safer when moving these large and heavy products, while at the same making it possible for one employee to do the work, rather than two or more. And that helps productivity. Another plus: the employees really like it, too! Scoop Dolly is win/win for employers and employees.
In order to provide the in-store training that their employees will need, Mike (owner) and Christopher (GM) went to a nearby Home Depot yesterday to create a training video, featuring two Home Depot employees.
Setting up to video the tutorial
Setting up the video camera
Mike explaining how to use the Scoop Dolly
Mike explaining the Scoop Dolly use
Mike explaining the directional wheel accessory
Here’s a different Scoop Dolly video if you want to learn more. If you’ve got windows and doors to move and load, the Scoop Dolly will make your life much easier!
Saw Trax owner, Mike Della Polla, and Saw Trax General Manager, Christopher Main were manning our booth at IBS 2019.
It was another great show!
Our featured product, the Scoop Dolly, was a big hit. It’s perfect for moving windows and doors, and also for moving our very own Christopher in a Box! It’s also great for moving large appliances. Mike invented it out of his own need to move and load our vertical panel saws. It solved his problem — maybe it could solve one of yours!
Leverage is the reason the Scoop Dolly is so safe and easy for one person handle large and heavy items such as windows and doors.
Scoop Dolly At Work at a window manufacturerPre-hung door, loaded all by herself!
Yesterday kicked off this year’s International Builders Show in Las Vegas. It’s going great so far! If you’re in the neighborhood, come see us at Booth SU4007.
IBS 2019 Video TeamChristopher in a Box – IBS 2019Christopher Still in the BoxChristopher hanging on tight!Putting Christopher back down!IBS 2019 video team introducing Saw Trax and our Scoop DollyContinue Reading
It happened when demonstrating the Panel Express during the 2012 IWF Show. The Panel Express is an all-terrain, self-adjusting sheet carrier designed for carrying sheet goods in a crowded shop; over air hoses, extension cords, debris, and other obstacles. A visitor to our booth liked the product, but he had other needs.
“I want it to carry my sheet goods, but I also want it to carry my finished cabinets.”
The Panel Express
Clearly, the Panel Express wasn’t going to be the answer this gentleman needed! But those words did inspire the birth of the Dolly Max all-terrain utility dolly.
Dolly Max
The development started with a flat top version of the Panel Express. It then morphed into a box type structure that enclosed the large tires used on the Panel Express and still used the 5” locking casters of the Panel Express. To make the box carry sheet goods, vertical posts were used in different post positions on top and horizontally in different post positions on the sides. E-track openings were added to all sides to allow straps, including E Track straps, for use on the dolly.
By putting the posts through the sides, the carrying capacity almost tripled, allowing it to carry cabinets. By using the posts in vertical and horizontal positions, many different items besides cabinets can be carried – like mattresses, bales of straw etc.
The box was later altered to allow the posts to be used as wheelbarrow handles. Finally, the dolly was again altered, putting the wheelbarrow handles inside the box to allow easier movement through doorways. When inspiration strikes, sometimes it comes one bit at a time!
Testing is being done now to introduce a powered version of the dolly to make it self-propelled by an electric motor.
Maybe we can solve your material handling challenge; send us an email letting us know what your challenge is and let’s chat!
