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Articles 6 Anna Stamm – Advertiser Forum: Cheers to the Show 10 Joe Kannapell: Sixty Years of Machines Part XXIII: Linear Saw Wave 19 Cullen Ellis – Spida USA: The Spida Approach to a Wall Panel Line 37 Todd Drummond Consulting, LLC: Get Free Answers to Your Most Pressing Problems 45 Glenn Traylor:

Do You Know What You Don’t Know?

50 Tracy Roe – Eagle Metal: Beyond Products, It’s People Who Make the Difference 56 Katie Kormann – MiTek: MiTek Measures Seismic Forces to Develop Stronger, Safer Products 62 Triad |Merrick Machine Triad Machines Introduces: ProFusion Sheathing Bridge with Autonomous Operation!

66 Ed Serrano – Vekta USA Strengthen and Rebuild with Vekta 71 Chris Scott – Stiles Machinery: Business is Sweeter with Partnerships 77 Tim Kassa – Panels Plus: Panels Plus is Headed to BCMC 79 Steve Shrader – Hundegger USA: Taking It to the Next Level: Hundegger + Simpson Strong-Tie 81 Carl Villella – Acceptance Leasing: How is the Delta Variant Affecting the Economy?

82 Thomas McAnally – Publisher: From The Road: My Cutting-Edge Tour at Triad 87 In Memoriam: Paul Robertson 102 Matt Layman – Layman's Lumber Guide: Lumber Market Conditions and Strategies 114 Jamie Nalley – Simpson Strong-Tie: Three Ways Anchor Designer™ v3.0 Simplifies Design 132 Joe Kannapell – The Last Word Coming of Age at BCMC

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Average Increases Have Been 3 to 6 Point Net Profit Gains However, Some Have Achieved Greater Than 10 Point Gains Typical Client Net Profit to Sales Ratios are 20 to 30 Percent During Strong Home Building Cycles

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New & Used Equipment Saws ................................................................................................ 7

Truss Equipment .............................................................................47

Panel Equipment .............................................................................60

Trucks & Trailers ............................................................................85

Misc. Equipment .............................................................................89

Modular Manufacturing ..................................................................97

Door | Stair | Window Equipment .................................................100 ........................................................................................102 Lumber Monthly GIGGLES .................................................................................61 Safety First ...............................................................................................111 Calendar of Events ..................................................................................113 Industry News .........................................................................................116 Hiring Zone .............................................................................................128 Directory ..................................................................................................130

Acceptance Leasing & Financing .....................................................47,81,91 Acer, Inc ...............................................................................................28,38 Alpine .............................................................................................16,92,116 Clark Industries, Inc. ...............................................................................8,90 Eagle Metal Products .........................................................................2,46,50 Eide Integrated Systems, LLC | ProCut, LLC ......................................26 ,54 Enventek ................................................................................................32,88 EstiFrame Technologies .........................................................................13,86 Fitzgerald Group ..................................................................................25,103 HOLTEC USA ......................................................................................15,58 Hundegger USA .................................................................................9,79,98 Layman's Lumber Guide ...........................................................................102 MiTek ...............................................................................................12,40,56 Panels Plus .......................................................................................39,64,77 Runnion Equipment Company ...............................................................25,91 Simpson Strong-Tie .................................................................14,96,114,118 Spida USA ..............................................................................18,19,30,60,68 Stiles Machinery .............................................................................70,71,131 The Hain Company ......................................................................23,33,78,98 The JobLine .....................................................................................41,101,104 Timber Products Inspection ...................................................................44,94 Todd Drummond Consulting, LLC .........................................4,34,35,37,112 Transport Products & Service Enterprises, Inc. ....................................47,85 Triad | RUVO | Merrick Machine ........................................1,24,62,100,134 Vekta Automation ............................................................................22,42,66 Wasserman & Associates ........7,39,41,43,47,49,53,61,73,74,80,97,99,101 Wood Tech Systems ........9,17,23,27,29,31,36,39,41,43,47,48.49,53,55,59, 61,65,69,73,75,76,78,89,95,101,103,129

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Cheers to the Show Anna L. Stamm Director of Communications and Marketing Component Manufacturing Advertiser.

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n our everyday lives, we habitually take many things for granted. It can be little things, like a store always having your favorite brand, or bigger expectations, such as your favorite store always being in business. We expect things to be where we expect them to be, and we anticipate that events will unfold in a certain way.

Enjoy the Moment With last year’s pandemic-related cancellation of BCMC, this year’s show in Omaha should be a jubilant event. It’s been 24 months instead of 12 since the components industry gathered in Columbus, so being able to re-connect with old friends will be extra special. We’ve always taken for granted that the show is an annual event, but now we know that is not guaranteed, and we can better appreciate the times we’re able to spend together.

Many of the articles and ads in this issue are focused on BCMC 2021. As the anticipation grows, everyone is looking forward to (re)connecting in person. Please be sure to visit their booths and say “Hello”—we know they’d love to see you!

Await the Next Opportunity Unfortunately, each year there are also people missing from the show—some who we have lost, some who have personal or professional reasons why they cannot attend, and some who simply do not have the budget for travel. For these friends too, we raise a glass and remember the good times we’ve shared in the past.

After a few days, this year’s BCMC will have closed its doors, and everyone will continue onto the next tasks on their schedules. But fortunately, we also can begin making plans for next year. BCMC 2022 will be held in September, so there are only 11 months until the next big show. Without taking it for granted, we can begin looking forward to another year in this industry and more stories to share when we return to Columbus next fall.

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NEW! Monet DeSauw DeRobo Linear Saw

Monet DeSauw FWA 500 Floor Web Cutter • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Push Button Powered Blade Angulations Single Push Button Setting for 2 Blades per Side Electronic Digital Readouts Backup Mechanical Indicators Cuts 4 Angle Webs, Cantilever Webs (2 piece webs) & Square Blocks Magazine Lumber Feed for 3x2, 4x2 and 6x2 Lumber 12 1/2” to 48 1/2” Length Capacity (7” Minimum on Square Blocks) 60 Pieces per Minute (4) Internal 16” Blades & (1) External 16” CutOff Blade Pneumatic Blade Brake on External Blade Dust Hoods Belt Waste Conveyor (under saw) Add $3,800 for 12’ Incline Waste Conveyor (adjacent to saw) Add $1,800 for Extra Set of Blades 480 Volt / 3 Phase

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Automated (Truss Design Software Download) or Semi-Automated (Touch Screen Entry) Operation All Movements are Computer & PLC Controlled Comprehensive Setup Screens Display Each Piece with Setup Data 22” x 40 Tooth Blade on PAE Cut 1 or 2 Boards up to 20’ (2 Second Plunge Cut) Cut Chords, Webs, Rafters, Wedges & Stair Stringers Cut Long Scarfs by Multi-Plunging Servo Positioning on Infeed, Angle & Outfeed Pusher Over Travel Protection Ink Jet Printer Lumber Optimization Program Belt Waste Conveyor 480 Volt / 3 Phase / 60 Amp Includes 5 Day Onsite Installation & Training Optional Monet DeSauw Live Deck, Bunk Feeder & Incline Belt Waste Conveyor

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Monet DeSauw DeSawyer 2000 Automated Saw • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Touch Screen User Interface with Backup Mechanical Controls 3 Operating Modes: Auto, Semi-Auto & Manual All 20 Axes of Movements are Computer & PLC Controlled Comprehensive Setup Screens Display Each Piece with Setup Data Anti-Collision & Optimizing Programming Auto Calibration Productivity & Time Tracking Maintenance Diagnostics Variable Speed Conveyor (0-50 Flights per Minute)with Powered Hold Downs (1) 30” x 80 Tooth Blade (27 3/4” Scarf on PAE) (4) 16” x 40 Tooth Blades (13 1/2” Scarf on Centerline) Pneumatic Blade Brakes on all 5 Blades 16 1/2” to 20’ Length Capacity (11” Minimum on Square End Blocks) Vibrating Waste Conveyor Under Saw 480 Volt / 3 Phase Includes 4 Day Onsite Installation & Training Add $2,300 for Extra Set of Blades Optional Live Deck, Label Printer, Ink Jet Printer, Catcher Display & Incline Belt Waste Conveyor.

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Solid 48” x 72” Frame and Arm Construction Minimizes Flex on the Saw Frame Direct Drive 7.5 HP Motor with 18” Blade (230/460 Volt) Minimum Angle of 10 Degrees with 36” Stroke for Long Scarf Cuts Automated 160 Degree Angular Movement Variable Stroke Limiter & Plexiglass Shield for Operator Safety MDF Profiled Saw Bench Top Provides a Safe Working Platform Dust Extraction Outlet 20’ of MDF Bench Top with Automated 20’ Length Stop & 10’ Gravity Conveyor Workstation, Control Cabinet Enclosure & 17” Touch Screen Integration

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Serial Control System Includes all Plug & Play Wiring MangoTech/Spida Truss Cutting Software Add $5,200 Two Day Onsite Installation & Training Add $850 for 12 Month Phone & Virtual Tech Support Add $298 for Spare Blade Add $3,125 for Spare Parts Kit Add $1,050 for Dust Collector Excludes Freight & Customs Charges

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CONSIDERING EQUIPMENT? CONSIDER CLARK. EZ-SET AUTO JIGGING EXCLUSIVE & PATENTED DESIGN Automatic Truss Jigging System to drastically reduce setup times.

Allows for 100% embedment on the table, with top & bottom chord pucks in the same slot. TopSider or standard configurations available for conventional kick-leg, walk-thru, or our new trackless 8' and 10' continuous table systems. Systems for other roller & hydraulic gantries are coming soon. Available in new machine installations or for retro-fitting your existing table. The TopSider is exclusively applicable for “kick or flip leg” style truss presses such as the Tri-Axis & Lumbermater® Lumbermater® is a registered trademark of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., or ITW.

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NEW! New L-M Equipment Verticut 2000 PET / Bunk Saw Station

The L-M Verticut 2000 is a true Precision End Trim (PET) saw that is capable of holding a 1/16th accuracy all day long. Made in the USA, the V2k comes equipped with a 15 HP 460/230 volt High-E three phase TEFC motor driving a Double ended Premium “Stellite” inlaid saw bar with a spring loaded chain tensioner and an automatic oiler to lubricate the .404 pitch custom profile semi chisel saw chain.

Rather than a single pivot-point, the saw assembly is mounted on a mandrel box that is guided by cam followers on a steel frame that is raised and lowered by a hydraulic cylinder. A console with the saw controls moves with the saw assembly along a track positioned using a manual “V” wheel geared drive or optional Hydraulic drive The V2k is unlike other imported systems that are basically a Portable Yard Saw on a cutting rack with a best cutting accuracy of +/- 1/8″ (meaning up to ¼” accuracy variance between units of lumber). The V2k from L-M provides +/- 40 thousands, assuring consistent PET precision from unit to unit.

Another advantage L-M has over the competition is their commitment to personal service with unlimited phone assistance and technical help.

Their team has traveled the country working on crosscut saws for many years and they know their equipment inside and out. L-M is a familyowned business that prides themselves in doing the job right and building long term relationship that is vital to their business: “Built to last as long as our customers since 1946”.

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Sixty Years of Machines Part XXIII: Linear Saw Wave Joe Kannapell

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s the new Millennium dawned, it still hadn’t dawned on CMs that a linear saw was a sure bet. Jim Urmson was getting great results with his rough prototype, but he didn’t know whether other truss shops would. Fortunately, Jim’s plate salesman, Sid Gwyn, was so confident in Jim’s saw that Sid paid him upfront to build a production model. (Today, at age 82, Sid recalls how he had admired the simplicity of Jim’s “single head” saw, compared with the complexity of the “four head” saw that he himself had tried to build).

Jim now had the capital he needed to turn his invention into a marketable product that might, in his words, “create a good side business.” Over the following months, Jim went to work refining his machine while Sid went to work selling the saw using a video of the prototype, but he failed to gain much interest. But since Sid would soon own the saw and didn’t own a truss plant, he had to make a deal with someone. He finally found a home for the saw at Suwanee Truss (now BFS) in Lake City, Florida, but had to sell it for what he paid for it, in order to get the plate business.

In late 1999, Jim shipped a totally transformed saw, christened the “TCT,” two hours north to Lake City. He had replaced the surrounding cage with a clean white metal box, with a top-to-bottom front access door. Everything about the enclosure echoed the simplicity and safety of the machine inside.

The saw and its computer interface were built on a pedestal, enabling it to be a relatively simple “plug and play” type of installation.

In December 1999, Sid Gwyn circulated a new video of the Lake City TCT, and Jim began building TCT #3. Despite the vastly improved look of the saw, Sid found no takers and Jim had to sell it himself.

Because he believed in his product, he left no stone unturned among Florida CMs. First, he visited them and showed the Lake City video on a portable TV/VCR unit. Next, he invited them to Lake City or his own plant to see its productivity firsthand. And finally, he towed the TCT to their locations, and showed them what it could do in their environment by cutting parts for their current truss orders.

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Jim’s road show was even more impressive than Truswal’s Roll-Splicer tour had been a decade earlier.

Seeing hundreds of truss parts fly out of the TCT in thirty minutes turned the tide for Jim’s creation. West Coast Truss in Tampa and Forest Products in Sarasota signed orders in the fall of the year 2000. Then Jim reached down to South Florida and landed the business of Custom Designed Truss in Pompano Beach. Of these initial sales, Custom was particularly noteworthy. Custom’s owner, Howard Brennan, had never considered buying even a basic automated saw, because his work required so many saw setups. In fact, he had only employed pull saws. After he saw Jim’s saw in action, he bought two TCTs, one for each of his truss lines.

The TCT “buzz” soon began resounding not just in Florida, but also in the machinery suppliers’ headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas, St. Louis, Missouri, and Indianapolis, Indiana. Randy Yost, veteran Alpine salesman at the time (now retired), observed the TCT’s success at West Coast Truss shortly after its installation. Randy was so impressed that he informed Alpine’s management that, if they built their own enhanced version, he would sell 10 linear saws the first year. Jere Broedling, veteran MiTek salesman (now deceased), who saw the TCT at Forest Products and Custom Designed Truss, was equally impressed but liked the saw “as is,” suggesting that MiTek negotiate a deal with Jim Urmson asap. However, when MiTek didn’t act quickly, Bob Mickle, the Florida ITW/Truswal rep, persuaded Klaisler, Truswal’s machinery supplier, to contract with Jim to sell the TCT outside of Florida.

In late 2001, Jim took the TCT to his first BCMC in Louisville and setup in Klaisler’s small booth.

Unfortunately, this was a time when CMs were enamored with the sprawling array of newly ascendant computerized saws. Jim’s TCT was received with the same “wait and see” attitude as Jerry Koskovich’s Omni had experienced a decade earlier. But as the TCT’s successes in Florida continued to mount, CMs in Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, and Oregon placed orders throughout 2002.

In late 2002, BCMC convened, and, for the linear saw, its theme of “Building a New Tomorrow” could not have been more prescient. But, for the TCT, not in the way Jim expected. The Show did initiate a wave of linear saw activity, but mainly for the makers of the Wave Plate. But, in short order, this wave would wash over many of the TCT’s perceived drawbacks.

Next Month: Opposites Attract Since 1970, Joe Kannapell has worked as programmer, Chief Engineer, Marketing Manager, and Sales VP for MiTek, plus 7 years at truss plants, retiring at the end of 2020.

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Over the years Alpine team members have become more like family and we couldn’t do this without them!”

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Alpine has it all—the right equipment, user-friendly software, dependable hardware, and the service, support, and training to make your team as efficient as they can be.

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NEW! 1999 AUTO-OMNI COMPONENT SAW • 5 Blade Automated Component Saw • 1-30", 1-12" and 3-20" Blades cut 2x3 thru 2x12 and 4x2 from 11" to 20'-0" • Computer, Enclosure & Stand • Shaker Waste Pan • Excludes Outfeed Skatewheel Conveyor Section • Video available upon request $19,900 Now $17,900 FOB CO Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

1996 Timbermill 620 Pro SSD Component Saw Six blades, SSD (single-sided-digital angle readouts), cuts lumber from 2×4 through 2×12, 4×2 lengths from 13” at 90/90 degrees to 20’, including four-angle floor truss webs from 18″, “Pro” model features faster angulation movements and faster carriage speeds with soft-start technology, all powered movements with single side setup, drag chain waste conveyor with drag chain incline. Length readout is analog.

220V, 3 phase electrical. $23,997, FOB TX Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

SAFETY SPEED MANUFACTURING GYPSUM CUTTER Model DFC-H5 cartridge cutting system for processing DensGlass ®, foam board, plastic or similar substrate materials in widths up to 64″. Dust and noise free for cutting or scoring gypsum material. $6,149 FOB MN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

LAUDERDALE HAMILTON 18" UPCUT SAW WITH 16' TIGERSTOP 240 Volt / 3 Phase Up-Cut Saw with 18" Blade. 2"x14" - 3"x12" - 4"x10" Capacity.

Front Blade Guard. Foot Pedal Air Cylinder Operation. Dust Outlet (excludes dust collector). 16' TigerStop Programmable Stop Automatic Positioning of Stop via Simple and Intuitive Controls. Infeed & Outfeed Roller Conveyor. IBS Computer Enclosure (orange) with Stand (no computer or monitor). Buyer to dismantle/load equipment, Seller will provide forklift. $9,000 NOW $8,250 FOB IL Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Safety Speed Cut Model 7000 Panel Saw Safety Speed Manufacturing model 7000, vertical panel saw, 3 HP induction motor, 64 inch crosscut, 2 inch maximum thickness, accuracy within 1/64th of an inch, 10 foot welded steel frame with integrated stand and linear V-guides, enclosed counterweight system, adjustable vertical and horizontal rules. Quick changes from vertical to horizontal cutting. Includes machined aluminum material rollers, hold down bar, wheels, quick stop gauges and material hold downs. Dust collection ready.

Options available include lower frame extensions, digital readouts, laser guide, stop bar, vacuum and midway fence. 208-230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical (208-230 single phase, 2 HP power optional +$100.00). $9,332 Base, FOB MN.

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1986 TIMBERMILL 6-20 COMPONENT SAW Six Blades cut 4x2 & 2x4 through 2x12 Lumber from 12" up to 20'-0" Powered Angulation & Carriage Chain Drag Waste & Incline Conveyor 240 Volt / 3 Phase. $9,500 FOB GA. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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2020 Randek SPL 728 Automated Upcut Saw 2020 Randek model SPL 728 automated upcut saw with 26 foot length stop and only approximately 30 hours of run time on the saw. Cuts up to 26 foot long x 5 inch thick lumber, with depths up to 16 inches. Features bevel and compound cutting, 0 to 360 degree cuts, 10 HP motor with 28 inch diameter blade and large capacity for timber or truss/wall panel cutting. Fully automated or manual set up. Printer available through OEM at an additional cost. 480 volt, 3 phase electrical power required. 102 PSI at 18 CFM air required.

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The Spida Approach to a Wall Panel Line Cullen Ellis, Spida Sales and Technical Manager

bout 4 years ago, we introduced the first of the new generation of Spida wall panel extruders, and we just keep getting better! Beginning from the combined knowledge and experience gained with the merging of three technology-savvy companies—Multinail, Spida, and Mango Tech—we have the best of these companies combined to create the centerpiece of our Spida wall panel line.

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Operating the System: One operator begins the process at the wall extruder, placing the top and bottom plates in front of the dual pushers on either side of the machine and using the hand controls to clamp the plates in place. A set of locator pins automatically pops up and then the operator takes the first component of the wall (a stud or window/door opening) and places it against the locator pins. Next, the operator holds the fire buttons, so nails are fired automatically through the plates into the component, which uses one or two nail tools on either side of the nailing bridge. After the wall advances to the next location, the plates are clamped and the process repeats until the wall is completed. Then, the pushers automatically drop back and the next set Walls being made of plates is loaded by the operator. Importantly, the accuracy of the extruder also means that plates only need a simple ID and the computer keeps track of all of the details.

Moving the Material: So that the extruder can produce a constantly moving line of walls, material handling is key! Feeding the beast is crucial for consistently high production numbers. What features does our process have to help you meet your goals?

We bring the studs and stud combinations to the operator at around shoulder level directly in front of them, so they can be placed into the wall with minimal movement based on two options: our curved conveyor which turns 90 degrees allowing components to be staged and moved parallel to the line saving space Cutting all the framing components for the job #Tornado PHONE: 800-289-5627

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-OR- our over-framer which is a small conveyor belt that elevates the studs that then are pushed onto a sloped skate conveyor and fed down to the operator.

Nailing the Parts: Component builders face the time-consuming and cumbersome process of nailing C corners and L studs, so the stud extruder helps expedite the process with its placement at the foot of either the curved conveyor or over-framer. This machine nails together a variety of combinations including C and L studs, double studs, Raked Wall being made and triple studs, and it also can be used to attach fire and cabinet blocking. The large throat allows a complete 16” o.c. ladder to be built if required. This is also computer-controlled and driven by the same file on the extruder, ensuring accuracy of the components in both construction and staging order.

Finishing with Openings: The last pieces in the wall panel process are the door and window openings. In an ideal system, these are prebuilt on a table and fed directly onto a chain conveyor. Pop-up pins on the chain conveyors keep these in individual bays and they are progressed forward to the loading bay as required. Components are bought in over the side of the extruder via a driven and pneumatically lifted roller bench, and then the operator pushes them into the wall to be nailed. The standard system allows up to four subcomponents to be staged at any time, but that too can be extended, and everything remains controlled by the extruder’s computer software.

Feeding the Beast:

Studs cut by the Tornado

How quickly does the process work?

Depending on the complexity of the walls being built, three operators can build 100–170 l.f. of walls per hour. Typically, the operator feeding the stud conveyor will be ahead of the extruder and therefore will be able to help at other stations until the conveyor requires more material.

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Adding Sheathing?

In Australia and New Zealand where the Spida extruder originated, sheathing is not required on walls—but we knew our customers needed sheathing and needed a solution.

After seeing the way traditional sheathing bridges worked, we took a fresh approach, thinking outside the box and putting more inside the extruder! Following the production line mentality, we keep the bridge fixed and move the wall under it. This concept gives us several advantages over our competitors, being able to put the nail tools on either side of the bridge at 16” o.c. means, where available, we can nail along two studs at once. Having the bridge fixed gives us Completed walls on the line the ability to clamp and straighten studs, and grabbing them underneath in the middle of the wall drastically reducers shiners. An additional fixed gun on each side of the machine nails the top and bottom plates as the wall goes through the process. The Spida sheathing bridge also functions off the same output file as the extruder, so after the sheathing is tacked in place it is “set and forget” until the wall is complete, meaning your labor costs are zero to get the nails, too.

Are You Ready to Start or Improve Your Wall Panel Line?

Most importantly, Spida doesn’t just offer a one-size-fits-all wall panel line—we’re ready to design a custom solution to meet your specific needs. We enjoy working closely with our customers to tailor a system to fit their available space, production goals, and budget. Give us a call (+ 1-866-647-7771) to discuss how the extruder can be put to work for you!

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DELIVERING INNOVATION TO THE TRUSS AND FRAME INDUSTRY With the right partnership anything is possible The team at Vekta was instrumental in the design of this system and were able to open our eyes to possibilities we didn’t know even existed.

The finished product has not only met, but exceeded our expectations.

With the minimal footprint of the PackFeeder, the accuracy, speed and reliability of the Razer V5, the speed and efficiency of the Material Conveyor system, and the overall support by this team we are extremely pleased with the outcome.

Josh Wright V.P. of Manufacturing The Truss Company, USA With 15+ years experience, Vekta specializes in creating automated factory solutions based on your objectives, space requirements and budget. The Truss Company’s customized solution focused on flexibility including two Razer V5’s and two PackFeeders sharing a common nine KickOff Conveyor System. If the key to business success is selecting the right partner- the key to automation is choosing Vekta.

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Work Smarter

2 Seconds That's all the time it takes

to drill studs for running Romex or other electrical wire in the wall panels

Motor: Heavy Duty 5 HP - 3 phase - 220v or 440 v (Please specify when ordering) Motor carriage bearing and spindle assembly mounted on Blanchard ground steel plate Lineal motion is hardened and ground V bearings and rails Block Sizes: 2 x 4 through 2 x 12 infinite height setting to center Air Supply: 100 psi 10 CFM Drills: 2 wing 3/4'” Carbide Tipped can accommodate smaller or larger Spindles: Alloy Steel polished and ground precision shafting Frame: 2" Steel With Powder Coat Finish Covers: 10 Gauge (1/8" Thick) Aluminum removable Dimensions: Height - 60 inches, Width - 33 inches, Depth - 33 inches Shipping weight: 750 lbs. - (Including crate) MADE IN AMERICA BY AMERICANS

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$48,990 NOW $39,970 FOB ON

NEW! New Monet DeRobo Linear Saw New, DeRobo linear saw by Monet organizes "fill" boards to increase optimization of each board, can produce unlimited scarf cuts, cuts 1 or 2 boards at a time and cuts webs, chords, wedges, rafters and open-stair stringers. Works with all major connector plate manufacturer's software. Features include 22 inch blade, left-to-right feed direction standard, lumber push and pull grippers for more accuracy, ink marking on the 1 1/2" face of the incoming boards and small piece capture and delivery to the front of the saw for easy access. Infeed deck and bunk feed are shown as options only. 480 volt, 3phase. Call for pricing, FOB MO.

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2006 Hundegger SC-1 Linear Saw 2006 Hundegger model SC-1 linear saw, roof truss cutting functions including angle drive unit, bevel drive unit (needs repair) with auto-loading stacking conveyor system, auto-discharge18’ timber capable in-feed and out-feed, electronic controls and operator console hydraulic unit, automated clamping system, 16 nozzle ink (not functional) on one 1 1/2" edge, and small-part discharge scrap conveyor. Windows 7 operating system upgraded in 2015.

A one owner saw. OEM disassembly and installation available at additional cost. 480 volt, 3 phase electrical required. 150 PSI at 27 CFM air required.

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SAWS

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1995 Koskovich Auto Omni Component Saw 1995 Koskovich Auto Omni saw, S/N AO950056 4-blade automated saw includes [1] 29 inch blade and [3] 19 inch blades.

Includes scrap incline. Fully automated setup with full power length and all axis angulation, single sided setup from operator console, 2×3 through 2×12, 12 degree minimum angle to -71.6 maximum angle.

20’ to 2′-4” @ 90°/90°, includes owner’s manual and any available spare parts including [6] spare blades. 208/240/480 volt, 3 phase, 100 Amp, and 120 volt, 1 phase electrical, 100 Amp electrical required, 90 psi air. $14,990 FOB SD Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

Safety Speed Manufacturing Model 7400 XL Panel Saw Safety Speed Manufacturing, model 7400 XL*, vertical panel saw, 3 HP induction motor, 64 inch crosscut, 2 1/8" maximum thickness, accuracy within 0.005 inches, 13 foot long welded steel frame with integrated stand and linear V-guides, enclosed counterweight system, adjustable vertical and horizontal rules. Quick changes from vertical to horizontal cutting. Includes machined aluminum material rollers, hold down bar, wheels, quick stop gauges and material hold downs. Dust collection ready. Options available include digital readouts for vertical cuts, automated length measuring, laser guide, stop bar, vacuum and midway fence. 208-230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical (208-230 single phase, 2 HP power optional +$100.00). $13,059 Base, FOB MN. Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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2002 Timbermill Model 6-20 2002 Timbermill Model 620D six blade component saw cuts lumber from 2×4 through 2×12, 4×2 lengths from 12” to 20’ including four angle floor truss webs from 18″. Includes single side setup, all powered movements, includes chain-drag scrap conveyor with incline and any available spares. 480 Volts, 3 phase power. $24,900 FOB WA Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

New Spida Rolsplicer New Square 1 Rolsplicer, splices 2"x3", 2"x4" and 2"x6" lumber with a 3 to 4 second cycle time. Presses the lumber together prior to imbedding plates. Embeds plate lengths up to 19 inches. Features two, recessed, simultaneous-activation buttons, guarded motor and sprockets, external lubrication points, 3 HP motor and a footprint of 59" long x 42" wide. Optional 20' infeed and 10' outfeed conveyor available. 480 volt, 3 phase electrical. Other voltages available. $25,608.70 FOB IN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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National Crane 680-HTM Tractor Mount, Freightliner 114SD • 20 ton capacity • 80’ boom – 90’ tip height • Out and down outriggers • Single front outrigger for 360 degree stability • Continuous rotation • Adjustable swing speed control

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Install in your new table or retrofit to any existing system; WizardPDS® was designed to eliminate all manual jigging, for ease-of-use, and to require minimal maintenance. Spend your time building product... and your bottom line!

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2003 Monet DeSawyer 2000 Component Saw 1998 Alpine WebPro 4×2 Floor Web Saw FW442, Six-blade floor truss web saw with (2) x 16″ cutoff blades & (4) x 14″fixedquadrant blades. Cuts minimum length 9.5″/maximum 46″ angled floor truss webs, square cuts from 6″ to 42″, up to 40 boards per minute. The WebPro was especially designed by Alpine Equipment for floor truss web cutting. Saw blades are arranged so that blades 1 and 2 are mounted at 90 degree complements, as are blades 3 and 4. Rapid loading of conveyor is both convenient and easy, allowing a production rate of more than 40 pieces per minute. All operation controls are highly visible and grouped by function. Includes under-saw waste conveyor. 480v, 3ph, 24.3 Amp electrical power. $39,970 FOB GA Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

2009 WHIRLWIND CUT-OFF SAW WITH TIGERSTOP WHIRLWIND MODEL W214 CUT-OFF SAW • 5 HP Motor with 14" Blade (208230/460 Volt) • Cutting Capacity: 1" x 9" to 2 1/2" to 8 1/4" • Foot Pedal Control • Pneumatic Board Clamping • Dust Outlet TIGERSTOP 18' PROGRAMMABLE STOP • Automatic Positioning of Stop via Simple and Intuitive Controls • Solid Steel Table with Stands • Advanced (Stop to Saw) Interconnect Kit • Excludes Infeed Table $9,900 FOB MT Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

$47,990 NOW $41,960 FOB OR 2003 Monet DeSawyer 2000 automated 5 blade component saw cuts maximum 20' 2x10 (2x12 maximum if hold downs are moved and re-bolted) lumber with minimum 5° and maximum 144° angles. Shortest 90/90 cut is 16" and shortest four-angle cut is 2'. Includes digital single side setup on touch screen display, scrap incline conveyor, air brakes, user manual with calibration instructions, and all available spare parts and blades (pictured).

Incline conveyor needs repair. Infeed hold downs need to be replaced. PLC and touch screen may need to be replaced. 440 Volt, 3 phase electrical required. Phone and on-site support available direct from Monet DeSauw Inc. at additional cost.

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SPIDA AUTOMATED TRUSS SAW • Automated Stop & Automated Saw Rotation as directed by Truss Software • 5.5 HP Motor with 17.7" Blade • Angles from 10 Degrees to 170 Degress • Touch Screen Computer • 20' Outfeed Table with Automated Stop • 10' Infeed Roller Conveyor • Price in US Dollars

$13,900 FOB AB Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

New Monet FWA-500 AC Automated Floor Web Saw Call For Pricing FOB MO Additional Information Here 765-751-9990

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ACER INC Automated Feeding— Designed for Efficiency

Automation still requires people—and you put your best people in control of the system. The Ranger Retrieval System keeps linear saw operators informed, with an easy-to-use touchscreen control. *  System status is visible at a glance.  Live animation screen shows the location of every board in the Ranger system.  Alarm notifications and an alarm log help your people find problems fast and keep production flowing. *Operator interface varies depending on saw brand.

Acer Inc. 301 Industrial Drive Rushford, MN 55971 507-864-2220 www.acerinc.com RANGER RS is a trademark of ACER INC. The RANGER RS system is protected under U.S. Patent #8,960,244 and other patents pending.

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New Monet DeSawyer 2000 Component Saw !

W NE Call for Pricing Condition: New Location: MO

New, Monet DeSawyer 2000, computerized, five-bladed component saw, sets up in 15 to 17 seconds, can run in manual mode, downloads projects from a network or manually using display screen controls.

Features all powered movements, cuts from 15" 90/90 cuts to 20 foot length, 2 x 3" to 2 x 12" lumber depths and internal brakes are standard. Options include enhanced servo controls featuring autocalibration, catcher's display and either shaker or belt scrap conveyor and incline. 440 volt, 3 phase electrical. www.woodtechsystems.com

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$899,990 FOB KY MiTek Blade Direct Drive with a “TEE” Ranger RS in-feed configuration and 100′ CDS outfeed for processing up to 16′ length material from 2×3 through 2×12 lumber. The Blade includes crooked lumber sensor (CLS), servo axis control including bevel cut capability, standard 90º/45º incline waste conveyor, two optional 32-valve face printers (front and rear) with Assembly Guide System (AGS+software) for generating plate placement and bracing detail on cut members.

This state-of-the-art system includes a 2019 Ranger RT 100′, 15 bay lumber retrieval system in a “TEE” configuration with 9 bays in front of the Blade feed-rail and 6 bays to the rear. The Ranger features an integrated control system, 70′ FPM vacuum pick-head, extended 10 piece crowner deck, laser material scanner, and dual safety system that allows the operator to stock material while cutting is in progress. Cut material discharges to an integrated 2019 MiTek Conveyor Delivery System (CDS) that automatically delivers cut truss parts to two (2) assembly setups. CDS includes control and management software, expansion power with all control panels, belt conveyors, staging/push/transfer conveyors, two (2) personnel bridges and CDS gravity conveyor kits. 230v/3Ph power, working air pressure as specified, installation by the OEM is required. NOTE: System is available for immediate shipment. www.woodtechsystems.com 765-751-9990 PHONE: 800-289-5627

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One month after installing a double Linear PickLine to feed two linear saws: "We are getting 3,000 to 5,000 bdft more from each saw than we were getting before the install.

We have shut down one Cybersaw and one TCT chord saw. This equals about 3 less people 10 hours, and 2 less forklifts 10 hours.

Overall, it is a major improvement to our operation.

We hope to have the chance to run it two shifts soon which should double the payback."

Tom Hollinshed, Owner Comtech Inc, Fayetteville, NC

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If you are looking for the fastest, most consistent way to measure and cut your product, then the Hain Measuring System (MEA) is your answer. The MEA changes from one length t any length instantly, up to 60’, without changing the operator’s position on the line. It is also highly accurate (+/- .010) and quickly moves from one length to the next in seconds. The MEA is designed for quick and easy setup and is simple to use. Even a first time user will be productive with little or no training required. It can adapt to any saw and can be mounted to any surface so that you can integrate the MEA with your existing setup. The MEA is versatile allowing “left” or “right” handed operation and measurement in “feet and inches” or “inches” depending on your preference. The MEA is also available in a “Skid Mounted” version.

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Some of the areas that we saw an immediate improvement with Todd’s help were the time standards for proper truss fabrication labor estimation that is far superior to board footage units. Also, we gained the knowledge of true costing, which is priceless information to have in these ever-competitive markets, which we serve. Improvement in plant efficiency and production flow seemed to be Todd’s easiest areas to offer advisement that gave us immediate results that we are very pleased.

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ould you like unbiased advice for problems that your company is facing right now? If so, visit The Minute Clinic!

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Together with Tony Misura of the Misura Group and Matt Layman of Layman’s Lumber Guide, I’ll be there on behalf of Todd Drummond Consulting to provide real-time answers to your questions regarding Productivity Enhancement, Employee Acquisition and Retention, Lumber Market Anxiety, and more.

Our specialties are as follows: • Misura Group is an executive recruiting firm supporting the truss and components industry. The company’s mission is to create opportunities for robust growth by inspiring leaders to hire smarter. During BCMC, Tony Misura will be recording the HIRE SMARTER PODCAST, offering the opportunity to record your Q&A session live from the booth!

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When it’s all about production…

Think Ranger RS.

Three Ranger Retrieval Systems at the front of this plant feed three linear component saws, each equipped with automated conveyor systems to move parts to the tables.

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NEW! 2006 WEINMANN WBZ-100 AUTOMATED LINEAR SAW

Cut & Mark Truss and Wall Panel Parts. Upgraded in 2010 to include Routing (similar to the WBZ-120 model). Servo Driven for Precise Cutting. 22" Blade with 7 7/8" x 16 1/2" x 19'-8" Capacity. Infeed and Outfeed Roller Tables. Ink Jet Printer for Part Identification. Marking Pen for Wall Panel Layout. 460 Volt / 3 Phase.

$89,000 NOW $35,000 FOB OR*** 800-382-0329 | www.wasserman-associates.com

Monet FWA 500 Floor Web Saw New, Monet five-head, floor truss web saw, cuts 4-angle, 4x2 floor truss webs from 16 inches and 90-90 blocks from 12 inches to four foot long maximum length. Features 10-board magazine feed, powered, fixed-quadrant angulation, manual carriage standard, shaker-pan scrap conveyor with short incline conveyor and cut-off blade. Option for longer carriage length, single-sided setup (shown in pictures, but not standard), dust hood and horizontal scrap conveyor.

480 volt, 3 phase. Call for pricing, FOB MO.

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SINGLE BEAM

SHEATHING STATION The Single Beam Sheathing Station offers flexibility in fastener spacing both in the field, on seams, and while stitching the top and bottom plates. This Sheathing Station fastens sheathing to wood wall panels to ensure quality panels every time.

BENEFITS • Ergonomic working height • Flexibility with fastener spacing • Fastens consistently and accurately • Reduces the risk of “shiners”

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REDUCE LABOR AND OVERALL WEIGHT OF THE SYSTEM WITH POSI-STRUT METAL WEBS. MORE SPACE BETWEEN CHORDS FOR MECHANICALS.

YOU SIMPLY CAN’T AFFORD TO IGNORE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE POSI-STRUT FLOOR TRUSS SYSTEM. Longer Spans allow design freedom

Open Web design creates a service void for ease of access

Lightweight Construction means joists are easy to handle

Factory Manufactured ensures a made to measure quality product

Wide Surface makes attaching the floor deck and ceilings simple

Top Chord Bearing for reduced hanger cost

Increased space to run HVAC and mechanicals due to the metal web design

Improved energy efficiency by allowing for insulation over windows and doors

If you’re interested in using Posi-Strut in your next build, talk to your MiTek representative at (314) 851-7306.

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2003 Alpine AutoMill SC Component Saw 2003 Alpine AutoMill SC, model 348A component saw. Servo controlled computerized saw. From the OEM's literature, "... sets up in 2 to 19 seconds and downloads from a network or by using a touch screen for ease of operation. Fivehead automated component saw works in both automated (downloading files) and semi-automated control via touchscreen input. It has 23 axes of automated movement, enhanced diagnostics, auto management reporting. The SC cuts from 2'-6" to 20'-0" long material in size range from 2x3" through 2x12", and 4-angle floor webs from 3'-4". Includes [3] 18", [1] 20" and [1] 32" blades with air brakes, shaker under-saw conveyor, spare set of blades and all available spare parts. 480v/ 60Hz/ 3 phase electrical required. $16,970 NOW $9,970 FOB WY Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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Spida Automated Apollo Saw

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL!

The Spida Apollo saw with Automation is a computerized, pull-arm type saw used for cutting either wood truss components or wall panel cutting and represents the lowest-cost way to add an automated single-blade saw to your operation. Features include angle cutting from 10 to 170 degrees, 36 inch scarf cuts, patented variable stroke limiter for safety, solid frame and arm design, 17 inch industrial touch screen with enclosure, 7.5 HP motor, plug and play wiring making installations easier and includes cowls for adding a dust extraction system.

$46,900 FOB IN

Available options include software is available for both trusses and wall panel cutting, laser guide showing exactly the path of the blade before the blade moves, Safe Grip™ Clamp for cutting smaller pieces, clamping table, Plate Marker template providing automated set up for marking joint locations (studs, sub-component locations, etc.) on top/bottom plates, Chop Saw Table for adding another saw for miter/compound or end cuts, prior to feeding the Spida Apollo saw, Portable Dust Extractor and spare blades.

Saw is available in 240 volt, 20A or 460 volt, 15A 3 phase electrical. Computer requires 110 volt, 1 phase, 20A.

2005 OMNI MISER RTWF SAW Model RTWF (Automated Roof Truss & Wall Panel Cutting & Marking Saw). 5 HP Motor with 16" Blade (Cuts 2x3 through 2x12 up to 16' in length) Ink Jet Printer (Both Faces). Crooked Lumber Sensor.

Incline Live Deck. 7 Magazine Feeders (4-2x4 and 3-2x6). Bunk(Bulk) Feeder. Computer with Enclosure & Stand. 208 Volt / 3 Phase Video available upon request.

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DELIVERING PRECISION

Vekta‘s Interior and Exterior StakPros are designed to increase your production and improve safety. Why have many hands lifting trusses when one operator can do the job by using only a remote control!

Vekta‘s Interior StakPro is designed to suit your truss jig system. With heavy duty caster wheels and a guided rail mount you can put the StakPro where you need it! The Exterior StakPro has adjustable feet allowing the machine to adapt to your site and manufacturing processes.

With the PRESS of a button the StakPro will LIFT the finished truss out of the jig and STACK it on a trolley. Clever!

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NEW! $12,299 Base FOB MN

2020 RANDEK SPL 728 CROSSCUT SAW Large Cutting Capacity for Timbers or Truss Work. Production flow: Left to right.

Cutting Dimensions: Height 10" x width 16"; 2" tp 312" (26'). Angular cuts 0-360°; Incline cuts 90° to 28° with centerline 0-10-1/4". Saw: SPL 728 -- 28" blade with 10 HP saw motor - 480 Volt / 3 Phase. Infeed: SPL 270 -- 26' table, non driven infeed rollers.

Retractable presser to secure part to inside fence and additional plungers for holding capacity. Outfeed table: SPL 270-- 26' table., with Randex LX stop programmed from console for dimensional cutting. CNC: Computer controlled industrial PC either set up for manual calculations or download cut lists. Note: Machine has not been used.

Seller had purchased for a specific job and business plan changed. Price in US Dollars.

$90,000 NOW $80,000 FOB Manitoba

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Safety Speed Manufacturing Model 7400 XL Panel Saw Safety Speed Manufacturing, model 7400 XL*, vertical panel saw, 3 HP induction motor, 64 inch crosscut, 2 1/8" maximum thickness, accuracy within 0.005 inches, 13 foot long welded steel frame with integrated stand and linear V-guides, enclosed counterweight system, adjustable vertical and horizontal rules. Quick changes from vertical to horizontal cutting. Includes machined aluminum material rollers, hold down bar, wheels, quick stop gauges and material hold downs. Dust collection ready. Options available include digital readouts for vertical cuts, automated length measuring, laser guide, stop bar, vacuum and midway fence. 208-230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical (208-230 single phase, 2 HP power optional +$100.00).

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Safety Speed Manufacturing Model 6400 Panel Saw Safety Speed Manufacturing model 6400 vertical panel saw, 3 HP worm drive motor, 64 inch crosscut, 1 3/4" inch maximum thickness, accuracy within 1/64th of an inch, 10 foot welded steel frame with integrated stand and linear V-guides, enclosed counterweight system, adjustable vertical and horizontal rules. Quick changes from vertical to horizontal cutting. Includes machined aluminum material rollers, hold down bar, wheels, quick stop gauges and material hold downs. Dust collection ready. Options available include lower frame extensions, digital readouts, laser guide, stop bar, vacuum and midway fence. 120 volt. Starting at $5,169 FOB MN.

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New Monet DeWall Saw Monet DeWall 90/90 wall panel marking saw is a computer numeric controlled wall panel saw with touch screen user interface. Cuts and marks up to 2 boards at a time using 2x4 through 2x8 or cuts and marks one board at a time. Call for pricing, FOB MO 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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The truss industry relies on 3rd party quality assurance services to provide random visits to review the plants Quality Assurance program along with their operations. If your plant needs to comply with the IRC, IBC and to those who depend on solid, experienced QA expertise, we ask you to consider selecting Timber Products Inspection, Inc. (TP) as your choice for 3rd party inspections.

Proudly serving the forest products industry for over 50 years, TP brings the expertise you need to ensure your business is successful. As a responsible partner, TP delivers to clients, employees, and the industries we serve the confidence to drive value through the effective use of our diverse professional team.

TP would like to welcome the following authorized agents to our inspection team, each of whom have many years of experience in the truss industry!

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Al Coffman

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Jean Hart

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Glenn Traylor

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Elliot Wilson

If you have questions about how you can make this selection, please contact your authorized agent above or Glenn Traylor at 919-280-5905 or trusguy@gmail.com.

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Do You Know What You Don’t Know?

By Glenn Traylor

L

ewis Carroll had a great line: “If you don’t know where you want to go then it doesn’t matter which path you take.” This advice came from a cat in Alice in Wonderland given to Alice when the cat asked Alice, “Where are you going?” Believe it or not, this answer is extremely relevant when you’re considering quality, too!

If you don’t know what quality is, then you don’t know how to achieve quality.

So that invites the question: Do you know what quality is?

This month, you will have the opportunity to see exactly where you stand. In Booth 1110 at the BCMC in Omaha, Nebraska, Timber Products Inspection will have a test of skills and acumen to evaluate your prowess when it comes to Quality Assurance. You will have a chance to inspect a truss just like your QA in-house inspector — which means that you can see if you have what it takes to evaluate ANSI/TPI 1 requirements.

We invite you to carve out some time at the show, come by our booth, and grab your inspection sheet. Prizes will be awarded for the best inspections, and a drawing will be held for any ties. The grand winner wins a Yeti cooler! In addition, you will be able to meet experts in the quality assurance world who will be able to answer your questions on wood trusses, wall panels, cold-formed steel trusses, and lumber grading. See you there!

An ANSI/TPI 1 3rd Party Quality Assurance Authorized Agent covering the Southeastern United States, Glenn Traylor is an independent consultant with almost four decades of experience in the structural building components industry. Glenn serves as a trainer-evaluator-auditor covering sales, design, PM, QA, customer service, and production elements of the truss industry. He also provides project management specifically pertaining to structural building components, including on-site inspections and ANSI/TPI 1 compliance assessments. Glenn provides new plant and retrofit designs, equipment evaluations, ROI, capacity analysis, and CPM analysis.

Glenn Traylor Structural Building Components Industry Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenntraylor

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Auwaerter Series of X-SW Trailers & Swap Body Platforms A New Way to Move Your Panels and Building Material!

• Move pre-loaded platforms • Fewer CDL drivers needed to move your material • Move Panels, Trusses, or Both!

• Trailer and Swap Body have flatbed or low-bed option • Optional remote and ETS steering system • A variety of lengths and weight capacities

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• Stack Vertically, Horizontally, or Both!!

• Option of flat surface or low-bed center channel • Configure support stakes to fit your need • Trailer has telescoping option to fit your cargo size

Spida Vertical Truss Stacker

Call for Price and Availability!

Transport Products & Service Enterprises Your Only North American Source for Auwaerter Trailers & Platforms PH: (321) 631-3802 Email: info@tpseinc.com

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Engineered to operate through all seasons. Sumitomo High Torque Break Motor (no air or hydraulic unit to maintain). 35 Second Cycle Time. Each pedestal will hold from 10 to 25 trusses depending on truss size & weight. Floor Truss Stacker (stack 14’ to 50’ trusses). Roof Truss Stackers (stack 14’ to 50’ or 20’ to 70’ trusses). Agricultural & Large Residential Roof Truss Stacker (stack trusses up to 120’). Powered Outside Conveyor. Control Panel

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Tee-Lok Trussmaker 80RS Peak-Up Vertical Truss Stacker Tee-Lok Trussmaker 80RS peak-pp, vertical truss stacker features with heavy-duty drive system, auto-indexing, six (6) receiver arms, stacks trusses from 16 foot to 80 foot in length (Seller has stacked up to 100′ trusses on an occasional basis), up to 14′ foot height, with 45 sec. average cycle time. Adjustable end-stop with striker-plate starts the cycling process, bundle indexes back 1 1/2″ as each truss is stacked. Stacker system includes 90′ of conveyor rollers, 18 (10 idle/8 powered). 460 volt, 3 phase electrical, includes OEM Control panel. INCLUDES: New gear-drive assembly ready for installation (Valued at over $4,000).

$39,990 NOW $34,990 FOB IN

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IT’S ONE THING IN LIFE TO MAKE THE CUT. IT’S ANOTHER TO MAKE IT BETTER.

Designed for high-volume floor truss web output with even greater safety, the Monet DeSauw FWA-500 AC (for “automated controls”) offers the very latest in operator-friendly saw technology. Perfect for manufacturers running floor trusses in large volumes with variable web design, the 500 AC features automation for all blades, including the fixed cut-off blade for minimal waste. And without any need to open the saw motor cabinets, except for periodic service, you’ll benefit from enhanced safety as well. You might say that with the fully automated FWA-500 AC, Monet DeSauw has set a new standard. Again. Contact us today to discuss how this exceptional machine can positively impact your production goals.

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TRUSS EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURERS’ Tee-Lok Roof Truss Production Tables Professionally reconditioned Tee-Lok roof truss gantry tables that feature Slotted jigging fixtures with intermediate HDPE plastic over all steel construction. Two widths to select from: (1) 14' x 72" (missing one leg) and (7) 13'-6" x 56" tables (only two tables have ejectors). Tables are 27 1/2" from top of building surface to bottom of support leg. Tables designed for use with Wedge-It style pucks (not included).

The 72" table has slots at 26 1/2" o/c and the 56" tables have slots at 17 1/2" o/c spacing. Perfect for creating work station for speciality wall panels like rake-walls, knee-walls, rough-opening assembly, etc.

Can also be used to create floor-panel (floor cassette) work area! $4,400 NOW $3,900 each FOB OH. Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

CMF "STEALTH" 14' X 30' ROLLER GANTRY SYSTEM • Commercial Machinery Fabricators 14' Gantry Roller • Floor Mounted Steel Rail • 30' Continuous Steel Slotted Top Table with Pop-Up Ejectors • Jig Hardware • Cable Festoon System • Excludes Exiting Conveyor & Finish Roller • 480 Volt / 3 Phase $39,900 NOW $37,900 FOB MN Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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New Spida Short Roof Truss Finish Press New Spida “short” finish roller press (FRP), six-foot wide (other widths available) x 1 1/2” tall throat. The unique “uni-body” construction creates a ridged machine that houses 20” diameter rolls, 10 HP motor with integrated brake, emergency photoelectric shut-off and 80# chain drive. This FRP features 119 FPM speed, emergency shut-off bars, and full chain and sprocket guards. Available options include: other roller widths, Heavy-Duty upgrade, gear motor drive, and soft start controls. 480 volt, 3 phase electrical. Other voltages available.

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Price Reduction!

NEW! New Spida Floor Truss Finish Press New Spida floor truss finish roller press, four-foot wide (other widths available) x 3 1/2” tall throat. Use of this process speeds assembly and transports finished truss away from the production area, adds quality and peace of mind for your finished floor trusses. The unique “uni-body” construction creates a ridged machine that does a final press of the connector plates for complete embedment into lumber, saving wear on your floor assembly machine. 12” diameter rolls, 7 1/2 HP motor, 80# chain, 114 FPM speed, emergency photoelectric shut-off, chain and sprocket guards, integrated brake. Available options include: other roller widths, Heavy-Duty upgrade, gear motor drive, and soft start controls. 480 volt, 3 phase electrical. Other voltages available.

$27,518 FOB IN

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2004 HUNDEGGER SC-1

cServo Driven Single Blade Linear Saw. Automated Cutting with Software Download to Operator Console. 24' Capacity Loading Conveyor System. Automated Infeed Wheel . Automated Clamping & Positioning System. Angle & Bevel Drive for Roof Truss, Floor Truss & Wall Panel Cutting. 24' Capacity Outfeed Table with Ink Jet Printer (ink jet printer needs repair). 6 Arm Storage Deck (adjacent to saw outfeed table). Waste Conveyor (under saw, parts to the rear).

Excludes Incline Waste Conveyor. A/C System for Control Cabinet Video available upon request

$39,500 FOB NC 800-382-0329 | www.wasserman-associates.com

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Beyond Products, It’s People Who Make the Difference t Eagle Metal, our TrueBuild® software gives you an advantage in efficiency. Our software gives our customers the flexibility they need to build more. We offer fabricators the options they need to make operating their facility as simple or as complex as they want it to be. From design to batching to estimated-versus-actual labor comparison, we have the tools you need. But more importantly, we have the people who make a difference.

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By Tracy Roe

One of my favorite quotes is from the late Maya Angelou: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Many may view connector plates as a commodity, but our business is not as simple as that. We are more than steel and software. Every plate supplier has a value proposition consisting of three things: the consumable (the plate itself), the software, and the service (the people). All three matter, and I think the last item on that list matters the most.

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Every component fabricator who builds metal plate connected wood trusses uses connector plates. It’s in the very description of the products that a fabricator builds and sells every day. But all plates are not engineered with identical values, and the slight differences make ours a unique industry. To the untrained eye, a 3x4 20G connector plate from each manufacturer looks the same.

Indeed, all connector plates are manufactured with the same code-required steel and galvanization specifications. But “how it looks” is where the similarity ends.

The software is the next arrow in the quiver of the plate supplier value proposition. Software is an absolute necessity to today’s fabricator. Long gone are the days when you could buy a book of designs or print cutting from a small machine. Technology has changed tremendously and so has the complexity of what our industry can produce. When I started in this industry thirty years ago, the definition of a complex roof system was very, very different than it is today. Advances in software and automation in the plant have paved the way for much more complexity day in and day out. Today we have software that is powerful enough to run an entire truss operation start to finish. And it will do so with extreme efficiency. Most software on the market today has similar core functionality, but the layout and engineering elements are extremely different.

Finally, there are the people. What is your favorite place to do business and why is it your favorite? Mine is my local feed store. They don’t have the largest selection, they don’t have a website for online ordering, their establishment isn’t the biggest and brightest, and they don’t have shopping carts or a points reward system. Then why on earth do I choose to spend my money there?

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It’s how they make me feel. They know my name when I walk in the door, they know my regular order, and they know the details of my animals. They know me because they take the time to ask all the details and connect on a level that makes me feel important. I can ask them anything about everything from seed to feed to fertilizer, and they help me with sound, friendly guidance. They want me to be successful, and they will do anything to help me achieve it.

As a component fabricator, you must buy plates. Are you buying them from someone who makes you feel comfortable, appreciated, and like a true partner? Someone who will stop at nothing to ensure you are successful?

We are rapidly approaching BCMC 2021. If you are a first-time attendee, you will not regret it. If you are a returning visitor, then you’re already looking forward to it just like I am. Either way, please stop by and say hello. We would love to meet you and prove how our people make the difference.

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2007 Clark Industries Horizontal Truss Stacker Model HVS, Two Unit, 2-Zone, 14’ Horzontal Stacking System. Two lifting units (one master and one slave) with integral electrics. A truss sensing system consisting of adjustable laser sensors mounted on slide rails. One indoor electric control enclosure & panel w/PLC and manual controls. A stacker-conveyor interface package comprised of (1) mounted 3-push button enclosure and (1) remotely mounted 2-push button enclosure (pause/ emergncy stop). Hand-held Wampfler Remote Control System. 8 stacking rails and 4 stripping posts. Stack 1 5/8” thick x 14’ tall trusses up to 30 high. Stack a truss in approximately 40 seconds (cycle time).

Stack up to 55’ or longer trusses on each side of the conveyor with minor assistance for truss sag, shorter lengths can be stacked unassisted. Excludes 77’ Walk Through Conveyor System. Two systems available at $25,000 NOW $19,900 Each. FOB NE. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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$65,977 FOB TX Clary Hydraulic Splicer Press Clary hydraulic splicer press, 10 HP motor and 16 gallon reservoir. Platen is 10″ x 18″.

460 volt, 3 phase electrical required. $2,100 FOB UT As-Is Where-Is Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

2005 Klaisler End-Eject 66 Foot Roof Gantry & Tables Klaisler end-eject roof truss gantry with recessed rails, 66 foot working length x 14 foot maximum truss height. Includes (9) steel top tables, 72" wide, with drilled and tapped bottom chord areas plus (3) struts with steel in-between and (1) slotted steel top table 43" wide. Drilled & tapped tables with strut include pop-up idler rollers. Single gantry head has 24" diameter roll, 7.5 HP drive motor and pendant controls. Rail has raised ramp on one end of line to raise the head. (13) 5" diameter x 14 foot wide, standalone idler conveyors, (1) electrical mast with s/o cord & wire pulleys and all available jigging hardware are included. FRP's shown in photos are not included, but one can be added at an additional cost. 230 volt, 3 phase electrical required. 100 PSI air required.

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$35,000 MITEK MARK 100 MOBILE HOME PRESS • 100 Ton Hydraulic Press • 25 HP Motor - 230/460 Volt • Two 18' x 4' Press Tables • Tables need New Wood or Plastic Tops • Some of the Hydraulic Fittings Leak • In working condition when last used in June 2021

$52,500 FOB IN 800-382-0329 | www.wasserman-associates.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

ROBBINS 10' X 40' END EJECT ROLLER GANTRY SYSTEM • Robbins 10' x 24" Diameter Gantry Roller • Floor Mounted Steel Rail • (6) Robbins Tables with Pop-Up End Eject Rollers (one of the rollers is powered) • Electric over Air Valve to Raise Pop-Up Rollers • Tables have Plastic Tops, Unistrut Jig Rails & Steel Bottom Chord • Bridge Plates & Roof Truss Jig Hardware • Hydraulic Gantry Lifter (No Hydraulic Power Unit) • 240 Volt / 3 Phase

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Auto-10 Press Specialty Table

WizardPDS®-ready!

BCMC Booth 1119 See You There

Auto-l0 Press System. Automated.

Get the small trusses off your big table.

The Auto 10 brings WizardPDS® speed, accuracy and setup efficiency to the rest of your smaller and highly custom jobs; smaller roof trusses, occasional or deeper floor trusses (using patented WizardPDS® Drop & Lock Floor Truss Fixtures), parallel chord, any junk or jack style trusses – the Auto 10 has it covered.

One step pressing, no finish roller required. No more inefficient, manually jigged or make-do ways of building this portion of your jobs; an ever increasing percentage of what you do.

WizardPDS® ready table configurable to up to 36’ in length – add the automation at a time of your choosing. Jig table supplied with WizardPDS® positions spaced 24” o/c with Steel T-Slot openings spaced between 24” o/c.

The Auto-10 Press gets your small trusses off your full size table without sacrificing the exclusive and unmatched performance and profitability of WizardPDS® automated jigging.

We bring the best together!

800-344-3433 Fax 612-521-9307 www.eideintegratedsystems.com Eide Integrated Systems, LLC PO Box 11397 / 3219 North Second Street Minneapolis, MN 55411-0397

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New Spida Trackless Floor Gantry

New table-guided (NO rail) floor truss machine by Spida.

This well-designed machine builds floor trusses up to a standard 26 inch depth (32 inch optional). Working length of 40 feet. Optional features include plate storage areas along each long side of the table, end-eject, flip jig for build-side, center clamping for over-depth trusses and pop-ups for back-plate side. Clamping by under-table cylinders controlling above-table steel fence. Floor truss gantry features twin 7.5 HP gearmotors for a total of 15 HP, 24 inch diameter roll, safety bars, 3 7/16″ diameter, full-roll-length shaft with baffles. 440 volt, 3 phase. Other voltages available.

$147,500 FOB IN

New Spida Roof Truss Finish Press

New Spida roof truss finish roller press, 24″ diameter rolls, throat widths either 15 feet or 16 feet wide, 119 feet per minute speed, heavy-duty design with 4″ shaft diameters, 80 lb. chain drive, dual motors (20 HP total) and variablefrequency drive for smooth acceleration and deceleration with active start/stop control panel. Includes emergency top interlock which allows integration with other machines, emergency shut-off, safety shut-off beams/bars or safety scanners located at infeed and outfeed of throat. 460 V, 3 phase electrical available standard, other voltages available as option, changing from 1.5″ to 3.5″ throat height, 10 feet and 12 feet throat widths and roll height adjustment are also options. Weight: 11,500 lbs.

$55,436 FOB IN

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MiTek Measures Seismic Forces to Develop Stronger, Safer Products

By Katie Kormann, Corporate Journalist

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iTek, a building industry innovator and enabler, continues to uncover ways to improve efficiencies and transform the building industry with better building solutions. In its latest endeavor, MiTek has designed and built a custom piece of equipment to perform lateral-load testing on walls that will allow the company to efficiently test and prove the safety of innovative solutions that resist wind and seismic loads on buildings.

MiTek made a significant capital investment in this new technology, which will have far-reaching impact. The lateral test rack will be used to innovate and optimize existing MiTek solutions including Hardy Frames and Cold Form Steel Moment Frames, as well as create new lateral load-resisting solutions that MiTek is developing to improve the resilience of structures, keeping people safe and improving sustainability.

MiTek partners around the world will benefit from this investment. In addition to the lateral test rack, MiTek’s Research & Design team is being expanded.

Another engineer has been added to the team at the Fountain Lakes R&D facility in St. Charles, Missouri, where the test rack is housed. The engineer will work as part of MiTek’s Research & Design team under the supervision of the company’s lateral load expert.

Jesse Karns, MiTek Director, Research & Development for Structural Components, said MiTek has always been invested and engaged in product development and testing, but he said much of that testing has occurred at universities or third-party agencies as part of strategic partnerships. Karns is excited that having the lateral test rack on site will allow the team to do more in-house testing. He said customers will benefit because the company will have more control over the testing process and will, in turn, be able to build better and faster.

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The rack itself consists of a large piston that uses hydraulic forces to push and pull parts of the structure. As part of the testing, a wall is placed in the lateral test rack and force is applied to it.

The force simulates forces that one could expect to see in earthquake or wind events. Researchers are able to see how the wall responds and, ultimately, how it fails.

“That’s the important part, especially when we start talking about earthquake resistance and redundancy, resiliency, and residual strength,” Karns said.

The first series of tests included walls with various types of material on them, including plywood or OSB sheathing. These tests conducted on walls with known properties allowed for further verification of the new test rack’s accuracy. Depending on the type of hazard they’re looking to simulate, the team may push the wall in one direction or back and forth.

The team has numerous load cells and instruments to measure deflections as well as several cameras set up to simultaneously monitor many elements of a test. They are looking for a variety of possible actions to indicate a failure of some sort.

Karns said the current version of the lateral test rack can push about 200,000 pounds of force on the walls. Most single-family and multifamily walls fall within the 10,000-pound range maximum.

The lateral test rack was designed and equipped to expand as the need for testing larger loads grows. Eventually the team plans to test on larger building elements up to a three-story wall.

“We’re looking at improving existing systems and also developing new systems,” Karns said.

“We have a chance to test and further develop systems that would further facilitate offsite and modular building.”

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NEW! KLAISLER PEAK-UP ROOF TRUSS STACKER • (2 Each) Peak-Up (Inline) Roof Truss Stackers.

• 110' Powered Conveyor • Stack 2 Trusses up to 50' Length or 1 Truss up to 90' Length • 8 Stationary Pedestals with 8 Lift Arms • 35 Second Cycle Time • 460 Volt / 3 Phase Buyer to dismantle/load equipment, Seller will provide forklift $34,900 NOW 23,900 FOB IL Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

COMMERCIAL MACHINERY FABRICATORS 14' X 32' ROLLER GANTRY SYSTEM Commercial Machinery Fabricators 14' Gantry Roller. Floor Mounted Steel Rail.

(4) Klaisler Tables with Pop-Up Skatewheel Ejectors. Tables have Plastic Tops, Unistrut Jig Rails & Steel Bottom Chord. Bridge Plates. Excludes Exiting Conveyor & Finish Roller. 460 Volt / 3 Phase. Buyer to dismantle/load equipment, Seller will provide forklift. $34,900 NOW $32,900 FOB IL Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

New Spida Floor Cassette Table

New Spida floor cassette table, standard size 12′-8″ x 40′ long, structural steel tubing frame with building surface featuring slotted steel at 6″ on-center intervals. Table includes preset spacing marks at 16″, 19.2″ and 24″ for faster layout of trusses, joists, rim board and beams. Table height of 14″ that includes leveling feet for fine adjustment. Foot pedal operated, end-eject idler rollers are 4″ diameter and spaced at 4′ on-center. Ejectors powered by 15.5″ diameter air bellows. Table includes 3-way solenoid valves, 1/2″ diameter air connect and 70 gallon compressed-air storage tanks with filter & regulator. Approximate weight 13,000 lbs. 110 volt, 1 phase, 15 Amp electrical required. 100 PSI @ 18 CFM air required. $130,997 FOB IN

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NEW! ROBBINS 10' X 40' END EJECT ROLLER GANTRY SYSTEM Robbins 10' x 24" Diameter Gantry Roller.

Floor Mounted Steel Rail. (6) Robbins Tables with Pop-Up End Eject Rollers (one of the rollers is powered). Electric over Air Valve to Raise Pop-Up Rollers. Tables have Plastic Tops, Unistrut Jig Rails & Steel Bottom Chord. Bridge Plates & Roof Truss Jig Hardware. Hydraulic Gantry Lifter (No Hydraulic Power Unit). 240 Volt / 3 Phase

$45,000 NOW $35,000 FOB PA Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Table Guided Gantry System by Spida Machinery New, table-guided (NO rail) gantry system by Spida, side-eject or end-eject options, with continuous production tables built to length. Available in steel, plastic or combination table top options. Can be fabricated to received automated jigging. 24" diameter gantry heads feature raised operator platform, heavy-duty steel roll with 4" shaft, baffles and heavy-duty spherical bearings, dual 7.5 HP braking gear motors for a total of 15 HP, easy adjusting bogie wheel assemblies, safety bars, Wampfler "finger safe", undertable-mounted electrical supply and optional soft start drive. Square 1 can provide the combination of powered transfer rolls, sloping ejectors, receivers, idler conveyors and powered conveyors required to meet your configuration needs. 440 volt, 3 phase electrical. Other voltages available. FOB IN.

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$68,990 FOB MA 2019 Triad Gen 3 Framing Station with Trident Tool Dollies 2019 Triad Gen 3 framing station with Trident tool dollies builds up to 16 ft long walls from 4 ft to 12 ft in height with 2×3″ through 2×8″ material. The framer clamps and squares components with push button activation before nailing. The trident tool dollies use a single tool per dolly and can be set up to accommodate the nail spacing and quantity of nails. Pop-up skate wheel conveyors assist with moving the wall or components. 110 volt, 1 phase electrical required.

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COMPONENT TABLE LINE • Triad Flow-Through Component Nailer with Infeed/Outfeed Roller Conveyor (Excludes Nail Guns) • 20' Powered Chain Conveyor • 10' Skatewheel Conveyor

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Triad Machines Introduces: ProFusion Sheathing Bridge with Autonomous Operation!

By The Triad | Merrick Machine Company Team

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or over 60 continuous years, Triad has helped builders produce hundreds of thousands of homes and multi-family dwellings on our cutting-edge machinery, making the American Dream a little more affordable for thousands of families.

Once again, Triad is proving that we are not only pioneers but leaders by introducing the new ProFusion sheathing bridge—Triad’s latest programmable bridge with many new features to increase speed, increase flexibility, and reduce labor.

ProFusion features an unmanned sheathing capability via software design download using a web-based operational platform or CAD/ CAM control (customer choice)—with fastener spacing set by the design software for flexibility of placement. The ProFusion offers a multitool twin gantry and is servo-controlled. The lightning-fast speed of the bridge nails a 12’ stud in approximately 2–4 seconds in unmanned mode (variance due to recovery time of gun model used). To assist with air, ProFusion offers 278% more air tank capacity than previous bridge models. To see it in action, watch our online video of the ProFusion Sheathing Bridge in unmanned operation.

ProFusion is able to accommodate and fasten horizontal, vertical, and even staggered sheathing.

Each tool on the gantry can tilt independently for seam fastening. There is Auto Sizing Plate Fire, so no need for manual adjustment of guns, and the bridge also auto-nails window openings top and bottom.

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ProFusion can easily handle 2x4 up to 2x12 materials, making it as versatile as it is fast. The bridge can be used in conjunction with the Triad Generation III Tables—panels enter and exit tables via powered or manual conveyors per customer specification. The Generation III tables utilize speed motors to adjust for varying wall heights 27% faster than previous models and can be operated either with push-button controls or a key fob. All bridge functions have a semi-automated override in the event of a network outage in a customer’s facility.

Triad’s ProFusion has been designed and programmed fully in-house to ensure complete quality control following Triad’s longtime philosophy of not simply being an assembly shop for components and designs brought from the outside, but to be a full production facility.

Triad’s Gen III framing, squaring, and sheathing tables can be built as short as 16’ in length, up to 80’ in length, and can be built to assist with walls, floors, and ceiling panels from 3’9” up to 20’3” (ProFusion can span this width as well) depending on our customers’ needs.

ProFusion will be unveiled to the building community at BCMC Omaha!

We’re in Booth #511—which is conveniently located just to the left of the show entry. Please come view the bridge and have a discussion about Triad’s full line of production products.

Learn how we are a preferred builders’ source for automated machine tools for the housing industry, including wood wall panel equipment, steel stud framing tables, stair building machines, window framing machines, material handling carts, and more.

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SEE OUR NEW AUTOMATED SHEATHING STATION AT THE BCMC SHOW Our team is thrilled to announce the launch of the Platinum Series Automated Sheathing Station to the list of Panels Plus product offerings. In addition to more-automated processes, the new Platinum Series Sheathing Station boasts a new interface that is compatible with MiTek’s ShopNet™ software, one of the most popular design software products in the building component industry.

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NEW! New Component Table with Skatewheel Conveyors Lift & Extend Skatewheel Conveyors. 10' x 10' Work Area with Squaring Lip. Gun Holster & Nail Tray. $9,950 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

CLICK HERE for more information New Panels Plus Wall Panel Framing Equipment

Consider Panels Plus wall panel assembly equipment for manufacturers of wood or steel wall panels, floor-panels, and related framing components. Panels Plus is an employee owned, ISO certified, manufacturing company that builds state-of-the-art equipment featuring durable construction, with fit and finish second to none in the structural building component industry. The referenced base framing table allows you to assemble from 7-12 foot wall heights, at industry standard 16 foot lengths, at a working height of 29 to 32 inches.

This framer design includes controls at each end of table, squaring stops and pneumatic clamping for consistent wall panel quality.

Frames 2x4 or 2 x 6 walls, with color-coded, steel stud locators at 16 and 24 inches O.C. spacing. Includes pop-up skate wheels for easy transfer of completed wall frame. Framing table can be configured to receive wall framing light bars, other options include custom buildable wall heights, lengths and auto-indexing of optional 2 or 3 tool carriages.

2004 PANELS PLUS 12' X 16' SHEATHING TABLE WITH PANEL & ROUTER BRIDGES • Sheathing Table with Powered Height Adjustment & Roller Conveyor • Panel Bridge with Bridge Tilt • Tool Mounts at 6" Centers with 3" Shift • 20 Each - Max CN80 Coil Nail Guns • Custom Built Router Bridge (excludes air router shown in photos) • Paslode Staple Guns are available at additional expense $23,900 NOW $19,900 FOB IL Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Additionally from Panels Plus are sheathing tables with features that include foot pedal control at squaring end of table, with squaring stops, roller conveyors at both sides, single pendant controls for bridge, tool spacing at 6 inch centers with 3 inch bridge shift for offset nailing. Tool bridges can accommodate from 2 x 4 to 2 x 8 walls, with seam tilt being standard equipment Panels Plus Tool Bridges are available with single beam or dual beam design for two different tool mounts on one bridge.

Squaring stations, sub-component tables, conveyors and panel lifts are also available to complete the configuration of the wall panel assembly line. Price includes factory installation and training. 50 CFM at 120 psi air. 120 or 230 volt, 1 phase electrical.

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Spida Automated Wall Sheathing Station $197,500 FOB NZE/IN

IBS/Comsoft Wall Panel Light Bars Reconditioned dual 16’ foot long light bars, includes spare light board. Light bars are compatible with all light-bar equipped or ready IBS/Comsoft, Panels Plus, etc. wall panel equipment driven by ITW (IBS) or other compatible design software. 110 volt, single phase electrical. $18,890 NOW $16,550 FOB MN. Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

New Spida fully-automated CNC controlled sheathing station, fastens sheathing to wood frame wall panels from 2×3″ to 2×8″ nominal, in wall heights from 7′ to 12′. Straightens studs from the underside of the panel prior to firing fasteners. Fixed bridge fires fasteners into sheathing as wall panel passes under bridge. Works with tools firing up to 3 1/2″ nails.

Features touch-screen controls, (4) high-speed nail tools, automated tilting of tools at seams and powered transfer of panels. Approximate size is 18 ft wide x 27 ft long. 230 / 460 volt, 3 phase electrical required.

100 PSI at 28 CFM.

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Strengthen and Rebuild with Vekta

By Ed Serrano Managing Director VektaUSA

or Vekta USA, for our customers, suppliers, and the whole world, 2020 was a challenging year! For us, our strength as a global team was tested as we worked all hours to stay connected and support our US customers. In 2021, the pandemic is still causing chaos, with lumber shortages, supply chain issues, and even the little things like those masks.

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However, for Vekta USA, the theme for 2021 has been “Strengthen and Rebuild.” Over the past ten months, that is exactly what Vekta USA has focused on and achieved!

In January 2021, Aaron Bahner joined Vekta USA in the role of General Manager. Aaron has brought with him several years of experience in business leadership in the Design, Manufacturing, and Automation industries. Over the past ten months, Aaron has been familiarizing himself with Vekta’s products, customers, suppliers, and the team. Already he has been pivotal in the rebuilding of Vekta USA and implementing changes that have strengthened every aspect of our business.

Strengthening and building up our distribution channels for parts and supplies has been a focus for Vekta USA during 2021. With supply chains struggling during the pandemic, we have actively engaged with new suppliers and focused on strengthening our relationships with current suppliers. For our customers, this means that spares and parts are always available and ready to be shipped when needed.

Aaron Bahner General Manager

Essential for customer service are Field Service Engineers – we’ve hired, we’ve trained, and we’ve got them on the ground! To provide the expert support that Vekta USA customers expect and deserve, we’ve strengthened our support team with three new engineers: Steve Southworth, Jeff Torola, and Dan Huddleston. Our service and support team members are ready to work with our customers over the phone, via email, and on-site. Supported by the Australian and New Zealand teams, Vekta provides 24/7 coverage ensuring our customers are always able to get support and service when needed.

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During 2021, Vekta USA has spent time listening to our customers and understanding the challenges and victories from the past 18 months. While the team has been on-site installing Vekta Razers, PackFeeders, and Direct Delivery Systems, we’ve taken the opportunity to strengthen our relationships. An immediate benefit – we’ve been able to better understand what our customers need, enabling our Engineering team to stay busy devising customized solutions.

In July, I installed our first Vekta Rotator – an option to be used with the Multiple Kick Off Station Outfeed system. How does it work? The Razer outputs the components and then, depending on where they are needed, the Rotator can either allow the component to pass straight through or rotate it 90 degrees to travel upwards to the correct Kick Off station. Information for the final destination of each member is tracked along the system, ensuring they arrive at the correct location. This means that all your team needs to do is be at the Kick Off location ready to start the assembly process.

Perhaps the biggest change for us is that Vekta USA has moved the office and factory to a new location in Bloomington, MN. The new factory has been a cornerstone of our commitment to strengthening and rebuilding. Our new warehouse will allow us to grow as well as provide a showroom for customers to visit and see the impressive array of Vekta machinery.

Over the past ten months, we’ve focused on setting a vision for the future growth of Vekta USA and fortifying our foundation to make sure we are a true representation of the quality, engagement, and value of Vekta Automation. As we approach 2022, we look forward to sharing our passion for strengthen and rebuild with your company too.

Vekta USA will be at this month’s BCMC show in Omaha, Booth #1133 – Please come by to say Hi and find out more about what we can do for you!

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$29,900 FOB KS 2007 VIKING 16' X 12' SQUARING TABLE WITH SHEATHING BRIDGE • 16' x 12' Squaring Table with Powered Width Adjustment & Powered Chain Conveyor • Wall Panel Lengths up to 16', Wall Panel Heights from 4'-0" to 12'-2" • Swing Gates at Both Ends of Squaring Table • Automated Field & Edge Nailing Driving by Panel Pro Event Software & Your Programmed Nailing Patterns • Simple Touchscreen Controls • 2 Tool Carriages for Sheathing Nailing with Tilt Function for Seams • 2 Paslode Nail Guns with High Load Coil Tray • Auto Sheathing Bridge Return • Includes 4 Pallets of Magnum Coil Nails (2 3/8 x .113) • 480 Volt / 3 Phase

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NEW 12' X 16' FRAMING TABLE • Pop-up Skatewheel Conveyor • Powered Height Adjustment (6'-11" to 12'-5" wall heights) • Fixed Squaring Stops • Excludes Tool Dollies • 110 Volt / 20 Amps • Add $4,480 for Stud Locators at 16" & 24" O.C. • Add $2,150 for 1 Pair of 15' Skatewheel Conveyor with Stands • Add $9,950 for Sub-Component Layup Tables with Pop-up Skatewheel Conveyors • EQUIPMENT FINANCING available from SLS Financial Services $34,500 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Basic Automation (IBS/Comsoft) Sheathing Station Recently remanufactured multi-tool bridge with stitcher tools s/n: 1904. Bridge features side-shift, and laser guide. Squaring table includes floor mounted V-rail, 16'L x 12'H powered squaring sheathing table with endstops. 120vac, 120psi air.. $24,750 FOB IN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

New Panels Plus Floor Cassette Framing Station Price: $Call for pricing FOB: MN New Panels Plus floor framing machine, supports the structural members creating floor sections from 2" x 6" LVL through 2" x 10" to 2" x 12" dimensional lumber, 20" deep wood floor trusses or engineered wood / I-joists. Standard footprint of floor panels (cassettes) up to 12' wide x 45' long. Table consists of a fixed section and a track-guided, moveable section controlled by either a foot switch or push-buttons.

Includes a series of color-coded locator pins at 16", 19.2 and 24" on-center spacing and clamping with squaring feature including foot pedal control.

The locators individually flip down if a joist comes out on top of them. After the floor is complete and unclamped, the floor section can be raised up on skate-wheel conveyors and rolled out or lifted off the table using an overhead crane. Table height is 24.5", OAL 45.5 ft, OAW 14.5 ft. 120 volt, 1 phase, 15 Amp electrical required. 90 to 120 PSIG at 15 CFM air required.

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Business is Sweeter with Partnerships

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recently had a chance to visit Weinmann and Hundegger in Germany.

Having partnerships that we can talk about and advertise is great, but having

By Chris Scott partnerships where we take steps to learn each other’s products, procedures, and people is what allows us to grow into a stronger machine vendor overall. At Stiles, we’re fortunate to able to build on our relationships.

Weinmann is located in St. Johann, a German village surrounded by beautiful mountains and fields. Spending days meeting associates that I have worked with for the last year and a half was not only a fun experience but an education also. Being able to see and learn their business model and processes first-hand helps me to become a better partner. Weinmann is growing as the need for offsite wall panel equipment and systems is exploding worldwide. By the end of 2022, they will have tripled their number of people and will have started additions on their office. Now Weinmann is focusing on the North American market, so the next few years are going to be exciting.

Hundegger’s sprawling compound is just outside the village Hawangen. Hundegger has an impressive manufacturing facility, and seeing how those saws are built was a treat. We also got to see most of the saws running and got to deep dive into the functionality of each one. The size of the PBA and UFA was especially exciting to see close up.

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Stiles is committed to building the strongest partners we can so that we can be the best vendor to our customers. Growth, partnerships, collaboration – this is currently the focus of Stiles to accommodate the ever-changing landscape of offsite construction.

Another benefit to having partners is the trip itself.

With Covid numbers still an issue, we kept it tight to just one week. Driving through the countryside and villages is always a beautiful and fun experience though, regardless of how long you’re there. It’s always amazing to experience a different culture, from the architecture to the atmosphere to the people, and I consider myself very fortunate to be able to have had a chance for this trip.

Of course, no trip is complete without sampling the local cuisine. Sweet tooth, anyone?

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New Spida Wall Extruder Panel Assembly System The concept of the Spida Extruder is to bring materials to a central location as the product is extended or “extruded” to create the framed wall panel. A single operator in one central location, feeds the studs and sub-components in-between the plates, while the Extruder does the nailing. The Extruder features (4) servo-controlled, indexing, bracket-mounted tools that can be coil or stick fed, hands-free clamping of plates and is adjustable for wall heights starting from 5’-11”, with options to build walls to 12‘3”, from 2×4″ to 2×8″ lumber.

An option is available to add an intermediate tool mount, for fastening blocking between studs, a notoriously slow process in wall panelization that usually reduces production. The Extruder design makes this connection much easier for the operator, keeping your wall production high.

The support stations are adjacent to the Extruder and operators at those stations build the sub-component openings, sub-assemblies (like ladders) which are conveyed to the central operator’s station, where they are dropped and nailed into the panel in sequence.

IBS Tool Bridge & Router Bridge IBS multi-tool bridge with (24) tool stations.

Bridge features auto-return, button controls and laser guide mount. Fits up to 12′ nominal rail centers. IBS router bridge features (1) router, laser guide mount and lever-switch button controls. Fits up to 12′ nominal rail centers. Sold as a pair.

Includes all available floor mounted, v-rail.

Both bridges missing laser sub-assembly.

120vac, 120psi air. $15,975 FOB UT Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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New Wall Panel Lift • 8' to 12' Wall Heights • 1,000 Lb Capacity • Weight: 120 Lbs • E x c l u d e s : E l e c t r i c H o i s t & Freestanding Bridge Crane $1,650 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Conveyors and transfer tables of various configurations are used to bring the parts to the Extruder. Each design takes advantage of curved or raised conveyors to efficiently bring materials to the Extruder and fit within your plant’s material flow in the most efficient way possible.

Once the wall panel is framed, it proceeds by conveyor to a squaring station and a sheathing station for completion. Here too, the sheathing is fastened as the panel passes by the sheathing bridge with its’ (4) four, high-speed tools. There are options for router bridges and automated ply loading. The Spida Sheather is a fully automated, CNC machine that features touch screen controls and tilt nailing at seams.

Over ten years in development and use in Australia and Asia, there are now several locations using the Extruder here in North America. A typical system can be installed in about (5) hours thanks to the modular, “plug-and-play” design of the Spida wall equipment. 120 volt, 1 phase, 15 Amp electrical required and 110 PSI air @ 6 CFM required for each Extruder and Sheather station.

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New PROSTACK WALL PANEL STACKER

$185,970 FOB NV 2016 Triad Wall Assembly Equipment Developed in a commercial wall panel production facility this is the remarkable ProStack, fully automated wall panel stacker. The ProStack relieves your build team from creating a stack of wall panels and keeps them building walls instead.

Stacks 2×4 through 2×8 walls up to 20′ in length and up to 12 feet in height. The ProStack automatically centers each layer including multiple wall segments on the same layer, and the ability to “create” fork lift pockets for ease of loading in your yard or on the build site. (Please see video for more.) 208 volt, 3 phase, 45.3 full Amp load electrical required. No air required. Footprint is 26′-5″L x 19′-3″W. Here are some of the features of the ProStack Wall Panel Stacker: • Wall Length Max – 20’ • Wall Height Range – 8’ to 12’ • Material 2×4″ through 2×8″ • Total Weight capacity – 6,000 lbs.

• Total stack Height Max – 6’ • This unit stacks on-center • System is able to stack on center layers that have multiple wall segments • Siemens controls • Full manual override controls via HMI • Speed – 45-60 seconds per wall layer

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2016 Triad exterior and interior wall panel lines with conveyors and terminal stations. Builds 2×4 and 2×6 walls up to 16’ in length with wall heights from 6’-9” to 10’-2” and includes Component Nailer model FTN and panel lift model XPL1000: Exterior line includes (2) sets of Rough Opening Assembly tables model RO-CAT, framing table model Gen II with manual nail-gun tool dollies each side & stud locators at 16” and 24” o.c., squaring and sheathing table model Gen II with staple & routing combo bridge & side shift for seams @ 3” & 6” o.c. fasteners, top & bottom plate gun mounts for 6” o.c. fasteners, auto stop & tilt features, (3) 10 ft skatewheel conveyors, (4) 20 ft x 36″ roller conveyors and (4) powered infeed conveyors with chain track.

Interior line includes Rough Opening Assembly table model RO-CAT, framing table model Diamond Quad with manual nail-gun tool dollies each side, pop-up rollers & stud locators at 16” and 24” o.c., (2) 10 ft skatewheel conveyors, (4) 20 ft x 36″ roller conveyors.

System sold for over $223,000 new. Sold as one system only. 110 volt, 1 phase electrical required. 100 PSI air required.

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2017 Panels Plus Single-Tool Wall Panel Sheathing Station

2017 Panels Plus single-tool sheathing station includes servo-controlled bridge travel, edge stitcher tool mounts (single beam model), a single-tool, center tool mount, laser pointer, pre-programmed nailing patterns and joy-stick controls, foot pedal control at squaring end of table for squaring panels, pop-up skatewheel and roller conveyors for transport of panels. Accommodates wall panels ranging from 2″ x 4″ to 2″ x 10″, up to 16′ panel length. Includes one Max brand model CN80 nail tool. 120 PSI at 60 CFM air required. 120 volt, 1 phase electrical required. See example video below.

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Panels Plus is Headed to BCMC

By Tim Kaasa

Our team is looking forward to attending BCMC next week!

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e will be debuting our new Platinum Series Automated Sheathing Bridge as well as showcasing a few other products at our booth #1233. We also will have our Wide Plate Framing Station located in MiTek’s booth #1201 for viewing!

Stop by and visit our team.

Let’s discuss how we can help you achieve your panel production goals.

Not able to make it to the show? You can reach me by email at sales@panplus.com or give me a call at 866.726.7587 to learn more about the products we offer.

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Taking It to the Next Level: Hundegger + Simpson Strong-Tie

By Steve Shrader

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ave you heard the news? On September 10, Simpson Strong-Tie announced the formation of our new partnership. Officially, Simpson Strong-Tie has begun “a direct investment into the North America Hundegger equipment sales and service representative partner, Hundegger USA, LC.”

So, what does that mean to you? It means that the cooperation between our two companies will make it even easier for you to leverage all of the technology and resources that we have for manufacturers in the building components industry.

All of our industry channels align. From Truss Components to Mass Timber and CLT to Wall and Floor panel and Off-Site construction to SIPs. Simpson has been providing a solution to the same industries where Hundegger has a CNC solution.

As Roger Dankel, President of North America Sales for Simpson Strong-Tie, frames it: “We have known and worked with Hundegger for many years and are excited to build on our long-standing relationship. This strategic investment will strengthen our joint growth and success in the mass timber and component manufacturing markets by offering North America customers end-to-end solutions, including integrated software from a single source.”

In other words, we recognize that the lines between business models are blurring and our customers are interested in opportunities across those lines. Forward-looking companies are seeking new markets, new products, and new technologies in the off-site revolution. And of course, having software that is compatible across operating platforms is key. Now, we will be able to deliver a comprehensive one-stop shop of highquality products, machinery, and software solutions for multiple businesses.

Not to brag, but the press release also reminds everyone about these qualities that both companies bring to the table. “Simpson Strong-Tie brings decades of innovative construction products, advanced testing capabilities, and integrated technology solutions to the investment. Hundegger offers deep industry knowledge and unsurpassed, high precision manufacturing expertise. Both companies are dedicated to providing exceptional customer service and support.”

April Burt, Vice President of Building Technology for Simpson StrongTie sums it up best: “Together, we can leverage our strengths and offer a uniquely integrated range of knowledge and solutions.”

Are you excited yet? I am! Please drop by my booth at BCMC, #732, to learn more about this partnership and all that Hundegger has to offer your business.

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How is the Delta Variant Affecting the Economy?

Carl Villella, CLFP President, Acceptance Leasing & Financing Service

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ccording to a recent Wall Street Journal article written by Josh Mitchell, the economy is holding up quite well. “Resilient” is the word he used to describe the situation.

“Households have plenty of money,” he quotes a chief economist as saying. While travel has suffered, retail sales rose in August. With children going back to school, consumers are spending more on food and merchandise at big box stores. Restaurant sales have been growing briskly all year, up 32% over the past year.

In addition to the added spending, employers are holding onto their workers. It’s a sign of a strong economy.

When it comes to your own business model, how are you adapting to the new normal?

We strongly suggest you consider the pent-up demand and what you need to be doing today to prepare for the near future.

With rates low, you may wish to consider new or used equipment to help your business grow.

Economists have been saying it for a while now: There is a lot of cash on the sidelines, in the pockets of both consumers and businesses, waiting to be spent.

As a player in the component financing arena for many years, we know the equipment and the companies involved in the business. We’ve helped to fund deals since 1992.

There are many programs available to every type of borrower. Whether you are an established business with solid credit or a newcomer with a limited credit history, we can help.

Acceptance Leasing and Financing Service, Inc. is located near Pittsburgh, PA. We are a team of professionals dedicated to working closely with you to obtain an approval at the best possible rate for you. Call us today at 412 262-3225.

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From the Road...

My Cutting-Edge Tour at Triad

By Thomas McAnally

n our May issue, I began this series From the Road, inviting everyone along the course of our cross-country adventure to connect with me for an in-person visit. Recently, I was pleased to tour Merrick Machine Co. in Alda, Nebraska, the home of Triad Machinery.

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Arriving at the industrial park that houses two of their manufacturing plants, I was met by Brad Samples, Plant Manager, and we were soon joined by Lowell Tuma, Sales Manager, and Russ Merrick, owner and President. As the name shows, Merrick began as a family business – Russ is third generation leadership at the company started by his grandfather, Jim Merrick, in 1959. Originally from the oil industry, Jim Merrick is considered one of the early pioneers in building component manufacturing machinery.

Their first machine made windows and it was called the Triad. Today, the Triad T-4 Window Machine is the cornerstone of the Triad Window line. Other products include wood wall panel equipment, steel stud framing tables, stair stringer cutting saws, RUVO pre-hung door assembly machines, material handling carts, and more.

My plant tour started in a staging area for raw materials. Merrick Machine Co. (MMC) produces all of their specialty parts in-house using CNC-guided laser cutting, break press, milling, and forming equipment.

Their strategy is to cut out the middleman to reduce lead time, maintain production schedule flexibility, reduce errors, and maintain a strict level of quality. It also allows them to plan ahead on raw materials in bulk without affecting their production schedule.

We took time to watch a robotic sheet steel machine lift a single panel and position it on a carrier that brought the raw sheet into a CNC laser machine. It cut out individual parts including slots, holes, and openings based on the overall design of the machine being produced. From there, we went to an assembly area where a wall panel bridge was being constructed. Every part of the bridge structure was produced in-house with the exception of fasteners and electrical or pneumatic components. Next to the bridge, a wall panel assembly table was under construction. As with the bridge, all of the plate and structural members had been produced in-house and stood by, ready to be assembled.

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We then went to an area where a competed machine was loaded with a panel to demonstrate the ProFusion bridge and capabilities of their hands-free operation. I was expecting to see someone push a button or throw a switch or actuator to start the process. What I saw was an operator holding a tablet. With a few strokes, the bridge indexed then proceeded to fasten all plates, studs, seams, and openings. It turns out that the speed of this process only depends on the brand of gun used and tool cycle time. What’s more, no one other than the tablet operator is needed to initiate it, and that person can be in a different area, a different building, or even a different state when managing the process! The only manual intervention will be for loading the guns (with up to 1,500 nails each) and positioning the framed panel with sheathing. That too could be automated, but it’s not a requirement.

(Note: To see the ProFusion for yourself, stop by the Triad booth at BCMC this month or check out the online video of the ProFusion Sheathing Bridge in unmanned operation.)

With my past experience in commercial modular building manufacturing, I was not only thinking “this is really cool,” but I was thinking of how many people I would need to accomplish what this machine did by itself in a fraction of the time of a wall panel sheathing crew. I figured it would take three people, one on each side of the table and one standing on the panel, to reach all of the areas this bridge nailed, and how many times they would have had to reload to accomplish the task this 1,500-nail-per-gun machine did without reloading. Added to that I envisioned the waste of nails that are usually scattered on the floor, under the table, broken loads discarded to avoid jams, and how much time would be lost in movements making sure air hoses were not hanging up, going after nails, or waiting. Add benefits like pre-programming fastener spacing requirements and not seeing excess nails where they weren’t needed, and my commercial modular manufacturing self was saying, “if I was still in manufacturing, I would want one of these.”

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After seeing the ProFusion bridge demonstration, we moved into another area where stair stringer saws were being assembled. I immediately understood the benefits, not only in automation but in the quality and economy this saw could offer. Making square notched cuts (without overcutting like when using a skill saw) increases strength and avoids overcuts that can weaken stringers. With automatic indexing, the time and material savings alone make offering pre-cut stair stringers a viable addition to a component manufacturer’s product line.

Before exiting the manufacturing plant, we took a detour to the section of the building where parts are made for the automobile industry and other uses by plastic injection. From internal parts for timing chain assemblies and races made of specialty plastics and nylon, to assemblies for the agricultural industry to use in irrigation, this division is a producer of products not equipment. But having Merrick Machine Co. next door to help build extrusion equipment is a definite plus.

The overall concept was automation and efficiency. When parts came out of the press, the small plastic stems and “trees” that held groups of parts together were separated and returned to the raw materials bin to be ground up and used again. Russ explained his thought process on further automation, replacing repetitive processes that are currently human actions with robot tasks. His goal is to elevate human involvement to being more technical and supportive and less labor intensive.

Making people more valuable through training and improving processes, and using robotics to replace manual tasks, is a common thread in his entrepreneurial vision.

When we got back to the office, we visited their customer service department. There I saw multiple customer service reps making calls to customers to make sure they were satisfied with their equipment, to see if they needed information on other products or equipment, and reminding them to check consumables so that their operations would remain at peak efficiency.

Overall, I am very impressed with all of the people I met at Merrick Machine Co. and by all of the companies under the Merrick/Triad Fastener/Triad Products/RUVO/FuTek Tooling alliance.

Not content to rest on past successes, they have a drive to continue innovating, and it shows in their willingness to expand their businesses in any directions that the future holds. Furthermore, their commitment to the building components manufacturing industry is readily apparent in their dedication to overall quality, process control, and innovation for the benefit of our manufacturers.

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1994 WABASH 48' ROLL-OFF TRAILER • Sliding Tandems • Hydraulic Neck • Air Ride Suspension • Roller Locks • Winches • Headache Rack • Brakes & Tires are Good $12,900 FOB IN Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2000 Wilson 48' Drop Deck Trailer • Tandem Spread Axle • Air Ride Suspension • Tires & Brakes are Good $14,500 FOB IN Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

• Move pre-loaded platforms • Fewer CDL drivers needed to move your material • Move Panels, Trusses, or Both!

• Trailer and Swap Body have flatbed or low-bed option • Optional remote and ETS steering system • A variety of lengths and weight capacities • Stack Vertically, Horizontally, or Both!!

• Option of flat surface or low-bed center channel • Configure support stakes to fit your need • Trailer has telescoping option to fit your cargo size

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2004 A-Nu-Prospect 48 Foot Rolloff Trailer (46) 2004 A-Nu-Prospect rolloff trailer, 48 foot long, 81,400 GVWR, sliding tandem axles, fifth wheel connection, hydraulic lift, locking rollers, ABS brakes, good tread depth, brakes and lights. DOT inspection current in July of 2018. $9,890 NOW $7,990 FOB MN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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1995 Pines 45' Chip Trailer Modified by LMI TENN 8" Floor Cross Members Reinforced Roof 22.5 Tubeless Tires Sliding Tandem Axle (for weight distribution) (FOB PA) $9,900 Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

1995 FREIGHTLINER FLD120 TRUCK • 243,013 Miles • Caterpillar Diesel Engine • 10 Speed Manual Transmission • Air Ride Suspension • Tires & Brakes are Good • Sleeper Cab $16,900 FOB IN Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2003 JDH TRUSSMASTER SIDEOFFLOADING TRUSS TRAILER 10,000 Lb Tandem Axles (Dual Wheels).

26,000 GVWR. Deliver Trusses Vertically.

Stretch from 18' to 38'. Raise Loads Hydraulically. Air Brakes. $6,900 FOB CA Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

1987 CITY 48' FLATBED TRAILER • Tandem Spread Axle • Air Ride Suspension • Tires & Brakes are Good • Headache Rack $9,500 FOB IN Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

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2006 PRECISION EQUIPMENT 36'51' STRETCH ROLL-OFF TRAILER • Sliding Tandems • Hydraulic Neck • Roller Pin Locks • Roller Load Control • The Minnesota winters have been rough on this trailer, will require many repairs to be DOT ready. $8,950 NOW $5,000 FOB MN Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

1997 LAKESIDE 48'-70' STRETCH ROLL-OFF TRAILER • Sliding Tandems • Hydraulic Neck • Controllable Rollers • Winches & Straps • Headache Rack • The trailer has been out of service for 5 years $9,750 FOB IL Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Memoriam

By Joe Kannapell

A Paean to Paul Robertson

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nly a fortunate few in our industry knew Paul Robertson, who succumbed to Covid September 7. But those of us who did know that he stood for the values that has made this business great, honesty, humility, and hard work. Paul was a nuts-and-bolts guy in a nuts-andbolts business. Yet he was able to master the nuances of software. And for his thirty years of work, Paul earned the American Dream: finding a job that he loved and having the determination to do it to the best of his ability.

I was taken with Paul from the moment I met him in the dingy office over the truss plant at Fayetteville Building Supply (now BFS). His boss had left him high and dry to figure out cutting lists on his own, and he had no background to do it. He was new there, a 20-something kid, and he had the audacity to ask me right off the bat, “how do you program the computer.” From then on, his questions weren’t about trusses, but about software. Yet he also mastered truss design along his path to becoming one of MiTek’s best software techs.

I gave Paul horrendously difficult assignments; wresting away the software that truss designers were wedded to; the software that made their living; the only software that they knew. And getting them to accept a tool that could let them make mistakes and cost them their living. Yet Paul never hesitated to face them, and he never failed to convert them. One time it took a year. In the midst of this ordeal, I asked to meet him for breakfast, and he told me where to go. That morning I found myself eating donuts on the hood of my car at a grimy gas station. The donuts were good, but our conversation wasn’t. Paul never had much to say. But he didn’t complain, he didn’t need anything, and didn’t say when he’d be done. He just did what was expected. I never thanked him enough.

Paul was a road warrior without regret, who would go wherever you told him to go. One time I jerked him out of an assignment, told him to go to a certain airport, and fly to another location. It didn’t much bother Paul that there was no rental car place there, he parked his Hertz car in the lot, left the keys under the seat, and figured one of us could get it later.

Paul worked this business in the places that make and break us, design offices here and around the world. He lived around truss guys, and literally with a truss gal, Jennifer Cummings, his partner for 26 years, who fulfilled the last part of his Dream. May the Lord comfort Jennifer, and Paul’s family. Rest in peace, brother Paul, you are the best.

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NEW! Spida Simple Stop 20’ Length Stop with MDF Bench Top. Available in Lengths up to 60’. 7” Color Touch Screen Entry of Cut Lengths. 110 Volt / 1 Phase. Excludes Saw, Outfeed Conveyor, Freight & Customs Charges.

10’ Spida Simple Stop - $8,920 20’ Spida Simple Stop - $11,340 Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Hain 20' Powered Measuring System Adapts to Any Saw. Left or Right Hand Operation. Feet & Inches System (Stops at 12” Centers) or Inches System (Stops at 10” Centers). Motor: 1/4 HP Linear Actuator (110 Volt). Stop Rail: 2 x 4 x 1/4” Aluminum Extrusion. Stops: Jig Bored Steel. Stop Blocks: Machine Billet Aluminum. Optional Lengths from 5’ to 60’. Optional Gang Stop.

Add $890 per 10’ Section of Heavy Duty Roller Conveyor with Stands $7,890 Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Terminailer XP Price: $190,043 Base price FOB: MN AMI Industrial Floor Carts AMI's industrial floor trucks (material carts) are designed of hardwood construction, fitted with space-age phenolic, roller-bearing wheels, and ball bearing swivel casters for strength and durability. AMI's phenolic wheels resist shock without chipping. They are non-sparking, non-marking, and can be operated continuously between -50℉ and 260℉. They are unaffected by grease, oil or debris on your shop floor.

Series "B" AMI Industrial Floor Truck Our swivel casters are precision built with perfectly aligned raceways. All cold-form parts are made to exacting tolerances from heavy-gauge steel, and are hardened for severe service and long wear. Series B-4 carts include four casters, one at each corner, to prevent "tri-cycling" of long lumber loads.

Don’t just do it, nail it. It’s a brand new day in wall-panel production, with a whole new way of doing things better.

Refurbished 2017 Hain Sub-Component Nailing Station Refurbished 2017 Hain model SCN subcomponent nailing station. Builds subcomponents using 2x4 and 2x6 dimensional lumber. Includes push-button controls, instant machine setup using multiple position switch to choose type of subcomponent: corners, channels, double studs or trimmers, (2) Paslode stick-nailers with extended magazines, 10 foot long heavyduty infeed and outfeed roller conveyors with legs, skate-wheel outfeed transfer arms and mounted on a heavy duty steel skid.

Weight approx. 1000 lbs. 120 volt, 1 phase electrical required. 125 PSI air required.

Plug-and-play installation. $29,970 NOW $25,990 FOB CA Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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2748 27" x 48" Series "B" & "C" 2500 3248 32" x 48" Series "B" & "C" 2500 3260 32" x 60" Series "B" & "C" 2800 3660 36" x 60" Series "B" & "C" 2800 3672 36" x 72" Series "B" 4000 4072 40" x 72" Series "B" 4000 3696 36" x 96" Series "B" 4000 4896 48" x 96" Series "B" 4000 *Other models and sizes are available on request. FOB NC. Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

Terminailer®, a revolutionary, event-driven, nailing machine that completely defies any preconceived notions about sub-component assembly.

Terminailer all but shatters the stereotypical myth that subcomponent equipment is essentially peripheral – unimportant. And it does so by quickly and accurately driving far more framing nails in your wall panel jobs than ever before. Whether in your shop or in the field, one operator sets the pace for production and quality. And that reduces labor costs and other aspects of overhead.

Terminailer is an event-driven, sub-component assembler that will quickly and accurately drive 30% to 70% of the framing nails in any wall panel job. In your shop or in the field, one operator sets the pace for production and quality. The Terminailer functions independent of design software, requires zero set-up time when switching between any configuration, and requires no special operator training.

The Terminailer is easy to move around the shop so it’s location can evolve as your shop evolves. With all of the nailing occurring in the closed main chamber, nail injuries and nail location miss-fires are eliminated, making your plant that much safer.

New Handle Bar Router Porter Cable Model 7519 Production Router Motor with Soft Start. Steel Handle Bar Frame with Makita Switches. 120 Volt / 1 Phase / 15 Amp / 21,000 RPM. Includes 2 Router Bits. $2,750 FOB NE. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

With nearly ten years of development from people that know machinery it is assembled to exacting standards, well supported, and it is easily maintained with shelf-item parts. Terminailer: vetted, tested, and ready to drive maximum productivity for you. Be sure to check out our videos below for a quick review of this revolutionary machine!

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Quincy 15 HP Reciprocating Compressor with Tank Q u i n c y Q T- 1 5 s p l a s h l u b r i c a t e d , reciprocating compressor with 120 gallon tank.15HP motor supplies a manufacturer stated 52.5 CFM at 175 PSI. 230v, 3 phase electrical. $2,990 FOB IN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

Used 2015 Woodrunner Lumber Retrieval System The WoodRunner WR-2 lumber retrieval system seeks and retrieves the exact boards needed to cut. The core of the system is a trolley with an automated picking head. The trolley moves back and forth on a runway truss positioned over lumber carts while the picking head’s laser scans below. After locating the specific piece of lumber needed, the picking head uses a powerful vacuum to hold the board while moving it to the infeed deck.

National Crane 680-HTM Tractor Mount, Freightliner 114SD

New SL Laser Projection System New, laser projection system from SL Laser.

Projects roof truss, floor truss and wall panel design images accurately onto building surface, for faster setup and fabrication times. Each laser head provides 21' projection length (@15 foot ceiling heights).

Includes system computer, cables, mounting hardware for attachment to customer's structure, factory installation, training and choice of green or red laser. Works with each connector plate manufacturer's design software. Modular nature of the laser heads allows for easy, future expansion of system length. 120 volt, 1 phase. FOB NC Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

• 20 ton capacity • 80’ boom – 90’ tip height • Out and down outriggers • Single front outrigger for 360 degree stability • Continuous rotation • Adjustable swing speed control

• Detroit DD13 engine - 12.8L, 435hp • Eaton Fuller RTLO-16913A 13 speed transmission • Fontaine air slide 5th wheel • 150 gallon fuel tank • New & Used Available

Call Dan at 800-824-6704 www.runnionequipment.com

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Virtek LPS-6R, 3-Head System 2003 Virtek, 3-head system, model LPS-6R, includes PC with monitor and keyboard, PC enclosure, two LPS-6R heads for parts and all available power cords. Projection area of 14′ x 20′ with proper mounting height over work area. Red laser projection. 110 volt, 1 phase electrical. $9,890 FOB OK Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

Generation 3, Used 2018 Triad Framing Table The Generation 3 Framing Table has adjustable 20’ long walls, with wall heights from 6’9” to 14’3”. Studs are placed between color-coded stud locators. With just a push of a button, the width adjustment clamp is activated to clamp and square all components. The Generation 3 Framer features a wider table top, designed with the framer in mind. Our new Anti-Slip Surface that allows the operator to work on a comfortable and safe surface.

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The IntelliVIEW suite is a fully integrated software solution for the layout and design of a building’s rough framing elements—including roof and floor trusses, wall panels, solid sawn, EWP, construction hardware, sheathing and various ancillaries.

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IBS SUB-COMPONENT NAILER • 2x4 thru 2x12 Capacity • Remote Fire & 3-Way Clamping • Squaring Stop • Foot Pedal Control • Infeed & Outfeed Roller Conveyor • Computer Enclosure with Stand (No Computer) • Excludes Nail Guns $7,000 NOW $4,750 FOB IL Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2017 SPIDA RAPID STOP PLATE MARKER • Automated Stop & Positioning with Manual Marking for Wall Panel Components • 20' Roller Conveyor with Length Stop/ Positioner • 20' Cutting Capacity & 18' Marking Capacity • Touch Screen Computer • 10' Infeed Roller Conveyor • Excludes Saw (Add $750 for DeWalt DSW 780 Miter Saw), Installation/ Training ($5,200) and Annual Tech Support Fee ($850) • Price in US Dollars $19,900 FOB AB Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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2005 Koorsen Connector Detector (For Repair or Parts) 6 detection zones to locate missing plates.

Horn & zone lights indicate missing plates.

12" to 60" adjustable height from floor. 110 Volt / 1 Phase. New control panel switches & lights in 2014. Needs circuit board repair or replacement and new tower light.

Includes 4 extra detection zone boxes and control box. $3,900 NOW $2,500 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

INGERSOLL RAND ROTARY SCREW AIR COMPRESSOR Model UP6-15c-210. 15 HP. 38 CFM at 210 PSIG. 120 Gallon Tank $7,900 NOW $5,900 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2014 Kaeser 15 HP Rotary Screw Air Compressor • Model Aircenter SK 15 • 15 HP Rotary Screw Air Compressor (208/230/460 Volt - 3 Phase) • Under 5,000 Hours (Serviced at 3,200 Hours) • 71 CFM at 125 PSI • C o m p l e t e l y A s s e m b l e d w i t h Refrigerated Dryer & Receiver Tank $7,000 NOW $4,900 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2004 SL Laser Heads Three (3) 2004 model PD-4 SL laser heads.

All three heads are functional but need some repairs before being installed. The heads are also valuable as parts heads for the motherboards and other components.

Repair quotes are available upon request. $11,900 FOB WI Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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Safety Speed Manufacturing Gypsum Cutter Model DFC-H5 cartridge cutting system for processing DensGlass ®, foam board, plastic or similar substrate materials in widths up to 64″. Dust and noise free for cutting or scoring gypsum material. $6,149 FOB MN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

2006 Alpine PF90 AutoMark System • Wall Panel Plate Cutting & Marking Saw • Automated Length Stop & Ink Jet Printer as directed by Design Software Output • Cuts & Marks Both Top & Bottom Plates Simultaneously up to 20’ in Length • 10 HP Motor with 20” Blade • 240 Volt / 3 Phase / 30 Amps $39,900 NOW $29,900 FOB BC Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Ace Equipment Vertical Bailer Ace Equipment model Vertical Bailer, infeed opening 24″ high x 66″ wide, 59 second cycle time, 10 HP pump, 10 GPM at 2,200 psi, 6″ diameter cylinder x 48″ stroke, 37 PSI at pressing platen with 62,000 lbs. pressing pressure. Overall nominal dimensions 6′ wide x 4′ deep x 12′ tall.

Controls 120 volt, 1 phase electrical. Bailer 230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical required.

Weight 4,200 lbs. #4,490 FOB IN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

NEW SPIDA 20' PLATE MARKER WITH INK JET PRINTER 20' of Steel Framed Table with Plastic Bench Top. Spida Automated 20' Length Stop/Plate Positioner & 10' Infeed Table with MDF Top (Add $704 for Plastic). Workstation, Control Cabinet Enclosure & 17" Touch Screen Integration. Spida or MangoTech Plate Cutting & Marking Software. Spida Optimization Software (allows multiple pieces to be cut & marked from one board) Ink Jet Printer marks Wall Member Locations, Wall ID & Job Name. Four Print Heads mark "on the fly" (or stop & print for greater accuracy). Prints on Edge. Cuts to 20', Marks to 18'. DeWalt Model DWS780 12" Double Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw. Support Table for Sliding Compound Miter Saw. Cut & Mark 3,000 LF of Plates per 8 Hour Shift. Length of Delay to Mark Board: 1/2 Second (can be adjusted).

Supported File Formats: .xml, .ssf, .trs, .gwf, .mwf & .mdf. Includes 2 Day Onsite Training & Installation. Excludes Dust Collector, Freight & Customs Brokerage Fees. Add $850 Annually for 12 Month Phone & Virtual Tech Support. Add $25,995 for Spida Apollo Saw (Manual Angulation) $77,500 FOB NZ Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com FAX: 800-524-4982

The truss industry relies on 3rd party quality assurance services to provide random visits to review the plants Quality Assurance program along with their operations. If your plant needs to comply with the IRC, IBC and to those who depend on solid, experienced QA expertise, we ask you to consider selecting Timber Products Inspection, Inc. (TP) as your choice for 3rd party inspections.

Proudly serving the forest products industry for over 50 years, TP brings the expertise you need to ensure your business is successful. As a responsible partner, TP delivers to clients, employees, and the industries we serve the confidence to drive value through the effective use of our diverse professional team.

TP would like to welcome the following authorized agents to our inspection team, each of whom have many years of experience in the truss industry!

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If you have questions about how you can make this selection, please contact your authorized agent above or Glenn Traylor at 919-280-5905 or trusguy@gmail.com.

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Used 6-Head SLLasers System

2019 Tiger Stop 20 ft SawGear Measuring Device 2019 Tiger Stop 20 foot long, SawGear measuring device with four "Shop Fox" (4) 5'-5" long x 19" wide idler roller conveyor sections. Includes keypad entry with digital display, 20 foot long pusher sub-assembly with flip-away stop. Overall length is 22 feet. Idler roller sections include adjustable legs. 120 volt, 1 phase electrical required. $5,897 FOB TX Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

2002 Atlas Copco Rotary Screw Air Compressor Model GX11FF 15 HP Rotary Screw Air Compressor (230/460 Volt - 3 Phase) 13,443 Hours 51.7 CFM at 128 PSI 80 Gallon Tank Built-in Air Dryer does not work Inlcudes separate 2012 Pneumatech AD-50 Air Dryer (1 Phase) $4,900 NOW $3,700 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Used (mix of 2013 & 2014) SL-Lasers, model PD-6, green laser system.

Six head system with PC in stand-alone enclosure & two spare heads that need diodes and galvos.

(Parts are available for this model by OEM at an additional cost.) Lasers project roof truss, floor truss and wall panel design images accurately onto building surface, for faster setup and fabrication times.

(For further details, please see listing on WTS website.)

$98,970 FOB AL 765-751-9990 EMSI Teeter Cart Width - 46" / Length - 72" / Load Capacity - 3000 pounds / Pneumatic tires - 14.5 inch / Maximum utility in truss plants, panel plants and lumber yards / Quick assembly by bolting parts together / All hardware is supplied / Upright 2 x 4's not supplied.

Medium duty tires rated at 1500 lbs each are included.

Call for Price Eide Integrated Systems, LLC 612-521-9193 www.eideintegratedsystems.com

25' Crane System with Electric Hoist & Wall Panel Lift • 25' Long x 15' Wide x 12' High Steel Support Structure with 25' Runway Beam • 1/2 Ton Coffing Electric Hoist with Push Trolley • Wall Panel Lift $7,500 FOB TX Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

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Used 3-Head SLLasers System

Used (mix of 2013 & 2014) SL-Lasers, NEW GALVANIZED STEEL STRAPPING 1 1/4" wide x .035 thick. $69 $59 per coil. $1,449 $1,155 per skid (21 coils). FOB PA. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

model PD-6, green laser system. Three head system with PC in stand-alone enclosure & one spare head that need diodes and galvos. (Parts are available for this model by OEM at an additional cost.) Lasers project roof truss, floor truss and wall panel design images accurately onto building surface, for faster setup and fabrication times.

(For further details, please see listing on WTS website.)

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hen Automated Building Components needed help achieving their business goals, Simpson Strong-Tie provided a winning solution. ABC wanted to maximize efficiencies with flexible software tools that allowed for better project tracking and customized reporting.

Partnering with Simpson gave ABC the ability to share designs in real time across multiple truss plants and effectively manage projects from bid to delivery. With technology that’s more intuitive and robust, ABC can be more productive and can better sustain their business growth. And Simpson’s dedicated service and skilled support provide the expertise to help ensure ABC’s continued success.

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NEW! Sweed Scrap (Band) Chopper with Stand 1/2 HP Motor (115/208-230 Volt) $1,900 NOW $1,750 FOB NE. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

25' Crane System with Electric Hoist & Wall Panel Lift • 25' Long x 15' Wide x 12' High Steel Support Structure with 25' Runway Beam • 1/2 Ton Coffing Electric Hoist with Push Trolley • Wall Panel Lift $7,500 FOB TX Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

New Hain Company Micro Mini Measuring System Video Here $3,499 FOB CA Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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Klaisler Work Tables, Quantity of Two Klaisler work tables, quantity of two (2), 6 ft wide x 14 ft long, plastic over lumber underlayment. Sold as a pair. No liftouts. $5,970 FOB IN Wood Tech Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtechsystems.com

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New Sub-Component Nailer • • • • • • • •

Assembles Trimmers, Jacks, L’s, Channels & Headers 2x4 and 2x6 Capacity Remote Fire & 3-Way Clamping Staggered or Straight Line Nail Pattern Squaring Stop Foot Pedal Control Reserve Air Tank 5’ Infeed & Outfeed Roller Conveyor

$21,500 FOB NE 800-382-0329 | www.wasserman-associates.com

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Hilman Model BSP-6P Rollers 6 Ton Capacity. Polyurethane Wheels.

Swivel Padded Top. 54 Available $290 NOW $275 each FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Automated Pressing & Nailing of Columns. Fabricates 3 or 4 Ply Columns of 2x6 or 2x8 Material in lengths from 12' to 32'. Four Mounted Bostitch N100 Nail Guns. Five Extra Bostitch N100 Nail Guns (the nail guns are no longer manufactured, the nails are still available). Hydraulic Gusset Press. Custom Modified DeWalt Saw (to trim columns). Outfeed/ Kickoff Table. The machine is not setup for IBC 2018 Nailing (requires additional hand nailiing to meet code). Excludes Cart.

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Motor: Heavy Duty 5 HP - 3 phase - 220v or 440 v (Please specify when ordering) Motor carriage bearing and spindle assembly mounted on Blanchard ground steel plate Lineal motion is hardened and ground V bearings and rails Block Sizes: 2 x 4 through 2 x 12 infinite height setting to center Air Supply: 100 psi 10 CFM Drills: 2 wing 3/4'” Carbide Tipped can accommodate smaller or larger Spindles: Alloy Steel polished and ground precision shafting Frame: 2" Steel With Powder Coat Finish Covers: 10 Gauge (1/8" Thick) Aluminum removable Dimensions: Height - 60 inches, Width - 33 inches, Depth - 33 inches Shipping weight: 750 lbs. - (Including crate) MADE IN AMERICA BY AMERICANS

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Wescana Jack Press & Table 35 Ton Hydraulic Press with 14" Wide Platen Press Roof or Floor Truss (4" Maximum Opening) Steel Frame Table with 1/4" Steel & 1" Plastic Top Slotted Jigging at 12" Centers | Joystick Control 7.5 HP / 3 Phase (208/230/460/575 Volt) 6' x 25' Table & 8' x 25' Table Available

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• EnDiSys Model 3004240B • Skid Mounted Graco Reactor H-25 Hydraulic, Heated, Plural Component Proportioner • Maximum Flow Rate: 22 Lb/Min • Maximum Fluid Working Pressure: 2,000 PSI • Reactor Portable Dispense System (Manual Contol) • 230 Volt / 3 Phase • Two 100 Gallon Heated Tanks • Drum Agitators (Both Sides) • Feed Pumps • Recirculation System for Hose and Reactor • 150' Heated Hose with 10' Whip • Fusion Gun • Out of Service since 2013 (Stored Inside) • Sold in "as is" condition without warranty Uploaded PDF: EnDiSys_In-Plant_System_Literature.pdf

$11,750 FOB NE NOW $9,900 800-382-0329 | www.wasserman-associates.com

MITEK MARK 100 MOBILE HOME PRESS • 100 Ton Hydraulic Press • 25 HP Motor - 230/460 Volt • Two 18' x 4' Press Tables • Tables need New Wood or Plastic Tops • Some of the Hydraulic Fittings Leak • In working condition when last used in June 2021

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NEW! BAM “Ovation” Door Machining Center (DMC) New Builders Automation Machinery “Ovation” series, door machining center (DMC). Fully programmable, two-stage door machine featuring (27) axes of operation. Can be specified with either two or four front machining heads. Machine is side-eject, direct-drive with helical gear racks and gear protection from dust. The door loader is driven by an absolute encoder; no stepping motors, belts or exposed ball screws are used.

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RUVO MODEL 1300 DOUBLE END DOOR TRIM SAW $4,250 FOB PA Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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2002 BUILDERS AUTOMATION TEMPLATE STAIR ROUTER • Model RUWO 2000 MFSR • Cut Box and Open Stringers • Manual Setup with Auto Feed and Cut • One or Two Stringers per Cycle • 10' Infeed and 10' Outfeed Roller Conveyor with Stands • 240 Volt / 3 Phase • R e c o n d i t i o n e d b y B u i l d e r s Automation in 2013 • Out of service & stored inside since 2017 • Excludes Dust Collector $18,900 FOB MI Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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By Matt Layman Publisher, Layman’s Lumber Guide

Lumber Market Conditions and Strategies

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The lumber market should have been going up in September and buyers should have been telling suppliers, “No thanks, I bought a month ago and I’m good for another month.” To maximize the usefulness of LLG MARKET CONDITIONS & STRATEGIES FORECASTS & BRIEFINGS, users should be in a financial condition and have appropriate space to carry a minimum 8–10 weeks inventory. That is the common link they all possess...similar lumber styles.

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The lumber market really is easy when you know what is coming. For the LLG PHD in lumber trading, buying, and selling, classes resume in November (max 20 attendees). Email me for details (matt@laymansguide.com), call me for a private consultation (336.516.5584), or visit The Minute Clinic at BCMC. www.laymansguide.com.

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••• The lumber market really is easy when you know what is coming.

Read/Subscribe online at selling www.componentadvertiser.com ••• LLG PHD umber trading, buying and classes will resume in November. Max 20 attendees. Email me for details.

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Fair, honest, and customer service oriented. Scored 98 ID: C13419 Truss Designer | Design Manager | Remote Truss Designer | Estimator Relocation: Illinois 20+ years Truss Design experience. Manage estimating and design department. 4-5 employees. Handle all computer and software issues. Assist in network maintenance. Project coordinator for all multifamily and commercial projects. Train new designers. Schedule final designs for all orders. Assist in sales for 4 million dollar operation.

Past: Established and maintained remote design office. Assisted in adding 2 million dollars to operation along with a sales representative.

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a self-motivated person with a very knowledgeable background MBA, retired veteran. in component and housing design industry. Enthusiastic ID: C18387 about working for a professional, Division Manager, VP well organized and establish Operations, President - Truss | environment that will allow Panel | Building Materials | Pro someone to achieve their fullest Dealer potential while adding efficiency Relocation: Arizona, Colorado, and profitability to the operation. Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Texas, USA - South, Scored above average using only Virginia, Washington DC, a Construction Master Calculator. Wisconsin Very fast!

Executive level manager, VP, President with $1+B P&L ID: C18468 responsibility. Lumber, building Truss Designer | Wall Panel materials, trusses, wall panels, Designer and CFS background. Inquire to Relocation: Arizona, California, discuss this candidate.

Nevada, Utah Designer, truss and wall panel, ID: C18449 MiTek, AutoCAD, iLevel, almost Estimator | Designer - Truss, considered a senior designer. In Panel | Prior carpenter addition to design, was responsible Relocation: Ohio, Pennsylvania for training new designers. Also Prepare and distribute estimates has iLevel, Open Joist 2000 to competing bidders. Calculate experience. Wall panel design labor, time, and material estimated experience is in AutoCAD and per individual job. Read, analyze, later in Sapphire. Started in the and interpret residential and industry in sales, then wall panel commercial blueprints. Ensure design, added truss, and I-Joist. 7 projects meet the proper building years' experience in truss design, codes and standards for the 3 in wall panel, 10 in I-Joist industry. Communicate with design. Will consider relocation to prospective bidders both over indicated areas only. Will consider the phone and in person. Design remote. and engineer roof trusses, floor trusses, pre-fabricated wall panels, $26-28 hr. and EWP. Gained first-hand experience setting trusses in the ID: C18456 field during prior construction job.

Plant/Location/Production Design roof systems to be most Manager - Truss & Panel efficient and inexpensive when Relocation: USA - Eastern being constructed in the field.

Exceptionally dedicated and Design complete models in MiTek highly motivated Plant and Sapphire. Design and engineer Production Manager offering a roof trusses and transfer loads 30-year background in leadership, throughout the structure as need. oversight, and development of Also design and engineer beams high productive environments and hangers when necessary. through coaching and development strategies maximizing profitability, ID: C12414 optimizing output, and minimizing Truss Designer | Wall Panel operating costs.

Designer | All Hats Relocation: Arizona Past framer, framing contractor Engineered panel and truss with 14 years' experience in truss design, developed material take and wall panel manufacturing. off for turnkey build up, worked in Read/Subscribe online at www.componentadvertiser.com

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I've worked for decades in the construction industry. Not only in new construction, but additions and remodels as well using innovative designs for added value and to drive down cost. In addition to experience with MiTek, Wallbuilder and other design software packages, I have extensive manual trig/ math skills. I use these to back check questionable loads as well to design from scratch in the field when needed. I have also written tutorials for the training of others and checked other designer's work as a Design Manager at a Panel Plant. All things being equal, I love working in components whether designing, cutting, building or setting components at the site.

ID: C11636 General Manager - Truss Relocation: USA - ALL States, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Conneticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, USA - Eastern, USA - Northwest, USA - South, USA - Southwest, USA - Western, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 20+ Years truss industry experience from Design Manager to Owner/GM of a $7M truss manufacturing company. Turned a plant hemorrhaging money into an extremely profitable facility, earning an 51% ownership stake FAX: 800-524-4982

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in the company. I managed all aspects of the company from production and admin to Human Resources, design, and sales.

P&L responsible for the financial management of lines of credit, accounting, and analysis. Worked directly with major accounts, trained and supported sales manager and staff. Developed market focus and worked closely with sales manager to support technical and design areas of expertise.

Organized manufacturing systems and procedures to control costs and quality, oversaw buying to keep costs at a minimum and inventory lean but available.

Developed LEAN procedures that minimized labor steps, eliminated duplication between stations, and made sure that safety procedures and reporting requirement were maintained. Overall, I had a hands on role in all areas of the company to make sure it operated efficiently and very profitably.

Market conditions and competition from larger competitors ultimately required us to close the company.

ID: C18357 Division/Regional Manager, Multiplant Operations Manager - Components & Lumber to Site | Mega Multifamily.

Relocation: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, USA - South, Virginia, Arizona, Colorado Oversaw Operations of multiple Component Facilities with annual Sales exceeding $100MM. Assisted with the start-up of three Facilities. Reviewed financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.

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30 year industry veteran, started as a Truss Designer, earned his ID: C10853 way to Design Manager over 20+ Remote Design Manager | designers. MiTek - Advanced, Remote Offshore Design Project AutoCAD proficient. BSCE - PE. Manager Relocation: Texas Compensation: Open??

Top level Engineering/Design Management candidate, 14+- Thom's Notes: PE with Mid years experience Truss, 4+- Panel Atlantic seals experience.

Has experience building and integrating offshore ID: C14510 design resources with internal Remote Truss Designer design departments and training Relocation: Florida design managers to better utilize 20+ Years' experience in truss offshore capabilities.

Large design. Alpine software but will volume manufacturer experience. consider other software if training MiTek Sapphire design/layout is provided.

Has extensive proficient. Too confidential to go experience, except Megainto more detail.

Multifamily, but will consider positions that are MMF as long Compensation: $120k+ as a learning curve is expected.

Scored Senior Designer on ID: C18430 JobLine's Design Skills Truss Designer | Remote Truss Evaluation, representing the best 5 Designer % of Truss Designers nationwide.

Relocation: USA - South, USA - Has extensive remote and in office Southwest, USA - ALL States management experience but is Extensive experience in truss looking to step back and focus estimating and design. Proficient on design and manage personal in designing roof and floor trusses results. for a variety of projects including: custom homes, track homes, Compensation: $30-32 an hour, on opportunity, multi-family, mega-multifamily, depending and light commercial projects. benefits, and job expectations.

I always get everyone involved Not looking to work 50-60 hour with the project like architect, a week all year, but will consider engineers, homeowners, and sales high hours on a seasonal basis. personnel Many times I go to the Remote only. job site for the convenience of ID: C18420 the framer and see what kind of Senior CFS Truss Designer/ condition or changes they might have; this way we will be working Detailer | Wood Senior MegaMultifamily Truss Designer | on the same page. Also included Design Manager | Checker | in my experience is purchasing Remote or In Office material, negotiating contracts, setting up deliveries, steel and Relocation: Florida cmu detailing for steel columns Currently CFS truss design, but and beams, with almost 25 years has wood experience. Scored of experience in the construction Senior Designer in the JobLine Truss Design Skills Evaluation, business. MiTek Sapphire. that is primarily wood truss focused. Currently an advanced ID: C10897 Design Manager/Senior Alpine TrussSteel user, but has Designer/PE/Optimizer - Truss/ used MiTek in the past. Also has Panel/EWP AutoCAD, Keymark experience.

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ID: C18278 General Manager | Operations Manager - Truss/Panel Relocation: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, USA Eastern, Virginia, Florida General Manager over floor and roof truss manufacturing facility producing $15-20M, 110-135 employees. Supply clients in the NC, SC, Eastern TN, and VA markets. Turned around volume, safety, and profitability of a failing plant. 6 Sigma, Lean, BA. ID: C11667 General Manager - Truss/Panel Relocation: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, USA - Eastern, USA - South, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia I have worked in the residential and multi-family construction industry for 25 yrs. I started as a framer and have held numerous positions

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throughout my career. I have held a position as a Division Manager for a Wall Panel Facility that was part of a Building Material Supply Company. In this position, I was responsible for total operation of the division including P&L responsibility. I have also been a Department Manager of a Wall Panel Facility at a second Building Material Supply Company. During my career, I have held positions as a Director of Purchasing and a Purchasing Manager for Home Building companies, as well as an Operations Manager at a Soffit & Siding installation company. In this position, I was responsible for the day to day operations of the company.

ID: C18367 Wall Panel Designer | Remote Wall Panel Designer | MegaMultifamily Relocation: Utah Remote wall panel design for medium to large scale MF. Remote estimating using MiTek Sapphire to get a more accurate material count. 100,000 - 500,000 sq ft MF projects primarily in the New England Market with the panel plant being in New Brunswick.

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ID: C15958 Operations/Plant Manager - Millwork | Doors | Ply | Flooring Relocation: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming 30 years' experience starting in production and advancing to multi-plant operations manager.

Door experience includes managing three Production Managers and five Production Supervisors, consisting of 300 hourly employees producing 11,000 doors and 10,000 face frames per day. Responsible for the manufacturing functions of all mill operations, five frame component machining cells, three frame assembly operations, four door component machining cells, three door assembly clamps, three door profiling lines, two wide belt sanding lines and specialty machining and assembly cells.

ID: C18365 Intermediate Canadian Remote Truss Designer - Sapphire Relocation: Ontario Remote Truss Designer available..

Currently provides technical support and designs to lumber distributors for roof systems for residential and commercial applications. Provides technical assistance and support to the distribution staff to meet client demands for engineered wood structural applications. Ensures that wood truss fabricators, lumber distributors and specifiers have adhered to established building standards, codes and practices.

Maintains extensive knowledge of structural analysis programs such as MiTek SAPPHIRE Structure design software.

Analyze/ prepare engineered wood designs and details for Design Engineer review and approval. Generate manufacturing information and quotations for sales team and management. Prepares the job for Flooring experience: Responsible production. Canadian codes and for all plant functions including standards experienced. budgeting and P&L. Managed six Department Managers: two ID: C18399 Production Departments, Quality Full or Part Time Lumber Assurance, Materials, Human Buyer/Logistics Resources including SHE, and Relocation: Colorado Plant Engineer/Maintenance Personally managed, purchased Manager including the CI all lumber products and manage program. Their staffs consist a $100 million spend for of eleven Supervisors and 330 this industry leading 6 plant hourly employees. The door location manufacturer, VMI, plant operation dries lumber, cuts contract developer and manager. dimension stock, assembles and Responsible for supply, programs, sands the doors. The panel plant demand cycles, strategic planning, produces the veneered flat and and purchasing excellence. raised center panels, by cutting Purchased MRO, machines, trucks, engineered wood and veneer from assembly lines, buildings and flitch and pressing the veneer ongoing CAPEX projects. Team to the substrate. Both plants are member for new construction equipped with finishing lines. projects for plants, 3rd party labor.

Products used for construction in ID: C11638 North America focused on multiGeneral Manager/Division family engineering products.

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Practitioner of “Lean and JIT” manufacturing principles, setting metrics, improving key performance indicators, reducing costs, expanding production capacity and sales – all improving the bottom line. Skilled in business analysis, strategic planning, market and sales development; ability to drive multi-million dollar growth, institute “Best Practices” for small to medium emerging and expanding companies, managing budgets to $ 30M with full P&L accountability and oversight.

20+ Years of truss/panel/EWP manufacturing and business management experience.

In 2006 at the height of residential construction distributed $ 24.0 in Lumber, Architectural Millwork and Windows and $ 8.5 M in manufactured wood components.

In this position optimized design and production process, which increased output and reduced labor and material costs. Hired trained and mentored middle management; negotiated union labor contracts. Implemented “Lean and JIT” fabrication procedures; consolidated raw material inventory, implemented batch fabrication process and continuous production flow.

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Enhanced scheduling system to accurately track production and achieve on-time delivery, established QC metrics, quality assurance and OSHA-approved safety programs. After 2006, helped company downsize and then worked as a consultant for turn around opportunities.

Computer literate, Alpine and MiTek experience, Microsoft Office.

ID: C11465 Sales/Operations/Management Truss/Panel/Building Materials Relocation: USA - ALL States, USA - South 10 years industry experience.

Successfully managed operations.

Plant production, national sales team, licensed engineers, project managers, CAD designers, erection/installation division and office staff. Significantly increased productivity, sales and profit in all areas. Previously founded a wholesale building material company specifically related to engineered lumber, wood trusses, structural steel, turnkey installation and custom Millwork.

Sales in excess of $7 million in less than five years. Successfully negotiated and executed the sale of these companies in 2006.

ID: C11760 Management/Operations/Sales - Building Components, LBM Manufacturing Relocation: USA - ALL States, Arizona, California, Colorado, Alabama, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, New Hampshire, South Carolina I am an Accomplished Manufacturing and Operations Leader with a history of increasing responsibility.

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with a progressive company that If it is big, bad, ugly, or worse, offers advancement commensurate I can handle it. I've done layout to job performance. and profile work in autocad w/ some home brewed scripting, and ID: C11370 ArchiCAD. Custom residential, a Production/Plant/General few track builders that had 3 base Manager - Truss/Panel/Framing models and many options to track, Package some multi-family, and large Relocation: Texas commercial projects. Software: 20 years' experience.

Started MiTek, AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, in production, advanced to Saw Truswal, Simpson, Eagle and Supervisor, Production Manager, others. Quick to pick up new Plant Manager, now General software.

Manager. As General Manager (2 years) operated a $125M truss ID: C11856 plant. Tripled output and reduced Designer/Design Manager errors and labor cost. As Plant Truss/Panel/I-Joist/Stairs/EWP Manager (4 years), manage all the Relocation: Ohio operation of the manufacturing 18 years Design experience plant, such as Productivity, with 3 as a Senior Designer. logistics, efficiencies, costs. Primary duties: design, layout, As Production Manager (12 and optimization. Secondary years), manage all the areas of duties: checking others work and the manufacturing across the repairs. Software used: MiTek plant. Safety, quality control, Sapphire, Robbins, Keymark, efficiencies, HR, etc... Software: and AutoCAD. Component MiTek, Word, Excel, OptiFrame. experience includes floor trusses, Products: R & F Truss, Panel, roof trusses, wall panels, I-Joists, Framing package. Markets: Single and hardware. Market experience Family, Multifamily, Custom includes tract, single family, single Homes. Bilingual English/Spanish family custom, multi-family, spoken and written. Degree in and agriculture. My volume was Industrial Engineering. varied depending on projects.

Compensation: $90's+ ID: C18310 Truss Designer | Estimator ID: C15995 Relocation: Virginia Truss Designer - MiTek Responsible for project Relocation: Florida management/design of commercial Truss Designer. Primary duties: design -build projects up to $5 design, layout, optimization, and million. Directly manage subcutting/production documents. contracted architectural, structural, Secondary duties: checking others and mechanical designers/ work. Software used: MiTek engineers, develop project and AutoCAD. Component estimates and designs utilizing experience includes floor Revit software. Work closely with trusses and roof trusses. Market project superintendents providing experience includes single family, technical support while delivering multi-family, light commercial, projects within budget and on and agriculture. My volume was time. Initiate contact with new varied depending on projects. 2 clients, answer sales calls, and years experience, MiTek software. develop project criteria. Prior Truss Designer a few years back ID: C13437 with 2 years MiTek experience.

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I have 25+ years of roof and floor truss design experience, with the last 3 years working as a remote designer using MiTek software.

I also have experience designing engineered wood beams using various software versions. I have acted as a local Mitek software network administrator, trained junior designers and checked their work. I have extensive design experience in mid to larger size custom homes, Multi-Family, Independent Living and small to large Commercial projects and enjoy the challenges these projects bring.

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ID: C10789 Production Manager/ Supervisor - Truss/Panel Relocation: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, USA - Northwest, Wisconsin 20 years experience. Responsible for all aspects of truss and panel production, inventory, performance reviews. 65 workers, $9M year. WTCA quality control certified.

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ID: C17230 Remote Wall Panel Designer Sapphire Relocation: Newfoundland My objective is to be part of a team/company and prove I am reliable, show my ability and my willingness to learn! In addition to being a newer wall panel designer, I have learned software such as Mitek Sapphire, Revit 2017, Bluebeam Revu 2016. I have recently done jobs such as designing garages and adding on We’re here when you need help! additions to homes. Jobs I have visit: www.thejobline.com worked in wall paneling include email: mail@thejobline.com a massive wall panel job for the or call Thomas McAnally US (500,000+ SFT) and designed for Personalized Service units for a senior complex. In STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL! addition to wall panels...I also add Available Candidates in blocking, windows, doors, etc.

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Professional Engineer | Engineering Manager ID: C12220 Engineered Wood Products, Design/Design Manager - Truss/ Components Structural EWP/Remote or at Plant Hardware | Codes & Relocation: Pennsylvania Compliance Relocation: Maryland, Minnesota, Remote / Satellite Truss Designer North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Roof / Floor truss design utilizing South Carolina, USA - Eastern, Mitek Sapphire design software.

Project estimating, including roof Virginia, Washington DC Experienced and successful system, floor system, and wall professional engineering manager panels. Responsible for 100% with over 25 years experience of quoting and preparations for in improving productivity and production for our #2 and #4 resolving structural problems clients. Maintained a database for for engineered wood product a major tract builder, producing and truss manufacturers and 5-8 house a week. developing innovative design software programs. Also skilled Truss & Engineered Wood in building outstanding teams Products Design Manager / Sales. and relationships among sales, Oversaw all aspects of Truss manufacturing, and engineering & Engineered Wood Products stakeholders. Highly educated operations and sales. Maintained with exceptional employment personal sales accounts, as well as developed new clients. history & experience.

Customer service from the quote ID: C18250 Remote Senior Light Gage Steel stage to production, including verifying sight conditions and Truss/Panel Designer. field measuring.

Produced Relocation: Texas production drawings and reviewed Top level Light Gage Steel Senior / corrected design staff, MiTek / Remote Designer with Truss and Truss Joist software.

Responsible Panel and well as metal frame commercial project experience. for maintaining lumber / plate Alpine, Truswal and Keymark inventory. experience.

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ID: C17191 Remote Truss Designer/Part Time Relocation: USA - Northwest My objective is to be a part of a Design Team where I can contribute to the success of the company, and establish a career as a remote truss designer. I love the challenge of tough projects, and consider it my job to complete my assigned work ahead of time, and to the best of my ability. I won't quit before the job is done fully and accurately.

In addition to 4 years experience with MiTek truss design software, I have worked in the shop as both a sawyer, and a truss builder, so I have first hand knowledge of how a truss should be designed to save time on the shop end. I also worked in framing and using wall panels.

So I have first hand knowledge of how a house actually goes together in the real world, and how trusses layout on framing.

My long term goal is establish myself as a reliable truss designer, and to that end, grow and advance at the same company, based on proving my ability and reliability.

ID: C13445 Truss Designer | Wall Panel Designer | Truss Cutting Technician Relocation: Texas, Arizona 2 years' experience. Perfect entry level candidate.

Design light gauge steel walls and trusses for residential homes and small commercial buildings. AutoCAD certificate with Architectural focus. From the candidate: I have a strong architectural background and come from a construction family. I've seen or worked in most facets of the construction field.

From masonry work to framing to roofing since I was a teenager. I'm very passionate about what I do , self motivated and always strive to be the best. Very picky with my work and I don't like to do

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ID: C11781 Truss Design Manager Relocation: New York Worked on the most complicated custom projects, commercial buildings, and apartment complexes. Quickly became a team leader and was considered company wide as an expert in truss framing and computer applications. Provided training for a group of 30 experienced component designers in topics including load tracking, truss and layout optimization, and hardware specification.

Optimization training helped to reduced material costs by 5%. Developed departmental procedures to increase consistency and accuracy of all designs and estimates.

Reduced errors on repetitive projects by 25% by creating the master project file database, which organized and provided fast and easy access to project information.

Streamlined estimating process for commercial construction projects. Analyzed the final cost of completed projects and applied results to new estimates. Reduced estimating time by 75% Managed up to 10 designers/sales reps.

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Pero si usted está consciente de las posibles causas y condiciones y está preparado, y si piensa antes de actuar, se pueden minimizar los riesgos de incendios en su sitio de trabajo, así como sus efectos dañinos a usted, a sus compañeros de trabajo y a su empresa.

Cumplir con las prácticas de buen orden y aseo es crucial para The potential for fire is present in any workplace. But, if you’re prevenir incendios. Eso significa mantener los equipos eléctricos y aware of the causes and conditions, if you’re prepared, and if you think de calefacción limpios, en buen estado de funcionamiento y libres before you act, the risk of a workplace fire and its damaging effects – on de obstrucciones; limpiar los ductos y los filtros de las campanas de you, your co-workers or your company – can be minimized. extracción de gases; mantener las estufas y los hornos limpios y libres Following good housekeeping practices is crucial to fire prevention. de derrames de grasa, azúcar, salsas, etc.; mantener los papeles, aerosoles That means keep heating and electrical equipment clean, clear, and in y otros materiales inflamables alejados de los elementos de calefacción; good repair; regularly clean ducts and fume hood filters; keep ovens y almacenar los líquidos inflamables alejados de fuentes de calor, y de and ranges clean and free of spilled fats, sugar, sauces, etc.; keep paper las vías de salida y rutas de escape. products, aerosols, and other flammable materials away from heating Para evitar los incendios causados por elements; and store flammable liquids away la electricidad, revise, reemplace o haga que from heat sources, exits or escape routes. To un profesional repare cualquier aparato con avoid electrically-caused fires, check, replace cordones o cables deshilachados o sueltos, así or have professionally fixed any appliance como cualquier cordón o cable que se caliente with frayed or loose cords and wires or cords estando en uso.

Evite colocar los cordones that get hot during use. Avoid running cords o cables debajo de las alfombras o cerca de or wires under rugs and carpets or near a heat fuentes de calor; y manténgalos alejados de las source; and keep them out of doorways where puertas donde pueden estar sujetos a desgaste. they can become worn.

Asegúrese de que los equipos de protección Ensure that fire protection equipment (i.e., contra incendios (por ejemplo, rociadores, sprinklers, smoke/heat detectors, alarms, fire detectores de humo o calor, alarmas, mangueras hoses, fire extinguishers, and fire blankets) are para incendios, extintores de incendio y mantas maintained, available for use, and not impaired para incendio) reciban buen mantenimiento y or concealed. Make sure fire extinguishers estén disponibles para su uso, y no dañados correspond to the potential risk. Know where o inaccesibles.

Asegúrese de que los tipos de they’re located and how to use them. extintores para incendio correspondan a los Besides training in fire prevention riesgos potenciales. Sepa dónde están ubicados and protection, make sure you understand company emergency y cómo usarlos. communication and evacuation procedures. Know the location of fire Además de la capacitación en la prevención y protección contra alarms and the telephone numbers for emergency response personnel. incendios, asegúrese de entender los procedimientos de evacuación y Report a fire, even if it seems minor. Fire fighters would rather arrive and de comunicaciones de emergencia de su empresa. Conozca la ubicación find nothing to do than be called after it’s too late to save individuals or de las alarmas contra incendio y los números de teléfono del personal property. Keep in mind that all workers are responsible for preventing de respuesta a emergencias.

Reporte los incendios, aunque parezcan ser fires, but not everyone is expected to fight major fires. Fire fighting is menores.

Los bomberos prefi eren acudir y encontrar que no tienen nada best handled by trained professionals. que hacer y no ser llamados después que es demasiado tarde para salvar a alguna persona o propiedad. Tenga presente que todos los trabajadores son responsables de prevenir los incendios, pero no todos tienen la Mylon Stark responsabilidad de combatir los incendios mayores. Es mejor dejar el combate contra los incendios a los profesionales capacitados para hacerlo.

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Sometimes, you think you need a quick-and-simple solution within a single department—a list of task assignments, an online calendar, and a few forms with fields to enter. Many quick fixes to job management and communication problems start this way—a spreadsheet, then a generic web application that is quick and easy to get started.

As growth occurs and more capability is needed, the quick fixes become more complicated. Spreadsheets grow in complexity to the point that nobody understands exactly how they work anymore, or they load so slowly that they are no longer saving time; they become a time-sink of their own. The quick-setup generic web applications get tweaked and adjusted to the point that they are stretched far beyond what they were initially intended to do, and compromises are made based on the limitations of the application. Say nothing about communicating between different departments within your organization with the so-called cheap and easy fix.

What is next when your organization needs to graduate from spreadsheets or generic task management software? Perhaps a canned template application you can download from the web? If you do, it won’t be long before you are right back to the same problems of limitations you created using the “quick-and-simple solution” you are now trying to fix.

Introducing AppWright JobCenter. Used by mid-size to very large corporations across multiple departments and application integrations. A web-based job management system that is far from generic, extremely powerful, unbelievably flexible, and honestly not that easy to set up. Nothing worth having is ever cheap or easy; that’s not just a myth. If you’re old enough to know better, you know this to be true. That’s why AppWright comes with a comprehensive startup team that works with your staff to configure a truly customized job management system that combines powerful workflow, communication, document management, and reporting features. It also can integrate with your other line of business applications too. It costs slightly more than generic task management but is still a bargain compared to 6-figure ERP suites. Our customers think we are the best value in the industry – but you can learn about that later.

Depth. That is what AppWright JobCenter is all about. AppWright has the right mix of quickly tailorable modules that can do what you need when you need something more than generic task management or a tangled mess of spreadsheets. All are available without any additional upgrade cost to take advantage of the enhanced features.

Here’s a shortlist of things you can do with AppWright JobCenter: √ Custom messaging automatically triggered by user inputs √ Workflows created from powerful job templates

√ Order entry (even for your external customers) √ Salesforce management with CRM and Service Level Agreement logic √ Capacity planning with load-leveling options for all types of resources √ User-defined forms with full audit trails on all fields

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√ Responsive web pages for use on a desktop, tablet, or phone √ Remote app for disconnected use on phones (iPhone or Android) in the field √ Zero-configuration job message integration with any email client √ Job management by worklist, calendar, custom report, or capacity view √ Custom report writer with report scheduling for email delivery

We could go on and on… there are literally hundreds of functions that our customers have deployed on the AppWright JobCenter platform. When you’re ready for depth – call us. We have what you’re looking for.

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OCTOBER 2021 October 4 October 4 – 5 October 4 – 7 October 5 – 7 October 6 – 8 October 8 October 11 – 13 October 12 – 15 October 12 – 15 October 13 – 15 October 15 – 19 October 19 –20 October 21 – 23 October 24 – 26 October 26 – 27

National Framers Council (NFC) 3rd Annual Summit Future Place Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) METALCON Structural Building Components Assoc. (SBCA) Board Meeting Atlantic Builders Convention Lumbermens Merchandising Corp. (LMC) Leadership Summit National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) 2021 Structural Engineering Summit—In-Person LBM Strategies Conference 2021 WoodRise 2021 2021 INTEX Expo National Hardware Show Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association (STAFDA) Annual Convention & Trade Show Industrialized Wood-based Construction (IWBC) Conference

Omaha, NE Dallas, TX Carlsbad, CA Omaha, NE Tampa, FL Omaha, NE Atlantic City, NJ Atlanta, GA New York City, NY Boston, MA Kyoto, Japan New Orleans, LA Las Vegas, NV Orlando, FL online

NOVEMBER 2021 November 9 – 10

Builder 100 Builder Insider Virtual Event

online

November 10 – 12

North American Wholesale Lumber Assoc. (NAWLA) Traders Market

Louisville, KY

November 15 – 17 November 16

Lumbermens Merchandising Corp. (LMC) Expo Northwest Truss Fabricators Assoc. (NWTFA) Chapter Meeting

Philadelphia, PA Moses Lake, WA

DECEMBER 2021 December 8 – 9

128th Northeastern Retail Lumber Association (NRLA) LBM Expo

Providence, RI

JANUARY 2022 January 5 – 20 January 18 – 20 January 24 – 26

University of Minnesota Annual Institute for Building Officials National Frame Building Assoc. (NFBA) Frame Building Expo Structural Building Components Assoc. (SBCA) Open Quarterly Meeting

Brooklyn Center, MN Nashville, TN New Orleans, LA

FEBRUARY 2022 February 8 – 10 February 11 – 14 February 21 – 23 February 28 – March 4

National Assoc. of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders Show (IBS) Do it Best Spring Market LBM Advantage Annual Buying Show EduCode 2021 Conference & Exhibition

Orlando, FL Indianapolis, IN Orlando, FL TBD

MARCH 2022 March 23 – 25 Lumbermens Merchandising Corp. (LMC) 2022 Annual Meeting March 29 – April 2 ProDealer Industry Summit March 31 – April 1 7th Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE)

Tampa, FL Washington, D.C. Atlanta, GA

APRIL 2022 April 25 – 27

World of Modular—the Modular Building Institute’s Annual Convention & Tradeshow

San Antonio, TX

MAY 2022 May 16 – 18

Structural Building Components Assoc. (SBCA) Open Quarterly Meeting

Williamsburg, VA

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Three Ways Anchor Designer™ v3.0 Simplifies Design

By Jamie Nalley

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ince the introduction of strength design for post-installed anchors in IBC 2000, determining the designed capacity of anchors has become increasingly complex. Dozens of variables, such as geometry, concrete conditions, and the specific properties of different anchor types, make a quick, straightforward comparison of design options almost impossible.

Leaving behind printed tables and digital spreadsheets, many manufacturers now offer software to simplify anchor design and provide design feedback in real time. Simpson Strong-Tie offers Anchor Designer software to specifiers as a free, intuitive design tool that streamlines the anchor design process.

Historically, anchors were designed using Allowable Stress Design, which allowed specifiers to design connections using load tables and reduction factors. Manufacturers provided tabulated anchor capacities based on ultimate failures of the anchoring system, and a reasonable safety factor was applied to help account for differences from one project to another. Reduction factors were applied to the allowable load capacities based on spacing and edge distance, and designers could determine the capacity of an anchor design within a few minutes. Engineers could quickly use pencil, paper, and calculator to formulate a package, then call it a day.

Industry research over the years showed there are seven different failure modes for anchors in concrete (eight including considerations for combined loading). It was also determined that a design capacity could be calculated for each failure mode. While the adoption of a strength design approach led to new insights about anchor design, it presented designers with the cumbersome responsibility of determining anchor capacity by separately hand-calculating each failure mode.

Designers created sophisticated spreadsheets to help reduce the time it took to calculate an anchor design. The first iterations of manufacturer software were essentially spreadsheets with simple graphics showing the definition of variables. Software now offers designers the ability to input their design parameters and visualize the design in 3D. The recent release of Simpson Strong-Tie Anchor Designer v3.0 improves the concrete anchor design process in three important ways.

1. Simplifying design input. Anchor Designer breaks up input variables into categories defined by base material, geometry, loading conditions and product selection. The software also offers detailed pop-up messages if a user hovers the mouse over a variable that may need further explanation. The graphic interface in the 3D-Model Pane allows users to input geometry and loading parameters in an easy, adjustable way. Anchor Designer v3.0 provides the new ability to input customized anchor patterns. This lets users place anchors anywhere within a baseplate, allowing more customized solutions for unique project applications.

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2. Delivering real-time results. As users input project-specific design variables, Anchor Designer performs each strength design calculation and shows a result summary.

Users can determine whether a design will meet project requirements while the project is still being defined in the software.

3. Verifying all possible solutions. If a user has a set of design parameters but doesn’t have a specific anchor product in mind, Anchor Designer allows the user to calculate all possible anchor solutions simultaneously. The Multi Design feature in Anchor Designer takes all base material, geometry, and loading condition parameters and shows users which anchor products will satisfy the design requirements. This enhancement saves users from spending time performing multiple calculations, one after the other, to evaluate their suitable anchoring options.

Anchor Designer v3.0 includes links to tutorial videos, specification and general note language, plus related design tools (e.g., Rebar Development Length Calculator). Altogether, this powerful software can save specifiers a significant amount of time calculating anchor designs for projects.

Most important, Anchor Designer v3.0 gives users peace of mind, knowing they are designing with reliable software that utilizes the latest design code provisions and the most current product test data.

Simpson Strong-Tie Anchor Designer v3.0 is available now to download online, free of charge.

The new version requires a new download and installation because it is designed on an updated software platform. For more information, visit strongtie.com, call (800) 999-5099, or contact your local Simpson Strong-Tie representative.

The article, Three Ways Anchor Designer™ v3.0 Simplifies Design, appeared first on Simpson StrongTie Structural Engineering Blog. To sign-up to receive the Engineering Blog in your inbox, go to seblog. strongtie.com/subscribe.

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THE BCMC Preview Alpine’s Latest IntelliVIEW Suite Release, Innovations, & Products Glenview, IL--The Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) will be kicking-off in Omaha on October 4, and Alpine is pleased to be exhibiting in booth 100. BCMC offers component manufacturers (CMs) the platform to see the latest software and equipment demonstrations, network with industry experts and explore educational opportunities. Alpine will be featuring innovative products to help make CMs more competitive and profitable.

“We’re so excited to attend BCMC this year and collaborate with our industry partners. We will be showcasing the latest tools and enhancements from the upcoming IntelliVIEW Suite Version 21.02. The new version features updates and tools that help maximize designer efficiency and overall productivity,” said Rick Tilelli, Alpine’s Director of Software Development.

IntelliVIEW Suite Version 21.02 Available October 8, the 21.02 release provides new ways to maximize productivity while improving overall user experience. It features major updates with a new truss collision tool, an enhanced 3D Viewer, automatic legend notes with customization for unique heights, quick, accurate definition of 3D room openings, a new truss properties manager and more. Designers will benefit from the ease and accuracy of the latest tools.

2D to 3D Seamlessly The latest enhancements to STITCHER provide support for a wider range of drawing conditions, saving even more building input time while increasing designer accuracy.

Panel Creation Simplified Design wall layouts, panelize, break, stack and build with minimal manual effort using iPanel. Version 21.02 includes updates to Power Edit, Sheathing Tools, and a new, easy-to-use padding tool to help create a gap between interconnected walls while maintaining the junction’s integrity.

Improve Shop Productivity eShop Version 7.02, released in August, provides updates that improves the integration with third party equipment to collect more accurate data with less disruption to workflow. eShop Web Stations, a popular feature, allows crews to use Table Display to follow any selected Assembly Station (including Speedset) on any device with a chrome browser. Simplify production by allowing crews to set up alternative viewing locations that follow the master view of the truss being assembled.

Alpine Equipment Alpine is an industry leader in computer-controlled truss cutting and assembly systems. “Our equipment is engineered to guarantee CMs high performance, quality-driven results,” stated Vennor Hackshaw, Business Unit Manager at Alpine. “As the industry shifts to automation to improve production capacity and combat labor shortages, we will continue to work with CMs to enhance our technology. This year we’ll feature the Alpine Linear Saw and AutoSet Plus Tables at BCMC, with live demos to showcase the agility and latest automation.

The reliability and performance presented in the ALS will help bring truss cutting to the next level.”

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SBCA to Create Technical Assistance Panel; Seeks PEs

Alpine Linear Saw (ALS) 4.0 The ALS takes cutting to the next level reducing labor, increasing production and the bottom line. No other saw in the market has the same impact on modern truss production. Designed for production efficiency, the ALS 4.0 requires only one sawyer for operation, and features an optional automated infeed system, beveling capability and wall panel marking. See it in action! We will provide several scheduled demonstrations.

AutoSet Plus Table The AutoSet Plus is the latest in truss table automation improving production time. With set up in less than 25 seconds, this computer-controlled jigging system is engineered to be efficient and accurate. The automated steel pucks provide workers the ability to keep a consistent pace throughout the day, with higher accuracy and reduced employee fatigue.

Visit Alpine at BCMC in booth 100 or contact info@alpineitw. com for a private software demonstration.

About Alpine Recognized for its engineering excellence, productivityenhancing software and equipment solutions, and the industry’s best service, Alpine is a leading provider of building component software, metal connector products and equipment to component manufacturers. Since 1966, the company has partnered closely with customers to enhance their business and productivity. Alpine is also a leader in delivering software solutions that increase homebuilder productivity and profitability. The company is a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc., a Fortune 200 global diversified manufacturer. For additional information, visit www. alpineitw.com.

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Originally Published by: SBCA Magazine by Sean Shields — September 28, 2021

The Structural Building Components Association (SBCA) has a long history of providing industry-leading technical expertise to its members and the broader construction supply chain. To build upon that foundation, SBCA wants to form a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to provide an enhanced, consensus-based approach to the association’s technical guidance and to regularly review its expansive library of technical documents and publications.

SBCA’s desire is to populate the panel with a geographically diverse group of professional engineers (PEs) who work for its component manufacturer members, although independent engineers may also be included. Through TAP, SBCA will focus on creating an environment that will allow industry engineers to work together with peers, refine their knowledge and acumen, and broaden their exposure to engineering challenges.

In addition to working closely with SBCA’s Engineering & Technical (E&T) Committee (some member crossover is encouraged) to review BCSI and other technical documents and issues, TAP members would occasionally be asked to address industry-specific technical inquiries submitted to SBCA that require the kind of advanced technical knowledge TAP members would possess.

In return for their service, SBCA will provide travel and accommodations to SBCA’s open quarterly meetings (OQMs) to enable TAP members to develop closer working relationships with each other, as well as network with a broader segment of the industry’s leadership. Initially, SBCA would like to pull together the TAP members in the fourth quarter of 2021, support the group throughout 2022, and evaluate the success of this approach in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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Simpson Strong-Tie Donates $40,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for Haiti Earthquake, California Wildfires August 30, 2021—Nearly two weeks after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti, the death toll is still rising and survivors are in need of food, water and medical attention.

Over 12,000 have been reported injured, and hundreds are still missing. The Haitian government has declared a one-month state of emergency.

Thousands of miles away, the Dixie and Caldor fires in California have been declared a major disaster by President Biden. The Caldor fire has burned more than 120,000 acres in 10 days, and the Dixie fire is the second largest on record in California, burning 745,000 acres so far.

To help provide these communities with relief and recovery, Simpson Strong-Tie has donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for the Haiti earthquake and $15,000 for the California wildfires.

The Red Cross network has provided more than 27 tons of materials such as shelter toolkits, tarps, buckets, blankets and mosquito nets and contributed over $300,000 to support Haiti Red Cross relief efforts. For more than 10 years, the American Red Cross has funded local staff in Haiti to support ongoing recovery from the 2010 earthquake.

In California and elsewhere, the Red Cross has been helping those affected by the over 90 wildfires that have been burning in the western US since June. They have opened 34 emergency shelters throughout western states, including California, Minnesota, Nevada and Washington. In addition to immediate relief like health services and emergency supplies, the Red Cross is providing financial assistance to families for food, clothing and other basic needs.

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Simpson Strong-Tie Aids Hurricane Ida Recovery with $25,000 Donation to Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

September 15, 2021—The havoc from Hurricane Ida making landfall on August 29 has affected states across the Gulf Coast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. In addition to winds in excess of 100 mph, the storm has brought with it historic rainfall, flooding and tornadoes that have left thousands of people homeless or displaced and more than a million without power, even as many survivors mourn the loss of loved ones with at least 71 deaths already recorded.

Hurricane Ida is on course to prove one of the costliest hurricanes in the United States since 2000, based on AccuWeather data. The company is projecting storm damage of $95 million, which is expected to negatively impact the nation’s economy.

To aid the Red Cross and its partners with their around-theclock support, which includes providing community shelters, distribution of basic necessities and cleanup supplies, damage assessment and more, Simpson Strong-Tie has donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

Thus far, the American Red Cross has helped provide over 9,300 Hurricane Ida survivors with overnight shelter, served nearly 30,000 meals and distributed more than 10,700 relief items.

To make a contribution and aid in disaster recovery efforts through the American Red Cross, visit redcross.org or send a donation to your local Red Cross chapter.

To make a contribution and aid in disaster recovery efforts through the American Red Cross, visit redcross.org or send a donation to your local Red Cross chapter.

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Builders FirstSource Acquires California TrusFrame, California’s Largest Independent Truss Manufacturer Adds Substantial and Profitable Scale to Value-added Components Business in Both Northern and Southern California DALLAS, Sept. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Builders FirstSource, Inc. (NYSE: BLDR) (“Builders FirstSource” or the “Company”), today announced it has acquired California TrusFrame, LLC (“CTF”), the largest independent producer of value-added building products in California, for $179.5 million.

Established in 1982, CTF is a leading designer and manufacturer of prefabricated structural building components, including roof trusses, floor trusses and wall panels, supplying home builders, framers and general contractors across single-family and multi-family end markets throughout California. CTF is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Shawn Overholtzer, who will be joining Builders FirstSource along with the rest of its employees upon closing, and operates four strategically-located manufacturing facilities in Hughson, Sanger and Perris, California.

“We are pleased to strengthen our broad portfolio of industry-leading solutions and valued-added products with the acquisition of CTF,” said Dave Flitman, President and CEO of Builders FirstSource. “CTF’s uniquely positioned operations will allow us to expand our offerings and production capacity in the largest housing market in the country, delivering benefits to our new and existing customers. We are excited to welcome Shawn and the rest of the CTF team to Builders FirstSource and look forward to enhancing our established platform and resources to further grow our value-added capabilities in this important market.”

CTF reported trailing twelve months sales of approximately $143 million as of July 31, 2021.

About Builders FirstSource Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Builders FirstSource is the largest U.S. supplier of building products, prefabricated components and value-added services to the professional market segment for new residential construction and repair and remodeling. We provide customers an integrated homebuilding solution, offering manufacturing, supply, delivery and installation of a full range of structural and related building products. We operate in 39 states with approximately 550 locations and service customers in 47 of the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, providing geographic diversity and balanced end market exposure. We service customers from strategically located distribution and manufacturing facilities (certain of which are co-located) that produce value-added products such as roof and floor trusses, wall panels, stairs, vinyl windows, custom millwork and pre-hung doors. Builders FirstSource also distributes dimensional lumber and lumber sheet goods, millwork, windows, interior and exterior doors, and other building products.

For more information about Builders FirstSource, visit the Company’s website at www.bldr.com.

About California TrusFrame, LLC Based in Murrieta, California with strategically located plants that serve customers throughout the state, California TrusFrame, LLC is the leading manufacturer of roof trusses, floor trusses, wall panels and floor cassettes for commercial, residential, and multi-family construction. CTF offers a high level of engineering and design services coupled with an unparalleled product quality and high capacity manufacturing capability.

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Builder Confidence Steadies as Material and Labor Challenges Persist September 20, 2021 on NAHB Now | The News Blog of the National Association of Home Builders Reprinted with permission.

Builder confidence inched up in September on lower lumber prices and strong housing demand, even as the housing sector continues to grapple with building material supply chain issues and labor challenges. Ending a three-month decline, builder sentiment in the market for newly built single-family homes edged up one point to 76 in September, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today.

“Builder sentiment has been gradually cooling since the HMI hit an all-time high reading of 90 last November,” said NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke. “The September data show stability as some building material cost challenges ease, particularly for softwood lumber. However, delivery times remain extended and the chronic construction labor shortage is expected to persist as the overall labor market recovers.”

“The single-family building market has moved off the unsustainably hot pace of construction of last fall and has reached a still hot but more stable level of activity, as reflected in the September HMI,” said NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz. “While building material challenges persist, the rate of cost growth has eased for some products, but the job openings rate in construction is trending higher.”

NAHB expects housing affordability will be a key demand-side challenge in the coming quarters, given the rapid rate of growth for home prices and construction costs over the last year.

“Regionally, we continue to see growth in the South and the West, particularly the Mountain West,” said Dietz. “Exurban markets have expanded the most over the last year, although inner suburbs are now experiencing an acceleration, with townhouse construction having had the best quarter in 14 years this spring.”

Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 35 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo HMI gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair” or “poor.” The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as “high to very high,” “average” or “low to very low.” Scores for each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as good than poor.

The HMI index gauging current sales conditions rose one point to 82, the component measuring traffic of prospective buyers posted a two-point gain to 61 and the gauge charting sales expectations in the next six months held steady at 81.

Looking at the three-month moving averages for regional HMI scores, the Northeast fell two points to 72, the South dropped two points to 80 and the West registered a two-point decline to 83. The Midwest remained unchanged at 68.

HMI tables can be found at nahb.org/hmi. More information on housing statistics is also available at Housing Economics PLUS (formerly housingeconomics.com).

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August Housing Starts Lifted by Multifamily Development September 21, 2021 on NAHB Now | The News Blog of the National Association of Home Builders Reprinted with permission.

Strong multifamily production helped push overall housing starts up in August as single-family starts edged lower due to ongoing supply chain issues and labor challenges. Total starts increased 3.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.62 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

The August reading of 1.62 million starts is the number of housing units builders would begin if development kept this pace for the next 12 months.

Within this overall number, single-family starts decreased 2.8% to a 1.08 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, but are up 23.8% year-to-date. The multifamily sector, which includes apartment buildings and condos, increased 20.6% to a 539,000 pace.

“Single-family construction is normalizing at more sustainable levels after an increase in building material pricing,” said NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke. “Demand remains strong, but the market is facing increasing housing affordability issues after a run-up in new and existing home prices. Multifamily construction increased in August, with NAHB expecting a solid gain for apartment construction in 2021 after a slight decline last year.”

“More inventory is coming for a market that continues to face a housing deficit,” said NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz. “The number of single-family homes under construction in August — 702,000 — is the highest since the Great Recession and is 32.7% higher than a year ago. While some building materials, like lumber, have seen easing prices, delivery delays and a lack of skilled labor and building lots continue to hold the market back.”

On a regional and year-to-date basis (January through August 2021 compared to that same time frame a year ago), combined singlefamily and multifamily starts are 35.9% higher in the Northeast, 14.0% higher in the Midwest, 20.2% higher in the South and 23.9% higher in the West.

Overall permits increased 6.0% to a 1.73 million unit annualized rate in August. Single-family permits increased 0.6% to a 1.05 million unit rate. Multifamily permits increased 15.8% to a 674,000 pace.

Looking at regional permit data on a year-to-date basis, permits are 25.6% higher in the Northeast, 21.7% higher in the Midwest, 25.6% higher in the South and 28.1% higher in the West.

Single-family units permitted but not started are up 50.0% from a year ago, a sign of persistent supply-chain issues.

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Number of Women in Construction Edges Higher Posted September 16, 2021 on NAHB Now | The News Blog of the National Association of Home Builders Reprinted with permission.

The number of women employed in the construction industry in the United States grew slightly in 2020, rising to around 1.17 million workers. The number reflects about 10.9% of the construction workforce, up from 10.3% in 2019, a recent NAHB analysis of labor force statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS) showed.

While the upward movement is positive, the construction industry as a whole faces an ongoing labor shortage. Bringing additional women into the construction labor force represents an opportunity to fill many of those vacancies – an important goal for the industry.

In addition, the majority of women in the industry are involved in administrative support, management, or business and financial operations, with the highest numbers – about 69% – in sales and office occupations.

Only about 6% were involved in construction and maintenance occupations, where workers are needed most.

The overall construction industry lost 587,000 jobs in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the economy, but recovery has been fairly steady since, as home building and related construction activities play an increasingly important role in the broader economy.

NAHB Economist Na Zhao provides more analysis in this Eye on Housing post.

This week, NAHB’s Professional Women in Building (PWB) Council celebrates PWB Week 2021, recognizing the important contributions of women in residential construction and the work that is being done to promote, train, advance and add more women to the industry. Visit nahb.org/pwbweek to find tips and tools for getting the most out of the week. PWB Week 2021 is sponsored

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Updated Publication: Design Guide: Building for High-Wind Resilience Expanded in 2021 to include real-world examples, this high-wind design guide illustrates nine construction details that improve wind resilience in residential construction. Each detail includes a visual diagram of the detail, an explanation of the structural forces in play, its reference in the International Residential Code and associated images of storm-induced failures that the detail addresses.

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US LBM Acquires Massachusetts’ Mid-Cape Home Centers Leading building materials distributor expands to Massachusetts’ South Shore, Cape Cod and the Islands SOUTH DENNIS, Mass., September 1, 2021 – US LBM, a leading distributor of specialty building materials in the United States, has acquired Mid-Cape Home Centers, a building products and home improvement company with six locations in the southern coastal region of Massachusetts.

With deep community bonds, Mid-Cape Home Centers traces its roots back to 1895, and today supplies professional builders, remodelers and homeowners in Massachusetts’ South Shore, Cape Cod and the Islands with lumber and specialty building materials.

Operating an extensive delivery fleet and providing services such as kitchen and bath design and custom millwork, Mid-Cape’s broad mix of products include roofing, siding, doors, windows, decking, railing, flooring, paint, hardware, countertops and cabinetry.

“We’re excited for this partnership with US LBM, which shares our focus on quality, service, community involvement and people,” said Mid-Cape President and General Manager Jack Stevenson, who will continue to lead Mid-Cape’s day-to-day operations. “Together, Mid-Cape and US LBM will set an even higher bar, as we remain committed to our loyal customers, local communities and mission to be the supplier of choice in Southeastern Massachusetts. Our customers will have access to a wider range of technologies, materials and offerings while relying on the team they know and trust.”

With the addition of Mid-Cape, US LBM now operates 25 locations across New England under several banners, including Deering Lumber, East Haven Builders Supply, Poulin Lumber, Ridgefield Supply, Universal Supply and Wallboard Supply.

“With a proud legacy of more than 125 years, Mid-Cape Home Centers and its team’s passion for people and the local community make them a great addition to US LBM,” said US LBM President and CEO L.T. Gibson. “Mid-Cape expands US LBM’s reach into the southern coastal communities of Massachusetts, strengthens our presence in New England, and solidifies our network of leading building materials suppliers along the East Coast.”

Anchor Peabody served as the exclusive advisor to Mid-Cape Home Centers.

About USLBM US LBM is the largest privately owned full-line distributor of specialty building materials in the United States. Offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialty products, including windows, doors, millwork, wallboard, roofing, siding, engineered components and cabinetry, US LBM combines the scale and operational advantages of a national platform with a local go-to-market strategy through its national network of locations across the country. For more information, please visit uslbm.com or follow US LBM on LinkedIn.

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Thomas H. Lee Partners Acquires House of Design September 13, 2021--NAMPA, Idaho & BOSTON--Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a premier private equity firm investing in growth companies, announced today that it has acquired a majority interest in House of Design LLC (the “Company”), a leading provider of robotic automation systems and software for the residential construction market. THL’s investment will strengthen House of Design’s existing capabilities and provide capital and resources for future growth investments. House of Design’s co-founders will hold minority positions in the Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2012 and based in Nampa, Idaho, House of Design is a leading provider of automated solutions for the building components and residential offsite construction industries. The Company designs and engineers robotic systems that increase component manufacturers’ production output and capacity while reducing the challenges of labor shortages. Proprietary software makes House of Design’s system the only fully automated system that can produce complex variable trusses and wall panels without robot retraining or resetting.

THL’s investment in House of Design will accelerate the Company’s ability to build upon its leading robotic technology and software platform and accelerate new product innovation for its customers.

“Our partnership with THL is a monumental milestone for the Company,” said Shane Dittrich and Ryan Okelberry, Co-Founders of House of Design. “THL brings the expertise and sophistication needed to reach the next stage in our Company’s growth, and we have a shared vision for how to get there. We are excited to partner with THL and leverage their deep automation expertise and financial and operational resources to fuel House of Design’s growth strategy.”

“We are thrilled to partner with the House of Design team,” said Mike Kaczmarek, Managing Director at THL. “Persistent labor scarcity in the construction industry is driving greater need for automated solutions, and House of Design’s offerings help address labor shortage and worker safety challenges while providing an attractive ROI to the customer. THL is excited to support House of Design in continuously growing and innovating its product offerings to help customers increase production throughput and revenue.”

About House of Design House of Design has established itself as a thought leader and premier provider of robotic solutions, dynamic software applications, and system integration services. Through a multitude of successful automation projects across varied industries, House of Design is recognized as an innovative, collaborative partner committed to the success of the clients it serves.

Founded in 2012 by two engineers, House of Design has grown to 100+ employees and one of the largest robotic integrators in the West. Over the last ten years House of Design has been recognized nationally for its innovation in the robotics industry and as a small business leader in Idaho. The company’s vision is to ensure that execution matches strategy, emerging opportunities are captured, and team members grow, prosper and their work changes the world. For more information, please visit www.thehouseofdesign.com.

About Thomas H. Lee Partners Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”) is a premier private equity firm investing in middle market growth companies exclusively in three sectors: Financial Services, Healthcare and Technology & Business Solutions. THL couples deep sector expertise with dedicated internal operating resources to transform and build great companies of lasting value in partnership with management. The Firm’s domain expertise and resources help to build great companies with an aim to accelerate growth, improve operations and drive long-term sustainable value. Since 1974, THL has raised more than $30 billion of equity capital, invested in over 160 companies and completed more than 500 add-on acquisitions representing an aggregate enterprise value at acquisition of over $210 billion. THL invests in automation companies through its flagship private equity fund and a dedicated automation fund. For more information, please visit www.thl.com.

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The SLB Continues to Drive Market Demand, Pushes Towards Carbon-Neutral Future September 28, 2021—The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) recently published its 2021 Q2 Report, which recaps the SLB’s progress in responding to trends and shifting the delivery of initiatives and resources to drive increased market demand and consumption of softwood lumber. The SLB, in partnership with its funded programs—the American Wood Council (AWC), Think Wood, and WoodWorks—are collaborating to strategically close gaps and overcome barriers in the industry.

The wood product value chain lacks credible and comprehensive data needed to position forests and wood products as an attractive vehicle for construction and to address carbon mitigation and climate change in the built environment. The SLB is collaborating with several industry partners on data initiatives that will inform and improve what we already know to be true; that softwood lumber is a proven solution for reducing the environmental footprint of the built environment and a proven solution for construction.

Highlights from Q2 include:

• The AWC successfully stewarded nine of its 12 proposals through recent International Code Council (ICC) Group A committee action hearings. One change recommended for approval, G147-21, would allow for 100% exposed mass timber ceilings in buildings up to 12 stories, presenting important growth opportunities for mass timber over the coming decade.

• The Mass Timber Design Manual, developed by Think Wood and WoodWorks, was downloaded more than 10,000 times, generating 12 active building projects and 5,000 new contacts in the Think Wood database in Q2 alone.

• WoodWorks directly influenced and converted 113 projects, with an additional 319 projects being influenced, representing 24 million square feet of wood construction and an incremental 215 million board feet of demand.

• Nearly 1,000 users have joined the Wood Institute YTD, with users completing nearly 1,400 courses, for a total of 1,908 learning hours.

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Download the 2021 Q2 Report Download the 2021 Q2 Report in French In addition to program successes, the SLB is proud to announce two noteworthy achievements. The first is the launch of new carbon transparency initiatives to fill key gaps in expertise and data across the wood products value chain, jointly funded with the United States Endowment for Forestry and Communities.

The Wood Supply Shed Carbon Balance Tool, the Fiber Sourcing Transparency Tool, and the A4 Transportation Tool will provide carbon accounting data for the AEC sector so they can better understand the full carbon impact of their structures.

The second is the MOU signed earlier this month by the SLB and USDA, that builds upon the existing collaborative relationship that seeks to grow demand for wood products as natural climate solutions. The SLB’s strategic investments and partnerships continue to respond to the ever-evolving industry and position wood as the preferred material of choice in the built environment.

Thank you for your continued support of the SLB and our programs and initiatives. We always welcome industry feedback, which can be sent to info@softwoodlumberboard.org.

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UFP Industries Acquires Shelter Products, Inc., Expanding Its Distribution Capabilities Within Its Factory-Built Business Unit to the Southern U.S. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 27, 2021 -- UFP Industries (Nasdaq: UFPI) today announced that UFP Distribution, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of UFP Construction, LLC, acquired the operating assets of Shelter Products, Inc., in Haleyville, Alabama, for $6.5 million. Shelter Products operates its distribution and logistics business from an 87,800 sq.-ft. warehouse that specializes in manufactured housing industry customers. Shelter Products’ facility is adjacent to a UFP manufacturing facility that supplies trusses to manufactured housing builders, and the proximity will enable additional operational synergies. Shelter Products had sales of $11.4 million in 2020. Stephen Sampson, president and CEO of Shelter Products, will continue to serve the company in a consultative role while assisting with the integration of Shelter Products into UFP Distribution, which provides distribution and logistics support to factorybuilt manufacturers through nine warehouses across the U.S. “We continue to believe the lack of affordable housing will create greater demand for factory-built housing, and Shelter Products will help us meet this demand and offer opportunities to distribute new products in the southern U.S.,” said Patrick Benton, president of UFP Construction. “Shelter Products has been a terrific vendor for us for many years, and their talented team has an unmatched reputation for customer service. This transaction, which will be seamless to customers, is another example of how UFP’s new organizational structure creates more focus on individual markets and products.”

“We have worked closely with UFP Industries for nearly two decades and have been impressed by the company’s entrepreneurial culture and success,” said Sampson. “We are a family company, and joining UFP ensures my work family that they will not only continue to enjoy the culture they created but take advantage of more business and career opportunities in the future. We are excited to join the UFP family.”

UFP Industries, Inc. UFP Industries is a holding company whose operating subsidiaries – UFP Industrial, UFP Construction and UFP Retail Solutions – manufacture, distribute and sell a wide variety of value-added products used in residential and commercial construction, packaging and other industrial applications worldwide. Founded in 1955, the company is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with affiliates in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more about UFP Industries, go to www.ufpi.com.

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The Last Word on Coming of Age at BCMC hat I experienced at the truss industry’s first trade show was the bare bones beginning of fifty years of industry progress. But, at first glance in 1971, it didn’t seem so, as I found only a handful of 8x10 booths, tucked in the corner of the Louisville Fairgrounds. Yet plenty of roof truss machines were sold, mostly for under $20,000, mainly to lumberyard customers. At the 1972 Show, the first engineering and cutting programs were demoed on teletype machines hooked up to remote computers via the new technology of timesharing.

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At these early shows, called Industrial Building Expositions (INBEX), we were lumped in with the much larger mobile/modular/manufactured housing (MH) industry. Then we were considered to be part of the truss fabrication business. This explains why the original name of Shelter Systems was “Material Fabrication, Inc.” Unfortunately, at that time, some stick framing stalwarts used an abbreviation of that name, “pre-fab” shops, to downgrade trusses.

The 1973 INBEX hit when housing starts reached a level which hasn’t been reached since, flooding us with over a million dollars of roof truss equipment sales. Shortly thereafter, however, the oil crisis tanked housing, and INBEX folded. Four years elapsed before our industry had recovered sufficiently to support another show. This turned out to be a good time to separate from the MH industry, which never recovered, even to this day. For many of us truss suppliers, it seemed logical to join the Show attended by the buyers of most trusses, namely, the National Home Builders Show.

However, the truss industry booths were nearly impossible to find in the vast halls of McCormick Place in Chicago. Clearly, we needed a better venue.

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By 1980, even though housing had fallen back into the doldrums, our industry had made enough inroads in the building business to justify our own Show. We returned to Louisville, but to a new downtown convention center befitting our growing success. We smartly shed the fabricator name and officially adopted the component manufacturer identity. And for the first time we were able to display truss machinery.

Though a large array of roof, floor, and wall panel equipment was shown, the very first PC workstation garnered nearly as much attention. This was the Forest Products System, introduced by future Hall of Famer and founder of Shelter Systems, Lenny Sylk. This showing stimulated all suppliers to follow suit and helped turn future BCMCs into meccas of back-office software technology.

Through the 1980s, as BCMC gained in prominence, many ingenious entrepreneurs came forward with ground-breaking innovations. In 1985, Jerry Koskovich debuted the Auto Omni, the first automated component saw. In 1988, Alpine showcased AutoSet, the first automated truss setup system. In 1993, Virtek demonstrated their TrussLine laser setup system. And in 2001, Jim Urmson showed us the first linear saw. Of course, these inventions sparked many further innovations as competitors tried to “one-up” the inventor, often at the next BCMC (see next month’s Sixty Years of Machines Part XXIV for a great example). What distinguishes all the above breakthroughs is not so much the mechanics of the machines, but the onboard software technology that drives them.

This year in Omaha, we’ll see twice as many booths as were on display at the first BCMC. We’ll watch Panel Plus’s Automated Sheathing Station raise the bar on wall panel productivity alongside Triad’s latest ProFusion Sheathing Bridge with autonomous operation. We’ll also see MiTek’s Direct Drive System demonstrate the first use of sophisticated software to control multiple machines, as we watch a stick of lumber retrieved from its bunk, cut, and delivered to the table, untouched by human hands. We can count on this BCMC, and those that follow, to continue to chronicle the march of progress of this industry. And we should embrace the nuances of all this tremendous technology that uplifts our industry, raising our status in the building industry, from basic fabricator to component manufacturer to now being the masters of offsite construction technology.

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