record_id: 23bf8b3e-f83d-81bd-8d5d-ea40ce58c5cc
created_time: 2025-07-25T13:12:00.000Z
title: 07-18 Meeting: Material Handling, Mixing Precision, and Process Coordination
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Speaker 1 00:00:22
Do you have anything interesting of alcohol. 
Speaker 2 00:00:24
These are clean ones, you want one of these? I'll just grab one right here.
Speaker 3 00:00:47
Do you happen to have water within reach of you? No. Drinking one? I won't make you go and get water for me, but I can tell you.
Speaker 2 00:00:56
I thought you meant like... Water, water.
Speaker 3 00:04:50
If I can dial this guy in, then the rest of it. No, I'm going to run to the restaurant and be right back. Yeah, no worries. Thanks for asking that first.
Speaker 1 00:13:40
and this is why we double checked it's almost an eighth off brandon what is that i was almost an eighth off.
Speaker 3 00:14:04
I just double checked what I got here, you know, a different way. I was like, hey, that's not working out.
Speaker 3 00:16:14
I'm almost done, I was wrong. I was gonna ask him why was it... Um, it's not necessarily troublesome? Um, is that maybe tedious? Is that kind of what you're... In the sense of like... Essentially, I'm asking why you have to do it. Um, it's gotta be perfect. And, you know, you mark it wrong, you mark it wrong.
Speaker 3 00:16:46
Right? Like, and so... Um, and so I'm just trying to... If I get this right... perfect, then the rest of them are perfect and I don't have to measure the rest of the time.
Speaker 2 00:17:04
You mix another batch, Luis? I was about to ask you anymore.
Speaker 3 00:17:09
Yeah.
Speaker 2 00:17:09
You still need that bucket? I still need the bucket right here.
Speaker 3 00:17:14
Gotcha. I still have it in there.
Speaker 2 00:17:31
I was going to ask you, Braden, so overall, what did you, how did you enjoy Knott's Berry Farm this year? Or whenever you went? My kids are so bad.
Speaker 3 00:17:43
Oh, okay. So what'll happen is my wife will, I think one or two of my kids have patches. I'm not sure, I think it's just one. My wife... go she gets in on her friend's past right and then and then basically um you know my kid's got a watch.
Speaker 3 00:18:23
cell phone that's it like we won't get him a phone go call if he needs it and she can track and she just sits down with her friend at one of the tables like they will be here and they just.
Speaker 2 00:18:36
check because i was just thinking about that i'm like uh i was looking into the passes for the year i mean i'm a big roller coaster guy i know my girlfriend isn't trying to get her get either into it, Without pressuring you too much, I don't want to be that guy that just forces you to go six foot and makes you go on the right, so I told him I want you to actually enjoy it, so I'd rather just start you off with something that you might enjoy.
Speaker 3 00:19:18
Right, I think I'm ready. Cool. I have things set. Yeah, I was gonna take it from you. Before you do to me, I'll spread the rest on the wall.
Speaker 3 00:20:39
Actually, you might have one. I can steal. I'll take his little quarter.
Speaker 1 00:21:31
That would be great.
Speaker 2 00:22:27
Do you need a margin for what you just said, right? Yes, please.
Speaker 2 00:26:17
You ready for the rest of them right now. 
Speaker 1 00:26:17
Yeah. You about ready? Set. On both?
Speaker 1 00:26:48
On both.
Speaker 1 00:28:02
All right.
Speaker 3 00:29:37
um you can actually help me yeah and then come on in and i'm going to have you start kind of cleaning these and prepping them. Right, right start with this and then you can start prepping the others.
Speaker 3 00:31:03
You didn't put any more water in it though right? You didn't put more water in it. I did but it's not hard to do. So I don't want to ever like put more water in it right because that just.
Speaker 1 00:31:16
changes our our mix ratio. Okay. What about the top is it all is it like done. 
Speaker 3 00:32:02
okay so but so is there none that's good okay can you get that uh.
Speaker 2 00:35:14
I've been leaving it a little runny, though.
Speaker 3 00:35:17
Is it according to the...
Speaker 2 00:35:20
It's very little. I mean, it's not that runny, so it's... I think it's okay.
Speaker 3 00:35:25
Is it according to the spec. 
Speaker 2 00:35:27
Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:35:29
As long... What I want is... Do you want to make it according to the...
Speaker 2 00:35:36
Okay, then that gives me... Yeah, it'll be exactly how it's set.
Speaker 3 00:35:38
So, as long as we're doing that right, then I'm... So... Cool. You sure? Completely different. I mean, I did think that this was a little hard when he gave it to me. so all right so what i'm looking for i'll set these um if you can do two things for me.
Speaker 3 00:36:20
oh you're stepping on two before um give me some fresh 254 on top of that and right there what i'm looking i'm taking the tape i'm putting it to the right cleaning it in 254. okay okay and then afterwards once it sets up a little bit i'm just coming back and cutting it um this guy might be too late but um so so if you want to freshen those up real quick cool so clean without set.
Speaker 3 00:36:57
it to the side so basically what i'm doing is, I set it to the left. Everything's kind of, I'm facing this way, everything's to the right. So I set it to the left, clean it with alcohol, 254.
Speaker 3 00:37:27
Yeah, so everything face that wall, you know, face that direction, and put it to the left.
Speaker 3 00:38:05
I'm not going to lie, that is...
Speaker 3 00:39:06
the tape should always be to the left okay and don't get too far in front of me because if i can't see the laser then i got to move it so we'll go that direction first so you're not going to do this one right here if you can't see the laser with it then like if the laser is blocked.
Speaker 1 00:40:11
It's been nice to do it, working with you.
Speaker 3 00:43:30
got like enough for one more let me put it down first and then make another one in there cool.
Speaker 3 00:45:35
How important is it that I cut these things for you? Like if I left it like that, it should be fine, right? Yeah, it should be. Every time I go to cut it, it's either too hard or it messes up my, you know, it's like, I'd just rather, because we're just going over the top. Just to get the flow strip tight, you know, close to it. It really doesn't make any, even if the flow, even if the flow strip. The dot you got there, it could still be filled in in more of a way.
Speaker 3 00:46:07
Right. Okay. I mean, if it's in, you know, I'm not asking you to take a hit for me. I'm just, you know, I'm trying to get you there and I'm screwing you up is kind of what I feel like for myself. I hope I worded that in a way you did. Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:47:29
I'm trying to make sure it's there. Actually, if you can help me out with the .254.
Speaker 2 00:48:06
Oh, that one I had already cleaned for you? Which is that 254. 
Speaker 3 00:48:13
What's that? Oh, you're not going to add some right there, are you? I just, no, I just parked right here. So for this one, do you want it on this side? No, everything facing that way. So basically, face that way, move the tape to the left, put it on the right side.
Speaker 2 00:49:42
I was going to go out shopping, and I don't want my hands all dirty. I'm going to stop by the center, though. Why not? You sweat? I'm sweaty. So, they end up getting all wrinkled. That's alright.
Speaker 2 00:51:01
I was going to ask you the issue, but why can't we park in the front of the tollis anymore? I mean, I'll find you.
Speaker 3 00:51:09
According to the city codes, you're only supposed to take what's immediately in front of you. And I guess they've gotten so many complaints that they can't, like, flick the other way anymore.
Speaker 1 00:51:27
We've got a whole lot of carings.
Speaker 3 00:51:37
So. And then who do you make it a... Who dictates what the city code is? The residents, right? Essentially, yeah. Damn, man. Well, hopefully one day it'll backfire on them when they want to have work done on their house.
Speaker 2 00:52:00
That would be the only way to bother them to have those cars parked outside their home.
Speaker 3 00:52:11
Um well now they can't park there they gotta deal with because at the same time like people do stuff like some of these guys are stupid and they'll just like park slightly into the driveway you know like making it difficult for them to get out right that's the thing it's like usually.
Speaker 2 00:52:28
if everybody's cool you know but somebody does something it ruins it looks like it.
Speaker 3 00:53:55
Did you already have 3701, please. 
Speaker 1 00:54:01
did you already have 37 i'll be out after this one oh you need more too right yeah.
Speaker 1 00:59:21
Thank you.
Speaker 1 01:00:14
I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 01:01:00
Yeah.
Speaker 3 01:02:52
I'm sitting there, it's like, man, the wind's really kicking up. I can hear that thing. It's like, wait a minute, there's no wind. I was telling Brandon I'm sitting here going man the wind's really picking up you know because I can hear you going back and forth and I was like wait a minute there's no wind stupid things we do.
Speaker 1 01:05:09
One, two, three.
Speaker 3 01:06:08
The light just got a lot better. Is that a breeze or what? Is that the shade?
Speaker 3 01:08:12
I'm starting to get the hang of this thing, Brandon. I was telling Louie it's a good way to do it. Well even just like... With the laser, using the laser. Oh yeah, I think the laser's the... But even just like, how do I put down the mortar in a way where I can compact it, I don't screw it up, like I can push down, I don't have to fix anything, you know. I'd like to do it again. Yeah, Louie's going to get us some.
Speaker 3 01:08:48
Do you need a hand? A little bit. No, I'm done, so you tell me.
Speaker 2 01:09:04
The wind was helping right now when it was picking up. I was hoping it would pick up again right now. Can you step over there? Well, it's okay that it's like that. It's just so it holds up. I think I got it. Did you get it? Okay. I think I got it.
Speaker 1 01:09:29
Oh. Yeah, I got that.
Speaker 1 01:10:16
Two.
Speaker 3 01:11:05
You forgot about me already, didn't you. 
Speaker 2 01:11:06
You just had me knock the ticket, so...
Speaker 3 01:11:13
What I was trying to say is, you were up on the thing, and it looked like, you know, it was better for me to let you finish than for me to get what I needed at the moment.
Speaker 1 01:11:32
You just throw me the little tray. 
Speaker 2 01:11:47
Yeah. Let me wash this.
Speaker 1 01:12:01
Come on.
Speaker 3 01:13:21
I think the next thing we should probably be prepping for yeah and then we just don't.
Speaker 2 01:16:28
Actually, you know what? I think I might as well just mix up the hydro pen and start because there's a lot of spots. Once you get down on there and really look at the fucking floor, you'll see all the cracks. Sure. That's fine.
Speaker 1 01:16:41
Take this one right here. Take it away.
Speaker 3 01:17:45
Do be, and I say this loosely, be somewhat careful with how you do it, and maybe segment it, because we have to know where not to step, too, right. 
Speaker 2 01:18:02
that make sense right now you can see that there's like a whole bunch of them like i get that what.
Speaker 3 01:18:15
i'm saying is like hey you know what i just did this whole section right here corner to corner stay out of it you know like i'll be out of here in two minutes yeah and it doesn't need to be like super thick it just needs to be patchy so that's a good idea so i'll do this corner first and then.
Speaker 2 01:18:37
i'll just put the right practically yeah whatever works.
Speaker 1 01:19:52
All right.
Speaker 1 01:20:27
at home.
Speaker 3 01:21:27
take a rag with you too walk on with it just drench it you know that way yeah just drench your rag.
Speaker 1 01:26:14
Looking good. Looks good Brandon.
Speaker 3 01:26:41
I think I'm going to invest in a good pair of U-cads. Have you seen the kind of U-cads that go down? Have you seen anything like that yet? A lot of them. I see a lot of guys with U-cads. Well I guess you should rest more. support on your i guess on your makes all the weights not on your knees but the only problem they're a couple hundred bucks though yeah some of the you're probably having some of the stone.
Speaker 3 01:27:17
places that you go pick up material from or if they sell tools there yeah they've got knee pads i haven't seen them down your shins um because nowadays like you don't want to hold down to everything if they don't sell you don't want them you know yeah you're right there's a reason why they're not selling right well most guys don't need them or don't go for them like i never see them around you know but that doesn't mean that they're not good right i mean my knees suck so.
Speaker 3 01:27:53
from uh you know i got jumper's knee like when i first started working for, And I couldn't me on my left knee for two years. It's actually the same thing that, Took Andy Coby's free. I don't think this is mine. This is this.
Speaker 1 01:28:21
Towers, you know, I I understood you I'll sleep up.
Speaker 1 01:29:46
No, I am.
Speaker 3 01:30:04
What are you doing with the glue gun?
Speaker 3 01:32:54
Brandon, don't you have like a blower? The blower on the vacuums don't work too good or too much? Oh, great idea.
Speaker 2 01:33:21
Oh my God, that would help us so much more. How do you think about it. 
Speaker 3 01:33:26
Oh, you haven't even started. Yeah.
Speaker 2 01:33:32
I'm just brushing whatever I'm going to start doing. I'm brushing it away.
Speaker 3 01:33:38
Where are you at right now. 
Speaker 2 01:33:40
Right here. Well, you could blow everything that way pretty much.
Speaker 1 01:34:46
Bleh. 
Speaker 3 01:37:05
right so especially if it's something that I asked for um so here let me get your rag here's here's what I would do just soak it but even with the these I don't think we have to find.
Speaker 3 01:37:45
every single right go back up like to right here so you want that, this too as it gets that dust this stuff right here so going back up a little bit wipe it down.
Speaker 3 01:38:16
whichever one works better it'll evaporate super fast and we don't even need to put it on thick.
Speaker 3 01:39:13
Right, so it doesn't have to be pretty. We already kind of took care of the pretty part. And so now we're just kind of applying a patch, you know what I mean? Yeah, I'll let you do it. Actually, if you want to get me, what do you think, float strips with Rapidset or 3701?
Speaker 3 01:39:46
We could do it with 3701 because you've already got these points with Rapidset. And they're not going to give, so, 3701. Okay, if you want to mix up some 3701, and we'll start on the float strips, and I'll do this. Right, because the rapid set's not going to push down or move or go anywhere, which allows the 3701 to allow it to push down. Make it even with the rapid set. By the way, don't come this way. Only go that way.
Speaker 3 01:40:18
Okay. Here's good. I want you to have a vacuum next to you. I'm just going to sweep it on top of the plastic here first. Pick up the plastic and go back to you and get it.
Speaker 1 01:41:00
Do you want to start with the strips? Sure.
Speaker 3 01:41:08
Truthfully, once you're ready, once I get two strips down, I'm figuring after.
Speaker 2 01:44:12
Did it still have something in it? Yeah.
Speaker 1 01:45:59
Good morning.
Speaker 3 01:46:20
Well, I actually wanted to soak this one, but we have a bunch.
Speaker 1 01:47:54
Okay, bye. You.
Speaker 1 01:49:03
So I'm stopping kind of.
Speaker 1 01:53:16
okay so okay you see any vacuum on no not right this thing.
Speaker 3 01:53:47
no but let's look at that paint pressure. So there's going to be enough? There's only four of them. Um, do we not have any more up there. 
Speaker 2 01:54:09
A little bit, but sure.
Speaker 1 01:54:20
It is easy. The sponge kind of glides and spreads a little easier.
Speaker 3 01:54:33
I mean, this old thing doesn't hit on you. You're very considerate about it. When you say something, you're always really worried about if someone's going to take it the wrong way. I've had so many experiences where I'm just... Good understanding. Such as being in the management position and whatnot.
Speaker 3 01:55:03
We get, and this is, not to sound, this is like the smallest company I've worked for in a long, long time. The smallest role I've had in all of it. And so my, me, and I'm not very good at like protecting my words, if that's the right way to say it. Right. So I end up having to like fix it after the fact, you know? Yeah. But I can't tell you how many, you know, people I've offended over the years because they don't have,
Speaker 3 01:55:41
their egos can't take it, you know? And it's just difficult too because I'm constantly like picking on your guys' work. So I'm trying to make sure that you know like I'm with you, you know, we're just talking I'm figuring this out We're figuring it out together. And so I'm trying to communicate something without you thinking that I'm coming at you.
Speaker 3 01:56:19
Right. Hey, I get that. I see that you didn't the way you approach it. It shows you do you're one of the few. I'm not exactly 100% done with the wall. That's fine.
Speaker 3 01:56:49
I got rubber with the wood floater, Yeah, we got a whole bundle of new ones here.
Speaker 2 01:57:00
Six, eight, 10. That should do it. Cool. I think that's enough.
Speaker 3 01:57:06
It's gonna land flat on the ground. Just finished with this. So I finished, I'm to this light, Luis. So this light to that corner. So we're gonna float strip wherever we float strip, but we'll try to stay out of your way. You're gonna keep on going this way. So Brandon.
Speaker 3 01:57:37
Where should I start with a? What's that? Where could I start with a float strip? Touched up over there. He's working his way around this way. We can start over here. Sure. Just start in a direct line where we don't see no touch up, right? Yeah, we can start here. He's over there. Right, we'll stay in front of him. Cause all I have to do is set the float strip. I'd pick them up if I could. Sponge works great.
Speaker 3 01:58:07
Okay, I'm just gonna straight edge this. Six foot straight edge that you. Huh? Six foot straight edge. Right here. No, I'll help you with this as well, okay. Yeah, why don't we start where the vacuum is. 
Speaker 1 01:58:27
Right here. We'll do it over there.
Speaker 3 01:58:55
You might wanna keep it closed, cause you know, I'm just seeing this. We'll probably wanna wipe it down. Actually, can I steal the, I'm going to steal the alcohol back. I'm just going to boil all this stuff again into this corn.
Speaker 3 02:00:06
you might have to then set the float strip down to the um because i did it so this is this is low so that's your height okay so i'll go over the top yeah so that was my idea of that way i can just make it easy for you okay so this is it okay even on um also are all the.
Speaker 3 02:00:41
end everything's same height except for oh so the flow strip is going over the top of it yeah okay i thought it was going in between i thought that was the elevation on top of that, no it's the elevation okay cool is with the float strip okay i got it. i have a phobia of birds do you no i was gonna say i've got a blower for it. not real comfortable at night i do have one phobia family my family something happening.
Speaker 3 02:01:27
in my family i'm always worried about that my wife has died 72 times in my head she used to be like she would never uh she wouldn't like follow up with me on stuff or she would call she's like hey i'll call you back in a minute and then she wouldn't like a bunch of times answer, answer and now it's like i just got around fine minds like i don't i don't care what you're doing.
Speaker 3 02:02:00
Just need to know you're all right, you know, but too much stuff go down in my life to you know to assume that. Everything's okay It won't take my prized possession, you know, I mean that in a respectful way.
Speaker 3 02:03:08
At least it's quiet today, is that okay? It's quiet here, I see. Everybody must have got their 40 hours and didn't have to work. What's that? Everybody must have worked their 40 hours and didn't have to work today. Except for us. I'd rather work like quiet. Saturdays are always good for that. It seems like they're pretty quiet on Saturdays. There's games at that point.
Speaker 3 02:03:39
A lot of cheering, a lot of yelling. Yeah, it dries up pretty fast here. I'll run the backside. I think you might need some, why don't I, what I can do, instead of putting it on the whole float strip, I'll just put it on the top of here.
Speaker 3 02:04:16
Okay. I just want to touch on there, right? That way, it's, I'm afraid that it won't stick and then screw you. Coming undone and then something, you don't want to put it back and granules not going down. Yeah, something. Something, yeah. You know, why I let it screw you up is my thought. Okay. Going down.
Speaker 3 02:05:46
Plastics from what. 
Speaker 1 02:06:17
Does it need to be. 
Speaker 2 02:06:20
Well, it's all coming out, so. Yeah. Because I don't want there to be anything stuck in the bottom, because the next time I mix something again, it rips again. Got you.
Speaker 2 02:07:21
You good on the A711, Brendan. 
Speaker 3 02:07:23
Yeah, for now, yeah. Not that I don't want you to help, but we need to.
Speaker 3 02:07:53
keep on going with that. Hide your bag. Oh, okay, gotcha. Because if not, we're... we're gonna we're gonna come back to uh i appreciate you jumping in um we're gonna come back and we're not gonna be able to float because we got all those um you tell me okay i'm not gonna overhang the stick i'm just gonna cut it because i don't want to push down on it where it's.
Speaker 1 02:08:22
overhanging and not there's not being any support under it and then yeah i misunderstood your.
Speaker 3 02:08:53
question you meant on the other side of it yeah between the between the wall and here between here, Oh, what do you think? If you don't, if I just put it like that and then I push down, you can work it. No, but can you put product underneath that? Yeah, yeah, for sure. All the way to the wall would be ideal. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Just needs a little more thin side right there. Oh, that's fine. Yeah, I understand now.
Speaker 3 02:12:04
You just got to make sure you don't get the wall, like I just did. It's kind of our perfect height or our perfect measurement. Okay. So don't, when you put the 254 or whatever on it, don't go higher than that.
Speaker 3 02:12:35
Than the elevation. Right.
Speaker 1 02:13:49
Where's your straight edge. 
Speaker 3 02:13:54
It's on the other side of the wall.
Speaker 1 02:16:39
All right.
Speaker 1 02:17:22
Thank you.
Speaker 2 02:18:31
Is this like a float, or what is this for? No, it's to clean. Mostly when you work with a box, it comes with that in the bucket for cleaning.
Speaker 1 02:18:51
I see this is pretty. What are you using. 
Speaker 3 02:19:04
Now you're good. I stole it from you. Yeah, we do. I was you can move it. I was just gonna start cleaning all this up.
Speaker 1 02:21:25
Stop. 
Speaker 3 02:22:10
Hey Luis, you mind grabbing that other six foot screed from the brand new stuff? I'm sorry? Yeah.
Speaker 3 02:23:25
The box? No.
Speaker 3 02:24:55
Yeah.
Speaker 3 02:25:54
You can help with that. I'm waiting for that.
Speaker 2 02:26:40
You want me to start unloading your truck. 
Speaker 3 02:26:45
If you want you just want to unload it there. You don't have to bring everything down.
Speaker 2 02:26:53
So I just unload it right up to the pallet. 
Speaker 3 02:26:56
Whatever. We don't want everything to come down.
Speaker 2 02:27:03
Do you want me to take some stuff with you. 
Speaker 3 02:27:04
No, I mean down all the way here.
Speaker 2 02:27:06
Oh, okay. All right, so I'll do the choke out over there in the back, right. 
Speaker 1 02:27:14
Sure.
Speaker 1 02:28:59
No. Peace.
Speaker 3 02:31:20
Check your elevation, man.
Speaker 1 02:31:37
Cool. Go from the laser down.
Speaker 3 02:31:52
You tell me. Seven sixteenths. Go a sixteenth. You want it to basically be seven and five sixteenths plus a thirty-second. You want to go down a sixteenth. Okay. I see. So what I did that helped me is I just went right underneath the lip on both sides and I carved out a little bit and I just shoved it down.
Speaker 1 02:35:40
I feel it.
Speaker 3 02:36:24
I figured we'd do enough just to get the rest of the 3701, so yeah.
Speaker 3 02:37:42
You're going to kill me for not leaving here. I'm supposed to take the kids somewhere. You don't like that indoor soccer that they play? I love indoor soccer. It's trash, isn't it? it COVID hit they shut us all down came back two minutes in pulled my hammy came back from that.
Speaker 3 02:38:19
hip flexor and it was all it's a little bit shorter a lot smaller in the field and a little faster pace but I absolutely love it I mean don't get me wrong I wouldn't true I wouldn't choose.
Speaker 3 02:39:01
it over the field um long term you know 11 guys committed to showing up versus nine no it's uh, five or six i don't know how many people you put on the field so sometimes it's 5v5 sometimes it's 4v no.
Speaker 3 02:41:07
He said five sixteenths and a thirty-second five and a quarter and a thirty-second. Did you go up or did you go down? Yeah, you wanted you wanted to go down.
Speaker 1 02:41:28
Is your is your by the way, I'm at the exact same height right now.
Speaker 1 02:42:02
That one's perfect.
Speaker 3 02:42:23
So I just went and looked at mine.
Speaker 3 02:43:29
You know, you don't trust mine, huh? No, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. Yeah, what have you done? Wait for it. All right, my team has it, because my numbers were more than normal.
Speaker 3 02:47:11
Is it possible you're leaning, Brandon? Right here I am now, but I haven't set it up. No, I mean like with your... Right now it's...

[AI_SUMMARY]
Emphasize consistent mix ratios without adding extra water, coordinate the use of specific chemicals for surface cleaning, and ensure precise batching for material preparation. Proper equipment usage is crucial for alignment, leveling, and maintaining a clean worksite. Tasks are segmented for efficiency, with attention to safety and protective gear. Next steps include verifying mix ratios, preparing cleaning tools, and investigating better protective equipment options.