A renewed effort to get us to use social media and share ideas each week during the school year. It only takes me 30 seconds to post an image and caption on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Everyone has a mobile phone these days that all have a camera that takes better pictures than the SLR I used to haul around. The fear of using social media that will diminish your privacy and or waste your time by getting you hooked is false news. Let me help you get started because "we are our own best resources." I've been saying this my whole career and really do hate to reinvent the wheel all the time. check out my recent (and not so recent) posts by searching my hashtags. #lhsteched #lhstsa #sherandoteched #sherandotsa #vteea #vteea15 #vteea16 #vteea17 #vteea18 & of course for this coming conference in July 2019 #vteea19

For a manufacturing systems class, I have had students make wooden crates using 1x 6s or 1x8s and 2x4s ripped to 1/4 wide for the slats. A nail gun with 1/4 x 1" crown staples, nails the slats to the ends. To make these a hot seller, I had order forms for specialized graphics or words on the ends with a Laser Engraver. You could also screen print the end with a logo. The best part for a smaller crate is the materials cost are less than $2.25 and can sell for $7. You can almost not mess up enough pieces to not make a profit. Check out my social media #sherandoteched or #vteea to see this year's progress. You can also email me at vickersr@fcpski12.net and I'll be glad to send you pictures and or other information. Ron