1553 South 2nd Street - Lincoln, NE 68502
Phone: 402-438-2161
Toll Free: 800-382-0329
Fax: 402-438-2524
Email: sales@wasserman-associates.com

Spring 2008 NEWSLETTER

He’s Back!

Leonard Wasserman has made a decision to focus his efforts on promoting Wasserman & Associates and the services we provide. During the past nine years, Leonard had dedicated his summers to his other business at Patterson Harbor Marina (located on the Kansas/Nebraska border). This summer will be different. Leonard is moving to Lincoln this spring and will be traveling from state to state assisting customers with their equipment needs. He loves traveling and especially visiting one on one with customers. He may be knocking on your door soon!

Need Cash?
We can help by selling your excess machinery. Your excess machinery is posted on our website, is featured in many mailings and emails, and has great exposure at The BCMC Show. Wasserman & Associates provides financing and installation services to your buyers, pays you (the Seller) before shipping and coordinates transportation...it is easy! As your Equipment Broker, Wasserman & Associates adds 10% to 15% to your asking price as our fee. We charge nothing if you sell the equipment direct or through another broker. If you have excess machinery to sell, please call 800-382-0329 or email us at RodWass@aol.com with the details.

We Now Offer Door, Stair and Woodworking Machinery
Wasserman & Associates is proud to add new lines of door and woodworking equipment to our extensive machinery list. We are excited to be new representatives of Dotul (intelligent door building machinery) and Lobo (woodworking machinery) Now we are able to fulfill your needs of pre-hung door machinery, stile/rail door machinery, assembly tables, stair machinery and other various woodworking equipment. If budget is a concern, please contact us regarding used equipment.

Stimulus Package
If you were holding off on purchasing new equipment, this year may be a good time to purchase. Our government is now offering a stimulus package that will help your business. The package helps businesses in two ways. It gives companies a 50% bonus deduction on new equipment that would normally be depreciated over many years. And it increases - to $250,000 from 128,000 in 2008 - the limit on expenses that small businesses can deduct from annual income, with a total cap of $800,000. Wasserman & Associates can source your new equipment through one of our respected manufacturers. The Koskovich Company, Panels Plus, Pacific Automation, MangoTech and Monet DeSauw are just a few of the manufacturers we represent.

“Planx” Automated Jigging System
The best roof truss jigging news ever to hit the truss industry. The Planx Automated Roof Truss Jigging System is manufactured by The Koskovich Co. Computer driven pucks by truss design download from any major truss software package jigs the perimeter of the truss in an average of 15 seconds! What makes it the best roof truss jigging “mouse trap” to date? Let me give you a few reasons:
1) This plank system has two pucks at opposite sides of a 6” to 10” wide steel plank which allows both pucks to be utilized at the top or bottom chord profiling critical locations in the ceiling or roof line.
2) The Planx can be installed in table anywhere you want them - at 2’ on center, 3’ on center or whatever makes sense to you.
3) The New Windows Software is even easier to use than the original Jet Set Software and will work in unison with the Virtek Laser, for those of you who have or are considering laser projection systems.
4) The Planx are “Retrofittable” to Existing Truss Tables
5) The Planx Automated Roof Truss Jigging System at 4’ on center with optional Virtek Laser Projection System is competitively priced with the Wizard System at 2’ on center. Consider the “best of both worlds” with a plank system and laser projection system.
Frustrated with complex truss setups reducing your profits? Are you wasting 20 to 30 minutes of production time with a 3 or 4 man crew setting up those complex trusses? Consider the benefit to your bottom line of completing that complex setup in less than 1 minute with the Planx Automated Roof Truss Jigging System by The Koskovich Co.

Mitek is not the exclusive source for Panels Plus Wall Panel Equipment!
Your Mitek representative has told you that Panels Plus is only available thru Mitek - THIS IS NOT TRUE. Wasserman & Associates offers the Panels Plus equipment and more importantly installs the equipment at no additional charge to the customer. We also offer accessory equipment to complete the system and have pre-owned equipment for your consideration. Zero Cost Planning, Plant Layouts, Installation and Training coupled with Complete Plant Solutions make Wasserman & Associates the only logical source for Panels Plus Wall Panel Equipment.

New Servo-Omni set-up is 2 1/2 times faster than Auto-Omni
Now the industry’s long-time #1 automated component saw, Auto-Omni, is even more accurate, even more reliable, even easier to maintain, and is phenomenally faster. With the introduction of servo technology, the Servo-Omni set-up is 2 1/2 times faster than the Auto-Omni. This increased speed allows 5 days worth of automated cutting to be completed in 4 days. The operating software is Windows XP Professional available in English or Spanish. For existing Auto-Omni users, your existing Auto-Omni Saw can be traded for the New Servo-Omni Saw. All is backed by The Koskovich Company’s unique reputation for superior and “lifetime upgradeability” support.

Your Floor Truss Cutting Workhorse Is Here!
The Monet DeSauw FWA 500 Floor Web Cutter is built like a tank for long term durability and performance. Four Push Button Power Angulating 16” Blades with Electronic Digital Readouts make this saw extremely easy to operate and maintain. It includes a 5th External Cut-Off Blade and Magazine Lumber Feed for long production runs. The standard 4 1/2’ capacity can be stretched to 20’ to allow for efficient pre-cutting of wall panel stud material and other double end trimming applications. Contact us today to explore the easiest, fastest, safest and most precise way to cut floor truss webs.

Wasserman & Associates offers Equipment Financing
In cooperation with Vision Financial Group, you can lease the equipment purchased from Wasserman & Associates. Please consider the following benefits of Equipment Leasing: Conserved working capital, preserves existing credit lines, can provide tax benefits, avoid technological obsolescence, provides a hedge against inflation with a fixed monthly payment, matches benefits to costs - pay as you use the equipment. A Lease Payment Calculator and Lease Application are available on our Home and Used Pages.

Why should I consider a single table Wall Production System?
Approximately 40 years ago, Triad introduced the Exterior Wall Panel Line consisting of Framing, Router and Sheathing Stations with Accumulation Conveyors before and after each station. In the decades following, the competition has copied the Triad example of the long wall panel production line.

Wall panel production is not like the Ford or GM Assembly Line with a set time allotment to each task. Wall panels are custom assemblies with a wide variance in assembly times. The wall panel machinery manufacturers acknowledge this by designing accumulation or extensive material handling systems into the production line (to avoid bottlenecks in production) resulting in large facilities for wall panel production.

The advantage of the single table system is two fold. Since all of the work is completed at a single location, no accumulation conveyor is required resulting in a much smaller footprint required for wall panel production. Also, without the accumulation conveyor, the time lost for material handling (releasing, transporting and reseting the wall panel) is recaptured. The end result is a higher LF/Man/Hour number requiring less production space.

3,000 lf/day of Wall Panels With 3 Men?
I am not here to insult your intelligence, but ask to “see it before you believe it”. Some of our wall panel equipment competitors quote some really astonishing production numbers, but do you honestly believe that you can frame, sheath and router each panel in two minutes with a manual two table wall panel line with no allowance for breaks or inefficiencies. At Wasserman & Associates, we work within reality...not all panels will be full length, some panels will have multiple openings and wind bracing or blocking may be required are just a few production killers. The truth is you should expect more like 1,100 lf/shift of exterior wall panels with 5 men working a semi-automated three table wall panel line. Contact us to assist you with equipment selection and layout that will meet your individual requirements. We can supply the complete wall panel production system (including plate cutting and layout), custom designed to your application and built for long term durability and performance. And if you want 3,000 lf/day, be prepared to work all day and night or count on purchasing additional equipment and hiring additional help. Now that’s the truth!

Get It All Here!
In addition to the primary Truss, Wall Panel and Material Handling equipment offered by Wasserman & Associates, we can supply the following support equipment: Adhesive Backed Rulers, Bunk Cutters, Column Laminators, Cut-Off Saws, Dust Collection Systems, Electric and Air Hoists, Fingerjointing Systems, Freestanding and Jib Crane Systems, Gooseneck Rollerbed Trailers, Gravity and Belt Conveyors, Handle Bar Routers, Hydraulic Lift Tables, Jack Presses, Lumber Carrousels, Lumber Infeed Systems, Lumber Splicers, Material Carts, Measuring Systems, Pallet and Cantilever Racks, Pallet Jacks, Plastic Tops, Portable Field Repair Presses, Portable Nailing Bridges, Radial Arm Saws, Rafter Cutters, Saw Blades, Self Dumping Hoppers, Stair Routers, Stake Machines, Sub-Component Jigs, Teeter Carts, Vent Block Drills, Vertical Panel Saws, Wall Panel Lifts, Flat and Incline Waste Conveyors, Wind Brace Saws, Wood Scrap Grinders and Furnaces and much more. If you need it, we got it!

We Sleep Well At Night!
We sleep well at night! Why? Because we sell solutions, not machinery. Of course, the solutions ultimately result in machinery sales - but we are promoting the equipment that fits the solution, not the equipment that optimizes our commission. Add the fact that we promote truss and wall panel equipment manufacturers that take pride in quality and service and its easy to see why we don’t toss and turn at night. Call us at 800-382-0329 and we will gladly assist you in the selection of truss and wall panel equipment that best suits your individual requirements and budget.