When one saw blade just isn’t enough, build your own double-edged saw
I am obsessed with improving my productivity at work, and this preoccupation has spilled over into my homelife. I have spreadsheets full of data on my day-to-day activities, and I regularly conduct ROI analyses, weighing each task’s impact on my life. For example, once I realized that I spend 91 hours a year making my bed, I promptly vetoed that chore. I also calculated the cost of ironing the newly washed laundry every week, which added up to 104 hours a year. Needless to say, I nixed that task and learned to live with the occasional wrinkle. If you too are looking to improve the speed of your chores, then consider this custom-made, dual-blade saw that is guaranteed to cut your sawing time in half. In a recent video, YouTuber The Q demonstrates how to build a double-edged saw.
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Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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