Field guides
Field guides.
Four write-ups on moving big glass and big stone. How a slab gets onto a wall, which machine fits which job, how the Florida storm calendar moves glass work, and whether to rent one or own one.
The four, in order.
Each one opens with the answer. The detail is on the page behind it.
How to get a large slab onto a wall.
Substrate first, then the panel. What the standard asks for, why ten feet of length beats nine hundred pounds of weight, and how the piece stays plumb while somebody sets it.
Glazing robot vs spider crane vs boom lift.
Three machines, three different jobs. A capability comparison, including the four limits that make the SL609 the wrong answer and what to reach for instead.
Scheduling glass work around hurricane season.
Bids in January, the rush before June 1, schools and hospitals over the summer, a hold in September, and reconstruction that arrives around week three rather than day one.
Renting vs owning a glazing robot.
Count the jobs, not the money. What owning actually commits you to, what renting covers, and the cases where each one is clearly the right call.
Written by the Iron Bay team and updated when the facts move. Every spec on these pages comes off the manufacturer datasheet for the machine we actually rent.
The pages behind the guides.
Where the specs and the delivery promises on these pages come from.
Got a lift these don’t cover?
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