Business of Machining
378 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 210 ratingsJohn Grimsmo of Grimsmo Knives and John Saunders of NYC CNC discuss their success, struggles, goals and more as machinists, business owners and entrepreneurs.
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#375 Saunders needs a new spindle
June 21, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBTOPICS: Saunders needs a new spindle Grimsmo Blum probing issues Gen 3 mod vises in productions Macro programming!!!
#374 Grimsmo's Blade Show adventure
June 14, 2024 04:00 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo's Blade Show adventure Johnny 5 robot progress!! Fusion "ground to parent" Shop maintenance?
#373 Great, good, and important companies
June 07, 2024 04:00 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo pulling late nights to get his new knife done for Blade Show Purchases that are important or not. How to lead others and push them Great, good, and important companies Does anybody actually use PVA support?
#372 Do I need a "reset"?
May 24, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBTOPICS: Do I need a "reset"? Al Whatmough and Carl Bass leadership skills Grimsmo prepping for blade show Hardness testing UMC350 5 axis machine
#371 Saunders pushed the PuckChuck to failure
May 17, 2024 04:00 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo exploded a 440c button Saunders pushed the PuckChuck to failure Building the shop to be easy Adding a bubbler to a coolant tweaking Puck chuck fixtures on the VF2 Building the dream machine from scratch
#370 Integral knife button tweaking
May 10, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBTOPICS: Integral knife button tweaking Thermal growth on steel Optical comparator with Baty screen 3d printing brim and build plates Zero gravity tool suspension device - Sloky torque devices Johnny 5 build Offset on horizontal got reset!
#369 Creativity vs Productivity
May 03, 2024 04:00 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBTOPICS: Creativity vs productivity Saunders' Willemin is gone Project management Johnny 5 robot update BlackFox Machining box cutter clip Awkward DOITS phase
#368 Weird door alarm on Okuma
April 26, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes - 65 MBTOPICS: weird door alarm on Okuma Product design and prototyping Tolerancing parts Nut runner torque wrenches Lapping parts FLAT Johnny 5 robot!
#367 Saunders yard sale open house
April 19, 2024 04:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBTOPICS: Saunders yard sale open house Wall control (pegboard) Drill press upgrades SMW puck chucks and fixture plates Willemin calibration procedure Probe tips Al Whatmough
#366 Future Goals and Happiness
April 12, 2024 04:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBTOPICS: Local Ohio Machinist and makers group https://forms.gle/CSLjYSQshDqDCWRE6 Chemistry and filtration of liquids Future goals and Happiness 3 examples of the "rule of inverse Pi" Scissor lift sold Tall castle grips Anodizing crate Grimsmo grinding consistency on Speedio Saunders bent a probe tip Comparing shop cleanliness and organization
#365 double tape and glue method
April 05, 2024 04:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBTOPICS: double tape and glue method Saunders open house April 13 Willemin crash CNC machines of the Future Looking for an aluminum machine LIGO gravitational device Nut runner torque device Drilling holes efficiently
#364 Sense of Community
March 22, 2024 04:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MBTOPICS: Latest hyperobsession - Chemistry Saunders yard sale! Local Machinist and makers group Grimsmo's Week in Review video Life hacks Nakamura window shattered, replacement is in. Torque wrenches Interested in a Central Ohio Machinist & Makers meet up? Fill out this form - https://forms.gle/CSLjYSQshDqDCWRE6 SMW Yard Sale LINK: https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/equipment-for-sale
#363 Loneliness in entrepreneurship
March 15, 2024 04:00 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBTOPICS: Loneliness in entrepreneurship banking relationships Kosterising heat treat New Willemin coming to Saunders Frustrated with IOT devices Selling tools at the open house LINK IN DESCRIPTION WITH OPEN HOUSE DETAILS: https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/equipment-for-sale/products/yard-sale
#362 Prototyping new products
March 08, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBTOPICS: hardmilling Prototyping new products Reaming holes Viewer mail
#361 Grimsmo's new knife
March 01, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo's new knife I love heat treating! Should I get a Brother Speedio R650? Crashed the Speedio probe Quality of life improvements
#360 Being too nice or too driven to your staff?
February 23, 2024 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBTOPICS: Being too nice or too driven to your staff? Grimsmo's Willemin needs pneumatic work Solved the Horizontal chip sorting issue Cash management Exit interviews Repair parts process bins
#359 The inverse of the Rule Of Pi
February 16, 2024 05:00 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo's new knife has a blade! Saunders yard sale! Sat April 13, 2024 inverse of the Rule Of Pi Programming on the Horizontal Having a hard time selling 2 Haas machines carbon fiber double tape method
#358 Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling
February 09, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MBTOPICS: Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling 75 Hard Grimsmo's new Employee What's more accurate, axial or radial cuts? diamond burnishing on swiss LTL freight stress Labeling fixtures with paint Speedio tool touchoffs Saunders sorting chips
#357 Override Process Sheets and Process Bins
February 02, 2024 05:00 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBTOPICS: override process sheets and process bins Kids and work Days Off In The Shop is a failure Gridfinity! Grimsmo's erowa and Speedio update Automation and pallet changing Hardmilling
#356 Knifemaking Tuesdays are back!
January 26, 2024 05:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBTOPICS Knifemaking Tuesdays are back! Multi color 3d printing Breaking drill bits Fusion Trim toolpath Days Off In The Shop is difficult, but wonderful Grimsmo's Speedio and Erowa are hooked up! Heat treating pullstuds
#355 Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER
January 19, 2024 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo's plans for the year Naming products Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER New employee at Grimsmo Knives Releasing new products Tom Lipton mentor Saving time and money
#354 Tracking and quantifying order issues
January 12, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBTOPICS: Days Off In The Shop ("Doits") Taking Purchasing off my plate Tracking and quantifying order issues Magnetic chip separator Variation between fixtures
#353 Coming in hot for 2024. Reflecting and planning
January 05, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MBTOPICS: Coming in hot for 2024. Reflecting and planning. Buckling down for a tough year. Grimsmo Buyer's Choice, new knife model Grimsmo's Eumach machines Selling CNC machines How do we buy cleaning supplies Dual color 3d printing for text
#352 Questions and Answers Episode
December 29, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 86 MBTOPICS: · Wen_mir_langwilig_isch How is lights out affecting cost benefit with the side eye on the time spent for process reliability? · Burnandturnfabrication Name one thing that you didn’t think would change the business but made the company. · Benji_fost thoughts on haas pulling the UMC 350 from commercial sales? Do you feel left high and dry? · Felixwin2710 “Hey, I’m currently 19, and I’m in the process o...
#351 Business existentialism
December 22, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBTOPICS: Business existentialism FOCUS Facemill blew up Horizontal deburring
#350 Defining the vision of your company
December 15, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBTopics: Defining the vision of your company Dedicating time to organize the shop Post processors scrap metal company designing a new knife
#349 End-of-year goals
December 08, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBTOPICS: Distributing tasks among the team SmarterEveryDay Nasa video - watch it! End-of-year goals DSI video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubQ1LLYvaaU 4th-grade class lecture DLC coatings on pens and knives Costing mistakes
#348 Bad fixtures are bad!
December 01, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo's CMM is producing interesting results! Bad fixtures are bad! Probing too much isn't always a good thing Personal goal failures "The Machine That Changed the World" book The era of lean manufacturing Mailcall request - [email protected] Mentors and advisors
#347 We did not crash the Okuma...
November 17, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes - 67.7 MBTOPICS Haas power usage correction Erik is getting married We did not crash the Okuma... hiring Okamoto surface grinding Puck Chuks in stock!
#346 Critical projects DONE
November 10, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo's Kern had toolchanger errors Procedures and process bins Power consumption on CNC machines - $0.05/hr for Haas to be on. Air compressor maintenance selling machines DNS settings to make sure e-mails get to customers, thanks Joe F DKIM add freshdesks to SPF records custom endmills from deboer Nakamura lathe issues Oil skimmers Critical projects DONE LINKS: https://saundersmachineworks.com/pages/equipment-for-sale
#345 Speedio high accuracy mode
November 03, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 66 MBTOPICS: SMW stopping through coolant drill bits Utility bills Pierre being deported Speedio high accuracy mode Grinding wheel technology Detent ball dropper Gen3 mod vises Super secret sauce
#344 Blinders In Business
October 27, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBTOPICS: SMW Willemin is fixed! Replacement Fanuc motor worked. Haas UMC350 Office Phones "Lean Built" podcast with Jay and Andrew "Sooner, not faster" "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" "Speed is fine, but accuracy is final" Blinders in business Wera tooling SMW is selling Proven Cut
#343 Four Areas that will put you out of business
October 20, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo visited Kern Precision in Chicago! Four Areas that will put you out of business What I need and want out of the company by the end of the year Tour of Lapmaster Saunders made a splash guard for his Okuma grinder "we have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one" Confucius
#342 Carbon Fiber tips and tricks
October 13, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBTOPICS: Maintaining CNC machines Process bins! Carbon Fiber tips and tricks Sandvik drills ERP systems managing lead times Freshdesk for customer service
#341 Work-Life Balance
October 06, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBTOPICS: Work/Life balance Okuma Horizontal machining valve covers 3d printing parts for the shop Fusion 360 frustrations Grimsmo vising Kern Precision in Chicago Shipping computers 3d printed metal parts craftcloud3d.com
#340 "Tool Acquisition Syndrome"
September 29, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBTOPICS: CMTS tradeshow "Tool Aquisition Syndrome" Tool life and Sandvik tooling reps Polishing small parts Saunders designed a door for his surface grinder Machine maintenance, Kern and Willemin Carbon fiber Saga
#339 Grimsmo crashed the Speedio
September 22, 2023 04:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo crashed the Speedio Saunders is surface grinding! My dream job Willemin U axis errors at SMW How do you manage all the tasks and projects?
#338 Bambu 3d printers!
September 15, 2023 04:00 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MBTOPICS: Lots of problems Building custom computers for CAD/CAM Willemin is sorta broken Bambu 3d printers! Calibrating printed parts Machining carbon fiber in the Speedio SMW puckchuck to market
#337 Resin 3D printing with Grimsmo's daughter
September 08, 2023 04:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBTOPICS: Resin 3D printing with Grimsmo's daughter how we first learned about CNC machining Willemin lathe parts Saunders' Okamoto surface grinder runs! Coolant foaming Process improvements
#336 Grimsmo's 1968 Volvo Amazon wagon runs!
September 01, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBTOPICS: Autodesk Fusion Summit recap Spoiled with new equipment, reinvesting in the company Willemin updates Swiss lathes Grimsmo's 1968 Volvo Amazon wagon runs!
#335 Grimsmo's heat treat improvements
August 18, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo's heat treat improvements SMW puck chuck anodizing Scrap metal Okamoto surface grinder and UMC350 delivered! Bambu 3d Printers
#334 How to Re-work Parts or Call Them Scrap
August 11, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBTOPICS Saunders lost power Grimsmo to sell his old Eumach machines How to re-work parts or call them scrap videos of shotgun barrel manufacturing heat treating puck chucks Setup sheet tool tracker Question to the audience
#333 Growing your company
August 04, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBTOPICS: Grimsmo grinding blades on the Speedio! Growing your company metal 3d printing, costs? Downcut endmills AI image creation and how it relates to machining Heat treating SMW Puck Chuck parts SMW bought the Okamoto grinder!
#332 SMW bought a HAAS UMC350!
July 28, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBTOPICS: Fusion 360 across a team DSI Fusion Summit Aug. 22, 2023 in California SMW video on coolest unknown trick. Cutting through the heat affected zone Speedio sub micron option works! SMW bought a HAAS UMC350! Financing options Reverse Osmosis water
#331 Milwaukee Hermle tour!
July 21, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 66 MBTOPICS: Coolant management, foaming, etc Milwaukee Hermle tour! - https://www.hermleusa.net/en/info_center_en/5axis-summit-usa (Hermle tour) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Dygi8uGvA (Machining the James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors) Speedio Sub Micron option for Grimsmo Surface grinding deep dive
#330 The balance of leadership
July 14, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MBTOPICS The balance of leadership SMW Puck Chuck pallet system! Erowa update with Grimsmo Selling older machines and fully utilizing what you have
#329 SMW puck chuck!
July 07, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 60.8 MBTOPICS: Chicago museum of science and technology Grimsmo looking at the Sub Micron option for his speedio Saunders overhaul to fixture plate Process SMW puck chuck! Lasers! RO water systems and algae
#328 Breaking drills on Swiss lathe
June 30, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBTOPICS Grimsmo was on vacation Terminator movie Breaking drills on Swiss lathe Puck chucks and training classes at SMW Speedio grinding SMW internal newsletter Coolant temperature
#327 Tips for Youtube Channels
June 23, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBTOPICS: New equipment for Saunders! Grinder, laser, 5-axis. tips for youtube channels Surface grinder notes from Adam Demuth Grimsmo grinding blades on the speedio PTO forms
#326 Kern updates, running great!
June 16, 2023 04:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MBTOPICS Family stuff Kern updates, running great! Saunders Puck Chuck, heat treat, tolerances Surface grinder Coolant management, foaming, water management