TOPICS:

 * 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 - businessofmachining@gmail.com
 * Mentors and advisors

#348 Bad fixtures are bad!

John 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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TOPICS:

 * 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

#371 Saunders pushed the PuckChuck to failure

TOPICS:

 

 * 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!

#370 Integral knife button tweaking

TOPICS:

 * Creativity vs productivity
 * Saunders' Willemin is gone
 * Project management
 * Johnny 5 robot update
 * BlackFox Machining box cutter clip
 * Awkward DOITS phase

#369 Creativity vs Productivity

TOPICS:

 * weird door alarm on Okuma
 * Product design and prototyping
 * Tolerancing parts
 * Nut runner torque wrenches
 * Lapping parts FLAT
 * Johnny 5 robot!

#368 Weird door alarm on Okuma

TOPICS:

 * Saunders yard sale open house
 * Wall control (pegboard)
 * Drill press upgrades
 * SMW puck chucks and fixture plates
 * Willemin calibration procedure
 * Probe tips
 * Al Whatmough

#348 Bad fixtures are bad!

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