Business of Machining

Business of Machining episodes:

• 04.26.2024

  #368 Weird door alarm on Okuma

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

  
• 04.19.2024

  #367 Saunders yard sale open house

  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

  
• 04.12.2024

  #366 Future Goals and Happiness

  TOPICS:   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...

  
• 04.05.2024

  #365 double tape and glue method

  TOPICS: 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  

  
• 03.22.2024

  #364 Sense of Community

  TOPICS: 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?...

  
• 03.15.2024

  #363 Loneliness in entrepreneurship

  TOPICS:   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  

  
• 03.08.2024

  #362 Prototyping new products

  TOPICS: hardmilling Prototyping new products Reaming holes Viewer mail

  
• 03.01.2024

  #361 Grimsmo's new knife

  TOPICS: Grimsmo's new knife I love heat treating!   Should I get a Brother Speedio R650? Crashed the Speedio probe Quality of life improvements

  
• 02.23.2024

  #360 Being too nice or too driven to your staff?

  TOPICS: 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

  
• 02.16.2024

  #359 The inverse of the Rule Of Pi

  TOPICS:   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

  
• 02.09.2024

  #358 Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling

  TOPICS: 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  

  
• 02.02.2024

  #357 Override Process Sheets and Process Bins

  TOPICS: 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   

  
• 01.26.2024

  #356 Knifemaking Tuesdays are back!

  TOPICS 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

  
• 01.19.2024

  #355 Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER

  TOPICS:   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

  
• 01.12.2024

  #354 Tracking and quantifying order issues

  TOPICS:   Days Off In The Shop ("Doits") Taking Purchasing off my plate Tracking and quantifying order issues Magnetic chip separator Variation between fixtures  

  
• 01.05.2024

  #353 Coming in hot for 2024.  Reflecting and planning

  TOPICS: 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...

  
• 12.29.2023

  #352 Questions and Answers Episode

  TOPICS:     ·         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...

  
• 12.22.2023

  #351 Business existentialism

  TOPICS:   Business existentialism FOCUS Facemill blew up Horizontal deburring

  
• 12.15.2023

  #350 Defining the vision of your company

  Topics:   Defining the vision of your company Dedicating time to organize the shop Post processors scrap metal company designing a new knife

  
• 12.08.2023

  #349 End-of-year goals

  TOPICS: 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

  
• 12.01.2023

  #348 Bad fixtures are bad!

  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 - [email protected] Mentors and...

  
• 11.17.2023

  #347 We did not crash the Okuma...

  TOPICS   Haas power usage correction Erik is getting married We did not crash the Okuma... hiring Okamoto surface grinding Puck Chuks in stock! 

  
• 11.10.2023

  #346 Critical projects DONE

  TOPICS:   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...

  
• 11.03.2023

  #345 Speedio high accuracy mode

  TOPICS:   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  

  
• 10.27.2023

  #344 Blinders In Business

  TOPICS:   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...

  
• 10.20.2023

  #343 Four Areas that will put you out of business

  TOPICS: 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...

  
• 10.13.2023

  #342 Carbon Fiber tips and tricks

  TOPICS: Maintaining CNC machines Process bins! Carbon Fiber tips and tricks Sandvik drills ERP systems managing lead times Freshdesk for customer service

  
• 10.06.2023

  #341 Work-Life Balance

  TOPICS:   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

  
• 09.29.2023

  #340 "Tool Acquisition Syndrome"

  TOPICS:   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

  
• 09.22.2023

  #339 Grimsmo crashed the Speedio

  TOPICS: 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?

  
• 09.15.2023

  #338 Bambu 3d printers!

  TOPICS:   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  

  
• 09.08.2023

  #337 Resin 3D printing with Grimsmo's daughter

  TOPICS: 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

  
• 09.01.2023

  #336 Grimsmo's 1968 Volvo Amazon wagon runs!

  TOPICS: Autodesk Fusion Summit recap Spoiled with new equipment, reinvesting in the company Willemin updates Swiss lathes Grimsmo's 1968 Volvo Amazon wagon runs!  

  
• 08.18.2023

  #335 Grimsmo's heat treat improvements

  TOPICS: Grimsmo's heat treat improvements SMW puck chuck anodizing Scrap metal Okamoto surface grinder and UMC350 delivered! Bambu 3d Printers  

  
• 08.11.2023

  #334 How to Re-work Parts or Call Them Scrap

  TOPICS 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  

  
• 08.04.2023

  #333 Growing your company

  TOPICS:   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!  

  
• 07.28.2023

  #332 SMW bought a HAAS UMC350!

  TOPICS:   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...

  
• 07.21.2023

  #331 Milwaukee Hermle tour!

  TOPICS: 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  

  
• 07.14.2023

  #330 The balance of leadership

  TOPICS   The balance of leadership SMW Puck Chuck pallet system! Erowa update with Grimsmo Selling older machines and fully utilizing what you have  

  
• 07.07.2023

  #329 SMW puck chuck!

  TOPICS:   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

  
• 06.30.2023

  #328 Breaking drills on Swiss lathe

  TOPICS 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  

  
• 06.23.2023

  #327 Tips for Youtube Channels

  TOPICS: 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

  
• 06.16.2023

  #326 Kern updates, running great!

  TOPICS   Family stuff Kern updates, running great! Saunders Puck Chuck, heat treat, tolerances Surface grinder Coolant management, foaming, water management

  
• 06.09.2023

  #325 Saunders went to Germany

  TOPICS Saunders went to Germany  Grimsmo Kern spindle fix update!  Chat GPT student  PFG Live youtube channel  Deutch science museum in Munich Buying new equipment and growing a company  shop floods coolant foaming  

  
• 05.26.2023

  #324 We Want to See Everyone Win

  TOPICS: We want to see everyone Win Shop rags Kern spindle is coming in 2 weeks Willemin updates! The future of manufacturing? ChatGPT heat treating parts

  
• 05.19.2023

  #323 Kern update, it is running!

  TOPICS: Kern update, it is running! Planned downtime Lost packages in shipping Lapping and flatness Saunders air conditioner fix Fixturing Ideas Haas purple grease Link: https://saundersmachineworks.com/products/smw-zero-point-system  

  
• 05.12.2023

  #322 Willemin Machines Are Awesome!

  TOPICS Willemin machines are awesome! Yates precision IG link Kern needs a new spindle Saunders had to fix a Helicoil  

  
• 05.05.2023

  #321 Prototyping SMW Zero Point Fixtures

  TOPICS:   The cost of team trips and lunches Grimsmo visits the Elliott Matsuura Joint Open House Youtube! Grimsmo's CMM Prototyping SMW zero point fixtures

  
• 04.28.2023

  #320 Removing yourself from the company

  TOPICS: Removing yourself from the company Okuma tool load monitoring SMW purge of old stuff Gridfinity! Process bins Haas lubrication system   We're selling some equipment, workholding, etc!  Info at https://www.nyccnc.com/for-sale/

  
• 04.21.2023

  #319 The life of a business

  TOPICS: The life of a business Unwillingness to let go of control Giving a tour to Toyota employees Storing production tools Selling unused tools Process bins! Chip build up on the Okuma