TOPICS:

• Saunders smashed his finger
• Met NileRED
• What's the ideal retirement home shop?
• Corporate Saga pens
• Inventory
• Vapor blasting

• I vs We in business
• Dave Precise:  "The best decision is the one that will let you make the next decision faster"
• AI vs search engines
• 5 axis work
• Vapor honing

TOPICS:

• Atlanta retrieval mission
• Kern coolant float fixed-ish
• Johnny Five motor gears
• M2 buttons
• Dave Precise episode on Within Tolerance

TOPICS:

• Air compressor and coolant problems
• Johnny Five electrical schematic
• M2 steel testing
• Hard threading
• Prototyping 5 axis parts

TOPICS:

• UPS knives to Blade Show still stuck in Atlanta
• 465 Custom stainless steel
• Firechrome material
• Reinvest or take out money?
• Was there a point where you wanted to throw in the towel?

TOPICS:

• Crazy adventures at Blade Show 2025
• Saunders crashed the Okuma
• Moduleworks visited SMW

TOPICS:

• Kern runs great now!  
• Normal days vs rework days
• High, Low, Buffalo
• Blade Show 2025
• 465 custom material
• Helicoil stories

TOPICS:

• Coolant maintenance
• Kern is fixed!  We realigned B axis ourselves
• Johnny Five AI audio
• Setup sheets
• Automating bevel grinding

TOPICS:

• Kern crashed
• VM3 coolant actually went bad
• Surface grinding with Robin Renzetti

TOPICS:

• Toolpath team visited SMW
• Mechanical pencil deep dive
• Measuring grinding wheels
• Wogaurd coolant sucker upper https://www.wogaard.com/coolant_saver.html
• Surface grinding on the Tormach PSG
• Topper machine auction video WATCH THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcPDZB11A9w
• 3d printing big parts