Business of Machining

Topics: Grimsmo installs a NAS Computer history museum Machine tool manufacturers Toilet bowl float coolant sensor Total process reliability with Blum laser Foam machining Home assistant

Topics: Air filtration upgrades Horizontal is gone Hardening the automation system Low temp alloys tested! Challenge - elegant solution, want a way for compressors to shut off

Topics: Being proud of yourself Low melt alloys, again Willemmin robot down Norseman lock insert accuracy Sole sourcing material

Topics: Blade show Collaboration knife of the year White light interferometer working! Robot system hiccups cutting steel Overhaul compressor system Wax fixturing success Waterfall cashflow

Topics: Wax fixturing and carbon fiber  Robot outfeed tables SMW machine updates White light interferometer working!? Justin interning at Saunders

Topics: Six types of working genius New intern at Saunders Carbon fiber inlays Fishbone diagram Memory rail photo gallery

Topics: ERP updates Prompt engineering 19 hours of footage from California Brother S500 + UR robot 3d surfacing vs 2d contour Painters tape on toolboxes

Topics: Mammoth summit recap "Do you wnat to be right, or do you want to make money?" - Jim Belosic "40/70 rule" - Jim Belosic Raise your prices? New machines at SMW Grimsmo's shop tours around California "Ask me whatever questions you need before starting this task" "Stop starting and start finishing"

Topics: Chairlift conversations

Topics: Mammoth ski trip Shantaram book Claude programming Internal purchase orders UR robot deburring Custom step drills

Topics: SMW buys more machines - growth eats cash for breakfast Oil contaminating encoders Fusion sketch slowness and diffraction gratings Coolant maintenance ShopVR Watchmaking deep dive

Topics: Dollhouse of SMW custom tips for dial indicators bismuth, wax, thermopolymers Blade fixturing Ai automations Don't go chasing waterfalls Precision microcast podcast

Topics: Shipping and tarrifs Fishbone diagram Clamping induced distortion Managing our growth

Topics: Shop layout in CAD  Slip roll? UR robot on Speedio Haas machine for sale White Light interferometer Non contact measurement

Topics: UMC400 coolant dribble Speedio automation White Light interferometer Ai Agents Johnny Five

Topics: Motorized ball valves and "Shelley plus one" and "switchbot" Diffraction Limited "Micro Manipulator Project" White light interferometer  SendCutSend machining Scrapped 30 blades Put a moat in the calendar

Topics: Shop renovations and office updates Grimsmo lathes are back up and running Shop phone systems Stop the bleed course Vibration sensors Best productivity tip: "Leave yourself an unbelievably easy spot to pick it up the project again" Stuff I forget Speedio automation cells

Topics: POE camera tracking machine alarms Python programs to display DPRNT data Measuring systems Grimsmo's office update Lathe updates Trond power strips with mounting ears on Amazon

Topics: Speedio automation Social media addictions Mammoth Ski Trip White Light Interferomety! Johnny Five update Grinding

Topics: Tool life and strategy Okuma Horizontal for sale Keyence microscope demo Custom python programs Bar-feedio Expectations in a shop

Topics: 2026 goals for the year Be present Speedio automation cell Evaporating coolant Grimsmo is on a quest to learn everything there is to know about ultraprecision manufacturing

Topics: Latest obsessions     - recycling used coolant     - foam 2026 roadmap     - what do people want?     - execution.       - collaborative planning     - Complete each task in a way you're proud of Checklist for buying machines SMW Brother is installed! Grimsmo Speedio...

Topics: Within Tolerance podcast shoutout Pissed: GPS sensors when moving machines First part on SMW's Brother Speedio optimization at Grimsmo SMW Dec 18th hosting Toolpath webinar Grimsmo vision system deep dive Ai tip - feeding it the right imformation Shopify integration

Topics: White light interferometer and Grimsmo Vision Solving other people's problems, not just your own Saunders travelled to Lights Out Automation, Metalquest, Autodesk, Lambcrafted, and Johnny Five New Speedio and UMC Historical financials

Topics: Blocking wax Measuring porosity in metal Nesting software White light interferometer Audio issues fixed?