Business of Machining

TOPICS: Saunders and his team anxiously await the Okuma MB-4000H Building Inventory + Moving Machines Programming Tombstones Post Modifications: Date & Timestamp & G11 Coordinate Plane Rotation Grimsmo's Eumachs are for sale! Haas chip filter system, Bringing Products to Market, and Small Victories The E-Myth Revisited: Technician VS. Entrepreneur

TOPCIS: Sharing info on YouTube. Buying machines and how to choose their options. FOCUS UP! DIY chip conveyor and paper band filter. Coolant control. Buying horizontal machines and Brother Speedio. CNC controls on a new machine & providing power.  

TOPICS: Don't ignore Windows 7 & Fusion 360 Incompatibility Warning! Windows 7 causes CAM kernel errors. Visual Studio Code: Hot Exit = Hot Mess. Disable hot exit to prevent VS code from reposting older versions of code! Greenshot for PC screenshots Optimal Printer Location and Rubber Stamps? Fiber Laser Engravers: RAYCUS, Mactron-Tech, + Cloudray Tool Matrix Options Finding Joy: Sometimes it...

TOPICS: Grimsmo removed a spindle on their Willemin. Saunders is bringing back CNC training classes. Click me for more. Grimsmo is building a new CNC router. Saunders has passed a fixture plate off to a different shop. Saunders has ordered his horizontal machine! Grimsmo scrapped a part on the Kern.

TOPICS: How to have a crappy day (vendor issues, forklift gets stuck) Grimsmo considers adding 2 Brother Speedio Machines Graphite EDM Vacuum Setup, Manual Indexers, UR Robots Purchasing Horizontal CNC Machines, Tool Matrix     Considerations, & Tombstone Workholding Purchasing CNC Machines: Travel, Weight Capacity, Automation Washdown & Spin Drying Parts Want to take over t...

TOPCIS: Horizontal Machining centers for 3 axis machines. Renishaw touch probes. Double vs single touch. Grimsmo thinking hard about buying a Datron Neo. Saunders is still dreaming about a Hermle RS1 pallet changing 5 axis machine. Porsche update from Saunders on his 944.

Topics: KERN calls in sick at Grimsmo Knives Pride in Work & Small Business Culture: Read Small Giants! Last Part for Willemin Arrives Today! Eumach Spindles 3D Printing: Voron & Prusa Haas DT-2  Saunders' Porche Grimsmo Debates the Fate of the Mori

TOPCIS:   A year in review from both Saunders & Grimsmo. Taking guilt free time off. Grimsmo got a Voron v0 3d printer. Performance reviews for employees. Putting pride into your work.

TOPICS: Small Business Growth & Efficiency Staffing Concerns Handling Potentially Fraudulent Orders Work Culture & Employee Impact Eumachs, Power Outages, and New Quenching Plates for Heat Treat Automating Processes IoT: Operating on "If this, then that" Don't Automate for the Sake of It Performance Reviews for Employees

TOPCIS: Winding down 2021. 3 Things that Grimsmo and Saunders that changed their businesses this year. Deep dive into ERP systems. Grimsmo ran their Kern for 136.5 hours last week! What makes us successful?

TOPICS: Bootstrapper VS Life Style Creeper: Which Gets a Seat at the Table? Production Hurdles at GK - Machining - Heat Treat - Surface Grinding - Processes - Tabbing Strategies: AutoDesk...we need a 2D Contour Tab Finishing Strategy PLZ! Shift Toward Cycle Time Improvement SMW Pipe Dream? New Stabilization Product Sells Like Hot Cates at SMW Quality of Life Improvements Jib Crane Plate Inventory...

TOPCIS: Small Giants: Great book about growing a company. Sourcing a new chain hoist. Cogsdill burnishing tool. Business Vs. Personal life. Measuring the pressure on the arbor press.

TOPICS:  - DIY a Monochromatic Light Source & Optical Flats from Ukraine - Geeking Out: Zeiss- From Eye Doc to CNC Machine Shop - ERP System Development: Are We There Yet? - 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success   - Okuma Chip Conveyor - Wasting Pans! - Ultrasonic Cleaners - The NEW Prusa: Don't Over-Engineer Parts! - Thanksgiving in the USA     We really appreciate everyone...

TOPICS: Saunders got his Okuma chip conveyer this morning. Horizontal milling machines. Haas lathe origin went wonky. Grimsmo is diving into optical flats. Watch this! Rask blade surface finish issues. Willemin updates.

TOPICS:   - Fraud and small businesses: Don't be emotional; make a protocol! - Okuma Training & Pre-Staged Tooling Quirk in OSP: Post Processor Solution? - Starrett Optical Comparator & Mitutoyo Electronic Indicator - Visible Valley in Knife Spine: How to Pinpoint the Problem - Debate on Hiring Gives Saunders New Perspective - Higher Education: Is is a Must?     Read 10...

TOPICS: Student internships & explaining machining to a 16 year old. Willemin updates! Grimsmo purchased an optical comparator and it is incredible. Horizontal milling machines. Saunders' Okuma is getting isntalled. Daily to do lists is huge!  Preview attachment Saunders regional map_v2.pdf     Saunders regional map_v2.pdf 6.7 MB    

Topics: Grimsmo shares exciting updates about the powered up Willemin as Saunders eagerly awaits word on his own Willemin! Loading Code Onto Machines (Sneakernet, Ethernet, and Floppy Disks) Deep Dive into Automation Cells, Robot Arms, & Erowa Pallet System Haberle automation cell for Fanuc Robodrills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v53DmWinRWk - Okuma is arriving at SMW! Good thing they've g...

TOPICS: Saunders had a humbling experience shooting and editing a video to completion again! Watch here . New air compressors. Optical comparators. 8 Deadly wastes - D.O.W.N.T.I.M.E Saunders is getting his Okuma very soon! Grimsmo gets the Willemin powered up!

Topics: - Okuma TMAC Tool Monitoring & Tracking - POCKET SIZED INDUSTRIAL 5-AXIS MACHINE BY CHIRON - Automation Systems (HERMLE RS-1) - Heat Shrink Automation Cell - Zeiss Microscope - Robots VS Cobots (FANUC, KUKA, & UR) - PODCAST CONTEST WINNER ANNOUCEMENT! - KERN Micro HD - The Benefits of Hydrostatic - Grimsmo searches for more 3-32 through-coolant drill bit - Troubleshooting Bowed Par...

TOPICS: "Clouds & dirt" Saunders is improving Lex work orders. Email screenshots to businessofmachining@gmail.com Saunders is jumping into different roles. Grimsmo had the kern running for 39 hours! Saunders new Okuma is 2 weeks away. Shop updates, more space? Grimsmo has a potential collaboration in the work.

Topics:  - 240 is a special number! Grimsmo and Saunders share their experiences with the Volvo 240.  - Shipping & Receiving at SMW Needs Work and LEx (ERP System) Has become a Nightmare - WIllemin: Something is Definitely Missing  - Air Compressors and Paralysis by Analysis  - Why Aren't We Making Money? Livestream - Shiny Happy Challenge Coins from Vince  - 3D Printe...

TOPCIS: Saunders chats about LEX and what ERP systems cannot handle. Grimsmo had a week off from the shop and was able to get tons of programming done. Willemin is almost up and running! Saunders received the Shapeoko HDM. Share the podcast! Email proof to businessofmachining@gmail.com to win a sit down chat with Saunders & Grimsmo!

TOPICS:  - Power Surges at GK after a night of thunderstorms - Haas Tap Recovery is GREAT! - Scary Haas Software Bug on Haas - Internet Speed: Don't Overlook Your Router's Limits! - Live Stream about LEx ERP System - Grimsmo's Vacation - Grimsmo Explains 75 Hard - Power to the Willemin - The Excitement of Buying Used Machine Tools

TOPCIS: Saunders toured 3rd gen machine in Utah. John & Erik finished their latest book and are working closer than ever. Inventory management. Ted Lasso! Flood sensors and coolant filling. High feed endmills. DHL Issues.

TOPICS:  Spindle Utilization - Both Johns calculate the weekly percentage of working hours for their machines and discuss factors that affected those outcomes. Don't let the ERP become the company POS!   Internal Culture & Branding  Mori Spindle Time Increase - Grimsmo is tracking spindle time so he can make in-process tweaks to get MORe out of the Mori Upcoming Business Vi...