Business of Machining

What a shame! In a hotel, sometimes the only place with decent WiFi is beside the pool in beautiful weather. Today marks day 1 of Blade Show 2017 in Atlanta, GA.  This week is full of productivity, positivity, and new considerations. Saunders hones his communication skills, grows the SMW roster, and shares an official result of negotiations spanning several months. Grimsmo's week has been ful...

The Okamoto grinder gets TLC and opens the door to the grinding world for Saunders.  Although Grimsmo's not wearing his tuxedo shirt,  he DOES have a lesson on the saga of the "Linda Wheels."  For entrepreneurs, self-evaluation and reevaluation is a skill that must be practiced.  While it poses challenges to decisions and beliefs, it can unveil new and better solutions to probl...

X-Rays and broken bones but everyone is safe!  Full of energy and passion, the Open House has an even better year than the last.  Grimsmo gears up for his  6th trip to the world's largest knife show. The amateur bug bites Saunders when Niagara Cutter pays a visit and it was caught on camera. The E-Myth Revisited is (oddly enough) REVISITED by Saunders. Are you a technician, a manage...

It's tradeshow time!  On the same day, Grimsmo attends Elliot-Matsura Joint Open House while Saunders attends the Precision Machining Technology Show.  As business owners, they always have to be on the look out for better products.  Sometimes it's difficult to avoid getting sucked into the almighty sales pitch. Saunders contemplates a new addition to the shop while taking care of so...

Entrepreneurship isn't all sunshine and rainbows. The Johns both express their gratitude for special people in their lives. Grimsmo decides to make his own fidget spinners (out of titanium) and two new grinding wheels have arrived. The Renishaw OLP for the lathe helps him make strides in efficiency. He is now running machines unattended while making good parts; especially with some additional macr...

As an entreprenuer, confidence in your tools and machines isn't all you need. Multi-tasking - is it a valuable skill or bologna?   Saunders applies Grimsmo's often stated advice, "You can do anything but it doesn't mean you should do everything" by hiring a new employee.   A dedicated Grimsmo Knives fan goes above and beyond and Saunders attends SKILLS OHIO, a state-wide machining compet...

Grimsmo's back in the swing and a new addition to his repertoire of tools is a gamechanger.  Renishaw installs an OLP40 probe on his lathe that measures parts and puts it into text format.  TRAKHOUND, a FREE software that interprets data from MTConnect to create a snapshot of machine data.  Saunders has concerns about his Renishaw probe but is determined to rule out operator error b...

Book: How to Win Friends http://amzn.to/2ovOvWf AMAZING Miyano Turret Lathe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Y_3jWBDzU Saunders sails through the past week with relative ease, lower stress levels and high productivity.  Grimsmo gets ready for the next wave of production in what he calls the “calm before the storm.”  The glorious grinding wheel Grimsmo has been expecting arrives and com...

Saunders shares a golden machinist's moment. Grimsmo has been spending time "putting out fires" but why?  Saunders offers perspective on the impact of unrealistic expectations and an interesting way to get into a better mindset when problem solving and making decisions.  Grimsmo lights up when sharing his new thing: tracking tool life via a simple macro calculation.    

Outsourcing parts. Business relationships. A snow storm. Process improvements. Saunders and Grimsmo discuss the importance of ensuring that drawings contain all necessary information when outsourcing parts and resolving conflicts in a way that results in a win-win outcome to foster good business partnerships. Grimsmo recounts getting stuck at the shop in a snow-storm and the benefits of his new Re...

Starting next week (BoM 10), we'll have better episode descriptions! Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and sha...

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!

Welcome to the John Grimsmo & John Saunders Business of Machining Podcast!  We (John and John) have talked every Friday morning for the past year and we realized how helpful it has been to share our successes, struggles and stories with each other!  So helpful that we have decided to record our conversations and share as this podcast!