Business of Machining

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

Topics: SMW Okuma is 1yr old! cash budgeting and spending money A2 bushings heat treat Formlabs resin printer Willemin making the Saga clip Fire hazards with oil machines Process bins!  

Topics:   MTDCNC visited Grimsmo Net 30 customers SMW Zero point system Willemin 2d wrap toolpaths 140 hours a week of Kern run time Fastems  Tool life management Bambu 3d printer  

TOPICS: Biscuits with the boss Willemin works!  From both teams! Pipe organs hiring Kern crash at Grimsmo Bambu 3d printer

TOPICS:   Interviewing and hiring people Lasers! Bambu 3D printer Shipping processes and job turnover Willemin and oil  

TOPICS: Willemin progresses from both teams! Shipping mistakes led to innovation Lifestyle creep Bambu 3D printer dedicated tools in machines  

Topics:   Origin of John and John meeting in 2015 Saunders gave a speech: "Ways to automate a shop without spending 6 figures" Youtube content! Willemin! swiss machines and dual channel machines DIY Spectrometer and lasers visit shops and bring questions can we implement automated workholding?

Topics: Willemin updates! Cutting wood in Grimsmo's router to clean endmills Lasers!!!   Saunders had a huge win on the Horizontal Cast Iron lapping plates Visit to Borne and Co

Topics: Lapping plates wood blocks in the router Willemin! Okuma is running deep into the night expensive power bills Machining Cast iron Material inventory Sharing responsibilities breaking taps sacrificial wood block in the router Inspecting parts and improving processes  

Topics: Machining cast iron is dumb Grimsmo making hand-lapping plates Saunders giving a keynote speech on Okuma 2023 Technology Showcase Link: https://www.okuma.com/events/okuma-2023-technology-showcase   CNC training classes Bambu 3d printer Willemin Lasers! Packaging! Inventory of products

Topics:   "the world is not perfect".  Making parts to tolerance. cutting foam Insurance claims Lasers! making small parts with vacuum Lapping parts to ultimate flatness Willemin install at SMW

Topics: Team meetings hiring shipping staff and leading a Team feedback from listeners Detent ball dropper in Grimsmo's Kern works! Tool load monitoring on the Okuma laser engraving! Saunders has the LS3655 100w laser Saunders' Willemin machine arrives tomorrow!

Topics: Distractions and losing time tool life hacks on Haas machines Grimsmo's router works!   Grimsmo's Willemin works too!   Henry Holsters visited SMW Inventory and sub assemblies Detent ball dropper designs CAM help for Saunders

Topics: oil failure on Okuma horizontal Grimsmo's Kern got a new tool changer dampener vacuum pump for CNC Router all about returning products process bins! drilling an angled hole logging information, standardizing

Topics: Grimsmo's CNC Router Saunders got a Saga pen for Christmas Machining copper tips and tricks process bins

Topics: Saunders is getting a Willemin!   Purchase process, options chosen, etc. Machine shop insurance Saunders python script for tool setup is working! ChatGPT and Dall-E

Topics: Surface grinding blades, milling fixture plates, flatness flatness flatness! ISO9001 certification Implementing procedures through the shop Dedicate tools for dedicated parts Inventory count Foam

Topics:   New full-time employee at SMW Hiring and firing Grimsmo's lathe machinist taking a month vacation really tough week at SMW complicatons of robots sharing your vision Fusion 360 video Growing a team, getting them to solve problems

Topics: Saunders went to North Carolina, shop ran well without him! Autodesk event Grimsmo working on improving his Kern, toured a flavor factory Saunders toured an egg factory Tracking process flow through the shop Managing your tasks Crashing machines

Topics: I love lathes Planning workflow on automated CNC machines Saunders updating fixtures Grimsmo's router and custom foam custom oil bottles for nano oil

Topics: Grimsmo's CNC router is coming together Design review meetings Custom Fusion 360 tool management script! Willemin coolant or oil.   IMTS tooling claim PNMU insert for 4140

Topics: year in review packaging, costs Continuous improvement, lean manufacturing Routers, Willemin, etc. GoPro and audio technology Selling used CNC machines "Greg" buying manufacturing companies

Topics: Saunders got 2 new Haas machines delivered for their training classes Grimsmo building their CNC router printing with TPU flexible filament Taco Bell and Okuma crashes recording quality audio

Topics: Grimsmo's Willemin machine dealing with tough conversations Creating a metrology lab Mill-Turn machines, Tsugami, Willemin, Mazak Long term thinking Reverse osmosis water systems for coolants building an enclosure for Grimsmo's CNC router

Topics: Designing a chip conveyor replacing a Blum probe costs to service machinery stop using e-mail for internal communication duplicate SKUs, Shopify