• Saunders talks about his origin story.
• The boys chat about the importance of education, wether school or investing in yourself.
• Grimsmo is dialing in the issues they are having with the swiss lathe pump.
• Saunders gives updates on the ever changing LEX ERP system.
• The boys talk about the movie "The Founder" about the origin story of Mc Donalds.
• Saunders has 2 new hires starting next week!
• Grimsmo crashes the tool changer on the Willemin.

• Saunders is visiting Wichita State University for Project MFG.
• Grimsmo has a ton of updates, open house, tornos problems & willemin progress.
• Saunders dives into the horizontal process control.
• Mobile machine shops?!?
• Teaching the teachers.
• Grimsmo is starting to use their ERP system to track procedures throughout the company.
• Saunders learns the hard way not to rush a project before a trip.
• Grimsmo updates on the CMM and Speedio machines.

TOPICS:

• Grimsmo finally have their Willemin machine fully functional and ready for parts.
• CAM Programming tips and tricks.
• Material shortages and price hikes.
• Preparing for a slowdown.
• Grimsmo has swiss coolant pump issues.
• Making tombstones for horizontal machines.
• Saunders will be judging on Project MFG in Kansas next week!

TOPICS:

• Grimsmo's Willemin Works!
• Saga Pen Clips & Workholding Brainstorm Session
• Brother Speedio & Zeiss CMM: Lead Times Could Cause Time Crunch
• SWISS CHEESE? A New Pump Could Solve the Tornos Oil/Coolant Issue
• IMTS 2022 & Autodesk University
• Saunders talks additional building, Okuma Horizontal Production Workflow, & Re-Starting Training Classes!
• Digital Depth Micrometers
• Saunders and Alex embark on a DIY Tombstone Design for the Horizontal
• Grimsmo Wiki: The Place Where Odd Fanuc Stuff Lives
• 86 GERP, We'll Take Google App Sheets, PLEASE!

• Lending companies for buying machines & early payment policies.
• Sauders root story, attitude towards prepayment.
• Saunders shop tour with Adam Demult
• Horizontal machining challeneges.
• Air compressor maintenance time with Grimsmo.
• Willemin updates.

TOPICS:

- Process Capability Index (CPK) - Six Sigma? 
- Batch Production in the Auto Industry
- 3D Printed Haas Parts Catcher & Grimsmo Knives Fixture Loader
- Heat Treat Sandwich & Stacking Blades
- Vendor Relationships: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DETAILED PRINTS
- Okuma Post Modifications: Almost a Catastrophe
- GAME CHANGER: The "Compare To" Feature in Visual Studio Code
- Shop Computers & Remote Desktop
- Lights Out Production & Air Compressor Ball Valve Solution

TOPCIS:

• Saunders is probing on the horizontal.
• Grimsmo is finalizing their Brother Speedio purchase.
• Installing tools on the horizontal.
• Saunders' had a bad day.
• Grimsmo Tornos oil updates.
• Willemin updates & CMM purchases.

TOPICS: 

- Okuma Horizontal: After Hours Machining Dream
- Why We Bought a Horizontal Video
- Fusion 360: Changing Tools at Master Library Level? 
- Renishaw Probing, Okuma Probing, and Macro Variables
- Fixturing, Solving Tolerance Issues, Post Modifications
- Multiple Tolerance Ranges
- Metrology Tools
- Update on Grimsmo's Swiss Coolant/Clarified Butter

• Grimsmo is expanding!
• Never Split The Difference - Buy Now
• Dedicating employees are doing so much more!
• Saunders had a dumpster fire of a morning.
• Grimsmo probing issues on the Kern.
• Saunders is thinking about getting a Brother Speedio before Grimsmo pulls the trigger on theirs.
• Small business healthcare in the USA.
• CMM fixture plates for Grimsmo's new Zeiss CMM.

Topics: 

• Okuma MB-4000H Arrives at SMW
  • 3 Tombstones Loaded
  • Training on Collision Avoidance to Begin
  • Delayed Chip Conveyor Appears
  • Important PSA about Buying CNC Machines & Paying Invoices
• Zeiss DuraMax CMM for Grimsmo Knives
  • Active VS Passive Scanning: Zeiss Tour
  • Part Deviation
  • Fixturing/ Work Holding
  • Bourn & Koch Tour
  • Occam's Razor & Eliminating Setups
• Air Quality Meters
  • Temtop M2000
  • Tsunami 21999-0440-R
• Leadership & Management
  • At least we're not THAT person!

COMING SOON

• • Manager Meetings at SMW
  • Creations Unlimited Tour with Dennis Rathi

• John & John share their recent persectives on life & sharing information online.
• Custom quotes in Shopify.
• Choosing manager, book on "setting the table".
• Grimsmo is going to play in a CMM room for a day.
• Saunders provides a horizontal update.
• Grimsmo is still dealing with swiss althe oil problems. 

Topics:

• Grimsmo's Swiss could have an air leak OR a bad batch of coolant
• Okuma MB-4000H is here but the coolant tank is delayed!
• Willemin, Kern, and Speedio Updates
• Saunders shares his tour experience at Creations Unlimited - Video Coming Soon!
• Decision Making & Organizational Chart Changes
• Emphasis on Communication, ERP Data Tracking

GOOD READS

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Daniel Meyer

Small Giants: Companies that Choose to be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham

High Output Management by Andrew Grover

TOPICS:

John Grimsmo breaks down the barrier with a brief history of starting Grimsmo Knives. Its not always easy, but it is the most rewarding thing that they have ever set out to achieve. Personal and professional growth is immense.

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

• 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 looks like pushing cycle start
• Rigid Tapping Load Limit: Stopping too soon or not soon enough.
• UC Berkley Tour Video: Genius Spring Mechanism
• Measuring an Arbor Press with a Hydraulic Cylinder

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 the DeWalt product line at SMW?
• Culture Code & Clear Communication
• Deep Dive on the Fancy Chip Conveyor

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 Storage Crates
  • CDI Meters: WHY DIDN'T ANYONE MENTION THESE BEFORE!?
  • Optical Comparator
• Can High Demand Be Dangerous?
• Willemin Repairs #worthit

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.