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Business of Machining

John Grimsmo of Grimsmo Knives and John Saunders of NYC CNC discuss their success, struggles, goals and more as machinists, business owners and entrepreneurs.
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Now displaying: December, 2022
Dec 30, 2022

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
Dec 23, 2022

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
Dec 16, 2022

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
Dec 9, 2022

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
Dec 2, 2022

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
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