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
Topics
- Saunders running his horizontal mill 18 hours a day
- Making custom Porsche parts
- kids in the shop
- Grimsmo crunched the probe tip on his Speedio with custom programming
- Chip management on the Speedio
- probing, manual programming
Topics
- Grimsmo releasing a new case for their Saga printer
- 3d printing for production
- cardboard packaging
- Autodesk Fusion meetup in December https://www.dsi-mfg.com/
fusion-summit-2022 - multiple computers for workflow
- tool breakage control
Topics:
- Machining is the coolest thing ever
- "failing as a business leader if we don't purge our junk"
- "what do I want in the next 6 months"
- how to hire and train new people quickly?
- Variance accounting
- SMW online training classes
Topics:
- "The only constant is change"
- Near fatal car accident for SMW employee and how it affects the company
- Saunders' wife filling in
- perpetual biggest failure?
- can do great things when able to focus, but...
- 4 new employees at SMW in the past 72 hrs
- Tornos update from Grimsmo
- Running machines unattended overnight
Topics
- Fired up after IMTS
- Authenticity in marketing
- Willemin booth at IMTS, all about lathes!
- Takeaways from the show
- shop update video
- Mini chip conveyor on the Speedio machine
- Check valve on coolant nozzles
- Opportunity cost of being an entrepreneur
Topics:
- Richlite
- purchasing high dollar items and utilizing cash to your benefit
- Joe Rogan and Zuck Podcast
- "I've won"
- philosophy of business
- Grimsmo is in love with his Speedio machine!
- Zero point workholding
- Miyano lathe
Topics:
- IMTS trade show
- Willemin machines
- classic growing problems. Chip management and recycling
- Machine prices at trade shows
- Grimsmo working on the speedio
- How to teach and train your team high level skills to scale your company
- bite off more than you can chew, then chew
- book reference/resources
Topics:
- Vacation + Work Trip: Autodesk Event in Birmingham, England
- Saunders, A Pilot/CNC Book Author, Tormach 770 MX, and an Escalator
- KERN Spews and Sputters Coolant Everywhere at Grimsmo Knives
- KAESER Air Compressor Coats Entire Shop in Fine Oil Mist
- New Tool Syndrome: Forklift Edition
- Abom79's SMW Shop Tour Video
- Speedio Training for GK Team
- BLUM Laser Tool Setter Installation Blues
- The Johns Gush Over CNC Machine Design Aesthetics
- Sticker Bombed: Erowa Pallet System from IMTS 2018
- Low Coolant Sensor
- CNC Lathe Talk
TOPCIS:
- Grimsmo is having massive power problems that caused some awkward solutions.
- The boys talk about the value of business insurance.
- Willemin and Speedio updates!
- Saunders goes into a deep dive with their LEX erp software.
- 3D printing with magnets!
Topics:
- Incremental Business Growth Experiences
- Real Estate - Build or Buy Existing? Area 419 Tour
- Baby Brother Speedio Arrives Friday at GK!
- The Marvel of Rigging CNC Machines
- Shipping Insurance - Is it worth it?
- Legal Counsel - Sometimes a Letter Will Do!
- Chips on Willemin, Inserts, Adding Sharpie, and BANG ON Tolerances
- Precision Microcast 15 with Christian Wenzel Innolite
TOPICS:
- John & John crashed the Willemin, Okuma & Kern, yikes...
- Grimsmo getting the Willemin to measure probe length.
- How to calibrate your spindle probe length.
- Saunders is finishing us a big fixture plate order.
Topics:
- SMW Relaunches CNC Training Courses in a New Center!
- Grimsmo Tweaks Grinding Process on KERN
- Should You Max Out Spindles That Run Less Than 20K RPM?
- Brother Speedio + Auto Door Coming to GK Soon!
- International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS)
- Okuma Mist Collector Activation Issue
- Reorganizing Endmills
- GERP Update, Inventory, Operations, Tooling, Purchase Orders
TOPCIS:
- We finally get closure on Judd
- Mama Grimsmo is visitng for the first time since 2019!
- Grimsmo starts getting great results after a much needed training sesisons from the CMM.
- Saunders dives into endmills and surface finishes.
- Metrology!!!
- Grimsmo has been on a rabbit hole to try to make their saga mechanisims better.
- Saunders chats about probing issues.
Topics:
- Saunders opens up about his 11- year CNC companion
- Grimsmo takes on more duties while Angelo attends CMM Training
- Eumachs Sold! Avid CNC Router to cut foam for GK
- SMW Training begins July 19th
- Renishaw Probe Repair & Settings
- Willemin/WileMILL Probe Issues & 3D Printed Key Bracket
- HDPE Plastic Warp: Will annealing solve the lakes/hills?
- Rust Prevention: Looking for Input!
TOPICS:
- John Grimsmo came in to learn the new Zeiss CMM until 4am.
- Saunders is experiencing variations on some parts.
- Learning more about epoxy tombstones
- The oldest Renishaw probe cracked the glass.
- Grimsmo provides an update on the Speedio & Tornos oil issues.
- Saunders has his training class start in only 3 weeks!
Topics:
- Task Lists and Being Overwhelmed
- Hiring Employees, Time Management, Efficiencies
- Priority List: Dump & Triage Tasks
- Okuma Fixture Offset Calibration
- Horizontals with Intrinsic 4th Axis: No rotation around center line!?
- Tool Orientation in Fusion 360 doesn't seem to work for Saunders
- Ultrasonic Cleaning Systems
- Internal Conflict Between Nerd & Entrepreneur: A 15 Year Debate
- Robots. Saunders gets random call from a guy at Tormach. Use for demagging material?
- Horizontal Fixture Overhaul
TOPCIS:
- John & John chat about what it is like to be a self taught machinist.
- Saunders made a little bit of a mistake on the horizontal.
- The boys chat about having no manager only roles inside their company.
- Grimsmo got the Zeiss CMM installed to help measure EVERYTHING!
- The benefits of using glass materials for accuracy.
- Chip thinning and rubbing on endmills.
Topics:
Tool Life & Part Finish Issues
Grimsmo & Saunders brainstorm solutions for less than ideal tool life and part finishes.
- Speeds & Feeds
- Brand Loyalty & Tools That Don't Cut It (pun intended)
- Tool Coating
- 2D Contour Wall Finish
- NYC CNC Chip Thinning Calculator
- Coolant VS. Dry Cutting with Through-Spindle Air blast
- Reaching Occluded Precision Features
CNC Machines
- Kern makes a move on skates
- Minor Tweaks to the Erowa Pallet System
- Brother Speedio headed to Grimsmo Knives
- ZEISS CMM, where are you? Also, who is going to learn Calypso!?
- Converting the Willemin from Metric to Imperial
Lives of Entrepreneurs - The Second Half of Your Life
- Hobbies
- Accepting Changes Gracefully
- The Importance of Developing Meaningful Friendships
TOPCIS:
- Saunders is machining parts for Johnny 5
- What is a tool room?
- Coolant & air conditioners.
- Grimsmo has a daunting task to move the Kern over to make room for the speedio.
- Saunders did an oil change on the horizontal and jammed up the chip conveyor.
- Knife grinder discussion.
- Expoy tombstone is in!