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.

TOPICS: 

- DIY a Monochromatic Light Source & Optical Flats from Ukraine

- Geeking Out: Zeiss- From Eye Doc to CNC Machine Shop

- ERP System Development: Are We There Yet?

- 10 Rules for Entrepreneurial Success 

- Okuma Chip Conveyor - Wasting Pans!

- Ultrasonic Cleaners

- The NEW Prusa: Don't Over-Engineer Parts!

- Thanksgiving in the USA

We really appreciate everyone who tunes in to listen, everyone who has helped us along the way, and everyone who is part of the CNC family!

TOPICS:

• Saunders got his Okuma chip conveyer this morning.
• Horizontal milling machines.
• Haas lathe origin went wonky.
• Grimsmo is diving into optical flats. Watch this!
• Rask blade surface finish issues.
• Willemin updates.

TOPICS: 

 - Fraud and small businesses: Don't be emotional; make a protocol!

- Okuma Training & Pre-Staged Tooling Quirk in OSP: Post Processor Solution?

- Starrett Optical Comparator & Mitutoyo Electronic Indicator

- Visible Valley in Knife Spine: How to Pinpoint the Problem

- Debate on Hiring Gives Saunders New Perspective

- Higher Education: Is is a Must?

Read 10 pages per night! 

The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't

TOPICS:

• Student internships & explaining machining to a 16 year old.
• Willemin updates!
• Grimsmo purchased an optical comparator and it is incredible.
• Horizontal milling machines.
• Saunders' Okuma is getting isntalled.
• Daily to do lists is huge! 

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Topics:

• Grimsmo shares exciting updates about the powered up Willemin as Saunders eagerly awaits word on his own Willemin!
• Loading Code Onto Machines (Sneakernet, Ethernet, and Floppy Disks)
• Deep Dive into Automation Cells, Robot Arms, & Erowa Pallet System
  • Haberle automation cell for Fanuc Robodrills:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v53DmWinRWk
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• Okuma is arriving at SMW! Good thing they've got Northern Tool rigging skates
• Horizontal Milling Machines
• Podcast winner, "Stress is a choice."
• Starrett Optical Comparator strapped to the top of a Miada?

TOPICS:

• Saunders had a humbling experience shooting and editing a video to completion again! Watch here.
• New air compressors.
• Optical comparators.
• 8 Deadly wastes - D.O.W.N.T.I.M.E
• Saunders is getting his Okuma very soon!
• Grimsmo gets the Willemin powered up!

Topics:

- Okuma TMAC Tool Monitoring & Tracking
- POCKET SIZED INDUSTRIAL 5-AXIS MACHINE BY CHIRON
- Automation Systems (HERMLE RS-1)
- Heat Shrink Automation Cell
- Zeiss Microscope
- Robots VS Cobots (FANUC, KUKA, & UR)
- PODCAST CONTEST WINNER ANNOUCEMENT!
- KERN Micro HD - The Benefits of Hydrostatic
- Grimsmo searches for more 3-32 through-coolant drill bit
- Troubleshooting Bowed Parts