Business of Machining
John Grimsmo of Grimsmo Knives and John Saunders of Saunders Machine Works discuss their success, struggles, goals and more as machinists, business owners and entrepreneurs.
Episodes
TOPICS:
- Toronto knife show
- Grindmilling
- Toolpath mistake
- Arda and ERP systems
- Renzetti 1-2-3 blocks
- Johnny 5 turned on for the first time!
TOPICS:
- Superglue fixtures
- Toolpath.com
- Passion for machines and projects
- Cycle time evaluations
- Grindmilling
TOPICS:
- Prussian blue is amazing.
- Bambu H2D 3d printer
- Calibrating a 5 axis machine
- Hand scraping deep dive
- Tormach 1500 MX
TOPICS:
- Mentality around tariffs
- Button lock geometry
- Buy prussian blue
- Hardmill all the things
TOPICS:
- Robots
- Demagnetizing 4140 bars
- Rolex
- Johnny 5 track drives
- Probing for accuracy
TOPICS:
- Fusion PSA on heights tab
- Measuring ultra precision
- Heat treating improvements
- Tormach 1500mx updates
TOPICS:
- Business insurance
- Thermal compensation on Speedio
- Surface grinding deep dive
- Shop improvements
TOPICS:
- Gorilla Stand indicator holder!
- Why are lathe parts not round?
- Thermal growth on the Speedio
- Okuma fake CMM
- Heat treating 440c and carbide clumping
- Dishwashing parts at home
TOPICS:
- Making ultra flat precision washers
- Fjell knives are starting to selling
- Custom ultra precision indicator stands
- Tarrifs
- Post heat treat hard turning
- Hardmilling success
TOPICS:
- Make decisions on your own, as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences.
- CHATTER machine monitoring
- Robots!
- Mastering youtube
- Dial test indicator stand
- Surface grinding and lapping
- Tormach 1500mx
TOPICS:
- "My Willy is doing great" - Grimsmo
- Kern was purchased by Ametek.
- "Delegating is sometimes just as simple as delegating".
- Auto serial numbers on Okuma
- Vapor degreaser
- Diamond lapping
- Bad 3d printing
TOPICS:
- Heat treated A2 dimensions
- Grimsmo Fjell update
- Robot loading solutions
- Endmill consistency
- Intern or full time machinist?
- DOITS
- 100 Fjell knives
- Hardmilling and tool life
- Chatter machine monitoring installed at SMW
TOPICS:
- Project management at Saunders
- Tolerance ranges and scrapping parts
- Python script deep dive
- Robots to change workpieces and pallets
- Willemin part release... magnetism?
- Too much on my plate
TOPICS:
- NYCCNC has been purchased by DSI
- Hardmilling
- Kolsterizing process by Bodycote
- 5 axis automation and robotics
- DOITS finally work
- - Shrink the project
- - Cannot think about it
- Grimsmo grinding improvements
- - Python script to create the perfect toolpath!
TOPICS:
- 2025 changes
- DOITS
- Leadership roles
- Measuring runout in toolholders
- 5 axis automation at Saunders?
- Team oriented wishlish
- Fjell production update
TOPICS:
- Oscilliscope readings on Heidenhain
- Tool life in A2 steel
- Raspberry Pi in the shop
- Tour of Henry Holsters
- Project management in 2025
TOPICS:
- Willemin air lines all replaced
- Saunders is using metric hardware
- Microscopes in the shop
- Tracking tool life
- Machining A2
- The ultimate Clamps
- Lapping precision holes
TOPICS:
- DIY 3d printed machine tools with concrete!
- Flextures and insane tolerances
- Machining soft blades in the Kern is slow, but better
- Patterning stress
- Hardmlling tool life?
- Chatter machine monitoring
TOPICS:
- Google Appscripts does awesome stuff
- Notes to yourself in Fusion 360 and other Fusion tips and tricks
- Hardmilling update! Hard grindmilling too.
- Heat treating ideas
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