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.
Episodes
TOPICS:
- weird door alarm on Okuma
- Product design and prototyping
- Tolerancing parts
- Nut runner torque wrenches
- Lapping parts FLAT
- Johnny 5 robot!
TOPICS:
- Saunders yard sale open house
- Wall control (pegboard)
- Drill press upgrades
- SMW puck chucks and fixture plates
- Willemin calibration procedure
- Probe tips
- Al Whatmough
TOPICS:
- Local Ohio Machinist and makers group https://forms.gle/CSLjYSQshDqDCWRE6
- Chemistry and filtration of liquids
- Future goals and Happiness
- 3 examples of the "rule of inverse Pi"
- Scissor lift sold
- Tall castle grips
- Anodizing crate
- Grimsmo grinding consistency on Speedio
- Saunders bent a probe tip ...
TOPICS:
- double tape and glue method
- Saunders open house April 13
- Willemin crash
- CNC machines of the Future
- Looking for an aluminum machine
- LIGO gravitational device
- Nut runner torque device
- Drilling holes efficiently
TOPICS:
- Latest hyperobsession - Chemistry
- Saunders yard sale!
- Local Machinist and makers group
- Grimsmo's Week in Review video
- Life hacks
- Nakamura window shattered, replacement is in.
- Torque wrenches
Interested in a Central Ohio Machinist & Makers meet up? Fill out this form - https://forms.gle/CSLjYSQshDqDCWRE6
SMW Yard Sale LINK: htt
TOPICS:
- Loneliness in entrepreneurship
- banking relationships
- Kosterising heat treat
- New Willemin coming to Saunders
- Frustrated with IOT devices
- Selling tools at the open house
LINK IN DESCRIPTION WITH OPEN HOUSE DETAILS:
https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/equipment-for-sale/products/yard-sale
TOPICS:
- hardmilling
- Prototyping new products
- Reaming holes
- Viewer mail
TOPICS:
- Grimsmo's new knife
- I love heat treating!
- Should I get a Brother Speedio R650?
- Crashed the Speedio probe
- Quality of life improvements
TOPICS:
- Being too nice or too driven to your staff?
- Grimsmo's Willemin needs pneumatic work
- Solved the Horizontal chip sorting issue
- Cash management
- Exit interviews
- Repair parts process bins
TOPICS:
- Grimsmo's new knife has a blade!
- Saunders yard sale! Sat April 13, 2024
- inverse of the Rule Of Pi
- Programming on the Horizontal
- Having a hard time selling 2 Haas machines
- carbon fiber double tape method
TOPICS:
- Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling
- 75 Hard
- Grimsmo's new Employee
- What's more accurate, axial or radial cuts?
- diamond burnishing on swiss
- LTL freight stress
- Labeling fixtures with paint
- Speedio tool touchoffs
- Saunders sorting chips
TOPICS:
- override process sheets and process bins
- Kids and work
- Days Off In The Shop is a failure
- Gridfinity!
- Grimsmo's erowa and Speedio update
- Automation and pallet changing
- Hardmilling
TOPICS
- Knifemaking Tuesdays are back!
- Multi color 3d printing
- Breaking drill bits
- Fusion Trim toolpath
- Days Off In The Shop is difficult, but wonderful
- Grimsmo's Speedio and Erowa are hooked up!
- Heat treating pullstuds
TOPICS:
- Grimsmo's plans for the year
- Naming products
- Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER
- New employee at Grimsmo Knives
- Releasing new products
- Tom Lipton mentor
- Saving time and money
TOPICS:
- Days Off In The Shop ("Doits")
- Taking Purchasing off my plate
- Tracking and quantifying order issues
- Magnetic chip separator
- Variation between fixtures
TOPICS:
- Coming in hot for 2024. Reflecting and planning.
- Buckling down for a tough year.
- Grimsmo Buyer's Choice, new knife model
- Grimsmo's Eumach machines
- Selling CNC machines
- How do we buy cleaning supplies
- Dual color 3d printing for text
TOPICS:
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TOPICS:
- Business existentialism
- FOCUS
- Facemill blew up
- Horizontal deburring
Topics:
- Defining the vision of your company
- Dedicating time to organize the shop
- Post processors
- scrap metal company
- designing a new knife
TOPICS:
- Distributing tasks among the team
- SmarterEveryDay Nasa video - watch it!
- End-of-year goals
- DSI video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubQ1LLYvaaU
- 4th-grade class lecture
- DLC coatings on pens and knives
- Costing mistakes
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