Episodes
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
Published 12/08/23
TOPICS: Grimsmo's CMM is producing interesting results!   Bad fixtures are bad! Probing too much isn't always a good thing Personal goal failures "The Machine That Changed the World" book The era of lean manufacturing Mailcall request - [email protected] Mentors and advisors  
Published 12/01/23
TOPICS   Haas power usage correction Erik is getting married We did not crash the Okuma... hiring Okamoto surface grinding Puck Chuks in stock! 
Published 11/17/23
TOPICS:   Grimsmo's Kern had toolchanger errors Procedures and process bins Power consumption on CNC machines - $0.05/hr for Haas to be on. Air compressor maintenance selling machines DNS settings to make sure e-mails get to customers, thanks Joe F DKIM add freshdesks to SPF records custom endmills from deboer Nakamura lathe issues Oil skimmers Critical projects DONE LINKS: https://saundersmachineworks.com/pages/equipment-for-sale
Published 11/10/23
TOPICS:   SMW stopping through coolant drill bits Utility bills Pierre being deported Speedio high accuracy mode Grinding wheel technology Detent ball dropper Gen3 mod vises Super secret sauce  
Published 11/03/23
TOPICS:   SMW Willemin is fixed!  Replacement Fanuc motor worked. Haas UMC350 Office Phones "Lean Built" podcast with Jay and Andrew "Sooner, not faster"        "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast"        "Speed is fine, but accuracy is final" Blinders in business Wera tooling SMW is selling Proven Cut
Published 10/27/23
TOPICS: Grimsmo visited Kern Precision in Chicago! Four Areas that will put you out of business What I need and want out of the company by the end of the year Tour of Lapmaster  Saunders made a splash guard for his Okuma grinder  "we have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one" Confucius  
Published 10/20/23
TOPICS: Maintaining CNC machines Process bins! Carbon Fiber tips and tricks Sandvik drills ERP systems managing lead times Freshdesk for customer service
Published 10/13/23
TOPICS:   Work/Life balance Okuma Horizontal machining valve covers  3d printing parts for the shop  Fusion 360 frustrations  Grimsmo vising Kern Precision in Chicago  Shipping computers 3d printed metal parts craftcloud3d.com
Published 10/06/23
TOPICS:   CMTS tradeshow "Tool Aquisition Syndrome" Tool life and Sandvik tooling reps Polishing small parts Saunders designed a door for his surface grinder Machine maintenance, Kern and Willemin Carbon fiber Saga
Published 09/29/23
TOPICS: Grimsmo crashed the Speedio Saunders is surface grinding! My dream job Willemin U axis errors at SMW How do you manage all the tasks and projects?
Published 09/22/23
TOPICS:   Lots of problems Building custom computers for CAD/CAM Willemin is sorta broken Bambu 3d printers! Calibrating printed parts Machining carbon fiber in the Speedio SMW puckchuck to market  
Published 09/15/23
TOPICS: Resin 3D printing with Grimsmo's daughter how we first learned about CNC machining Willemin lathe parts Saunders' Okamoto surface grinder runs! Coolant foaming Process improvements
Published 09/08/23
TOPICS: Autodesk Fusion Summit recap Spoiled with new equipment, reinvesting in the company Willemin updates Swiss lathes Grimsmo's 1968 Volvo Amazon wagon runs!  
Published 09/01/23
TOPICS: Grimsmo's heat treat improvements SMW puck chuck anodizing Scrap metal Okamoto surface grinder and UMC350 delivered! Bambu 3d Printers  
Published 08/18/23
TOPICS Saunders lost power Grimsmo to sell his old Eumach machines How to re-work parts or call them scrap videos of shotgun barrel manufacturing heat treating puck chucks Setup sheet tool tracker Question to the audience  
Published 08/11/23
TOPICS:   Grimsmo grinding blades on the Speedio! Growing your company metal 3d printing, costs? Downcut endmills AI image creation and how it relates to machining Heat treating SMW Puck Chuck parts SMW bought the Okamoto grinder!  
Published 08/04/23
TOPICS:   Fusion 360 across a team DSI Fusion Summit Aug. 22, 2023 in California SMW video on coolest unknown trick. Cutting through the heat affected zone Speedio sub micron option works! SMW bought a HAAS UMC350! Financing options Reverse Osmosis water
Published 07/28/23
TOPICS: Coolant management, foaming, etc Milwaukee Hermle tour! - https://www.hermleusa.net/en/info_center_en/5axis-summit-usa (Hermle tour) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Dygi8uGvA (Machining the James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors) Speedio Sub Micron option for Grimsmo Surface grinding deep dive  
Published 07/21/23
TOPICS   The balance of leadership SMW Puck Chuck pallet system! Erowa update with Grimsmo Selling older machines and fully utilizing what you have  
Published 07/14/23
TOPICS:   Chicago museum of science and technology Grimsmo looking at the Sub Micron option for his speedio Saunders overhaul to fixture plate Process SMW puck chuck! Lasers! RO water systems and algae
Published 07/07/23
TOPICS Grimsmo was on vacation Terminator movie Breaking drills on Swiss lathe Puck chucks and training classes at SMW Speedio grinding SMW internal newsletter Coolant temperature  
Published 06/30/23
TOPICS: New equipment for Saunders!  Grinder, laser, 5-axis. tips for youtube channels Surface grinder notes from Adam Demuth Grimsmo grinding blades on the speedio PTO forms
Published 06/23/23
TOPICS   Family stuff Kern updates, running great! Saunders Puck Chuck, heat treat, tolerances Surface grinder Coolant management, foaming, water management
Published 06/16/23
TOPICS Saunders went to Germany  Grimsmo Kern spindle fix update!  Chat GPT student  PFG Live youtube channel  Deutch science museum in Munich Buying new equipment and growing a company  shop floods coolant foaming  
Published 06/09/23