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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.

Business Entrepreneur Technology
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
45 minutes
Episodes
426
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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#366 Future Goals and Happiness

#366 Future Goals and Happiness

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…
00:50:56  |   Fri 12 Apr 2024
#365 double tape and glue method

#365 double tape and glue method

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…
00:50:07  |   Fri 05 Apr 2024
#364 Sense of Community

#364 Sense of Community

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
00:56:05  |   Fri 22 Mar 2024
#363 Loneliness in entrepreneurship

#363 Loneliness in entrepreneurship

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 DESCRIPTI…

00:49:10  |   Fri 15 Mar 2024
#362 Prototyping new products

#362 Prototyping new products

TOPICS:

  • hardmilling
  • Prototyping new products
  • Reaming holes
  • Viewer mail
00:51:32  |   Fri 08 Mar 2024
#361 Grimsmo's new knife

#361 Grimsmo's new knife

TOPICS:

  • Grimsmo's new knife
  • I love heat treating!  
  • Should I get a Brother Speedio R650?
  • Crashed the Speedio probe
  • Quality of life improvements
00:45:29  |   Fri 01 Mar 2024
#360 Being too nice or too driven to your staff?

#360 Being too nice or too driven to your staff?

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
00:50:19  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
#359 The inverse of the Rule Of Pi

#359 The inverse of the Rule Of Pi

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 dou…
00:52:28  |   Fri 16 Feb 2024
#358 Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling

#358 Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling

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
  • Sp…
00:49:32  |   Fri 09 Feb 2024
#357 Override Process Sheets and Process Bins

#357 Override Process Sheets and Process Bins

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 

 

00:55:22  |   Fri 02 Feb 2024
#356 Knifemaking Tuesdays are back!

#356 Knifemaking Tuesdays are back!

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!
  • Hea…
00:52:17  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
#355 Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER

#355 Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER

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 mone…
00:50:16  |   Fri 19 Jan 2024
#354 Tracking and quantifying order issues

#354 Tracking and quantifying order issues

TOPICS:

 

  • Days Off In The Shop ("Doits")
  • Taking Purchasing off my plate
  • Tracking and quantifying order issues
  • Magnetic chip separator
  • Variation between fixtures

 

00:49:54  |   Fri 12 Jan 2024
#353 Coming in hot for 2024.  Reflecting and planning

#353 Coming in hot for 2024.  Reflecting and planning

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 cleanin…
00:49:28  |   Fri 05 Jan 2024
#352 Questions and Answers Episode

#352 Questions and Answers Episode

TOPICS:

 

 

·         Wen_mir_langwilig_isch

How is lights out affecting cost benefit with the side eye on the time spent for process reliability?

 

·         Burnandturnfabrication

Name one …

01:02:39  |   Fri 29 Dec 2023
#351 Business existentialism

#351 Business existentialism

TOPICS:

 

  • Business existentialism
  • FOCUS
  • Facemill blew up
  • Horizontal deburring
00:51:22  |   Fri 22 Dec 2023
#350 Defining the vision of your company

#350 Defining the vision of your company

Topics:

 

  • Defining the vision of your company
  • Dedicating time to organize the shop
  • Post processors
  • scrap metal company
  • designing a new knife
00:47:40  |   Fri 15 Dec 2023
#349 End-of-year goals

#349 End-of-year goals

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 o…
00:44:36  |   Fri 08 Dec 2023
#348 Bad fixtures are bad!

#348 Bad fixtures are bad!

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…
00:47:16  |   Fri 01 Dec 2023
#347 We did not crash the Okuma...

#347 We did not crash the Okuma...

TOPICS

 

  • Haas power usage correction
  • Erik is getting married
  • We did not crash the Okuma...
  • hiring
  • Okamoto surface grinding
  • Puck Chuks in stock! 
00:49:18  |   Fri 17 Nov 2023
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