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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.
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Topics:
* Audio issues on podcast?
* Waterjet mod vises
* Kern float sensors
* The power of vision systems and AI
Topics:
* Should we die with zero?
* Measuring anodizing hardness
* Engineering change notifications
* Home assistant
* Foam update
* Video on probing
* Lights Out Automation - integrator
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* Foam update
* Rachel Whiteread art exhibit
* 15 minute trackers
* Mailcall from Abom79
* Buying a paving company
* Water filtration
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* Stress relieving titanium
* Robot flip fixtures
* Foam update
* Raspberry Pi Home Assistant and webcams
* Probing too much
* Telescopes and lenses
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* Tariffs
* Visit to Tuck's Garage
* Johnny Five is almost alive
* Speedio S700 purchased!
* Fieldly.ai (necklace pendant)
* DIY foam inserts
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* Tough days
* CMTS tradeshow
* Selling machines and building the shop
* Gorilla Stand micro adjustment
* Kuka arm rubber scraper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS4Bpr2BgnE
* Influencer marketing
TOPICS:
* Watchmaking
* CA Glue
* White light interferomety
* DIFFRACTION LIMITED VIDEO MUST WATCH:
* https://youtu.be/MgQbPdiuUTw?si=cvqbxAIJuswziIl9
* Cheat sheet for different AI's.
* Notebook LM
* Tool wear issues on small parts
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* New computer specs
* UR10e robot
* Building a white light interferometer
* Watchmaking
* Selling the Okuma horizontal
* Finishing Johnny Five
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* Tradeshows, Kern Precision days
* Adam from Laney Machine Tech
* Cyrus from Cylos Garage
* White Light Interferometry
* SMW expanding pins
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* Drilling and tool life
* Through spindle coolant
* Speedio S500 details
* Argon results in heat treat
* Gorilla stand
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* Argon purging heat treat bags
* Revisiting tool life in steel
* Tapping, form tapping, threadmilling
* Machining graphite
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* I hate rework
* Aligning the Erowa chuck on the Kern
* Expanding clamps
* One piece flow vs batchwork
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* Saunders smashed his finger
* Met NileRED
* What's the ideal retirement home shop?
* Corporate Saga pens
* Inventory
* Vapor blasting
* I vs We in business
* Dave Precise: "The best decision is the one that will let you make the next decision faster"
* AI vs search engines
* 5 axis work
* Vapor honing
TOPICS:
* Atlanta retrieval mission
* Kern coolant float fixed-ish
* Johnny Five motor gears
* M2 buttons
* Dave Precise episode on Within Tolerance
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* Air compressor and coolant problems
* Johnny Five electrical schematic
* M2 steel testing
* Hard threading
* Prototyping 5 axis parts
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* UPS knives to Blade Show still stuck in Atlanta
* 465 Custom stainless steel
* Firechrome material
* Reinvest or take out money?
* Was there a point where you wanted to throw in the towel?
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* Crazy adventures at Blade Show 2025
* Saunders crashed the Okuma
* Moduleworks visited SMW
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* Kern runs great now!
* Normal days vs rework days
* High, Low, Buffalo
* Blade Show 2025
* 465 custom material
* Helicoil stories
TOPICS:
* Coolant maintenance
* Kern is fixed! We realigned B axis ourselves
* Johnny Five AI audio
* Setup sheets
* Automating bevel grinding
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are you still accepting submissions for 30 second clips about how this podcast may have help you? if so where can I submit? thanks guys! happy holidays!
Why don't you dunk your finished parts in a can/drum of oil to prevent rusting? Maybe you can tie it and tag the thing you tie it with