#472 Machining hightlight - bar fed mill
Topics: * Interferometer updates * LLM's and software factories * Audio issues * Machining hightlight - bar fed mill
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John Grimsmo of Grimsmo Knives and John Saunders of NYC CNC discuss their success, struggles, goals and more as machinists, business owners and entrepreneurs.
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20 of 472 episodes#471 Cam templates and MCP
Topics: * White light interferometer purchasing * Cam templates and MCP * Stop talking and start doing * Reseach modes in LLM's * UMC400 is...
#470 Visiting SS Cadcam in Squamish BC
Topics: * Visiting SSCadcam in Squamish BC * Ai updates * DLC/PVD coating deepdive * Vision system and white light interferometers
#469 Crappy week at the shop
Topics: * Crappy week at the shop * Steel choices for Fjell button * Home assistant machine monitoring * Saunders shop issues * Watch show a...
#468 IMTS 2026 recap, Microscopes, people, and deep knowledge
Topics: * Interferometers, vision systems, etc. * Blue Photon * Bar fed mill * Surface grinding and balancing * Ai: * Fronteir models vs loc...
#467 Spindle gripping
Topics: * Gerp buyers choice * Lex rewrite * Coolant tank cleaning - bleach flush? * DLC coating issues * Notebook LM for machine manuals *...
#466 Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it
Topics: * Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it * Probing and subroutine macros * DIY vision system * Buyers choice ordering sy...
#465 Saunders might double their shop space??
Topics: 1. IMTS coming up 2. Saunders might double their shop space?? 3. Dumb but cool - label maker that prints on heat shrink tubing Actua...
#464 Mentors
Topics: * Hiring * Mentors * Isotunes hearing protection * Costing and process planning
#463 Vibe coding fun
Topics: * Satellites and Joe Scott youtube videos * DIY linear gage * Renishaw OTS wearing tools * Shatter by Rob Lockwood * Telecentric len...
#462 LLM's and software/hardware projects
Topics: * Leave yourself a good starting point * LLM's and software/hardware projects * Linear gage projects * Vision system, Keyence vs DIY...
#461 DIY metrology
Topics: * Blum laser air upgrade and calibration * Air compressor bearing issue * Hardmilling endmills * vacuum workholding * Interferometer...
#460 Toilet bowl float coolant sensor
Topics: * Grimsmo installs a NAS * Computer history museum * Machine tool manufacturers * Toilet bowl float coolant sensor * Total process r...
#459 Hardening the automation system
Topics: * Air filtration upgrades * Horizontal is gone * Hardening the automation system * Low temp alloys tested! * Challenge - elegant sol...
#458 Being proud of yourself
Topics: 1. Being proud of yourself 2. Low melt alloys, again 3. Willemmin robot down 4. Norseman lock insert accuracy 5. Sole sourcing mater...
#457 Blade Show Collaboration Knife of the Year
Topics: * Blade show Collaboration knife of the year * White light interferometer working! * Robot system hiccups cutting steel * Overhaul c...
#456 Wax fixturing and carbon fiber
Topics: * Wax fixturing and carbon fiber * Robot outfeed tables * SMW machine updates * White light interferometer working!? * Justin intern...
#455 New intern at Saunders
Topics: * Six types of working genius * New intern at Saunders * Carbon fiber inlays * Fishbone diagram * Memory rail photo gallery
#454 Going nuclear on changes
Topics: * ERP updates * Prompt engineering * 19 hours of footage from California * Brother S500 + UR robot * 3d surfacing vs 2d contour * Pa...
#453 Grimsmo's shop tours around California
Topics: * Mammoth summit recap * "Do you wnat to be right, or do you want to make money?" - Jim Belosic "40/70 rule" - Jim Belosic * Raise y...