Business of Machining

Episodes

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  #470 Visiting SS Cadcam in Squamish BC 16.10.2026 55m

  Topics: * Visiting SSCadcam in Squamish BC * Ai updates * DLC/PVD coating deepdive * Vision system and white light interferometers
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  #469 Crappy week at the shop 02.10.2026 51m

  Topics: * Crappy week at the shop * Steel choices for Fjell button * Home assistant machine monitoring * Saunders shop issues * Watch show and marketing * Lex/Gerp tweaks * White light interferometer desire
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  #468 IMTS 2026 recap, Microscopes, people, and deep knowledge 25.09.2026 1h 1m

  Topics: * Interferometers, vision systems, etc. * Blue Photon * Bar fed mill * Surface grinding and balancing * Ai: * Fronteir models vs local models * MCP servers * Entrepreneurship
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  #467 Spindle gripping 11.09.2026 54m

  Topics: * Gerp buyers choice * Lex rewrite * Coolant tank cleaning - bleach flush? * DLC coating issues * Notebook LM for machine manuals * Spindle gripping * White light interferometery
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  #466 Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it 04.09.2026 50m

  Topics: * Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it * Probing and subroutine macros * DIY vision system * Buyers choice ordering system * Freddy vacuum
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  #465 Saunders might double their shop space?? 28.08.2026 43m

  Topics: 1. IMTS coming up 2. Saunders might double their shop space?? 3. Dumb but cool - label maker that prints on heat shrink tubing Actually cool - custom Kennemetal 3d printed 5 function drill  4. Mori probe calibration issues 5. Bar fed mill
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  #464 Mentors 14.08.2026 48m

  Topics: * Hiring * Mentors * Isotunes hearing protection * Costing and process planning
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  #463 Vibe coding fun 07.08.2026 50m

  Topics: * Satellites and Joe Scott youtube videos * DIY linear gage * Renishaw OTS wearing tools * Shatter by Rob Lockwood * Telecentric lens * Vibe coding fun
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  #462 LLM's and software/hardware projects 24.07.2026 46m

  Topics: * Leave yourself a good starting point * LLM's and software/hardware projects * Linear gage projects * Vision system, Keyence vs DIY * Blum laser install fixed * Air compressors down
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  #461 DIY metrology 17.07.2026 55m

  Topics: * Blum laser air upgrade and calibration * Air compressor bearing issue * Hardmilling endmills * vacuum workholding * Interferometers * DIY metrology
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  #460 Toilet bowl float coolant sensor 10.07.2026 52m

  Topics: * Grimsmo installs a NAS * Computer history museum * Machine tool manufacturers * Toilet bowl float coolant sensor * Total process reliability with Blum laser * Foam machining * Home assistant
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  #459 Hardening the automation system 26.06.2026 52m

  Topics: * Air filtration upgrades * Horizontal is gone * Hardening the automation system * Low temp alloys tested! * Challenge - elegant solution, want a way for compressors to shut off
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  #458 Being proud of yourself 19.06.2026 44m

  Topics: 1. Being proud of yourself 2. Low melt alloys, again 3. Willemmin robot down 4. Norseman lock insert accuracy 5. Sole sourcing material
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  #457 Blade Show Collaboration Knife of the Year 12.06.2026 49m

  Topics: * Blade show Collaboration knife of the year * White light interferometer working! * Robot system hiccups cutting steel * Overhaul compressor system * Wax fixturing success * Waterfall cashflow
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  #456 Wax fixturing and carbon fiber 22.05.2026 39m

  Topics: * Wax fixturing and carbon fiber  * Robot outfeed tables * SMW machine updates * White light interferometer working!? * Justin interning at Saunders
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  #455 New intern at Saunders 15.05.2026 52m

  Topics: * Six types of working genius * New intern at Saunders * Carbon fiber inlays * Fishbone diagram * Memory rail photo gallery
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  #454 Going nuclear on changes 08.05.2026 45m

  Topics: * ERP updates * Prompt engineering * 19 hours of footage from California * Brother S500 + UR robot * 3d surfacing vs 2d contour * Painters tape on toolboxes
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  #453 Grimsmo's shop tours around California 01.05.2026 48m

  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 your prices? * New machines at SMW * Grimsmo's shop tours around California * "Ask me whatever questions you need before starting this task" * "Stop starting and start finishing"
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  #452 Mammoth Summit on a chairlift 17.04.2026 16m

  Topics: * Chairlift conversations
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  #451 Claude programming 10.04.2026 50m

  Topics: * Mammoth ski trip * Shantaram book * Claude programming * Internal purchase orders * UR robot deburring * Custom step drills