Business of Machining - Episode 127

Hungry...for SUCCESS? If you wanna be an entrepreneur, you've gotta HUSTLE! And if you're in the manufacturing industry, you're also making parts. Grimsmo balances running the shop/being the boss, with learning the new machine.  On Grimsmo's decision to buy a Kern... “You’ve restored harmony” - Saunders It's not two lathes against one mill, now there will be an equal number of each.  Y aren't you working?! Grimsmo struggles with the Y-axis of his Swiss lathe.  “Every time I think I get it, there’s another little headache”  - Grimsmo WARM UP  “You have to get your mind into it. It takes time to warm up. You can’t just hop between modes” - Saunders  Saunders and Grimsmo talk about strategies to balance machine time with other priorities, like thinking deeply, and home-life.  A Saunders' tip: Voice notes bring you back to the way you were feeling when you took a note.  Tool Tracking Strategies Saunders is using AirTable Grimsmo is using ProShop and his 3D printer When to go BIG...and when to 3D print -1 chips Grimsmo and Saunders discuss when to come up with a cheap solution to a problem...even when there's already a tool-for-that out there.  Project Egress Saunders is off to DC for the unveiling of the previously secret project. Didn't make it to the Air and Space Museum on July 18th? Check out the project in this video.    

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