Business of Machining - Episode 73

If you haven't felt STUPENDOUS lately, this podcast will brighten your day. Get ready for a game of Not Metalurgist Part 1 & 2, a nugget of advice from Brad Southard, and Saunders gets his butt kicked by a 5th-Axis toolpath on the HAAS! Up the ANTSY? During the annual Blade Show lull, Grimsmo suddenly finds extra time AND the urge to move on to something new. Instead of making parts, he's pinpointing areas for improvement and keenly observing his behavioral patterns. #itfeelswrongbutitssoright IMPROVEMENT NO. 1 Thanks to the lapping machine, flat is actually FLAT. However, that means turning a critical eye toward the heat treating process. Grimsmo's idea involves a 2-ton arbor press. Wave goodbye! THREADMILLING: Are you "doing it wrong?" If it's wrong but it works, does it matter? Ya might be killin' your tool life though! Grimsmo and Saunders discuss multiple passes, spring passes, cutter comp, and macros for tool life management. VIDEO: Renishaw Probe like CMM IMPROVEMENT NO. 2: LOCK BAR INSERT + DISGUSTINGLY TINY SCREWS...   We Paul Akers'd it! The evolution of the podcast process represents something bigger. Grimsmo shares an EPIPHANY when first encountering macros & tool life management--not knowing where or how to start and NOW, he's teaming up with Autodesk to teach it! So, get out your SAGA and get ready to take notes! The end is nigh for the Super Comfortable SMW Adaptive T-Shirt Campaign---get yours HERE! MYTHBUSTERS: Keep Torque Wrenches Stored at 0? The release of the SHOP UPDATE video provokes a litany of comments surrounding stored torque values. Fact or fiction? If you have any empirical data on this, PLEASE SHARE! Push Cycle Start. Saunders paraphrases an entrepreneurial, button-pushing e-mail.  Both try their best to give advice for a fellow, overwhelmed entrepreneur. Failing isn't the only issue. How do you deal with people losing faith in you after having failed multiple times? FINALLY, 5-AXIS TOOLPATH ON THE HAAS! Click Image for the IG Post!   OTHER LINKS:  READ: Never Split the Difference 3M Radial Bristle Brush NOGA Cine Clamp FOR FILMING INSIDE MACHINES

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