Business of Machining - Episode 87

What processes work best for your shop? Sometimes it’s as simple as wrapping green tape around material you’re not using or using google sheets more often, and other times it’s necessary to get creative with a new tool! BTW the Grimsmo shop has a band saw now. “It all depends on your goals”- Grimsmo If quantity is your goal, you focus on materials that make products faster. If your goal is quality, you have to invest in materials to make them top notch, but you should make sure it’s not taking any longer than it needs to. Tiny Tolerances Grimsmo and Saunders discuss tolerances. They are a crazy important consideration, maybe even more important than we realize. How do you make sure your perfect parts are actually perfect? Saunders asks himself questions like “What tolerances do I need?” as he plans his trip to NYC to look at a used FANUC 2-axis lathe. The Journey: it never ends. Saunders is inspired by Tony Robbins too! As the Johns discuss realistic goals from the next year, to the next TEN years, Saunders reminds Grimsmo of a Tony Robbins quote: “Most people overestimate what they can do in one year, and they underestimate what they can do in a decade” Everyone puts so much pressure on themselves over the course of a day, or a week or a month, but those little steps will lead to huge results. It just takes time. “It has to grow organically for it to work, and it has to take ten years, and it has to be a struggle” - Grimsmo Ask yourself: Where were YOU last year? It might make you feel pretty good.   As a side note: Grimsmo’s hiring! The official announcement was out on their YouTube channel Thursday Oct 3. Hmmm...What should we buy next? The Johns get Swissish (again) as they talk about how a Swiss Lathe works. With the lapping machine being overused, a fine grinding machine is starting to look like a more real part of the future for the Grimsmo Shop.   Fine grinding machine by Supfina: https://www.supfina.com/home/ Model that Grimsmo is considering: Supfina Spiro F5 Keep an eye out! Saunders is going to releasing a new product by the end of this year!

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