Business of Machining
Episodes
#439 Checklist for buying machines
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Latest obsessions - recycling used coolant - foam 2026 roadmap - ...
#438 Pissed: Motion sensors when moving machines
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Within Tolerance podcast shoutout Pissed: GPS sensors when moving machines First part on SMW's Brother Speedio optimization at Grimsmo SM...
#437 White light interferometer and Grimsmo Vision
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: White light interferometer and Grimsmo Vision Solving other people's problems, not just your own Saunders travelled to Lights Out Automatio...
#436 Blocking wax
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Blocking wax Measuring porosity in metal Nesting software White light interferometer Audio issues fixed?
#435 Kern float sensors
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Audio issues on podcast? Waterjet mod vises Kern float sensors The power of vision systems and AI
#434 Measuring anodizing hardness
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Should we die with zero? Measuring anodizing hardness Engineering change notifications Home assistant Foam update Video on probing Ligh...
#433 15 minute time tracker and critical task lists
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Foam update Rachel Whiteread art exhibit 15 minute trackers Mailcall from Abom79 Buying a paving company Water filtration
#432 Raspberry Pi Home Assistant and webcams
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Stress relieving titanium Robot flip fixtures Foam update Raspberry Pi Home Assistant and webcams Probing too much Telescopes and lenses
#431 Tariffs
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Tariffs Visit to Tuck's Garage Johnny Five is almost alive Speedio S700 purchased! Fieldly.ai (necklace pendant) DIY foam inserts
#430 Tough days
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Tough days CMTS tradeshow Selling machines and building the shop Gorilla Stand micro adjustment Kuka arm rubber scraper: https://www.yout...
#429 Cheat sheet for different AI's.
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Watchmaking CA Glue White light interferomety DIFFRACTION LIMITED VIDEO MUST WATCH: https://youtu.be/MgQbPdiuUTw?si=cvqbxAIJuswziIl9 Che...
#428 Selling the Okuma horizontal
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: New computer specs UR10e robot Building a white light interferometer Watchmaking Selling the Okuma horizontal Finishing Johnny Five
#427 White Light Interferometry
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Tradeshows, Kern Precision days Adam from Laney Machine Tech Cyrus from Cylos Garage White Light Interferometry SMW expanding pins
#426 Drilling and tool life
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Drilling and tool life Through spindle coolant Speedio S500 details Argon results in heat treat Gorilla stand
#425 Machining graphite
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Argon purging heat treat bags Revisiting tool life in steel Tapping, form tapping, threadmilling Machining graphite
#424 I hate rework
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: I hate rework Aligning the Erowa chuck on the Kern Expanding clamps One piece flow vs batchwork
#423 What's the ideal retirement home shop?
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Saunders smashed his finger Met NileRED What's the ideal retirement home shop? Corporate Saga pens Inventory Vapor blasting
#422 AI vs search engines
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I vs We in business Dave Precise: "The best decision is the one that will let you make the next decision faster" AI vs search engines 5 axi...
#421 Atlanta retrieval mission
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Atlanta retrieval mission Kern coolant float fixed-ish Johnny Five motor gears M2 buttons Dave Precise episode on Within Tolerance
#420 Johnny Five electrical schematic
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Air compressor and coolant problems Johnny Five electrical schematic M2 steel testing Hard threading Prototyping 5 axis parts
#419 Reinvest or take out money?
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: UPS knives to Blade Show still stuck in Atlanta 465 Custom stainless steel Firechrome material Reinvest or take out money? Was there a po...
#418 Crazy adventures at Blade Show 2025
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Crazy adventures at Blade Show 2025 Saunders crashed the Okuma Moduleworks visited SMW
#417 Normal days vs rework days
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Kern runs great now! Normal days vs rework days High, Low, Buffalo Blade Show 2025 465 custom material Helicoil stories
#416 Johnny Five AI audio
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Coolant maintenance Kern is fixed! We realigned B axis ourselves Johnny Five AI audio Setup sheets Automating bevel grinding
#415 Kern crashed
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Kern crashed VM3 coolant actually went bad Surface grinding with Robin Renzetti
#414 Surface grinding on the Tormach PSG
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Toolpath team visited SMW Mechanical pencil deep dive Measuring grinding wheels Wogaurd coolant sucker upper https://www.wogaard.com/coola...
#413 Smelly coolant
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Speedio looping the program over and over Saunders programmed a part in Toolpath Waterjet profile is wrong Johnny Five is under control! ...
#412 Renzetti 1-2-3 blocks
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Toronto knife show Grindmilling Toolpath mistake Arda and ERP systems Renzetti 1-2-3 blocks Johnny 5 turned on for the first time!
#411 Cycle time evaluations
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Superglue fixtures Toolpath.com Passion for machines and projects Cycle time evaluations Grindmilling
#410 Prussian Blue is amazing
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Prussian blue is amazing. Bambu H2D 3d printer Calibrating a 5 axis machine Hand scraping deep dive Tormach 1500 MX
#409 Hardmill all the things
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Mentality around tariffs Button lock geometry Buy prussian blue Hardmill all the things
#408 Dedication to our Willemin 408MTs
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Robots Demagnetizing 4140 bars Rolex Johnny 5 track drives Probing for accuracy
#407 First Hundred knives and lessons learned
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Fusion PSA on heights tab Measuring ultra precision Heat treating improvements Tormach 1500mx updates
#406 Surface grinding deep dive
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Business insurance Thermal compensation on Speedio Surface grinding deep dive Shop improvements
#405 Why are lathe parts not round?
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Gorilla Stand indicator holder! Why are lathe parts not round? Thermal growth on the Speedio Okuma fake CMM Heat treating 440c and carbid...
#404 Life as a small business owner
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Making ultra flat precision washers Fjell knives are starting to selling Custom ultra precision indicator stands Tarrifs Post heat treat ...
#403 Make decisions and dealing with the consequences.
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Make decisions on your own, as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences. CHATTER machine monitoring Robots! Mastering youtube ...
#402 "Delegating is sometimes just as simple as delegating"
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: "My Willy is doing great" - Grimsmo Kern was purchased by Ametek. "Delegating is sometimes just as simple as delegating". Auto serial numb...
#401 Stress in your business
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Heat treated A2 dimensions Grimsmo Fjell update Robot loading solutions Endmill consistency
#400 Episode 400 baby!!
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Intern or full time machinist? DOITS 100 Fjell knives Hardmilling and tool life Chatter machine monitoring installed at SMW
#399 Too much on my plate
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Project management at Saunders Tolerance ranges and scrapping parts Python script deep dive Robots to change workpieces and pallets Wille...
#398 Python script to create the perfect toolpath!
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: NYCCNC has been purchased by DSI Hardmilling Kolsterizing process by Bodycote 5 axis automation and robotics DOITS finally work - Shrink...
#397 Team oriented wishlish
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: 2025 changes DOITS Leadership roles Measuring runout in toolholders 5 axis automation at Saunders? Team oriented wishlish Fjell product...
#396 Raspberry Pi in the shop
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Oscilliscope readings on Heidenhain Tool life in A2 steel Raspberry Pi in the shop Tour of Henry Holsters Project management in 2025
#395 Tracking tool life
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Willemin air lines all replaced Saunders is using metric hardware Microscopes in the shop Tracking tool life Machining A2 The ultimate C...
#394 DIY 3d printed machine tools with concrete!
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: DIY 3d printed machine tools with concrete! Flextures and insane tolerances Machining soft blades in the Kern is slow, but better Patterni...
#393 Fusion tips and tricks
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Google Appscripts does awesome stuff Notes to yourself in Fusion 360 and other Fusion tips and tricks Hardmilling update! Hard grindm...
#392 Hardmilling puckchucks on Okuma
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Hardmilling puckchucks on Okuma Heat treating ovens Fjell pocket clip success! Prusa new printers
#391 50 tidbits by Dave Arneson
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Hardmilling endmills came in Heat treating and worried about warp Kern still dropping tools Kind words from a listener Solution to Saunde...
#390 Take your kid to work day
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Take your kid to work day Saunders bought another lathe "I'm stumped" - Saunders Wazer waterjet at Grimsmo Hardmilling
#389 HARDMILLING!!
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Kern is down! Internal inventory levels HARDMILLING!! Magnetic chucks Seville Classics cabinets and tables
#388 Creating videos for Youtube
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Kern tool changers issues Creating videos for Youtube 11:-- error, 30 seconds missing Replacing glass on CNC machines Video - "The univer...
#387 How do you spend your day
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Saunders: "Grimsmo, project management is not your strong suit" How do you spend your day DSI free Fusion Fridays Regofix tool change stat...
#386 Leading and coaching strategies
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Safe start all operations Listening to the "Aquired" podcast Leading and coaching strategies Hardmilling blades and Puckchucks Laser prob...
#385 How to hold incredible tolerances reliably?
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Checking in with your team after being on vacation Veritasium video on QR codes Grimsmo Fjell updates! How to hold incredible tolerances r...
#384 Consultants in manufacturing?
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Podcast feedback from IMTS Threadmill design change caused issues Hardmilling features after heat treat Saunders recap of IMTS Consultant...
#383 Saunders is at IMTS in Chicago
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: IMTS tools and technologies Hard gaging CMM Machines Grimsmo played with a Wire EDM
#382 Morning Chats, Machining Hacks, and Fatherhood Facts
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Family vs business Aluminum fixtures Autodesk CAM Challenge IMTS 2024 planning Rego-Fix PG hydraulic pressing unit Wire EDM Machines
#381 Being in the right mindset to make good decisions
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo's family vacation Alarms on Machines American Precision Museum in Vermont Kern toolsetter issues Okuma break detect issues Elect...
#380 Rask blade issues
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Accounts receivable issues Okamoto surface grinder Rask blade issues New Willemin at SMW
#379 What systems do you use?
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Time off with family Inbox zero Getting everything DONE What systems do you use? Smart AI stuff? Machines and processes
#378 Venturi coolant sucker upper
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Book recommendation: 6 Types Of Working Genius Venturi coolant sucker upper Normalizing steel for flatness Solar power for a shop? E-pape...
#377 Tour of Willemin and Kern in Europe
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: 10 year anniversary of being in Ohio factory tour of willemin in switzerland and Kern in germany Grimsmo Blum update and blade grinding
#376 Kern ballscrew replacement
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Saunders Okuma Genos spindle update Completely off the grid time off Kern ballscrew replacement Speedio high accuracy mode weirdness G68 ...
#375 Saunders needs a new spindle
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Saunders needs a new spindle Grimsmo Blum probing issues Gen 3 mod vises in productions Macro programming!!!
#374 Grimsmo's Blade Show adventure
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo's Blade Show adventure Johnny 5 robot progress!! Fusion "ground to parent" Shop maintenance?
#373 Great, good, and important companies
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo pulling late nights to get his new knife done for Blade Show Purchases that are important or not. How to lead others and push them ...
#372 Do I need a "reset"?
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Do I need a "reset"? Al Whatmough and Carl Bass leadership skills Grimsmo prepping for blade show Hardness testing UMC350 5 axis machine
#371 Saunders pushed the PuckChuck to failure
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo exploded a 440c button Saunders pushed the PuckChuck to failure Building the shop to be easy Adding a bubbler to a coolant tweakin...
#370 Integral knife button tweaking
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Integral knife button tweaking Thermal growth on steel Optical comparator with Baty screen 3d printing brim and build plates Zero grav...
#369 Creativity vs Productivity
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Creativity vs productivity Saunders' Willemin is gone Project management Johnny 5 robot update BlackFox Machining box cutter clip Awkward DOI...
#368 Weird door alarm on Okuma
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: weird door alarm on Okuma Product design and prototyping Tolerancing parts Nut runner torque wrenches Lapping parts FLAT Johnny 5 robot! ...
#367 Saunders yard sale open house
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Saunders yard sale open house Wall control (pegboard) Drill press upgrades SMW puck chucks and fixture plates Willemin calibration procedure ...
#366 Future Goals and Happiness
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Local Ohio Machinist and makers group https://forms.gle/CSLjYSQshDqDCWRE6 Chemistry and filtration of liquids Future goals and Ha...
#365 double tape and glue method
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: double tape and glue method Saunders open house April 13 Willemin crash CNC machines of the Future Looking for an aluminum machine LIGO gravi...
#364 Sense of Community
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Latest hyperobsession - Chemistry Saunders yard sale! Local Machinist and makers group Grimsmo's Week in Review video Life hacks Nakamura win...
#363 Loneliness in entrepreneurship
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Loneliness in entrepreneurship banking relationships Kosterising heat treat New Willemin coming to Saunders Frustrated with IOT device...
#362 Prototyping new products
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: hardmilling Prototyping new products Reaming holes Viewer mail
#361 Grimsmo's new knife
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo's new knife I love heat treating! Should I get a Brother Speedio R650? Crashed the Speedio probe Quality of life improvements
#360 Being too nice or too driven to your staff?
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Being too nice or too driven to your staff? Grimsmo's Willemin needs pneumatic work Solved the Horizontal chip sorting issue Cash management...
#359 The inverse of the Rule Of Pi
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo's new knife has a blade! Saunders yard sale! Sat April 13, 2024 inverse of the Rule Of Pi Programming on the Horizontal ...
#358 Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Gridfinity bins and inserted tooling 75 Hard Grimsmo's new Employee What's more accurate, axial or radial cuts? diamond burnishing on swiss L...
#357 Override Process Sheets and Process Bins
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: override process sheets and process bins Kids and work Days Off In The Shop is a failure Gridfinity! Grimsmo's erowa and Speedio update Autom...
#356 Knifemaking Tuesdays are back!
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS Knifemaking Tuesdays are back! Multi color 3d printing Breaking drill bits Fusion Trim toolpath Days Off In The Shop is difficult, but wonderf...
#355 Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo's plans for the year Naming products Days off in the shop - Best business decision EVER New employee at Grimsmo Knives Releasi...
#354 Tracking and quantifying order issues
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Days Off In The Shop ("Doits") Taking Purchasing off my plate Tracking and quantifying order issues Magnetic chip separator Variation ...
#353 Coming in hot for 2024. Â Reflecting and planning
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Coming in hot for 2024. Reflecting and planning. Buckling down for a tough year. Grimsmo Buyer's Choice, new knife model Grimsmo's Euma...
#352 Questions and Answers Episode
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: · Wen_mir_langwilig_isch How is lights out affecting cost benefit with the...
#351 Business existentialism
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Business existentialism FOCUS Facemill blew up Horizontal deburring
#350 Defining the vision of your company
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Topics: Defining the vision of your company Dedicating time to organize the shop Post processors scrap metal company designing a new knife
#349 End-of-year goals
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Distributing tasks among the team SmarterEveryDay Nasa video - watch it! End-of-year goals DSI video link: https://www.youtube.com...
#348 Bad fixtures are bad!
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo's CMM is producing interesting results! Bad fixtures are bad! Probing too much isn't always a good thing Personal goal fa...
#347 We did not crash the Okuma...
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS Haas power usage correction Erik is getting married We did not crash the Okuma... hiring Okamoto surface grinding Puck Chuks in stock!&...
#346 Critical projects DONE
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo's Kern had toolchanger errors Procedures and process bins Power consumption on CNC machines - $0.05/hr for Haas to be on....
#345 Speedio high accuracy mode
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: SMW stopping through coolant drill bits Utility bills Pierre being deported Speedio high accuracy mode Grinding wheel technology Deten...
#344 Blinders In Business
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: SMW Willemin is fixed! Replacement Fanuc motor worked. Haas UMC350 Office Phones "Lean Built" podcast with Jay and Andrew "Soone...
#343 Four Areas that will put you out of business
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Grimsmo visited Kern Precision in Chicago! Four Areas that will put you out of business What I need and want out of the company by the end of...
#342 Carbon Fiber tips and tricks
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Maintaining CNC machines Process bins! Carbon Fiber tips and tricks Sandvik drills ERP systems managing lead times Freshdesk for customer ser...
#341 Work-Life Balance
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: Work/Life balance Okuma Horizontal machining valve covers 3d printing parts for the shop Fusion 360 frustrations Gri...
#340 "Tool Acquisition Syndrome"
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TOPICS: CMTS tradeshow "Tool Aquisition Syndrome" Tool life and Sandvik tooling reps Polishing small parts Saunders designed a door for his su...