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Business of Machining

by John Grimsmo & John Saunders
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  • #470 Visiting SS Cadcam in Squamish BC

    October 16, 2026 · 55 min

    Topics: Visiting SSCadcam in Squamish BC Ai updates DLC/PVD coating deepdive Vision system and white light interferometers

  • #469 Crappy week at the shop

    October 2, 2026 · 52 min

    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

  • #468 IMTS 2026 recap, Microscopes, people, and deep knowledge

    September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Topics: Interferometers, vision systems, etc. Blue Photon Bar fed mill Surface grinding and balancing Ai: Fronteir models vs local models MCP servers Entrepreneurship

  • #467 Spindle gripping

    September 11, 2026 · 54 min

    Topics: Gerp buyers choice Lex rewrite Coolant tank cleaning - bleach flush? DLC coating issues Notebook LM for machine manuals Spindle gripping White light interferometery

  • #466 Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it

    September 4, 2026 · 51 min

    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??

    August 28, 2026 · 44 min

    Topics: IMTS coming up Saunders might double their shop space?? Dumb but cool - label maker that prints on heat shrink tubingActually cool - custom Kennemetal 3d printed 5 function drill  Mori probe calibration issues Bar fed mill

  • #464 Mentors

    August 14, 2026 · 49 min

    Topics: Hiring Mentors Isotunes hearing protection Costing and process planning

  • #463 Vibe coding fun

    August 7, 2026 · 50 min

    Topics: Satellites and Joe Scott youtube videos DIY linear gage Renishaw OTS wearing tools Shatter by Rob Lockwood Telecentric lens Vibe coding fun

  • #462 LLM's and software/hardware projects

    July 24, 2026 · 47 min

    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

  • #461 DIY metrology

    July 17, 2026 · 55 min

    Topics: Blum laser air upgrade and calibration Air compressor bearing issue Hardmilling endmills vacuum workholding Interferometers DIY metrology

  • #460 Toilet bowl float coolant sensor

    July 10, 2026 · 52 min

    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

  • #459 Hardening the automation system

    June 26, 2026 · 53 min

    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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About the show

John Grimsmo of Grimsmo Knives and John Saunders of Saunders Machine Works discuss their success, struggles, goals and more as machinists, business owners and entrepreneurs.