Business of Machining

Hosted by John Grimsmo & John Saunders

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Oct 2026

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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.

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October 2, 202651 min

#469 Crappy week at the shop

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

September 25, 20261 hr 1 min

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

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

September 11, 202654 min

#467 Spindle gripping

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

September 4, 202650 min

#466 Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it

Topics: Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it Probing and subroutine macros DIY vision system Buyers choice ordering system Freddy vacuum

August 28, 202643 min

#465 Saunders might double their shop space??

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

August 14, 202648 min

#464 Mentors

Topics: Hiring Mentors Isotunes hearing protection Costing and process planning

August 7, 202650 min

#463 Vibe coding fun

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

July 24, 202646 min

#462 LLM's and software/hardware projects

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

July 17, 202655 min

#461 DIY metrology

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

July 10, 202652 min

#460 Toilet bowl float coolant sensor

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