• 39 minutes 53 seconds
    #456 Wax fixturing and carbon fiber

    Topics:

    • Wax fixturing and carbon fiber 
    • Robot outfeed tables
    • SMW machine updates
    • White light interferometer working!?
    • Justin interning at Saunders
    22 May 2026, 4:00 am
  • 52 minutes 41 seconds
    #455 New intern at Saunders

    Topics:

    • Six types of working genius
    • New intern at Saunders
    • Carbon fiber inlays
    • Fishbone diagram
    • Memory rail photo gallery
    15 May 2026, 4:00 am
  • 45 minutes 43 seconds
    #454 Going nuclear on changes

    Topics:

    • ERP updates
    • Prompt engineering
    • 19 hours of footage from California
    • Brother S500 + UR robot
    • 3d surfacing vs 2d contour
    • Painters tape on toolboxes


    8 May 2026, 4:00 am
  • 48 minutes 19 seconds
    #453 Grimsmo's shop tours around California

    Topics:

    • Mammoth summit recap
    • "Do you wnat to be right, or do you want to make money?" - Jim Belosic
      "40/70 rule" - Jim Belosic
    • Raise your prices?
    • New machines at SMW
    • Grimsmo's shop tours around California
    • "Ask me whatever questions you need before starting this task"
    • "Stop starting and start finishing"
    1 May 2026, 4:00 am
  • 16 minutes 58 seconds
    #452 Mammoth Summit on a chairlift

    Topics:

    • Chairlift conversations
    17 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 50 minutes 30 seconds
    #451 Claude programming

    Topics:

    • Mammoth ski trip
    • Shantaram book
    • Claude programming
    • Internal purchase orders
    • UR robot deburring
    • Custom step drills
    10 April 2026, 4:00 am
  • 51 minutes 16 seconds
    #450 Growth eats cash for breakfast

    Topics:

    • SMW buys more machines - growth eats cash for breakfast
    • Oil contaminating encoders
    • Fusion sketch slowness and diffraction gratings
    • Coolant maintenance
    • ShopVR
    • Watchmaking deep dive
    27 March 2026, 4:00 am
  • 52 minutes 40 seconds
    #449 Don't go chasing waterfalls

    Topics:

    • Dollhouse of SMW
    • custom tips for dial indicators
    • bismuth, wax, thermopolymers
    • Blade fixturing
    • Ai automations
    • Don't go chasing waterfalls
    • Precision microcast podcast
    20 March 2026, 4:00 am
  • 52 minutes 45 seconds
    #448 Everything in the world is triangles

    Topics:

    • Shipping and tarrifs
    • Fishbone diagram
    • Clamping induced distortion
    • Managing our growth
    13 March 2026, 4:00 am
  • 53 minutes 47 seconds
    #447 Shop layout in CAD

    Topics:

    • Shop layout in CAD 
    • Slip roll?
    • UR robot on Speedio
    • Haas machine for sale
    • White Light interferometer
    • Non contact measurement
    6 March 2026, 5:00 am
  • 50 minutes 43 seconds
    #446 Speedios automated

    Topics:

    • UMC400 coolant dribble
    • Speedio automation
    • White Light interferometer
    • Ai Agents
    • Johnny Five


    20 February 2026, 5:00 am
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