- 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
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 - 52 minutes 21 seconds#445 SendCutSend machining
Topics:
- Motorized ball valves and "Shelley plus one" and "switchbot"
- Diffraction Limited "Micro Manipulator Project"
- White light interferometer
- SendCutSend machining
- Scrapped 30 blades
- Put a moat in the calendar
13 February 2026, 5:00 am - 50 minutes 14 seconds#444 Stuff I forget
Topics:
- Shop renovations and office updates
- Grimsmo lathes are back up and running
- Shop phone systems
- Stop the bleed course
- Vibration sensors
- Best productivity tip: "Leave yourself an unbelievably easy spot to pick it up the project again"
- Stuff I forget
- Speedio automation cells
6 February 2026, 5:00 am - 54 minutes 26 seconds#443 Webcams watching our robots
Topics:
- POE camera tracking machine alarms
- Python programs to display DPRNT data
- Measuring systems
- Grimsmo's office update
- Lathe updates
- Trond power strips with mounting ears on Amazon
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