MANUFACTURING ENTREPRENEURS--THIS IS FOR YOU! This podcast has 186 episodes about the experience of two entrepreneurs improving their skills in their trade and learning how to create successful businesses. "The day I stop learning is the day I fall asleep and never wake up." - Grimsmo DELUSION & HONESTY Entrepreneurship is a constant battle between delusion and self honesty. Justifying decisions is easy. Playing Devil's advocate is not. Knowing when to ride the wave of delusion and when to snap out of it? Now, that takes real skill.  Looking For A Few Good Employees... Both Saunders and Grimsmo are ready to bulk up their respective teams again! Grimsmo Knives Careers Saunders Machine Works Careers Speaking of a few good employees, the latest addition to SMW is no longer a secret! @vince.fab is the new hobby machinist extrordinaire. Click Image Below For Full Post! Time to Buy more Pis. This is goin' down. Grimsmo's got a case of GERP mode and Pi addiction. At least it's not a case of the Mondays... Bar code scanning guns, charging stations, Raspberry Pi's, Linux, monitors, purchase orders, inventory, maintenance, making sure processes are anti-lazy, you name it, Grimsmo and Saunders discuss all things ERP and solutions to the new challenges they're facing. IT'S OKAY TO TAKE OFF THE BOOTS. Saunders shares a story about a chipped lathe insert, 23 bad parts, the bootstrapper mentality, and the struggle to challenge default thinking patterns. CLIFF HANGER... Grimsmo leaves us hanging with a story about the 1/8" drill. Now we're all dying to know....WHERE IS IT!?    Other Topics Tornos and Production Cogsdill Diamond Burnisher on the SAGA button SANDVIK QS Holder System Micro 100 on CNC Lathe New Machine To Replace RoboDrill Haas DT-2 VS. Haas DM-2 Robots and Payload Problems Jay Pierson's Robot Video 5th Axis Automation Update RASK progress on the KERN Grinding Wheels & Swarf Dan Pacific's Presentation on Using 3D Sketches to Drive Swarf Toolpaths