Episodes

  • #470 Visiting SS Cadcam in Squamish BC
    Oct 16 2026

    Topics:

    • Visiting SSCadcam in Squamish BC
    • Ai updates
    • DLC/PVD coating deepdive
    • Vision system and white light interferometers
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    55 mins
  • #469 Crappy week at the shop
    Oct 2 2026

    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
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    52 mins
  • #468 IMTS 2026 recap, Microscopes, people, and deep knowledge
    Sep 25 2026

    Topics:

    • Interferometers, vision systems, etc.
    • Blue Photon
    • Bar fed mill
    • Surface grinding and balancing
    • Ai:
    • Fronteir models vs local models
    • MCP servers
    • Entrepreneurship
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • #467 Spindle gripping
    Sep 11 2026

    Topics:

    • Gerp buyers choice
    • Lex rewrite
    • Coolant tank cleaning - bleach flush?
    • DLC coating issues
    • Notebook LM for machine manuals
    • Spindle gripping
    • White light interferometery
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    54 mins
  • #466 Hearing about automation, implemting it, owning it
    Sep 4 2026

    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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    51 mins
  • #465 Saunders might double their shop space??
    Aug 28 2026

    Topics:

    1. IMTS coming up
    2. Saunders might double their shop space??
    3. Dumb but cool - label maker that prints on heat shrink tubing
      Actually cool - custom Kennemetal 3d printed 5 function drill
    4. Mori probe calibration issues
    5. Bar fed mill
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    44 mins
  • #464 Mentors
    Aug 14 2026

    Topics:

    • Hiring
    • Mentors
    • Isotunes hearing protection
    • Costing and process planning
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    49 mins
  • #463 Vibe coding fun
    Aug 7 2026

    Topics:

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