TOPICS:

 * Drilling and tool life
 * Through spindle coolant
 * Speedio S500 details
 * Argon results in heat treat
 * Gorilla stand



#426 Drilling and tool life

TOPICS:

 * Argon purging heat treat bags
 * Revisiting tool life in steel
 * Tapping, form tapping, threadmilling
 * Machining graphite

#425 Machining graphite

TOPICS:

 * I hate rework
 * Aligning the Erowa chuck on the Kern
 * Expanding clamps
 * One piece flow vs batchwork

#424 I hate rework

TOPICS:

 * Saunders smashed his finger
 * Met NileRED
 * What's the ideal retirement home shop?
 * Corporate Saga pens
 * Inventory
 * Vapor blasting

#423 What's the ideal retirement home shop?

 * I vs We in business
 * Dave Precise:  "The best decision is the one that will let you make the next decision faster"
 * AI vs search engines
 * 5 axis work
 * Vapor honing

#422 AI vs search engines

TOPICS:

 * Atlanta retrieval mission
 * Kern coolant float fixed-ish
 * Johnny Five motor gears
 * M2 buttons
 * Dave Precise episode on Within Tolerance



#421 Atlanta retrieval mission

TOPICS:

 * Air compressor and coolant problems
 * Johnny Five electrical schematic
 * M2 steel testing
 * Hard threading
 * Prototyping 5 axis parts



#420 Johnny Five electrical schematic

TOPICS:

 * UPS knives to Blade Show still stuck in Atlanta
 * 465 Custom stainless steel
 * Firechrome material
 * Reinvest or take out money?
 * Was there a point where you wanted to throw in the towel?



#419 Reinvest or take out money?

TOPICS:

 * Crazy adventures at Blade Show 2025
 * Saunders crashed the Okuma
 * Moduleworks visited SMW

#418 Crazy adventures at Blade Show 2025

TOPICS:

 * Kern runs great now!  
 * Normal days vs rework days
 * High, Low, Buffalo
 * Blade Show 2025
 * 465 custom material
 * Helicoil stories



#417 Normal days vs rework days

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