I just started at a shop today and I got put with another guy running rebores on parts. Exciting part, boring bar couldn't fit into the hole, they only use spade drills. I know that spade drills do not like redrilling holes, they need full contact. So I asked him "don't you guys have any insert drills? Just insert drill in, then use put in another offset and bore the hole to size, use the other bar to finish it." Nope, they don't like to change tools in their machines unless it's a spade drill. Year and a half on a Doosan Puma 550VTL and I changed tools all the time. Even tools that were keeping +/- .0005 tolerances.
I agree with what Titan said at 11:11. It reminds me of a concept from the book Blue Ocean Strategy. You don’t want to compete in the saturated red ocean. You want to be in or create a blue ocean with less competition.
I actually read that book and you’re exactly right… And now look at my current company. It’s a hybrid… machining, education and marketing. Nobody has ever done it and nobody can because money can’t buy the worldwide audience and respect we have. We give free education to the world… and fund it by solving problems for large companies that sell products to our industry. I often quote that book. Find a business that hasn’t been done a thousand times over online… and do that. It’s exactly what we have done. A business built on the principles of service… that is and will save our industry.
@@titansofcncpodcast The author of this book recently released a new book called Beyond Disruption. You should check it out. It is a good read. I also agree with you about the point you made about being likable. I watched a video from a former mold shop owner and he said “ Million dollar machines might make you some money... But million-dollar relationships ALWAYS will.” Your business depends on your networking skills and having the soft skills to build your Rolodex of contacts. The book that help me hone my social skills is The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene.
Another awesome subject and podcast. Valuable information. I remember telling the wife back when we first got married to get off of my back about spending too much time with our business, give me 5 years to build this business.... We couldn't grow our business like we did sitting on the sofa spending the quality time. It was hard to not to spend that time with family. Having to hit the datacenters on Christmas morning, missing vacations etc. I would do it all over again if I had to. I also love the nice additions to the audio gear with the Titans of CNC logo's. Clean touch. Much love and gratitude.
My first wife couldn't deal with the amount of hours I used to work...notice I said first wife. The second one moved with me to Colorado then to Florida. She has the grit. We are successful together...
Hello I’m a 31 female I’m a year and a half deep into running machines and I know this is what I was meant to do this job was made for me i love it here at Kurrpump flow valve in Oklahoma I found yall last night and your speeds and feeds are blowing my mind I’m going to see what my Toyota can do today with out brakeing my spindle or power frame part my machine is pretty old but not super old I think it was born in the late 70s 😂😂😂 wish me luck 😂
Problem is, as a machinist, I can't get ahead far enough to even consider starting out on my own because, 1. pay is too low, we have shops here in town starting at 15-18$ an hour for machinists. 2. most owners do not want to grow enough to provide opportunities for guys to really advance and build their skills. 3. to actually get to a programmer position, regardless of what you learned say in a trade school, you're looking at 15 plus years of experience before you are considered for those types of opportunities.
Love all of your content. It is truly inspiring. I just finished designing and building a small CNC machine, built to cut metal. Initial results are promising but I still have to make some refinements to get it stiff enough to cut alloy steel and titanium. My primary goal is to be able to do precision metal working out of my garage. Do you guys see a future for what I would call micro manufacturing services built around smaller machines operating from home-based businesses?
That’s a hard one. I think the best advice is to see if these jobs are winners or losers. Sometimes companies will just take jobs to keep the spindles turning. If they are cheap jobs just to trade dollars that’s the owners option but you have to figure a way to run those jobs with either automation or multiple part fixtures so it takes the stress out of the load/unload that is constantly happening
@@kgranno i'm spending more time switching over jobs yea, and i get 2 jobs for every job i complete, nobody here can actually keep up, its too much, parts are late by the time i even get the stock material
Sounds like it's either necessary for your company to increase it's capacity/capability and/or streamline it's processes to reduce switching times and speed up run time. Would there be any way to simplify or standardize setups to make them faster? Are you having to waste time finding tools and other stuff to complete your setups that could be made easier with better layout and 5S? If it is repeat jobs but short runs switching back and forth maybe it would be possible to accept that some will be late and run jobs for longer to help reduce losses from setup and tear down. Are you struggling to keep up because there aren't enough people to keep all the machines setup and running, or are there not enough machines to get all the work done fast enough? Where I work, we specialize in high production of small high precision parts and maintaining excellent quality that other manufacturers struggle to maintain. I work in our Swiss maching department and most of our jobs usually run at least a week, but occasionally we run some shorter jobs that only last a day or two. We focus on having standardization with our workstation layouts so you don't have to look for tools, and having tooling and material for the next job already lined up before the running job finishes so we have minimal downtime. I hope you and your company figure something out, constantly being late on orders sounds like a fast way to get unhappy customers.
I just started at a shop today and I got put with another guy running rebores on parts. Exciting part, boring bar couldn't fit into the hole, they only use spade drills. I know that spade drills do not like redrilling holes, they need full contact. So I asked him "don't you guys have any insert drills? Just insert drill in, then use put in another offset and bore the hole to size, use the other bar to finish it."
Nope, they don't like to change tools in their machines unless it's a spade drill. Year and a half on a Doosan Puma 550VTL and I changed tools all the time. Even tools that were keeping +/- .0005 tolerances.
I agree with what Titan said at 11:11. It reminds me of a concept from the book Blue Ocean Strategy. You don’t want to compete in the saturated red ocean. You want to be in or create a blue ocean with less competition.
I actually read that book and you’re exactly right…
And now look at my current company.
It’s a hybrid… machining, education and marketing. Nobody has ever done it and nobody can because money can’t buy the worldwide audience and respect we have.
We give free education to the world… and fund it by solving problems for large companies that sell products to our industry.
I often quote that book.
Find a business that hasn’t been done a thousand times over online… and do that.
It’s exactly what we have done.
A business built on the principles of service… that is and will save our industry.
@@titansofcncpodcast The author of this book recently released a new book called Beyond Disruption. You should check it out. It is a good read. I also agree with you about the point you made about being likable. I watched a video from a former mold shop owner and he said “ Million dollar machines might make you some money... But million-dollar relationships ALWAYS will.” Your business depends on your networking skills and having the soft skills to build your Rolodex of contacts. The book that help me hone my social skills is The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene.
Another awesome subject and podcast. Valuable information. I remember telling the wife back when we first got married to get off of my back about spending too much time with our business, give me 5 years to build this business.... We couldn't grow our business like we did sitting on the sofa spending the quality time. It was hard to not to spend that time with family. Having to hit the datacenters on Christmas morning, missing vacations etc. I would do it all over again if I had to. I also love the nice additions to the audio gear with the Titans of CNC logo's. Clean touch. Much love and gratitude.
Love your story Troy. So happy to see you on this journey with us 😊
Monday morning motivation to kick off the week! 💪
Add to playlist.
Crank the volume.
Hit the Loop button.
Back to the machine.
My first wife couldn't deal with the amount of hours I used to work...notice I said first wife. The second one moved with me to Colorado then to Florida. She has the grit. We are successful together...
Absolutely love putting these podcasts on while working in the shop
Hello I’m a 31 female I’m a year and a half deep into running machines and I know this is what I was meant to do this job was made for me i love it here at Kurrpump flow valve in Oklahoma I found yall last night and your speeds and feeds are blowing my mind I’m going to see what my Toyota can do today with out brakeing my spindle or power frame part my machine is pretty old but not super old I think it was born in the late 70s 😂😂😂 wish me luck 😂
Support from family can make or break one's dreams. Love the motivational message!
These Podcasts are a gem. Thank you
Problem is, as a machinist, I can't get ahead far enough to even consider starting out on my own because, 1. pay is too low, we have shops here in town starting at 15-18$ an hour for machinists. 2. most owners do not want to grow enough to provide opportunities for guys to really advance and build their skills. 3. to actually get to a programmer position, regardless of what you learned say in a trade school, you're looking at 15 plus years of experience before you are considered for those types of opportunities.
I love listening to this on my way to the shop. Thanks for this 💪
Fantastic pod!! Look forward to these every week now
Love the conversation! There is some really good advice given during this podcast!
I LOVE These podcasts more than anything!!!!!!
I wish there were more! Id listen to it all day😂
Boooom💯
New Episodes Every Monday…
Pure gold, keep these podcasts coming guys!
Love what you are doing, my Friend. Inspiring!
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Thank you for everything Jeff😉 Give my love to Elana
Love all of your content. It is truly inspiring. I just finished designing and building a small CNC machine, built to cut metal. Initial results are promising but I still have to make some refinements to get it stiff enough to cut alloy steel and titanium. My primary goal is to be able to do precision metal working out of my garage. Do you guys see a future for what I would call micro manufacturing services built around smaller machines operating from home-based businesses?
Thanks…
Absolutely, you just have to find the right customers and work to solve their problems… and then search for new problems to solve
Those are some real high quality conversations for the cnc world 👍
Damm quick with the uploads beast
Love these,and love this industry, keep ‘em coming
Dropping knowledge left and right 💪🏽
amazing stories , love the new channel!
Thanks
Are you guys going to put the pod cast on apple? I didn’t see it hopefully you guys do that would be awesome!
Another great episode with A LOT of good info!
I love it. This is such an inspiration to hear your journey. I would love to visit your shop?
Awesome! Great episode
Another great podcast! BOOM!💥
I am a Chinese and your channel is very popular throughout our company. Chen sincerely hopes that you can add letters when posting videos. Thank you
Another really good one guys! 👍
ITS ME.. Im the guy machining 10 feet from the kitchen.
Sky’s the limit ! Love it
Lot of "can do"attitudes! Go team!
keep it on!
Tooling and gauges are on your employees no shop I’ve ever worked for had tools to just use
our companie takes too many jobs, its just too much stress every day, advice?
That’s a hard one. I think the best advice is to see if these jobs are winners or losers. Sometimes companies will just take jobs to keep the spindles turning. If they are cheap jobs just to trade dollars that’s the owners option but you have to figure a way to run those jobs with either automation or multiple part fixtures so it takes the stress out of the load/unload that is constantly happening
@@kgranno the thing is they are very small batch jobs often not going above 50 pc’s
So constantly changing over?? Do these jobs repeat?
@@kgranno i'm spending more time switching over jobs yea, and i get 2 jobs for every job i complete, nobody here can actually keep up, its too much, parts are late by the time i even get the stock material
Sounds like it's either necessary for your company to increase it's capacity/capability and/or streamline it's processes to reduce switching times and speed up run time.
Would there be any way to simplify or standardize setups to make them faster? Are you having to waste time finding tools and other stuff to complete your setups that could be made easier with better layout and 5S?
If it is repeat jobs but short runs switching back and forth maybe it would be possible to accept that some will be late and run jobs for longer to help reduce losses from setup and tear down.
Are you struggling to keep up because there aren't enough people to keep all the machines setup and running, or are there not enough machines to get all the work done fast enough?
Where I work, we specialize in high production of small high precision parts and maintaining excellent quality that other manufacturers struggle to maintain. I work in our Swiss maching department and most of our jobs usually run at least a week, but occasionally we run some shorter jobs that only last a day or two. We focus on having standardization with our workstation layouts so you don't have to look for tools, and having tooling and material for the next job already lined up before the running job finishes so we have minimal downtime.
I hope you and your company figure something out, constantly being late on orders sounds like a fast way to get unhappy customers.
Boom cool ❤
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