Ep. 74: Death Pallet Stackers & Other OSHA Nightmares

About this episode

The episode discusses various machining challenges and humorous mishaps in manufacturing.

This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, Jamie accidentally speedruns manufacturing because he misread an order and panic-machined a batch of anchor point bodies before realizing they were the wrong version. Meanwhile, Kurt discovers that machining titanium from round bar is somehow less efficient and more efficient at the same time, which feels spiritually correct for machining. We also dive deep into: * Industrial shop planning using LEGO men * Why carbide prices now require emotional preparation * Homemade chip-handling death traps * Power draw graphs that make the house lights dim like a horror movie * The extremely scientific measurement system known as "1453 bananas" * Why random people keep wandering into machine shops asking for jobs * And how a chair noise nearly derailed the entire episode There's also: fountain pens, Linux CNC rabbit holes, load balancing, tumblers in Wendy houses, tiny linear rails, giant tool steel blocks, and enough Home Assistant automation to accidentally become a low-budget smart factory. If you've ever looked at a machine tool quote and immediately started calculating breaker amperage… this episode is for you. Links Discussed: * sigma wallet…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jamie Peacock, Curt Van Filipowski

Guest: Jon Dillehay

Topics covered

• manufacturing
• machining
• industrial shop planning
• OSHA
• automation
• titanium machining

Keywords

• OSHA nightmares
• machining titanium
• industrial planning
• carbide prices
• chip handling
• smart factory

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Subtract Manufacturing, sigma wallet, The Lone Machinist, Home Assistant, Linux CNC, jspeceng

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