Ep. 85: Coolant, Calendars, and Counting Errors
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The episode discusses the challenges of managing production expectations and the integration of a new 3D printer into the workflow.
This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, Jamie discovers an important new limitation in his manufacturing capabilities: This week we're also talking about the reality of running production when customers apparently expect you to know which parts they need urgently without actually telling you which parts are urgent. "I'm not telepathic, motherfuckers." Jamie is trying to impose some sanity on the workday with a hard 7 PM cutoff and a maximum of 540 minutes of production time per day, because allowing customers to constantly turn everything into an emergency is a fantastic way to end up working every night. Meanwhile, the new 3D printer has gone from "cool new toy" to a legitimate production tool. In just five days, it's already clocked around 45 hours of printing, producing tool tags, trays, gripping fingers and other shop hardware. One batch of 75 small parts was made possible by printing custom trays, getting everything prepared while another machine was running, and then putting the CNC into three hours of unattended production. Of course, the printer now has one major problem: The CNC is spraying coolant all over it. So naturally, the solution is to build a giant lid for the…
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