Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 24________________________________________Description:Jim, Alex and Ken discuss coolant maintenance, chip/swarf control, current cycle times and Jim's upcoming expansion.________________________

Episode 23

Jan 18th, 2024 59m 57s

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 23________________________________________Description:Jim, Alex and Ken discuss final Datum M Rev A refinements, Jim's current dilemma regarding balancing his own products and customer orders as we

Episode 22

Jan 11th, 2024 1h

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 22________________________________________Description:Jim, Alex and Ken discuss workholding issues and work through ideas on how to find the root cause, and develop a corrective action.__________

Episode 21

Jan 4th, 2024 1h 8m

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 21________________________________________Description:Alex, Jim and Ken catch up after the holidays and set some plans in motion for the new year.________________________________________Resource

Episode 19

Jan 3rd, 2024 1h 16m

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 19________________________________________Description:Alex, Jim and Ken discuss what is on their benches, current status of knives, pallet systems, workholding hardware, and bevel grinders.______

Episode 18

Nov 30th, 2023 1h 20m

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 18________________________________________Description:Alex, Jim and Ken discuss deburring and finishing methods, equipment, media and tooling. They discuss the nuances of different CAM systems and t

Episode 17

Nov 23rd, 2023 58m 52s

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 17________________________________________Description:Jim, Alex and Ken catch up after CCKS, talk finishing processes, go over the advantages of utilizing CNC machines for knife making and how the s

Episode 16

Nov 16th, 2023 25m 2s

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 16________________________________________Description:Jim and Alex are both out for this episode. Ken goes over Datum M - Rev A changes in Fusion 360.________________________________________Reso

Episode 15

Nov 9th, 2023 58m 32s

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 15________________________________________Description:Jim is in the final week of California Custom Knife Show ( CCKS ) preparation. Alex is wrapping up a new workholding solution and Ken is running

Episode 1

Nov 4th, 2023 51m 10s

Ken and Jim talk about how they met, where they currently are with their shops, and how they are preparing for an upcoming knife show in September.

Episode 14

Nov 2nd, 2023 1h 6m

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 14________________________________________Description:Jim discusses his final weeks prep before CCKS.. Ken plans for an upcoming auction. Alex goes over shop prep for additional machines.Additional d

Episode 13

Oct 26th, 2023 1h 9m

Sharpened Perspectives PodcastEpisode 13________________________________________Description:This week we talk about CNC Mill Tool Breakage Detection (Brother Speedio and Haas), Tool Length Offsets, Sub Programs and Post Processor modif

Episode 12

Oct 19th, 2023 1h 10m

Jim, Ken and Alex go over upcoming workholding changes for higher density, and longer unattended run times.

Episode 11

Oct 12th, 2023 1h 30m

Jim is in Montana for the week while Ken and Alex dive into grinding blades with CBN Cup Wheels in the mill.

Episode 10

Oct 5th, 2023 1h 32m

Alex Steingraber from SPK Unlimited LLC joins Jim and Ken for Episode 10. We briefly talk about how Alex started SPK and dive into the current status of all of our knives and shops.SPK Unlimited LLCHMC KnivesZodiac Engineering

Episode 9

Sep 28th, 2023 59m 40s

Ken and Jim talk about the least glamourous parts of knife making. Blasting, fitting, finishing and sharpening and how they plan to improve their processes moving forward. They also go over some inspection techniques, probing and calibrating ne

Episode 8

Sep 21st, 2023 54m 17s

Ken and Jim recap this past weekends knife show, The Makers Syndicate.

Episode 7

Sep 14th, 2023 48m 37s

Ken and Jim recap this past weeks progress and navigate through this final week before The Makers Syndicate knife show in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 17, 2023.Knife Dogs - Pivot Laphttps://usaknifemaker.com/pivot-lap-basic-knifedogs-5

Episode 6

Sep 7th, 2023 1h 14m

Ken and Jim talk a bit about how they balance their shops and families, go over recent struggles including machine crashes and the next ten days before The Makers Syndicate knife show in Indianapolis Indiana on September 17th 2023.

Episode 5

Aug 31st, 2023 1h 12m

Ken and Jim dive into lock geometry, grinding vs milling lock faces, and some lock bar details on Ken's Datum M folder.

Episode 4

Aug 24th, 2023 59m 7s

Ken and Jim catch up after being out of their shops for a few days. They go over how they plan to present and sell items at the show as well as what the next few weeks are looking like in the shops.

Episode 3

Aug 17th, 2023 1h 8m

Ken and Jim jump into screen sharing in Fusion and go over some fixture and knife frame design.

Episode 2

Aug 10th, 2023 1h 6m

Ken and Jim get into some listener questions and go over how their previous week was, what is to come this week and how they decide which parts to machine next.

Trailer

Aug 2nd, 2023 59s

Sharpened Perspectives, a weekly podcast by two machinists, making knives. Hosted by Ken Spaulding @zodiaceng and Jim Vandeveld @hmc.knivesPrimarily focusing on making knives from a slightly different perspective.We have spent most of our care

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