Autodesk University and How to Succeed in your Business Pursuits CB38

[@helicopterjohns]

Hi John, Glad that Autodesk gave you some well deserved recognition. You are an inspiration to the young people out there. I am 70 years old and have really enjoyed CAD/CAM and learing CNC machining in my retirement years. It makes me feel really good to know that there are younger people like you out there experiencing the American Dream. American Rotary, Tormach, Autodesk and now HAAS have a great opportunity to use you as an example of what young Americans like yourself with a Dream can accomplish. Still never forget the day they delivered my HAAS TM1P in 2007. I had the "deer in the headlights look" on my face and my buddy that was filming it almost died laughing. I have learned a lot since then and enjoy making neat stuff that others may benifit from. Can't wait to see you make that HAAS do its stuff. I know you will love the Renishaw Wireless Probe and Tool Setter. Make some chips and enjoy that new HAAS CNC Machine! John

[@helicopterjohns]

Hi John, I live in Seffner, Florida just East of Tampa. I have frequented both the CNCZone and PM so I am sure that is where we first crossed tracks. The HAAS TM-1P was something I purchased to have some fun in my retirement. When you get your HAAS setup and running I would appreciate a video that relates to Fusion 360 tool library tool numbers and how you assign them to tool positions in your tool changer when you do your post processing on the CAM side of things. You have surely come a long way and your videos are top notch. Sharing your knowledge with fellow machinist is a blessing to the rest of us. Wish you the best with your new machine and your business ventures. John

[@bluehandsvideo]

That clip from AU was awesome!!! Congratulations!! You deserve it. You influenced, inspired and educated a ton of people out here....myself included for sure!! I've been watching you since before I ever got my first cnc. :) Thank you John!!!! Mike

[@arnljotseem8794]

Couldn't agree more! John and John Grimsmo are the reasons I got interested in machining. I started to follow them both just when they got their Tormachs, and I was really destined for a CNC. It so happened that I also started to follow Abom79 and eventually decided that I wanted to learn manual machining first. It's all a hobby for now. So now I have a Schaublin 22 milling machine, a Leinen lathe, and an Aciera drill press all high quality Swiss and German stuff from the 70's and 80's. I can't get into the garage fast enough after work, and know that machining will be my late second career. Thanks for all the inspiration John; you deserve the praise.

[@landonhillyard]

bluehandsvideo seems like you have a pretty good idea of all the videos John has made. Do you know if he has made one discussing the finances and clients of machining?

[@bluehandsvideo]

I try to keep up, but I know I've missed quite a few. He's done some vids on the subject....or at least close. Check the playlists on his channel.....I'm pretty sure it's the chip break series that has any of his vids like that.

[@meichler23]

John, there's no doubt about it - you're a badass machinist and entrepreneur. Started my first full time job this summer after teaching other engineering students on Tormachs for the last year - I'm on the long road to saving for my own machine now and waiting patiently! Seeing your recognition is awesome; after watching and rewatching your videos daily it's like seeing a friend succeed! Congratulations you deserve it!

[@BTheBear]

Dude, that shout out was awesome. I came across your channel because of work. I primarily am a EE and Software guy. Current gig put me in a lab with a Tormach 1100 and I'm learning how to run it. I'll be honest, that shoutout to you was right. My father in law had to medically retire and was a life long machinist. Between watching your videos, knowing what he has in his shop, and the pile of knowledge, I'm trying to figure out financially how I can make it happen, because I can see making it work. It's just a matter of finding the way to do it.

[@mryoutuser]

You deserve it man, you are a perfect example of hard working person that looks for success and encourages people to do what they believe in . Amazing man ....

[@yanneman57]

I feel honored being invited to follow your progress. I wish you all the best.

[@mpeugeot]

You are so right. You define the parameters used to measure success. Again, you determine your core values and how you want to run your business. Finally, you determine what is needed to be accomplished before claiming victory/success. Well said John.

[@derekfriedrichs]

Awesome! Congratulations! Coming from a Real Estate background myself, I can definitely empathize with you on how much a change that must have been in your life. I went from an intangible thankless service to making actual products that people need, want, and enjoy, and now with Fusion 360 I hope to make even better things.

[@andrewgiles6192]

Congratulations John - Love your channel, and very pleased you have received some well deserved recognition for your efforts

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

Somehow I missed this video since it came out at my peak busy time of year. Congrats on the well deserved accolades! You have made positive changes in other people's lives and helped to motivate other entrepreneurs. I am very proud of you as a fellow human being...wish we had more like you.

[@unknowndestinyfabrication3872]

Man I can not stress enough how much of an inspiration you have been to me. I stepped into machining terrified and it turns out I am falling deeper and deeper in love with it. Thank you for the great videos and how much it motivates us. I know the video is older but congrats on the great success and keep inspiring us.

[@BigMjolnir]

Outstanding on all fronts! Congratulations on the recognition at AU...the only point I'd disagree with him about is where you started...he said basement, but if I recall correctly, it was your bedroom. The rest he got 100% right. Can't wait to see the Haas show up and start making parts. Also great to hear that there will be an open house again next year...the last one was fun and I hope I can make the next one too. Keep on keepin' on!! -- Mike

[@petermenningen338]

Well deserved mention at the conference. For " Pacific Film" coming out of high school 95% of students entering college do not really have a firm grasp of what they are going to do in life. The Best you can do going into college is to learn truly how to learn and how you learn. The best outcome can be is to learn what you can use in the rest of your life. John did extremely well picking one of the best business schools. Most apprentice Machine shop programs take maybe 3 Years. He did a big service by being financially prepared to run a business with all of it's special problems. Machining is a different trade then in the 60's and early 70's here in the states Back then there were production jobs available in every major city for those that did not want to venture out on their own. John is trying to bring that back on a smaller scale. How you learn machining is by doing and having someone to guide and mentor. His channel is a mentor to a lot of his subscribers.

[@Abom79]

Thanks John for sharing that, and for your motivational words of advice. Can't wait to see tha new Haas.....Next year! :)

[@TomZelickman]

Excited for you, John! I know you're going to love cranking that HAAS up and going to town. The accolades are well earned. You've definitely put the time and effort in. Talk soon and best wishes, Tom Z

[@coloradodirtriders]

your enthusiasm is infectious. I greatly appreciate everything you do. Please keep up the great work. HAAS is awesome. From what I've seen there will be a ton more awards and honorable mentions for you in the future.

[@kward101]

Well deserved recognition John. Thank you.

[@b3nsb3nz]

@6:36 I agree with the point, in my experience I would probably rephrase a bit and say that people will tell you whats going to be good, successful and work but you need to be steadfast in your belief that what your doing and how your doing it will be all those things. Create a raft from the negativity and just keep kicking your feet, you will reach the island of success before you know it. Looking forward to your continued success and seeing that Haas slinging chips. :)

[@automan1223]

John with NYC CNC, Grimsmo, and Titan Gilroy with Titan's of CNC are amazing forces for good in manufacturing, education & so much more.

[@VLAHECO]

awesomeeeeee..... This happens when the people work so hard smart and passionate . So cool Sr John

[@EZ_shop]

Wow! Congratulations John, well deserved I would add. Thank you for the advice in this video, that will come in handy one day for sure.

[@Dakakeisalie]

Congratulations on the huge shoutout on the closing keynote! You truly are an inspiration to so many of us and you have so much to be proud of. I really want to attend an open house of yours sometime (yeah I'd drive from Texas to meet you).

[@danielgraves975]

So proud of you John, see you in May!

[@stormbringermornblade8811]

John been a fan out here in the Northwest for a long wile, And the man nailed it you have made a impact greater than most would have thought .the good part is i think your just warming up lol. I get my first lathe tomorrow all so a 9x20 jet lathe . it's my first machine,hope to post a video or two, but you sir keep on rocking and good luck.

[@bmp1785]

was great to finally meet you while @ AU & congrats on the new Mill.

[@doughall1794]

HAAS, Open house, Autodesk University. With all this excitement how can you sleep!

[@bcbloc02]

So excited about the HAAS, but I admit probably best the techs don't get it going by the Holidays or you will want to spend Thanksgiving with your machine rather than your family. Judd may not mind but the rest might! lol

[@CharlesGallo]

When you are a business owner, that 3 days is MONEY - if he has nice uninterrupted time to learn the machine

[@davidshorey1017]

Awesome Class!!! I took the class on Tuesday and I really learned a lot. Thank you for showing a way to get into CAD, CAM and CNC Machining.

[@jmh1425]

It's been awesome to follow your journey for the last seven years. I plan to keep following it. See ya May 6 2017 that's the plan anyway.

[@cnc-ua]

Heh. What is your university? I'm a master degree in chemistry, working in IT as team lead, helping others in Psychotherapy and build my small home shop... Thank you, John. You are an inspiration of mine.

[@GregsGarage]

Great damn video John! Awesome to see you in the AU keynote.

[@OriginalJetForMe]

Your kudos are well-deserved, John!

[@AndryG1000]

Thank you friend! Your ideas are very contagious! Your channel is very necessary to us. Here we can draw new ideas and inspiration! I need my business and thank you for your guidance and explanations!

[@moonryder203]

Congrats man! I really enjoy your show. Keep up the hustle and more importantly have fun! Can't wait to see the Hass video!

[@jepkeklinge3778]

pls make more videos with the haas

[@DStrayCat69]

Most excellent :-) The talk by that guy was awesome... I'd be choked up too, but you deserved it. Speaking of "Perfectionists", I just discovered what a perfectionist I am and it's not good... My level of perfectionism is neurotic... Not simply meticulous or giving attention to detail and quality, I tend to Wait for everything to be absolutely perfect, before I begin a project. I won't start something, like a project unless every little detail has been worked out to Perfection... I'm happy to see that you don't have that ugly bug... I a now taking strides to clean that out of my system and simply get on with it... Love your videos :-)

[@occamssawzall3486]

DStray Cat Perfection only comes about by making a ton of mistakes to learn from. Worrying about making a mistake all the time won't teach you much. Grip and rip it. You'll probably get it wrong the first time. But least you'll learn what not to do.

[@AndryG1000]

I also

[@User3578742267]

Hi John! You done instrument preparation for new VMC and no video abou that :(. Still hope you make at least short video about instruments preparation and about adding it to VMC toolchanger. Really. All knows basics about tool offsets and toolchangers, but video about some details will be interesting. Thank you and have a good day!

[@GavinLuisDMello]

Great Job. I've learnt a lot from you. hopefully someday i can finally find a CNC to run

[@BillGriggs]

Get some 3/4" endmills to. The Haas won't even blink.

[@tonylorentzen]

You look tired, John - been working much preparing for the arrival of the HAAS? :-)

[@chaoticlogic588]

Don't know how your other MCU's work but HAAS requires block G43 addresses for every tool change. At least the small VMC's at school do. Just a warning since I've heard other controls recall height comp. automatically.

[@occamssawzall3486]

Chaotic Logic G43 is negative tool height comp. it should be on the same line as the first Z move along with an H value corresponding to the tool. Some older machines use G44 which is positive tool height comp. same thing as G43, just inversed. Has to do with how tool heights are stored in the machine controller. (Some store heights as positive values, some store as negative values) G49 cancels tool height comps HAAS has T and H address agreement parameter you can turn on, which checks to make sure the H number you call matches the T number in the spindle. If it doesn't it will stop and give you a T H agreement error. Still always need a G43 Z# H# though no mater what machine. Most machines will overwrite the H value on a new G43 H# line without having to cancel out with a G49. And many have tool height automatically cancel on a M6 during the tool change.

[@chaoticlogic588]

So the Z axis direction is reversed on older machines? They both referenece machine zero right?

[@occamssawzall3486]

Chaotic Logic Not exactly "reversed". It's based on how you're referencing the tool height. Negative height if you're referencing from something on the table like a gauge block or top of a vise or part. Positive values are it you're referencing to a distance from the spindles gauge length (typically machine Z zero). Old machines didn't have things like G54. And everything had to be referenced from the machines home position. So all height offset values were positive. When multiple offset positions were added, you could reference offsets based off of a G54 position. Which would give you negative Z height offsets. Negative height offsets are the most commonly used now because it's easier to adjust a tool height. Need it to go down more, subtract (make the offset more negative), up you add (more positive). With positive height offsets you have to add to make the tool go more negative, and subtract to make it go less negative. Confused yet? 😁

[@chaoticlogic588]

So what is the industry preferred CNC namebrand? It's my understanding that HAAS is the economical choice usually but also revered for ease of use.

[@occamssawzall3486]

Chaotic Logic HAAS, Fadal and Hurco would be entry level. Mazak, matsuura, kitamora, Datron would be a few levels up. DMG-Mori, Okuma, Grob would be a few more notches up. And top machines would be Makino, Hermle, mitsu-seki

[@eformance]

Better make sure you get one of the "debugged" new HAASes. I've been hearing lots of horror stories about the new control having tons of bugs.

[@occamssawzall3486]

eformance indeed. I think 3 updates already since the new controller software hit the floor. On the plus side HAAS is usually good about getting service techs out and don't give much hassle on updates

[@occamssawzall3486]

NYC CNC There was issues with USB and Ethernet connectivity. Pressing buttons too fast could cause the system to lock up and crash. I believe there was an issue with its plane transformation on the UMC. Not sure if that was a controller bug, or glitch with the interface between the machine and controller. Some issues with macro commands not functioning correctly. A couple reports of the spindle failing to spin at the programmed RPM and dropping to its open door safe speed of 750, even though the door wasn't open. A lot of issues taking older programs made for a previous version HAAS controller and putting it on the new controller. A couple rumors of settings and parameters randomly reverting back to factory settings if the machine gets shut down.

[@occamssawzall3486]

If only New England wasn't already so difficult to get a shop going in I'd love to start a shop of my own. :/. And if my interpersonal skills weren't so horribly lacking. Mostly the latter. Pretty sure "does not play well with others" was stamped on my birth certificate ...

[@wadebrewer7212]

Good message, thank you.

[@earendall]

Great video! Your points about sticking to your passion and beliefs are motivators. I've wanted to own my own business for 23 years now and manufacturing is what I want to do. I'm blessed to have a diverse background in machining, manufacturing, engineering, and R&D. Where my current struggles are is in what "widget" to make. Perhaps I'll have a great vision, and the idea will come to me. :-D Keep up the great work!

[@occamssawzall3486]

Erik Arendall Having seen the crap pop up on my FB feed for ridiculous products. I'm convinced people will buy pretty much damn near anything. They make jewelry for cat's butts... I wish I was kidding....

[@earendall]

I wish you were too, I've seen it.

[@xenonram]

Erik Arendall Don't think you have to have a gimmick to be successful. You don't need to make finger-spinny-torsion-bars or pry bars made of Ununobtanium or a dumb ass bottle opener. Get a small shop going and go to local industries (building contractors, HVAC/plumbing contractors, etc.) And start a relationship with them. Get a welder, a lathe, and a mill and you'll be ready to do small jobs. You'll have a job shop running in no time. Provided you do good work, and there's no one else doing it as good as you in the area. Even if there is someone in the area, chances are they're really busy, and you can take up some of their over flow. Even set up a meeting with the "competition" and they'll often throw you jobs that are either too small for them to do, or ones that they have no time to do. that way they'll have a face (and more importantly a personality) to put with a name. When someone calls them for a job they don't have time to do, or is too small for them, and the person on the phone asks, "Well, can you recommend someone?" they'll likely give your name out. work out a referral system where you send them jobs that are you big for you, and they send you those other jobs, for x amount of money. Then when you have down time, you can make that gimmick. Hope you do well.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

"Changed your industry". !!!

[@williammilak2365]

Awesome advice

[@m93sek]

Why didn't you become an engineer?

[@occamssawzall3486]

Pacific Film Because engineering is the dark side of the force...

[@b3nsb3nz]

Because engineers need heros too :)

[@b3nsb3nz]

NYC CNC yeah Jeff (yetiman) gave me one :)

[@Shoorit]

We got a few new HAAS machines... build quality isn't as solid as a mazak or mori seikis I'm used to.

[@occamssawzall3486]

Shoorit Neither is the price tag... HAAS has a place. Their not my cup of tea either, but they are perfect for John. No sense in dropping $350k+ on a 5 axis Mori or Mazak when you can get a HAAS for less than half the cost. Especially if you have never run a full size full power CNC. Are they ultra fast, ultra precise, 30yr longevity machines? No. no where close. They are a 5-10yr, paid off in 3 to generate profit to get one of the upper echelon machines down the line.

[@xenonram]

Shoorit Cut him a break. It's his first commercial machine. Why would you want to shit all over his parade. I think it's really cool that he was smart and bought a machine that fits his needs and budget. I think it's better than doing what John Grimsmo did, and get two super expensive machines, both within less than a year; while making a single (sometimes two) product that only appeals to people who buy $500-2000 knives (Most are around $700). After paying his overhead and materials, he's got A LOT of knives to sell. He's got to constantly be producing knives to barely pay the note on those things. Hence the reason he doesn't make videos anymore. He doesn't have time.

[@CharlesGallo]

I think he said he paid CASH - aka no payments. BIG thing if you can afford it

[@occamssawzall3486]

NYC CNC Don't be nervous. Machines can smell fear

[@Jeffthebanker]

congrats

[@best49erfan]

You've inspired me!

[@BomenJager]

SO MUCH EMPTY SPACE OH MY GOD

[@NordboDK]

kittenbekje maneuvering room is a wonderful thing

[@VolkCNC]

A bunch of brand new CNC tool holders banging around against each other in a tool box. Your videos have some really cringe worthy stuff at times.

[@Jeffthebanker]

congrats