I have a 1965 radial arm drill press, a 1995 VF3 and a 1996 VF4 - I'd love to replace them, but they still make good parts and they've paid for themselves many times over so it's a difficult call!
Love how they utilize each resource incredibly efficient yet they don't overwork people and gets more done at the end of the day. A far cry from what we see everyday.
Jay Pierson breaking away from industrial archetype is such a breathe of fresh air-the mindset of staying constant in industrial templates is the undoing of many manufacturers-innovation is the lifeline of industry and that is how it evolves into something great.
It's been a real challenge to figure this one out - fortunately over the last two years, I've been working closely with my staff with training on the back end of things so that there is very little interruption when I'm gone. Being a small shop where a lot was on my shoulders (by my own doing), it was a seriously difficult thing to let go of a bit of that control and give more decision-making ability to my management team - but they have excelled at it and I really can't thank them enough for taking it on. I think a lot of small shop owners put too much on themselves - "I'm the only guy who can authorize purchases, order material, interface with customers, etc." - and I think that's a detriment. You need to trust your staff and put the time and work in to invest in them so that when you're not there, it functions as well as when you are. When I used to work in the restaurant industry, I worked for an owner who always said "no one is bigger than the bar" - in that while there are a lot of people who make sure the trains run on time, no one - including him - should be the only person who can do a certain task, or have the decision-making ability, etc. That's really stuck with me! Thank you for the very interesting question!
That's the dream shop 🙌 bright, clean, and LEAN! And to the last point made, I wish more shops understood that. Make the processes more efficient, make them faster, even if it takes 2 days now, you will save 2 weeks by the end of the year. You have to spend to make, whether that's money or time. If you just try to save, youll barely be scrapping by and wondering why everybody is flying past you.
I like the idea of reducing walking distance for employees, but I wonder how much an active employee actually provides a long term benefit. Perhaps 8 miles is too much, but there's also a health issues with being stationary. Maybe 4-5 miles per day is what we need?
In my 17+ years of machining, the best systems and methods are developed by the people in the trenches. Too many companies have too many non-machining personnel doing things just for the sake of justifying their own positions within the corporate structure...so frustrating and wasteful!
Beautifully clean. The discussion of touching off was really great. I've been trying to convince the guys in the shop that "it's just numbers" and trust the CAM assembly but it's truly hard to change minds
With 3Sing, you're still doing the other 2 components of 5S, Set in Order and Sustain: You've done it everyday for the past 3,4,5... years, you're Sustaining. You label, use the kaizen foam or arrange tools/equipment near point of use to maximize efficiency, You just did Set in Order.
Awesome job Sean. Mr. Pearson has really got it together. I did not realize He was self taught. It was a great video and really interesting to see his new facility. Keep ‘em coming please!😊
>I would never buy a 2 axis lathe again Frankly, even in a job shop, I'd rather have the sub spindle lathe, live tooling (if you have live tooling WITHOUT the Y, what are you even doing), and as much minor automation as I could jam into the thing (probing etc). Cleaner parts, better tolerancing, less setups, and a hell of a lot more versatility.
Yes indeed, I've learned this lesson the hard way as well. We only have a straight turning 2-axis lathe at the moment, and the amount of time we waste moving parts from the lathe to a mill for something as simple as wrench flats or a cross hole is maddening. The next machine tool we'll be putting on the floor is 100% going to be a live-tooling lathe.
Having multi axis lathes are great, but in the job shop environment you need to have a little of everything, we have 6 lathes in our shop 1 dual turret and spindle with y axis, 3 with y axis, 2 with sub spindle one with just live milling and a bigger 2 axis. The 2 axis is always booked for weeks, the next most booked is the our smaller machine with just live milling. It's so much easier to switch over simpler machines and so you used them way more. The cost, and increased complexity is why you should never ignore and good 2 axis lathe. Also this guys is so far away from a job shop, you really have to take everything he says with a grain of salt.
@@iansandusky417 we've got several y axis lathes, there great but we hardly use the live tooling for anything other than production, if your making 10 parts you'll have all 10 done with a 2 axis lathe and mill before your finished setting up the y axis lathe.
“That’s the way we’ve always done it” are the most expensive and foolish words you’ll ever hear in a manufacturing facility. Anyone saying that is virtually guaranteed to be doing something inefficiently or poorly.
To be fair, if you're not walking 8 miles a day or the equivalent amount of exercise, or your boss is expecting you to be so 'productive' that you don't have time... you might wanna reassess and look at ways to be healthier. I guess my dog is lucky we get at least 3-4 miles in every day DURING THE SHIFT!
Lmao...that feeling when you have walked more than 12000 steps before even clocking out and you know at least 90% of them were preventable... As an already disabled machinist this really hits different! PS: Not exactly how I got disabled but I second the weight and bending thing...Spine issues suck!
I am at minute 21:20 and I have seen this guy not given any credit to Paul Akers. He makes it sound as if he developed some ideas such as 3s, and that is just hard to watch. In lean we always give credit to whom credit needs to be given. Learn from Paul, he just constantly gives credit. Be humble!
Excellent. Unfortunately, I avoid doing any business with anything within the state of California. There are other great companies to partner with that aren't located in that state. Please boycott California.
