Touring S&H Machine: AMAZING World Class Machine Shop! 

What an incredibly connected boss of what is a large and complex business. He is clearly successful and deserves to be so. Thanks for bringing this to us John.

The President, David Fisher, clearly knows everything that's happening in his company. He knows every detail of every process and knows exactly what each employee does on a day to day basis. I guarantee he expects perfection from every employee and if he doesn't get it, they are out the door. He's probably not easy to work for if you are a slacker, but if you are an over-achiever, he appreciates you 110 percent!

Thats a real boss that knows whats going on in his shop and has a good background in machining from deburring to programming. Not some wanna be like 90 percent of machine shop foremen.

Thanks for the tour! I noticed and love the fact that they have stereo microscopes everywhere. A totaly underappreciated tool in a machine shop.

Amazing leadership too! That guy definitely seems like he has his finger squarely on the pulse of not only how his company operates to the nth degree but also on how his company fits within the competitive landscape and succeeds! Lots of leadership, operational and executional lessons in this video!!! Very informative...great video. 👍

I took a tour of that shop when I purchased my Raptors - learned a LOT. I went straight back to my shop and got a wax heater and wax for my tools. Great video.

Yet another phenomenal video! Thanks John for taking the time and money required to create this, and thank you to David Fisher and S&H Machine for allowing us to visit. This really is fascinating stuff to me!

I work in aerospace so I can appreciate what this shop does. We are on the repair side so we have many challenges that go beyond just manufacturing a new component.

In addition to being an awesome tour, I was impressed that the owner of this business, still has knowledge of everything going on. We used to call that managing by walking around and it shows you can't successfully run a business by just setting at a desk.

Along with the others who watched the video, I too enjoyed the tour. I noted the cleanliness and the signs that identified each location. I personally worked in a few machine shops for over 40 years. My chosen profession was as a specialist od grinder, holding .0002 tolerances. Most of my work was using oil as a coolant. One big difference, I notice in the modern machining is the volume of coolant introduced to the immediate part work area. I find that important because the extra flow of coolant keeps the new chips out of the working tools space. Years ago, the lathe had to be stopped to clear the chips from the tools working area. It was time consuming and cost effective. Good idea.

I adore the fact that roughing passes amount to instant Art Deco.

That is one fine machine shop! I really enjoyed this video, I even learned a few things, actually, I learned allot. That dovetail mounting system is really clever. Dave at S&H Machine, Thank you for allowing the tour to happen. John S., Thank you for taking the time out to allow your viewers to see this. It is inspiring to see, a strong running machine shop that is here in the U.S.A.. Thank you, Dru

That guy has a clear love and deep knowledge of machining and yet he hasnt machined parts himslf in 20 years - just handles the business side of a now multi million dollar company. Very inspiring.

S&H - You are the first machine shop I've ever seen with a wallboard and have a focus on real KPIs. Normally contact centers and whatnot use that strategy, but it's a brilliant pull through from another industry. I manage Contact Center products from the engineering and design side and the way you work is so similar to good contact center management. It's really quite brilliant. (And no, I'm not dogging on them by comparing them to a call center. KPIs are everything in CC) If a shop wants to get to the next level of efficiency, this is the way to do it. Wallboards are a great way to let EVERYONE know where the business is at and drive personal accountability. Damn. I love it! I'm definitely using this for my next team meeting to drive some creative thought.

In your words AWESOME tour. Superior organization, and process control. Proud to have it be a USA business. Best of luck to S&H. Thanks for the tour...

This was probably my favourite tour you've done

I like that poster at 21:43. "Complaining about a problem without proposing a solution is called whining."

Yes! I love that they even created their own ERP software. Killer processes around here!

John, thank you again so much for doing this! This was a blast and it's been fun to see how people are receiving David's tour. You are awesome! Have a great weekend!

Awesome tour from a production stand-point! Thanks for sharing John. I haven't been into mass production for almost 25 years and I don't miss it a bit. I do like to see quality shops like this from time to time just to keep up with the times but I enjoy the designing and one -off manufacturing.

I keep coming back to watch this video-it is inspiring and David Fisher knows this business inside and out. Thanks John for the tour, simply amazing.

With total respect- when you say that decision making is taxing remember you're with a man who's only job is making decisions. That's all he ever does. That, gives tours, and plays golf. I bet he has beautiful hands and perfect nails, as he should, he's the honcho #1. So I find a bit of weird humor in you saying that while Honcho #1 is giving a $0.05 tour. What a neat tour and a great team of people there, thanks for doing this. Wow!

Awesome company! I am an engineer at an aerospace company--if we aren't already sourcing some of our parts to S&H I will suggest we start ASAP!

Someday John will learn to embrace the glory of the lathe! :-) I have heard of construction jobs where the bids were so big they cleared the machines on the job, guess it shouldn't be surprising there are machining jobs the same way. Great tour! Think I will stick to fixing things though and let others flood the world with new parts.

"Wow" is right John! It was so very generous of David to give such a full frank and wonderfully detailed tour. I certainly admire the ethos that runs at the heart of the enterprise. Thanks for the great interviewing... you got a hell of a lot of great information and ideas and challenges all in 45 enjoyable minutes!

these tours are great to see how others may be doing stuff, their thought processes..a paradigm shift that can be beneficial to many others out there.

It’s really fun to watch people like this guy get excited to show off their shops!

Thanks for the great shop tour. Great insight into how a well-established shop runs, incl. its management and shop floor organization. Very valuable contribution to the interested community. Keep on going.

Simply amazing shop tour and they are certainly about staying competitive! Up to date system with everyone having a personal tablet...Simply marvelous!

You asked good questions during the tour. I admire your humility and enthusiasm as well. Thanks for another opportunity to once again see somewhere I'd never be able to go in my lifetime. We'll all enjoy the day when you embrace lathes :O), and you will.

"David asked why I wanted a tour and I said" because I want to knock off your raptor when I get back just like I did with Peirson lol. Too funny. The look on his face when he's calling out stainless and the question about gummy titanium is priceless.

John, another great tour, and you brought us along! Nice, & Thank You.. side note, my shop is growing, I just picked up a 2' x 3' x4" Granite Plate, ridiculous cheap. Now I need to find a Repeat-O-Meter... H'mmmmmm

For every factory manager watching this: this company is doing it right. Computerization is the only way to track parts, inventory, employee production, or anything else. If you try to do it on paper, human errors in data entry will compound and you'll have no idea what is in your factory or what is happening there. It's not easy to computerize the workflow, and there are big learning curves in each of the multiple stages of the process, but really it's the only way to stay competitive and ahead of cheaper foreign competition.

Amazing. Absolutely impressive operation. Outstanding facility and technological implementation. I am blown away by the level of professional, business, and technological expertise of S&H. Wow. Just - WOW. Thank you for that video. It was a great tour and, actually, an invaluable lesson. Keep up the great work!

"I dont like lathes" lmao. I'll come run lathes for you buddy, I ran a pair of two axis lathes for three years but nothing is more satisfying to me than manual lathe work, especially when I have the pleasure of working fast. Getting into that groove is awesome, you start nailing cuts and finish passes with ease, banging out the parts, its great.

Another great shop tour... More companies need a David Fisher on board....!

Hey John. Can't express the appreciation for the entrepreneurial discussions. Thanks again!

Wow David's shop is awesome John! Thanks so much for the tour! What an efficient operation he runs. Very cool parts too! Thanks again! Steve

Impeccable choice in music over there at S&H Machining. I found the operations stuff really interesting.

I like how he referred to working with other machine shops to collaborate so they can become more efficient. I think for a long time companies were unwilling to open their doors because fear that another company would steal their ideas and customers. I have worked for several companies where I had to sign a no compete clause before I could start working there. This idea that we are competing with each other for the business is flawed. We should be working together collaborating to become more efficient then the jobs will come back to America.

I’m so impressed with the many highlights to tell about this company that I can’t express. I’m looking to work with this companies or similar.

That is the Ultimate of Ultimate Squared >> Machine shops I have ever seen and that Guy has a Nuclear Core Driver, he is the Biological essence of that Machine Shop where real Mechanical Babies are made !

That is an impressive shop, and great insights into their operational mind-set. Thanks for getting access, & making this video!

My mom made those blue bins at Olympic plastics.

To quote John "WOW!" I couldn't agree more. What an amazing shop! One question I have is: John, were you dehydrated after all that drooling? I know I am... ;-)

Amazing CNC machines but still some old school drills and mils. Thank you for sharing.

This guys shop is amazing. It would seem that the dove tail for holding the part is the way to go as Titan also makes a lot of use for that holding method. I think if he incorporated fusion 360 he might save even more money for his business. But he setup and work flow are really awesome nice to have runners.

Wow... yet another glorious tour... awesome... love it! Thanks for all those questions and of cause all the answers... really educational! Nice to get a glimpse of some of the production details and how things are handled in bigger businesses. Ahh.. and John... you will be even more effective when you get there... and of cause... you'll be in the R&D department most of the time... promise me to take at least one Tormach machine with you! ;)

Great tour. Thanks to you and the company for allowing access. Now all we need is a whole video of Sarah and my month will be complete :)

Great tour! My best advice to both David Fisher of S&H and you John, is to look at FastCap and how Paul Akers runs things there as far as work flows, layout of the plant and improving efficiency in everything they do. Great bunch of people do make a great business.

Well organized, well managed, clean shop -- those are critical components to quality. Wow...

Wonderful presentation, great learning walk-through crash course for those who are curious about machine shop production and entry-level job seekers!

Extraordinary video, this place is amazing. That guide knows that place in and out. I love this video. Thank you for the upload.

Huge thanks for the tour John and David !!!

Very cool video, very clean and organized shop, paperless wow, dovetailing is a very good holding system, allowing you access to align all your datums in one operation, I've been using dovetails for years now!🙏🇺🇸🏡🙏🇺🇸

We need more Sarah! Ha. Great vid. Thx. Marty

I like his vision to his company and the team.

Fantastic. Love the manufacturing process control systems. That alone must help advertise their skills and them win business.

Wow! Fantastic tour John. Fantastic shop. Blown away.

that place runs like a lean machine very nice

This is an excellent snapshot of an excellent company. Thanks so much for making this video!

Mind blowing really, impressive stuff. Thanks to S&H for sharing their works

Great tour! I love it! From Brazil

I spotted a 1950's 5 gang drill press with Delta 17" heads. Awesome!

I'm not very original with my praises here, but - that was a great tour, really liked how thought through and organized the manufacturing was. Thank you!

that was awesome a tour of the maker's of our manufacturing ability in just a small part of the USA work's for me :)

I watched all the way through this morning with no audio issue maybe youtube was having a fit yesterday

This guy has more friggn toys than Santa. The size of this place is mind blowing.

Brilliant operation as efficient as the machines they utilise . Well done

audio was weird for me at the beginning as well. but what a cool video. thanks to everyone who made this one happen.

Great tour John... thanks for doing these! I like the dovetail Raptor idea, where you can do all 5 sides in one setup!!

Very informative. I suspect you encountered a tweak or two for your own shop processes 😏 Thanks for sharing!

Love these shop tour videos. Hope to see more when time allows.

Awesome shop. Love the idea of the dovetail, clever design.

Good interview. MERICA !!!!

That's in my neck of the woods! We've done some centerless grinding for them a few years ago. Great video.

That was a excellent video...well done John. So informative and how switched on the company is and must be to compete. I enjoyed every single second of that video

mate!! spectacular stuff... it's so cool seeing big shop's run.... oh and that tooling room 😗 bit tingly🤣🤣

I have a Crysta Apex 574, but I'm super jealous of the REVO head!

thanks for the tour.... its really great to see and learn things!

HI John, Good tour of S&H! Great machine shop too. I hope you went to Santoro's for lunch. Great sandwiches!! Take Care, Reid

What do you know, they actually are called Toyoda... learned something new today :)

Definitely a world class shop!!!

Kudos: One of the best tours on the web. Great questions keeping the dialog going

Holy shit! Super impressive

Very impressive!! Glad you shared your tour.

Amazing place, that guy knows his shit, he walks the talk !!!

Great video! Really lovin the walk through tours, lots of great information Thanks!

Something that could be improved is the tool storage. The method involves assigning a tool kit # such as MR4079. The MR would symbolize the machine. The 4079 would symbolize a portion of the part number. After the number is created it is assigned a binder for the tool blue prints. The binder then holds a standard generic print of the tool. Meaning it shows a visual of the holder, collet, tool, set screw, whatever. Also listed in the top of the print would be an itemized list of the components. Meaning item 1 would be the holder #54127 (whatever you assign to that particular holder). Item 2 would be collet #0125 (whatever you assign the collet). Item 3 would be the drill #1827364 (whatever you assign for various drill). The print would also show an overall length on the tool so that when it is assembled at a later date it can be set to a similar length. That length would then be recorded on a tag and hung onto the tool so that the machine operator would know the particular number to set for that tool offset length. What this requires is a tool room setting area where they will receive the tool room kit # requests. They assemble the tool kit and when done they deliver it on a push cart to the machine. This helps eliminate storage of a thousand tools. This also helps with the set-up time reduction of the machine operator. It also helps limiting the amount of holders that are needed to be stored.If you have any questions I'll check back on this post a few times. Just leave a reply or e-mail me wine2511@hotmail.com

That was an Orsome tour of a Well oiled business ! thank you

Awesome Tour John, what a facility... Thanks for taking the time the share this

Can you imagine certifying every measuring tool in that shop!

Beautiful shop and parts. I love the way the think about it

unbelievable yaar i feel like i am in machines haven ..t ..great work great complex parts.... i also do machining from last 10 years 3 to 5 axis ..but frankly speaking i learn lot more just visit this amazing complex components manufacturing company i wish i can work in this company....thanks nyc cnc

Awesome tour John!! Thank you! I want to see the other plant!

Great video, as a manufacturing professional in machining, I learned a lot about the business. I only wish to top dog would have been wearing his safety glasses.

That was AWESOME...thanks John.

Wow . . . what a learning curve . . . from the 1990s to present . . . I come from the detailed paper book era and have changed to paperless within my org' . . . and thought we have a great level of paperless . . . but . . . we are not at the front of paperless . . . we do have SuperScorpion SkyTruck coming . . . the Jo 10/27 is here . . . in expensive electric drive . . . unlimited operating time . . . . personal aircraft . . . and otr EV tech . . . .dig the S&H tour . . . thanks

Thanks for another cool shop tour, keep them coming!

You should see if you can make it up to Canada and tour Lofthouse Forging and Machining. Insane facility.