Ep. 85: Coolant, Calendars, and Counting Errors

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…