Touring S&H Machine: AMAZING World Class Machine Shop!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- S&H Machine has over 60 CNC milling machines and lathes that machine aerospace, defense and other high-tolerance industries! Thanks to David Fisher for allowing us to tour their machine shop with some AMAZING machines and discuss the business side of running and operating a machine shop!
How we Film the NYC CNC Videos: bit.ly/2q8MfoV
David is also the co-founder of Raptor Workholding!
S&H Machine: www.shmachine.com
Raptor Workholding: raptorworkhold... 5 Reasons to Use a Fixture Plate on Your CNC Machine: bit.ly/3sNA4uH
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!
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 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.
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
This was probably my favourite tour you've done
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...
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!
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.
I adore the fact that roughing passes amount to instant Art Deco.
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.
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.
Huge thanks for the tour John and David !!!
Thanks for the tour!
I noticed and love the fact that they have stereo microscopes everywhere. A totaly underappreciated tool in a machine shop.
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Stefan Gotteswinter ii
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Fantastic. Love the manufacturing process control systems. That alone must help advertise their skills and them win business.
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! ;)
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... ;-)
"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.
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!
audio was weird for me at the beginning as well. but what a cool video. thanks to everyone who made this one happen.
My mom made those blue bins at
Olympic plastics.
That was AWESOME...thanks John.
Definitely a world class shop!!!
Thank you for the good plant management very interesting machines thank you also for the business director very correct person
Best Regards from Frankfurt Germany
That's in my neck of the woods! We've done some centerless grinding for them a few years ago. Great video.
I watched all the way through this morning with no audio issue maybe youtube was having a fit yesterday
Well, I watched it, and the footage is multiple seconds ahead of the audio.
But making good videos is hard, and computers and equipment can introduce a lot of weird problems.
And since it was only in a small section, it's not even that big of a deal.
Very informative. I suspect you encountered a tweak or two for your own shop processes 😏 Thanks for sharing!
mate!! spectacular stuff... it's so cool seeing big shop's run.... oh and that tooling room 😗 bit tingly🤣🤣
Thanks for another cool shop tour, keep them coming!
Amazing place, that guy knows his shit, he walks the talk !!!
Outstanding!! Woulda loved
to see the programmers cave😎😎
Bo's Machine Shop
I agree, probably a cool cave. Being that they are doing defence contracts, I would think there is a certain level security clearance needed to see it tho.
Andrew Lang prolly so !!
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
Amazing tour. Really love the videos keep them coming thanks John .
This guy has more friggn toys than Santa. The size of this place is mind blowing.
That was really awesome! Great shop
Great video
Inspiring..
I've never seen so much Ti in my life. WOAH.
Great shop seriously. World class. He knows his stuff as well. Sill watching it buy would love to see some robojobs
They recycle their rags. Great
They could do with MRL or TMS.
Would like to see the maintenance schedule
Love the totes everywhere
You want to be competitive. You need to reduce tooling with Mel and a tool manager. Robojob and zero point fixtures
John, the video and audio are out of sync. It's very hard to watch. I noticed a lot of your tours have this problem. Just offering constructive criticism.
NYC CNC It was only for about 2 minutes in the beginning. My apologies.
150rbaby Dude...John is an entrepreneur and a machinist not an award winning filmmaker. Constructive criticism is one thing but beyond that you gotta cut the guy a little slack. He puts out great content that I really appreciate.
150rbaby Isi
@@mxcollin95 not sure why you think he went after NYC - he literally just told him there is an issue. No slack needs to be cut. It was a legitimate comment and wasn't offensive or uncalled for.
Great video, very informative.
incredible!
GOALS!!
Why are the machines at 11:26 flooding coolant onto the window?
Probably to keep them clear of chips so you can see.
Most VMCs have the option to flush the windows and the "trench" around the table with cooleant to clear chips down into the chip conveyor.
Stefan Gotteswinter also protects the glass from scratches (barely).
man you where in Burbank would of like to meet you man big fan
Rick Astley in the background made this even better.
very cool.
Who's the smokeshow, just hangin' out in the background?
38:35 i wish they would play "Never gonna hit those notes" instead of the original Song :D
that "foaming machine" at 23:00, can we get a demonstration? :) I'm assuming they spray an expanding foam into a box and put the part inside the expanding foam?
The expandable foam is added into a bag before placing over the part in the box.
Why are the coolant jets pointed on the doors?
nice blackscreen
Audio fine for me, don't know what everyone is complaining about?
WOW!!!
Coool
Where are the operators man ??
Hey john what was the name of the broaching machine he had?
He didn't he said they hand broached with a tool.
Monitors everywhere... So you don't need personal contacts and can command your humanoid bot army from a distance....
Beautiful new world
says he doesn't like lathes... pfhh never seen a 3 axis with live tooling in its prime basically it is a lathe/mill combo more bang for buck
Some operators will run 3 machines 😂😂 I was rung 6 today longest cycle was 9 minutes
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.
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. 👍
This is what I appreciated the most from the video.
I bet he likes to micromanage
@@forloop7713 probably not since he has tvs telling everyone what they’re supposed to do
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.
bcbloc02 Most large construction projects ($50M+) will roll the machine cost into the bid; or will roll the run-time in. (if they spend $200k on a machine, and the use in the job will devalue that machine by $50k, it'll be rolled in.) That creates a huge secondary machine market. If a company gets a job, they'll buy a bunch of new machines, and sell them afterwards. Since the amount they're devalued is rolled into the bid, they have zero machine cost. Also, most government projects have obscene bonuses for finishing before the deadline. they can sometimes be 50% of the bid.
that's right
but on the other hand im not sure if a bounch of company could compete with like this..
its easy to say ""oh I can do it""
but you have to stand it..
so I think there must be a lot very talented guy working together to rolling this company
im willing ot bet some jobs have weeks preparation before the job ready to run, 40 min per part..
while I worked in machine shop 25 plus years from 75, im not sure my knowledge would worth a lot in a place like this
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.
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.
It's called trusts and price fixing and it's why they probably charge what they do, cause every one in the business has set a price to maximize profit unfortunately minimizing value.
Unfortunately, jobs won't come back to the US until our government (re)imposes strong trade tariffs; eliminating the ability of greed-driven multinational conglomerates to source their labor and materials from dirt cheap third world countries. Our cost of living is many times greater than most of the rest of the world, and so we will never be able to price match on a level playing field. Economic nationalism is the only answer to this problem. Trying to compete on price with China, India, Mexico, etc is a fool's errand for any US company, unless you don't mind driving your profits to zero.
What machinist doesn't like lathes, especially the owner of a job shop!
😂😂😂😂😂😂 great!!! Your observation power is super strong!!
"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.
i agree with you. on that i uesd manual lathes most of my life. on self employed piece work basis. it was a good vibe. and made good money. but when i setteld down working on the books.for the last company. they went fully CNC. your skills were no longer valid. the pay becam poor. and hated every minute of it. so i retired. you were treated like a robot. not good.
Totally depends on the company, I wont work for anyone who doesn't treat me with respect. I feel that its the companies responsibility to EARN their employees, not the other way around where the employees bend over backwards in fear of losing what they have or not getting paid properly.
here in plymouth England. not much Engineering work anymore. they have you by the balls mate. it uesd to be like you said years ago . but now there is no were to go. i go and look in the shed at me tools now and then. very sad.
We need more Sarah! Ha. Great vid. Thx.
Marty
Frankly I find constant hair flipping distracting and annoying, whichever sex does it.
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!
machine porn! thank you so much for the inside scoop, it is hard to get my fix sometimes and you have great tour videos.
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!
Why is the video so foggy? Feels like I have cataracts...geez
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.
Great video. Really makes one think about the business side. Ties in with your Chip Break on return on investment on machines and tooling.
I'm amazed they built all those systems in Filemaker. Did he say how big their IT staff was?
They've got 1 IT guy : )
Raptor Workholding Products wow. That's an amazing piece of work.
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
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.
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.
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.
Simply amazing shop tour and they are certainly about staying competitive! Up to date system with everyone having a personal tablet...Simply marvelous!
Hey J what do you estimate that S&H have in equipment...by the way thank you I learn a little on every tour, thank you.
$147,643,926.36, how would you even begin to guess at the value... But I bet the CEO knows down to the dollar the depreciated value of every tool in the place in his database.
$12M back log!!! Quick glance, might have confused where the decimal point was. I'd be happy with any back log.
What do you know, they actually are called Toyoda... learned something new today :)
that place runs like a lean machine very nice
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.
I like that poster at 21:43. "Complaining about a problem without proposing a solution is called whining."
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 :)
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 !
Nice vid big John, you should go see Titan he's bad ass too.
It seems to me the guy starts out rather cold and uncertain of John at the start of the tour. He comes across as "Let's humor the UA-cam Vlogger for some free press." Then the questions and comments start and he realized he is talking to someone with actual knowledge he really opened up and got warmer as the tour went on.
Great tour! I love it! From Brazil
Yes! I love that they even created their own ERP software. Killer processes around here!
It's a shame American made machines aren't at the heart of the serious cutting and grinding. Mori and Toyoda are fine machines but made in Japan. America needs to up its game in precision and durability.
Holy shit! Super impressive
"this is the tool Crib!" *fat bottom girls you make the Rockin world go rouuuuund!
Why the coolant spraying on all the windows? Seems like a waste of volume. As seen at @11:24
Question if you are the only shop that is FAA certified on that specific part why shoot for lower pricing?
Did I miss it or didn't we get to see that broach process? Good thing I wasn't operating the camera, you may have heard him talking, but I guaranty that camera wouldn't have been focused on him!!
WOW! Well organised shop, but looks like there is so many areas to improve the quality and speed of checking, could be making so much more money!!
Awesome Tour John, what a facility... Thanks for taking the time the share this
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That looks like a great shop. Running Macs and Filemaker surprised me. They could save a lot on hardware and software running on a LAMP system, although change over would be expensive depending on the design of their code. I like how they use PC's for "real" work, since the programs are not made for Mac.