When Trump was elected President for a second term, I expected there would be a lot of talk about tariffs, but I didnt anticipate all the attention on the Panama Canal and Greenland. So, it seemed li

Dave Polito is my Star CNC guru. Hes always been there when Ive had questions, whether I was asking about a 1999 Star SA12, or a sweet SV38R located in Asia, or the ever flummoxing Siemens control o

My guest on todays podcast, Anthony Davis, told me that since age 10 he and his brother knew they wanted to join their family business, Global CNC, a tooling manufacturer for CNC lathes and mills. To

Spinner is a German CNC machine tool brand thats been around for 73 years. The company sold 1,200 CNC mills turning centers, and automation systems in Europe last year, yet in the United States, a la

It takes tremendous balls to start a machining company from scratch. And, maybe a little extra chutzpa to start a shop that primarily runs cam screw machines making millions of parts for automotive. A

Our guest on the podcast today is Rogrio Mezadri, Director of SAMOT Mexico, a 200-employee automotive machining company in Guanajuato, Mexico. Rogrio and I discussed the challenges running a machini

Damn. Its already 2025? I was just getting used to the idea that it was 2024. Today, Lloyd and I are reflecting on what worked and didnt work in our used machinery business and our personal lives ov

Do you ever ask yourself why the majority of businesses out there are struggling to survive while an elite handful are crushing it? On todays podcast we are discussing that question. Our guest is Ste

One of my favorite machinery dealers we work with is from Brazil. He specializes in sending machine tools to South America. A used machinery deal is usually a challenge to closeeven if a customer sa

I often ponderwhy do some people own and build companies, while most people are destined to spend their careers as employees. In Part II of my interview with Mike Payne, owner of Hill Manufacturing &