Is an Acme-Gridley the mink coat of machine tools? A well made product that still does a great job, but nobody wants another one. In 2025? No. Not yet.On todays podcast, Lloyd and I talkabout our used machinery business over the last year. We saw one c

Last week, I heard a story about an old customer of Graff-Pinkert who lost three key machinists because a shop down the street was paying more. It led me to make a post on Linkedin, asking if machinis

Today I’m talking to a guy who believes every company needs to be built to lastnot just to flip.Neil Lansing is a turnaround specialist who left private equity to bet his own money on small, underperforming businesses. He’s taken companies f

Our guest on todays podcast is Joe Bennett, Vice President of Sales at Seaway Bolt and Specials, a privately held cold heading company in Columbia Station, Ohio, founded in 1957.In the cold heading process, coiled steel is cut into slugs, which are then

The last six months I’ve been using AI to help me with everything from business negotiations to dealing with my kid’s pneumonia. It’s become a daily part of how I operateat work and at home. The big difference between it and just googli

We’re seeing an uptick in the Swiss market on the Graff-Pinkert side of the business, particularly Citizen machines. In response, we thought now was a great time to share an interview Noah conducted in 2021 about Swiss-Type CNC machining. He talks t

“Rare earths aren’t actually rare, nor are they earths, Julie Klinger told me. Julie is an associate professor at UW Madison and literally wrote the book on rare earth elementsRare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscap

In part 1 of my interview with Bill Cox, owner of Cox Manufacturing in San Antonio, Texas, Bill talked about the power of his companys robust apprenticeship program.But how does Cox Manufacturing get so many employee candidates, while most machining co

Unlike the majority of machining companies right now, struggling to find enough skilled people to fulfill demand, Cox Manufacturing in San Antonio, Texas, boasts a continuous pipeline of new talent. I

Last week another machinery dealer mentioned that being a family business was part of why she wanted to work with us at Graff-Pinkert. I don’t know if that was the deciding factor, but it reminded me that persuasion often happens before you say a wo