Rare earths arent 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:

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 ge

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 dont know if that was the deciding factor, but it reminded me

On todays podcast, we interviewed Aneesa Muthana, owner of Pioneer Service Inc., a CNC machine shop that features 26 Star CNC Swiss lathes. Aneesa shared her fond memories of being raised on the floo

Today Im going to tell you how to get lucky. It seems like some people are always in the right place at the right time getting all the lucky breaks, while the rest of us watch from the sidelines. I o

My guest on todays show is Kris Fugate, President of Revolution Machine Works, a prominent rotary transfer machine rebuilder, specializing in Hydromats. Hydromats can seem strange and overwhelming to

What if I told you theres a tool that can look at a photo of your weld and tell you exactly what you screwed up. The tool could also help you figure out that your machining problem isnt your end mil

Are you vaccinated against the Virus? Is your computer system prepared for the inevitable attack? Todays podcast discusses the scary reality that manufacturers are the number one target of cyber att

I highly recommend you watch the video version of this podcast. Click on the link to go to the video. I won a few big matches on my high school Tennis team, but I was never awesome. I never won the bi