Most shop owners get comfortable after 50 years. John Griner gets uncomfortable on purpose. John has been making screw machine parts since 1979 while starting countless other businesses, which he refe

On todays episode we continue our season talking about companies who produce their own products. Our guest is George Breiwa, founder of DynaVap, a company that produces a unique type of vaporizer, us

I know a ton of people reading this will relate to what Im talking about: starting something that feels completely daunting. So heres another blog about my new YouTube channel, I Learned It on a Pod

Have you ever wondered if bone screws could actually be machined from real tissue? If that were possible, where could one get such bone? What animals would be safe enough? Heres an old favorite episo

A few months ago, we brokered a Tornos MultiSwiss 8/26 from Germany to a shop in Massachusetts. To make sure the machine was in top shape, we brought in two Tornos expertsmy friend Dulio and his long

Our guest on todays show, Howard Sheldon, grew up working in his familys third generation precision turning company. He planned to eventually take over the business from his father, but unfortunatel

I just launched a new YouTube show where I share the most fascinating lessons Ive learned from podcastsideas that can help you grow in business and life. Its called I Learned It on a Podcast. The f

My guest on todays podcast, Jared Daily, could have been a mechanical engineer or even a doctor if he wanted to, but instead, he followed his passion and became a journeyman machinist right out of hi

Chris Armstrong has saved me more times than I can counthelping us at Graff-Pinkert through tough machinery deals, especially when it comes to Swiss machines. Citizens? Hes our guy. But todays podc

It seems like every other day as a machinery dealer, I talk to someone who says they would purchase a machine from me, if only they could find a person to run it. Todays podcast guest, Ann Wyatt, fo