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Latest Episodes

Innovating New Attachments for Screw Machines, with Elliott May—EP 143
April 24, 2024

In honor of this weekends PMPA National Technical Conference, were resharing a podcast we did last year with Elliott May, engineer at BME in Port Huron, Michigan. BME builds original custom attachme

Ghosted by a Customer, What Do You Do?—EP 215
April 17, 2024

Im dealing with a customer right now who seems interested in some CNC machines Graff-Pinkert has for sale. They told me they needed this type of machine ASAP! And these machines are RARE! They even s

How to Prevent Fires in Your Machine Tools with Mike Campo-EP 98
April 10, 2024

On this weeks classic episode of Swarfcast, were talking about preventing fires inside of machinery. Our guest is Mike Campo, Midwest Regional Sales Manager with Firetrace International, makers of f

Leaving your Father’s Manufacturing Company and then Founding Your Own, with Howard Sheldon-EP 214
April 03, 2024

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

The Benefits of a Manufacturing Business Sharing Financials with its Employees, with Reid Leland-EP 132
March 27, 2024

It seems that todays younger generations of workers, such as millennials, want to understand why they are instructed to do their jobs in a certain way more than their predecessors. Many of todays em

Supplying Medical Parts Directly to Hospitals, with Thadd Mellott-EP 213
March 20, 2024

My guest on todays show, Thadd Mellott, called us at Graff-Pinkert because he needed a Star SB20 CNC Swiss machine. His company, Circle M Spring, in Warsaw, Indiana, produces medical parts, including

How to Market a Manufacturing Business by Becoming a Thought Leader, with Joe Sullivan-EP 137
March 14, 2024

In the last year, our used machinery company, Graff-Pinkert, has been successfully growing our business brokering division. This podcast and Todays Machining World have played a huge part in our mark

Breaking Your Machining Business Out of Its Goldfish Bowl, Roger Duffy (Part II)-EP 212
March 08, 2024

Todays episode is Part II of our interview with Roger Duffy, owner of F&F Machine Products. In Part I we touched on Rogers natural entrepreneurial instinct and how he loves to push himself to get ou

How to Turn a Business Failure Into an Opportunity—Seeking Serendipity EP 211
March 01, 2024

How many times has something happened to you that really sucked but then eventually turned out to be a good thing or even a great thing that happened for you? Today, Im going to tell you a story abo

How Do You Manage Employees When a Company is Acquired? With Jennifer Fondrevay—EP 175
February 22, 2024

Recently, we have seen a growing number of mergers and acquisitions in the manufacturing space. After these deals are finalized theres a lot of uncertainty for the employees caught in the middle of r