Using savings to buy a 20-year-old Swiss machine thats been sitting idle for year is a gamble. Buying one to start a machining company without any customers yet or a place to put the machine means re

Have you ever wondered what it takes to manufacture luxury watches that cost tens of thousands of dollars? This is the episode to find out! Last week I reconnected with Josh Shapiro to tell him about

My guest on todays show immigrated to the United States from Mexico at 18 years old, went to tech school, worked his way up in job shops, became one of the top technicians at Tornos, and then founded

This week on Swarfcast, were sharing an interview we originally did back in 2020 with Paul Van Metre, Co-Founder of ProShop ERP. During our discussion, Paul shares a lot of valuable and timeless info

Do you ever wonder how I make a living buying and selling old iron? Sometimes Graff-Pinkerts used machinery business boggles our own minds too. But we have some tricks of the trade that make it possi

Pasta machines operate a lot like cam screw machines, Antonio Adiletta told me when I interviewed him for this weeks podcast. Antonio is co-owner of Arcobaleno and GAM Precision in Lancaster, Pennsyl

Working in the machining industry I hear the term lean manufacturing mentioned a lot. But what does the word lean really mean in this context? And how do you implement it in your company? To help

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

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

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