Swarfcast

Swarfcast


Latest Episodes

Swarfcast Ep. 21 – John Saunders, Entrepreneur and Self-taught Machinist
December 06, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with John Saunders. In today’s podcast we interviewed John Saunders, founder of Saunders Machine Works and the creator of the NYC CNC YouTube channel. John is an innovative entrepreneur who lives and breaths CNC mac...

Swarfcast Ep. 20 – Scott Roy on Machines that will Think Like Humans
November 29, 2018

In today’s podcast we interviewed Scott Roy, a Senior Staff Engineer at Google who specializes in artificial intelligence.  He also happens to be my brother-in-law (Lloyd’s son-in-law).  One of Scott’s most recent projects at Google is to improve the w...

Swarfcast Ep. 19 – Rick Rickerson on Educating Engineers to Understand Machining
November 16, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Rick Rickerson. Rick Rickerson is in charge of the machining lab at Purdue’s Northwest Indiana campus in Hammond.  In today’s podcast he talks about why he loves his job. “It’s all about students” he says.

Swarfcast Ep. 18 – Jerry Levine on Why Global Warming is Not a Problem
November 09, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Jerry Levine. In today’s podcast we interviewed Jerry Levine. A chemical engineer, Jerry Levine’s working career stretched from polyester to politics. He led the team at Amoco Chemicals that conquered the produ...

Swarfcast Ep. 17 – Making it in America with Armand Barnils
November 01, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Armand Barnils. In today’s podcast we interviewed Armand Barnils, plant manager of the U.S. division of Ventura Precision Components, a multinational precision machining company headquartered in Barcelona,

Swarfcast Ep. 16 – Bill Cox on the Evolution of a Machining Business
October 25, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Bill Cox. In today’s podcast we interviewed Bill Cox, owner of Cox Manufacturing in San Antonio, Texas, a job shop that makes parts for a variety of industries—oil and energy, medical,

Swarfcast Ep. 15 – George Breiwa on Machining Vaporizers
October 18, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with George Breiwa. About two months ago I got a call from a company asking for a price on a Traub TNL18 on our Graff-Pinkert Website. For those unfamiliar, Traub makes arguably the heaviest,

Swarfcast Ep. 14 – Scott Livingston on Combining Cycling and Citizens in His Machining Business
October 12, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Scott Livingston. Scott Livingston’s Grandfather Horst, after whom Horst Engineering Company in Connecticut was named, often talked about bicycles with Scott during his childhood.

Swarfcast Ep. 13 – Jason Zenger on “Making Chips” and the Industrial Supplies Business
October 04, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Jason Zenger. In today’s podcast I interviewed Jason Zenger, president of Zenger’s Industrial Supply, in Melrose Park, Illinois, a company that specializes in selling tooling and industrial supplies to the meta...

Swarfcast Ep. 12 – Logan McGhan on Reinventing a Career in the Machining World
September 28, 2018

Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Logan McGhan. In today’s podcast we interviewed Logan McGhan, a used machine tool dealer at the firm KD Capital. Logan’s journey to selling used equipment spanned numerous stages. At around age 7, his father,