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Latest Episodes

How Optimism Will Lead You to Luck in Business: Seeking Serendipity–EP 179
February 22, 2023

One of my favorite machinery dealers we work with is from Brazil. He specializes in sending machine tools to South America. A used machinery deal is usually a challenge to closeeven if a customer sa

Opportunities for Your Machining Business in 2023 EP–178
February 16, 2023

On todays show, Lloyd Graff and I are discussing our observations of the machining industry in 2022 and our instincts about where the industry is headed in the coming year. As used machinery dealers

Finding Customers Using Old-School Networking, with Jay Sauder–EP 121
February 08, 2023

During my career as a used machinery dealer, Ive met many successful companies in the machining business who have no social media presence and dont even have a website. Surprisingly they use some of

You Can Connect With Your Shop When You Know Yourself, With Trevor Blondeel–EP 177
February 03, 2023

On todays podcast I interviewed Trevor Blondeel, the founder of Operations Kickstart and the host of the podcast, Mindfulness Manufacturing. Trevor uses mindfulness techniques to coach manufacturing

Seeking Serendipity: A Machinery Deal Gone Right–EP 176
January 26, 2023

Today we are starting a new podcast show and blog on the Todays Machining World Podcast Network called Seeking Serendipity. Click the following links to listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google

Running an Automotive Supplier in Brazil, with Ali Jamil Jomaa – EP 93
January 11, 2023

In light of the current chaos in Brazil, we decided to post a great past interview we did with Ali Jamil Jomaa, Executive Director at Samot, a huge Brazilianautomotivesupplier. Hearing Jomaa describ

2022 Was the Best Year of My Life–EP 173
December 21, 2022

Why was 2022 the best year of my life so far? (This blog was also recorded as a podcast narrated by Noah Graff). Listen with the player below, Apple Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast app) Reason N

Best of Swarfcast: Starting a Machining Company is Hard, With Jon Perin — EP 136
November 28, 2022

Todays guest on the podcast is Jon Perin, owner and President of Perin Industries, a young CNC machining company in Webster City, Iowa. Jon, started Perin Industries in 2018, after a 12-year career a

How to Find New Manufacturing Talent, with Ann Wyatt — EP 170
November 18, 2022

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

STAR CNC Swiss Guru, Dave Polito—EP 169
November 10, 2022

Dave Polito is my Star CNC guru. Hes always been there when Ive had questions, whether I was asking about a 1999 Star SA12, or a sweet SV38R located in Asia, or the ever flummoxing Siemens control o