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Noah Graff, Editor of Today’s Machining World, and Used Machinery Dealer, interviews manufacturing company owners, equipment gurus, and other brilliant folks to help professionals working in manufacturing, precision machining in particular. He and his guests discuss topics such as how to build a successful businesses and the latest machining technology.

  1. 12 NOV

    Your Shop Is Too Slow, with Const Ivanov-EP 230

    You may have noticed that I often talk about friction on this podcast. That’s because everyone has to fight friction in business—and there is A LOT of friction in the manufacturing business. Friction from time consuming stuff. Friction from stuff being too hard to figure out. Friction from stuff we’re not qualified to do or [...]

    56 min

  2. 6 NOV

    Producing Tiny Parts on Swiss with Dan Rudolph

    Today’s interview is an old favorite. It’s a story about a young entrepreneur and his father producing minuscule parts with no other employees than themselves and Dan’s wife. On today’s podcast we continue our season about Swiss machining. Our guest is Dan Rudolph, co-owner and founder of Rudolph LLC. Rudolph LLC produces medical parts as [...]

    33 min

  3. 29 OCT

    How a $2 Million Dollar INDEX Multi-Spindle Makes You Money, Richard Kingsbury-EP 229

    Why would anybody buy a CNC multi-spindle for $2 million? Or $3 million for that matter? My guest on today’s podcast, Richard Kingsbury, has the answer. Richard is Managing Director of the Kingsbury Engineering Division, England’s INDEX distributor. In this interview, Richard gives a history lesson of screw machining. We discuss how you sell a [...]

    59 min

  4. 23 OCT

    Ep. 27 - Dave Thuro on Growing a Machining Business (Part 2)

    Today’s podcast is Part 2 of our interview with Dave Thuro, second-generation owner of Thuro Metal Products. In this episode, Dave discusses his growth philosophies. He believes in aggressively acquiring as many job opportunities as possible, but then saying no to most of them. The company tries to acquire at least two long term accounts [...]

    28 min

  5. 22 OCT

    Ep. 26 - Dave Thuro on Growing a Machining Business (Part 1)

    We are going back to the archives this week with an interview from our first year of the show! Great story and great company. ********* Today’s podcast is part one of a two-part interview with Dave Thuro, second-generation owner of Thuro Metal Products, a successful job shop in Long Island, New York. The business produces [...]

    28 min

  6. 15 OCT

    Why I Hired a Life Coach for my Machinists, with Tim Drinkwater

    I’ve interviewed a lot of interesting business coaches for this podcast, and all the coaches had one thing in common. They focused on coaching a company’s owner or management, rather than working with everyone at the company. But my guest on today’s show, Tim Drinkwater, founder of Accurate Machine Products in Janesville, Wisconsin, hired a [...]

    52 min

  7. 9 OCT

    Robots that Know Where to Go, with George Konidaris

    This week on Swarfcast, we’ve been thinking a lot about some of the exciting tech that we saw last month at IMTS. One thing that always stands out to us are the robots. As our recent podcasts have touched on the topic of AI, we thought it would be fitting to reshare an interview we [...]

    1h 5m

  8. 1 OCT

    ISO Without the Headache, Adam Marsh-EP 227

    I encounter a lot of friction in my work. Too many obstacles get in the way of me doing the things I need to do and the things I like to do. I know all of you out there have friction in your work too, and if you’re in the manufacturing business you likely encounter [...]

    1 hr
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Noah Graff, Editor of Today’s Machining World, and Used Machinery Dealer, interviews manufacturing company owners, equipment gurus, and other brilliant folks to help professionals working in manufacturing, precision machining in particular. He and his guests discuss topics such as how to build a successful businesses and the latest machining technology.

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  • Creator
    Today's Machining World
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    237
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Swarfcast

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