Machine Shop Mastery

Paul Van Metre
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The Machine Shop Mastery Podcast helps to elevate the importance of the machine shop industry and reveal the secrets of success for machine shops, to inspire other shop owners or would-be shop owners to follow their passions, start and grow their shops to be an economic driver for our economy and their stakeholders.

  1. 17h ago

    130. Starting a Machine Shop at 60: How RPM Built a High-Performance Team

    I sat down with Randy Swan, who started a Swiss machining shop at 60 after a 34 year career working for other people. Five years in, RPM is growing more than 60 percent a year. Ask Randy what's behind that number and he doesn't start with machines or markets. He starts with the 14 people on his floor. He hires for character, capability, and values, and he puts experience close to last. He looks for people who care and are willing to learn, then trains them through a three tier system at their own pace. One of his strongest operators had never seen a Swiss machine before she walked in the door. She runs multiple machines now and checks everyone else's parts. The other half of it is transparency. Randy puts the financials on the floor, posts the sales and profit thresholds where everyone can see them, and pulls the whole team together every Tuesday to look at the same numbers. Last year RPM paid its first profit sharing. When the shop does well, everybody does well, and people behave differently when they can see the target. The results back him up. Seven Swiss machines running seven days a week plus a night shift, ISO in the first six months, AS9100 in under three years. Sales does its part too, because as Randy puts it, nothing happens until somebody sells something. His 70 year old salesman lives by the shop's rule that no doesn't mean no, it just means not right now, and he keeps checking back with buyers until the work shows up. We also get into the flow mapping he's doing with the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance to strip the waste out of processes that made sense when he was doing everything himself, and why he'd rather be the best shop in Oklahoma than the biggest. Grab a pencil for this one. There's a lot of hard won wisdom packed in. What's Covered in this Episode (0:00) "No does not mean no—it just means not right now." (1:26) Learn more about Randy Swan and why he started a Swiss shop at 60 (7:01) Ground Control, automated FAI generation and PO review for scaling manufacturers (7:41) Passing the five year mark, leaning on old relationships, and a 70 year old MSC salesman who outworks everyone (9:46) A snapshot of RPM today and why they do in-house training (11:52) The secret behind 60 percent year over year growth (13:42) Building the playbook and getting ISO certified in the first six months (14:30) Running seven days a week to offset heavy capital investment (15:06) Moving into aerospace and earning AS9100 in under three years (15:51) Bringing in the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance to map the process flow (17:26) Doing more with less, and protecting ten percent of the week to think, plan, and play pool (20:14) Kennametal's Next Level Shop and the bike giveaway at IMTS 2026 (21:22) Cutting duplicated work and over documentation by treating process like a risk register (23:54) Over-documenting every material receipt when a few fields would do (26:17) Breaking into aerospace on trust and machining the specialty hardware other shops no quote (28:57) Why relentless follow up wins the work (and the touches most salespeople never make) (31:00) Hiring for character, capability, and values, and building talent internally (34:50) DN Solutions, high end multitasking and five axis machining with automation (36:01) Diving into their three tier training system for new hires (39:22) Transparency, shared financials, and benefits from 401k to fully paid health insurance (42:45) Yearly budgets, two five year plans, and choosing to be the best shop, not the biggest (47:00) His biggest lesson, build a team with the right character and check egos at the door Resources Mentioned Ground Control Kennametal IMTS DN Solutions Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance ProShop ERP Connect with Randy Swan RPM (Revolution Machine) Email Randy directly at randy.swan@rpm-ok.com

  2. Aug 12

    129. Leverage Everything: Bootstrapping a Profitable Metal Additive Shop

    I sat down with Chris Beck, the founder of Innovative 3D Manufacturing in Franklin, Indiana, and the line that stuck with me was simple. Everything he owns is leveraged into this company. That is what skin in the game actually looks like, and it is the reason his team shows up at 2 a.m. on a Sunday when a job is on the line. Innovative is one of the few shops built around metal additive, laser powder bed fusion, with a full CNC machine shop bolted right alongside it. Chris started in 2017 with two engineers and a plan for ten printers and ten people. Today he is running 25 metal printers, 8 CNC machines, a handful of wire EDMs, and 32 employees out of a brand new 30,000 square foot facility, and last month they shipped more than 20,000 metal parts. What I loved about this story is how unglamorous the middle was. Chris bootstrapped the whole thing with no private equity, and he spent years running equipment himself and chasing what he calls 4,000 rabbit holes trying to find work that would pay for million dollar printers. He watched private equity backed competitors dump 30 to 50 million into the same idea and end up with their machines at auction two years later. The difference, he will tell you, is that his people care because they have something to protect. We get into the parts of additive that actually make money. The three boxes a part has to check, why qualification is the real bottleneck for the whole industry, and how his machining and foundry backgrounds let him design parts that come off the printer 80 percent finished. If you have ever wondered whether metal additive is a real business or a science project, Chris makes the case as clearly as anyone I have talked to. We also get into his team. Why he mostly will not hire book smart engineers, how he keeps his culture free of bad seeds, and the small perks that matter more to his guys than a raise. This one is a masterclass in grit. What's Covered in this Episode (1:19) Introducing Chris Beck and Innovative 3D Manufacturing (3:42) A snapshot of the shop: 25 metal printers, 8 CNC machines, wire EDMs, and 32 employees (6:04) DN Solutions and Kennametal SVM 4100 giveaway and the IMTS scavenger hunt (6:45) From Purdue and the big automakers to a small Okuma machine tool distributor (8:15) The lowest paying offer that taught him the most, and why wearing every hat mattered (10:55) Quoting turnkey lines and cycle times, then moving into sales (11:55) A wire EDM dream, a twelve year detour through financial services, and his own brokerage (14:40) Getting pulled back into manufacturing and starting 3D printing and rapid prototyping (17:34) Flipping from prototyping to production and shipping more than 20,000 parts a month (19:21) The Job Shops Workshop and networking reception at IMTS (20:21) Has industry caught up to additive? (Acceptance versus qualification) (20:58) Where additive already wins: implants, space and rocket, and GE's fuel nozzles (23:14) The defense qualification maze and the firearms market printing a million suppressors (25:25) Running 100+ prototype jobs a month, 400+ NDAs, and the fast make program (30:28) Design freedom and the three boxes a part has to check to be a good additive candidate (32:48) Why qualification is the real bottleneck, AMS 7032, and America Makes (34:55) Kennametal's Next Level Shop and the bike giveaway at IMTS 2026 (35:58) What finally cracked sales: one foot in the door and relentless past performance (38:51) Building a team of farm kid problem solvers over book smart engineers (41:21) Old school hours, tryout Saturdays, and keeping the culture free of bad seeds (50:16) What turned the tide: surviving, staying flexible, and bootstrapping without private equity (53:22) Skin in the game, profit sharing, and the small perks his guys value more than a raise (58:17) The machining edge and vertical integration that let him ship parts 80 percent as printed Resources Mentioned MakingChips Giveaway IMTS Kennametal America Makes Renishaw DN Solutions Connect with Chris Beck Innovative 3D Manufacturing Connect with Chris on LinkedIn Email Chris directly at chris.beck@innovative3dm.com

  3. Aug 5

    From WWII Origins to Modern Manufacturing: The HFW Industries Journey

    Some businesses have a founding story. HFW Industries has an 80-year one, and it starts in a World War II foundry. I sat down with Jack Watson, the fourth generation to work in his family's business in Buffalo. HFW does turnkey thermal spray and hard facing, the coating work that keeps power plants, turbines, and other critical infrastructure running. But the throughline of our whole conversation was the journey: how a company gets from a spray gun bought out of the back of a salesman's car to a 70,000 square foot shop still serving customers it first won three generations ago. Jack's great-grandfather Harold spotted thermal spray as a brand-new technology during the war, and when his boss wouldn't buy in, he bought the equipment himself and sold the service out of his car. His grandfather took over at 26 with the business four weeks from closing. His dad rebuilt half the company when the print cylinder business went to zero. Every generation faced a crisis that could have ended the whole thing, and every generation found the next opportunity. What carried through all of it is a focus on people. Jack half-jokes that you need a psychology degree to run a shop, and he tells a story about a simple thank you that brought one of his guys to tears. Management by walking around, treating people well, training patiently for years: that's the culture his grandfather built and Jack is protecting as he brings in the next generation. We also get into why they carry almost no debt, how Jack balances his own hunger to grow against everything the generations before him learned the hard way, and where thermal spray and precision machining are headed with gas turbines and AI driving demand. If you care about building a shop that lasts, this one's worth your time. What's Covered in this Episode (0:00) Introducing Jack Watson and HFW Industries in Buffalo (4:50) What HFW looks like today: 60 people and a full thermal spray lineup (6:43) Industrial AI Conference at IMTS: reality-based AI for the factory floor (7:31) Back to the beginning: 4 generations of HFW Industries  (11:44) Selling thermal spray out of the back of a car (with donuts to GE every Monday) (14:32) The industries HFW serves and machining materials above 50 RC (17:00) The coolest work they can never show share (18:26) Navu: AI chat for your manufacturing website (19:41) Solving near-impossible coating and machining problems alongside demanding customers (21:10) Rebuilding the apprenticeship program, meshing generations, and letting young guys make cheap mistakes (26:50) Building the HFW way: a structured curriculum beyond trade school (29:45) Recruiting tactics that work: word of mouth, being a good employer, and social media (33:02) Pay, benefits, 90% tuition assistance, and small surprises (34:55) What great listening actually looks like on the shop floor (35:51) The thank-you that brought a machinist to tears, and why the little things matter (37:05) Connecting customers to the guys who do the work (38:22) Hire MFG Leaders: recruiting built by shop owners (38:54) Using social media as your true self to build a real network and win work (40:58) Grandfather's money philosophy: conservative growth, no debt, and cash on hand (42:55) How his dad rebuilt half the business when print cylinders went to zero (46:34) The succession plan, the demand outlook (48:37) The demand outlook and opportunities for growth Resources Mentioned Industrial AI Conference at IMTS Navu Hire MFG Leaders HFW Industries Connect with Jack Watson HFW Industries Find Jack on LinkedIn HFW Industries on Instagram HFW Industries on X

  4. Jul 29

    127. Building a Manufacturing Brand through Social Media and Storytelling

    Most of us in the machining world have thought about it at least once. What if I stopped quoting other people's parts and built something of my own? For a lot of shop owners that idea stays stuck in the someday pile, because the path from a good idea to a product people actually buy feels impossible to map. This episode is about someone who mapped it. I sat down with Josiah Fallaise of FDF Race Shop, and I'll be honest, this one went a different direction than I expected, in the best way. Josiah has built a following of hundreds of thousands of people who watch him design and make racing suspension and other components, and that audience does something remarkable for his business. It creates organic demand for his products and an almost unlimited supply of people who want to come work for him. We get into the whole arc. How he started with eight products on an $8 a month website, why his early outsourcing decisions taught him expensive lessons, and how he thinks about buying machines when you're making your own products instead of quoting jobs. If you've ever wondered whether to option out a machine or buy the base model, his answer is clear and it's worth hearing. The part I keep coming back to is how openly he shares his work. He isn't chasing hooks or hacks. He posts what he's genuinely excited about, every single day, and the following takes care of itself. For any shop owner who's told themselves that content isn't for them, Josiah makes a strong case that you're sitting on some of the most watchable material there is. We also get honest about the hard parts, the restructuring, the bottlenecks, and the mountain of documentation it takes to scale past a handful of skilled people. If you're building a brand around what you make, or you want to, this one's a bit of a master class. What's Covered in this Episode (0:00) Josiah's simplest way to start making content: answer questions on camera (1:24) Meet Josiah Fallaise of FDF Race Shop and hear his origin story (4:01) Inside FDF: race products, a racing school, and the industrial side (6:14) The "I Designed It" T-shirt giveaway and flying the winner to the shop (8:36) CAD seminars: 3D scanning, reverse engineering, and low-cost tech (10:12) How DN Solutions can take your shop high-end (11:22) The origin story: engineering tech by day, wing brackets on Big Cartel by night (13:50) Early bad calls with a water jet company (and why laser wins) (16:02) Why outsourced quality falls as volume climbs, so he brought it in-house (17:15) Product shop vs job shop: buying fully-optioned machines for output (20:14) Creating demand by posting the work, not the product (22:49) Verdant Commercial Capital makes the financing process smooth  (23:28) 3D-printed suspension teaching models and Formula SAE memories (26:36) The full product line (and where product ideas come from) (30:35) Team and culture, interviews, and hiring at FDF (36:39) Sponsor: Hire MFG Leaders (Paul) (37:08) Building a personal brand alongside the business (and sponsorship leverage) (41:47) Getting started: a $15 tripod, slow-mo chips, no mic, minimal editing (48:18) The real challenge: restructuring, bottlenecks, and 170 orders behind (51:49) 25 to 30 pages of docs per product, version control, and three sign-offs (54:45) The E-Myth, robotics, laser welding, and the billet vs welded math Resources Mentioned DN Solutions Verdant Commercial Capital Hire MFG Leaders The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber Connect with Josiah Fallaise FDF Race Shop Josiah Fallaise on LinkedIn Follow Instagram and YouTube

  5. Jul 22

    From Zero to $5B Market Cap in 13 Years

    This one's a first for me. In over a hundred episodes I've never had someone from a public company on Machine Shop Mastery, and Randy Altschuler from Xometry turned out to be exactly the kind of guest I hoped he'd be. Down to earth, honest about what's hard, and genuinely fired up about the industry we all work in. We spend a good chunk of the hour on something Randy says out loud that I've felt for years, that manufacturing is finally having its moment. He calls it the next Silicon Valley, and he lays out why the money, the students, and the policy attention are all starting to point in the same direction after decades of hardware getting ignored. From there we get practical. Randy walks through why Xometry went public, what the most successful shops on the platform actually do differently, and how getting found has changed now that buyers search with AI instead of flipping through a catalog. If you've ever wondered how to make your shop more discoverable, there's a lot here. We also dig into the stuff that keeps shop owners up at night. Cashflow and net 90 terms, the CapEx gamble on automation, and building a bench deep enough that one person leaving doesn't sink you. Randy even shares the mindset his mom gave him growing up, the one about never being the victim, that's carried him through every hard day as an entrepreneur. Whether you run two machines or twenty, I think you'll take something from this one. Give it your full hour. What's Covered in this Episode (0:00) I open a milestone episode with Randy Altschuler of Xometry, my first public-company guest (3:51) Digital manufacturing, 3D printing, and the origins of Xometry (6:51) Navu: AI chat trained on your own content so buyers get answers before they call sales (8:03) Going beyond 3D printing into machining to be a customer's one-stop shop (9:36) The decision to go public and the hundreds-of-billions custom manufacturing market (11:22) Manufacturing as the next Silicon Valley and why hardware got ignored for so long (14:13) The staffing crisis, attracting talent locally, and redefining what success looks like (20:05) Finding suppliers in the age of AI search and keyword-rich content that wins RFQs (24:57) What AI-native manufacturing really means for a small or mid-sized shop (27:44) IMTS Job Shops Workshop and networking reception (28:36) Reshoring, multi-sourcing, and automation closing the labor gap (30:47) What the best shops on Xometry do differently to stand out (36:16) Xometry's payment system and how they manage cashflow (38:08) Transparency, KPIs, and why every employee being a shareholder drives real buy-in (42:20) SMW Autoblock and the seven habits of highly effective workholding (RASRAM) (43:04) Living your core values, meeting every new hire, and a flat, everybody-matters culture (48:21) Starting a shop today: a veteran machinist, automation, and owning your niche (51:02) Headwinds ahead, building a bench, and the young talent shaping American manufacturing (54:25) Randy's stand-out moment as an entrepreneur (56:15) Randy's mom's lesson on never being the victim, and what's next for Xometry Resources Mentioned ThomasNet National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) Navu IMTS SMW Autoblock MakingChips podcast: Stop Complaining About the Skills Gap and Do This Instead Connect with Randy Altschuler Xometry Email Randy Altschuler Connect with Randy on LinkedIn

  6. Jul 15

    Benefits, Benefits and More Benefits of Lean, with Andrew Henry

    Most shops chase the big order. Andrew Henry built Henry Holsters by doing the opposite, and it's hard to argue with the results. I sat down with Andrew for what turns into a masterclass on running lean without ever saying the word lean. He walks through how a holster company in Spencer, Indiana turned tight inventory, fast changeovers, and short cash cycles into a flywheel that keeps spinning, no long-term contracts required. You'll hear why batches of 10 beat batches of 400, how a 90 second changeover changes everything about what you're willing to make, and why owning the inventory removes any incentive to stuff a customer's shelf. Andrew also gets honest about the parts of the business he's not great at, admits he loses IQ points the second he opens QuickBooks, and explains why brutal efficiency has covered for a lack of financial sophistication. The back half is a clear-eyed look at buying a palletized five axis Matsuura with almost no work lined up for it, what that decision cost in time and stress, and why he'd tell most shops his size not to do it without the cashflow to survive the learning curve. If you own a shop and you're weighing growth against risk, this one's worth your full hour. What's Covered in this Episode (0:00) I introduce the episode and my guest, Andrew Henry of Henry Holsters (3:23) Learn more about Henry Holsters and the team Andrew's built (6:00) How 3PL fulfillment, just-in-time inventory, and removing middlemen unlocked seven figures (8:35) SMW Autoblock: RASRAM and the seven habits of highly effective workholding (9:18) Fulfillment for holster brands versus retail-ready machined parts (10:41) Breaking into OEM work through freelance mold design (12:49) Why owning the inventory kills oversized minimums (15:55) How Andrew architected a streamlined system even new hires can master (20:17) Hire MFG Leaders: recruiting built by shop owners (20:47) Applying lean to contract machining: forecasting demand and sourcing Swiss turned components (22:23) Bundling blanket POs across clients and leveling demand, with transparency that saves customers money (25:16) A collapsed value stream versus offshore, and managing outside-processing lead times (27:25) Your vendors are part of your value stream (visiting vendors changes everything) (32:28) Andrew's path from violin maker to shop owner (34:05) Shifting from programming to lean, training, and supply chain (35:13) Getting honest about the numbers and the money left on the table (37:10) Why they've embraced low spindle utilization on purpose (38:58) The 2027 plan to fill metal OEM capacity and joining the AeroGrowth network (40:02) Winning a space client's non-certified parts by offering a faster, cheaper lane (46:27) An adolescent business that could split into two entities, and how you'd decide when to divide (48:08) Hennig Workflow Automation: more spindle uptime without more headcount (49:00) How Andrew landed on the palletized Matsuura and the real value of five axis (58:44) Counting the cost: why consistent cashflow made survival possible, plus advice before you buy Resources Mentioned SMW Autoblock Hire MFG Leaders Hennig Workflow IMTS Lean Built: Manufacturing Freedom podcast Brother Machine Tools Matsuura DN Solutions AeroGrowth network Connect with Andrew Henry Henry Holsters Henry OEM Instagram LinkedIn

  7. Jul 8

    Teamwork, Love, and Lean: The Leadership Philosophy Behind Altek's Success

    Most machine shop owners will talk your ear off about spindles and tolerances. Ask Mike Marzetta what makes Altek work and he says the word love. Not as a slogan. As the actual thing holding a 200-person advanced manufacturing company together. Mike runs Altek in Spokane, a shop his dad started 50 years ago that's grown into full contract manufacturing: machining, injection molding, assembly, testing, finishing, even its own R and D. But the throughline of our whole conversation isn't the capability list. It's culture. Mike wrestled at the Division I level and was an All-American, and he runs the company like a team, camaraderie first, because he's seen what happens when you have all the talent and none of the trust. We get into the hard business calls too. How he watched commodity work migrate offshore in the early 2000s and dragged a reluctant shop, and his own father, toward AS9100 and FDA certification. How he co-founded a consortium to brand all of Spokane as an advanced manufacturing hub instead of marketing Altek alone. And how betting heavily on the 737 has meant riding out five white-knuckle years of ramp up, ramp down, ramp up. Then there's the people playbook, which is the part I'd steal. Annual all-hands summits modeled on an end-of-season sports banquet. Lean initiatives where the team fixes its own sandbox instead of getting told what to do. And a recruiting edge in a labor shortage that comes down to something almost embarrassingly simple: people tell their friends it's a good place to work. Oh, and he built a whole STEM robotics company, Minds-i, on the side, just to make a difference and have fun. This one's a gem.  What's Covered in this Episode (0:00) Mike on the students his Minds-i kits pushed toward engineering careers (1:10) Meet Mike Marzetta and Altek: close to 200 people, 150,000 sq ft, too many machines to count (5:14) The origin: a tool and die maker who stopped in Spokane on the way to Boeing (7:36) The pivot to AS9100 and FDA certification that reshaped the business (8:57) Check out the Hennig Workflow Automation System (9:49) Taking over as president and replacing commodity work faster than it left (14:13) Betting on the 737 and riding out five rough years for the airframe (15:11) Branding Spokane: co-founding INWAC and marketing the region together (17:19) From a workforce round table to INWAC to NEMA (20:42) Minds-i: the passion project born from two core values (22:42) Inside the kits: drones, self-driving rovers, and real STEM curriculum (26:40) Take your shop to the next level with DN Solutions machines (28:45) Running the company like a sports team: camaraderie over pure talent (32:27) Why the word love belongs in a machine shop (33:17) Recruiting in a labor shortage by treating people like people (34:45) What the culture looks like on the floor, from fist bumps to plant tours (38:11) Lean and Six Sigma: give teams the tools to fix their own sandbox (40:16) Annual summits modeled on the end-of-season sports banquet (43:02) Homegrown leaders and how one bad apple can wreck a culture (44:30) Why we created Hire MFG Leaders and why you should use it (45:00) Two and a half generations of Marzettas and what succession looks like (46:38) The biggest hurdles: COVID and too many eggs in the 737 basket (48:01) Washington's taxes and the Work Share program that saved jobs (50:48) Today's challenge: holding quality and culture while ramping up fast (53:42) An excellence award and the R and D behind it: in-mold electronics, structural molding Resources Mentioned Hennig Workflow Automation System DN Solutions Hire MFG Leaders MINDS-i Education Connect with Mike Marzetta Connect with Mike on LinkedIn Altek

  8. Jul 1

    A Daughter's Promise: Preserving Bedard Machine Through One of Life's Hardest Challenges

    Most family shops don't get a clean handoff. Somebody gets sick, the calendar moves faster than the plan, and one person has to decide whether to step in or let the doors close. That's the story Christy Subia lived at Bedard Machine, and it's why I wanted her on the show. Bedard is a 95% aerospace shop in Brea, California with 23 people and 17 machines. And four years ago it was almost none of what it is now. Christy came in from outside the industry while her dad's Alzheimer's was quietly pulling him away from the business he started in 1979. Her mom was ready to shut it down. Christy decided to find out if she could run it instead. What she's done since is the part every owner should hear. She nearly doubled revenue, not by chasing new customers, but by chasing bottlenecks. She cut a 12-week office lead time down to four, moved people into the roles they were actually built for, and turned a careful guy in shipping into the shop's first full-time inspector. She says it plainly: solve one bottleneck and it just moves to the next department, so you keep chasing it. We also get into the human side, which is harder than any tolerance. Working shoulder to shoulder with her mom. Earning her place as a woman on the floor. A notice of escape three weeks into the job that grounded planes, reminding her that she loves solving problems. And the advice she'd give anyone staring down a family transition: trust your gut, stay vulnerable, and lean on the experts who want to help you. This is the kind of conversation that reminds me why this industry is full of the finest people you'll meet. Christy's only four years in, and she's already sharper than folks who've been at it for decades. Grab a notepad for this one. What's Covered in this Episode (0:00) Meet Christy Subia and the family transition that brought her to Bedard Machine (4:22) Bedard today: 23 people, 17 machines, 12,000 square feet, 95% aerospace (6:49) The 1979 origin: one manual lathe and a dad who wouldn't quit (11:08) Why the IMTS Job Shops Workshop belongs on your September calendar (11:58) What 15 years selling raw pet food taught her about family business (14:38) Dennis's mechanical decline and delegating his job before anyone noticed (17:28) A lean office, a mom ready to close, and a CMTC succession plan (22:15) Why we love SMW Autoblok and it's world-class workholding (23:29) From a pet food recall to aerospace traceability: same muscle, new industry (25:20) A notice of escape (NOE) and chasing the root cause: concentricity, the CMM, and gummy material (31:28) Growing machinists with Fullerton College instead of just hiring them (37:19) How CLA helps manufacturers find millions in revenue and savings (38:28) Doubling revenue by chasing bottlenecks and cutting lead time from 12 weeks to four (42:54) The silver tsunami hitting shops and their customers at once (44:59) Working with her mom and the ownership transition (52:21) Diversification: Boeing C-17 landing gear, ITAR, CMMC, and getting back into space (55:28) The real challenges: people who outgrow you and aging equipment (57:40) Christy's advice for navigating the hardest business in the world Resources Mentioned IMTS Job Shops Workshop SMW Autoblok Hennig WorkFlow Automation System CLA ProShop ERP Fullerton College Machining Program Connect with Christy Subia Bedard Machine Christy@bedardmachineinc.com

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The Machine Shop Mastery Podcast helps to elevate the importance of the machine shop industry and reveal the secrets of success for machine shops, to inspire other shop owners or would-be shop owners to follow their passions, start and grow their shops to be an economic driver for our economy and their stakeholders.

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  • Creator
    Paul Van Metre
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    132
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Machine Shop Mastery
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