Terry Iverson is a lifer in the machining industry. His grandfather sold machines for Hardinge over 100 years ago, and... more

This podcast episode is the second part of our interview with Will Healy III about how to get the most... more

The 2024 IMTS International Manufacturing Technology Show coming up in two weeks in Chicago! We did an awesome podcast two... more

Most of us don’t have a knack for pivoting.  We follow the standard curriculum, and we keep going forward when... more

Our guests on today’s show are Michael Ottenweller and Terry Hanson, of Ottenweller Company, a medium-sized fabrication and machining company... more

Often the best deals and business decisions happen when you’re doing something that seems crazy to other people and even... more

Today’s show is the second episode in our season about Swiss machining. I interviewed Chris Armstrong last week while he... more

“This is how it’s always been done.” Businesses sometimes can do OK with a philosophy like that. Maybe even make... more

Today’s episode is Part II of our interview with industrial auctioneer Robert Levy. In Part I, I tried to get... more

Auctions are always on our mind at Graff-Pinkert. Since Internet bidding became ubiquitous in the last 15 years they’ve become... more

I’ve had a LinkedIn profile for a long time, but I didn’t pay much attention to it until two years... more

The concept of an ESOP to me has always seemed extraordinary yet at the same time a little hard to... more

My guest on today’s show is Kris Fugate, President of Revolution Machine Works, a prominent rotary transfer machine rebuilder, specializing... more

Using savings to buy a 20-year-old Swiss machine that’s been sitting idle for year is a gamble. Buying one to... more

Our guest on the podcast today is a machinist, entrepreneur, and master craftsman. Josh Shapiro is the owner and founder of... more

My guest on today’s show immigrated to the United States from Mexico at 18 years old, went to tech school,... more

This week on Swarfcast, we’re sharing an interview we originally did back in 2020 with Paul Van Metre, Co-Founder of... more

Do you ever wonder how I make a living buying and selling old iron? Sometimes Graff-Pinkert’s used machinery business boggles... more

Pasta machines operate a lot like cam screw machines, Antonio Adiletta told me when I interviewed him for this week’s... more

Working in the machining industry I hear the term “lean manufacturing” mentioned a lot. But what does the word “lean”... more