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Today's Machining World

Noah Graff, used machine tool dealer and editor of Today’s Machining World, interviews machining company owners, equipment gurus, and experts with insight... more

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Episodes

Attached to Multi-Spindles, With Elliott May

In honor of this weekend’s PMPA National Technical Conference, we’re resharing a podcast we did last year with Elliott May,... more

24 Apr 2024 · 41 minutes
Ghosted by a Customer, What Do You Do?—EP 215

I’m dealing with a customer right now who seems interested in some CNC machines Graff-Pinkert has for sale. They told... more

17 Apr 2024 · 17 minutes
How to Prevent Fires in Your Machine Tools with Mike Campo-EP 98

On this week’s classic episode of Swarfcast, we’re talking about preventing fires inside of machinery. Our guest is Mike Campo,... more

10 Apr 2024 · 38 minutes
Leaving your Father’s Manufacturing Company and then Founding Your Own, With Howard Sheldon-EP 214

Our guest on today’s show, Howard Sheldon, grew up working in his family’s third generation precision turning company. He planned... more

03 Apr 2024 · 49 minutes
Sharing What's Working and What Isn't, with Reid Leland

It seems that today’s younger generations of workers, such as millennials, want to understand why they are instructed to do... more

27 Mar 2024 · 29 minutes
Supplying Medical Parts Directly to Hospitals, with Thadd Mellott-EP 213

My guest on today’s show, Thadd Mellott, called us at Graff-Pinkert because he needed a Star SB20 CNC Swiss machine.... more

20 Mar 2024 · 44 minutes
How to Market a Manufacturing Business by Becoming a Thought Leader, with Joe Sullivan-EP 137

In the last year, our used machinery company, Graff-Pinkert, has been successfully growing our business brokering division. This podcast and... more

14 Mar 2024 · 37 minutes
Breaking Your Machining Business Out of Its Goldfish Bowl, Roger Duffy (Part II)-EP 212

Today’s episode is Part II of our interview with Roger Duffy, owner of F&F Machine Products. In Part I we... more

08 Mar 2024 · 43 minutes
How to Turn a Business Failure Into an Opportunity—Seeking Serendipity-EP 211

How many times has something happened to you that really sucked but then eventually turned out to be a good... more

01 Mar 2024 · 12 minutes
How Do You Manage Employees When a Company is Acquired? With Jennifer Fondrevay

Recently, we have seen a growing number of mergers and acquisitions in the manufacturing space. After these deals are finalized... more

22 Feb 2024 · 54 minutes
Growing a Thriving Shop by Creating Chaos and then Organizing it, Roger Duffy (Part I)-EP 110

At Graff-Pinkert, I’ve sold a lot of machine tools to successful entrepreneurs, including my guest on today’s show, Roger Duffy,... more

14 Feb 2024 · 37 minutes
Change, Fear, and Screw Machines--EP 209

“I can’t hire a cam multi-spindle operator who knows what they’re doing! I’m throwing out my multi-spindles and going all... more

08 Feb 2024 · 6 minutes
Becoming the Machining Doctor, with Erez Speiser- EP 208

Have you ever dreamed about combining your expertise and passions to become an entrepreneur? My guess on today’s podcast did... more

31 Jan 2024 · 49 minutes
3D Printing Houses With Robots, Jonathan Ladouceur

As the housing market has slowed recently in our current economy, alternative types of construction such as 3D printing with... more

25 Jan 2024 · 36 minutes
Precision Machining Class in Session, with Jarod Dailey-EP 207

My guest on today’s podcast, Jerod Dailey, could have been a mechanical engineer or even a doctor if he wanted... more

17 Jan 2024 ·
Selling Real Cow Bone to Machine Bone Screws! With Mary and Jim Rickert

Have you ever wondered if bone screws could actually be machined from real tissue? If that were possible, where could... more

10 Jan 2024 · 29 minutes
Hard Lessons We Learned in the Machining World in 2023–EP 206

Happy New Year everybody! On today’s podcast, Lloyd Graff and I reflect on the ups and downs of machining world... more

03 Jan 2024 · 41 minutes
Manufacturing in Israel, With Patrice Zamor

We originally published this episode in 2019. It was a better time in Israel’s history, before the country was savagely... more

27 Dec 2023 · 33 minutes
Meeting People Project: My Fellow Treasure Hunter, Steve--EP 205

Today I’m debuting a new episode series under the Swarfcast umbrella that I’m going to put out every so often.... more

21 Dec 2023 · 8 minutes
Making Your Manufacturing Company Salable, With Damon Pistulka-EP 204

Have you considered whether your business is salable? My guest on today's podcast says only a small fraction of companies... more

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Happy New Year everybody! On today’s podcast, Lloyd Graff and I reflect on the ups and downs of machining world in 2023... more