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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

Why Some People Build Companies and Others Don’t, Mike Payne (Part 2) EP 233

I often ponder—why do some people own and build companies, while most people are destined to spend their careers as... more

17 Dec 2024 · 33 minutes
Manufacturing Acquisitions with Purpose, Mike Payne (Part 1)-EP 232

On today’s podcast, I’m talking with Mike Payne, owner of Hill Manufacturing and Fabrication in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, to peek... more

10 Dec 2024 · 37 minutes
Minimizing Your Customers’ Pain with Federico Veneziano

Today’s show is the first episode of a multi-part series about how machining companies acquire new work.  Our guest is... more

04 Dec 2024 · 35 minutes
3 Secrets to Buy Used Equipment like a Used Machinery Dealer-EP 231

Have you ever wondered how a used machinery dealer like myself approaches buying secondhand equipment? About a month ago, I... more

26 Nov 2024 · 25 minutes
Manufacturing Parts for the Department of Defense, with Mike Topolewski

Sometimes machining companies tell Graff-Pinkert they have long running, lucrative jobs supplying parts to the D.O.D., and it always has... more

19 Nov 2024 · 42 minutes
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... more

12 Nov 2024 · 55 minutes
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... more

06 Nov 2024 · 32 minutes
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... more

29 Oct 2024 · 58 minutes
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,... more

23 Oct 2024 · 28 minutes
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... more

22 Oct 2024 · 28 minutes
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.... more

15 Oct 2024 · 51 minutes
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... more

09 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
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... more

01 Oct 2024 · 1 hour,
How a Navy SEAL Runs a Machining Company, with Bill Berrien (Part II)

If you have not already listened to Part I, you can find it here. After serving in the Navy SEALs... more

24 Sep 2024 · 39 minutes
How a Navy SEAL Runs a Machining Company, with Bill Berrien (Part I)

Bill Berrien has had an extraordinary professional journey. He earned an MBA at Harvard, worked for General Electric and then... more

24 Sep 2024 · 29 minutes
3D Printing a Human Heart at IMTS–EP 226

At IMTS 2024, I learned about the latest technology for CNC lathes, robots, and most notably 3D printing. Stratasys was... more

17 Sep 2024 · 34 minutes
Thinking Like an Artist to Solve Engineering Challenges, With Dr. Onome Scott-Emuakpor (Part II)

Today’s podcast episode is the second half of our interview with Dr. Onome Scott-Emuakpor, the founder of Hyphen Innovations, a... more

12 Sep 2024 · 40 minutes
Thinking Like an Artist to Solve Engineering Challenges, With Dr. Onome Scott-Emuakpor (Part I)

Noah is attending IMTS this week, so we are resharing one of our favorite podcasts from last year. This episode... more

10 Sep 2024 · 41 minutes
CNC Machining Camp, with Terry Iverson--EP 225

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

29 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
How to Get the Most From a Trade Show, With Will Healy III (Part II)--EP 164

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

28 Aug 2024 · 30 minutes
How to Get the Most From a Trade Show, With Will Healy III (Part I)–EP 163

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

26 Aug 2024 · 30 minutes
Pivoting to Manufacture a Product, with Michael Gimbel – EP 224

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

19 Aug 2024 · 46 minutes
How a Machining Company Thrives after 108 years in Business, with Michael Ottenweller and Terry Hanson

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

14 Aug 2024 · 50 minutes
How Crazy Ideas Fuel Your Business--EP 223

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

05 Aug 2024 · 8 minutes
Supporting CNC Swiss Machines with Chris Armstrong

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

01 Aug 2024 · 32 minutes
How to Create an Awesome Manufacturing Culture, with Jim Mayer--EP 222

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

24 Jul 2024 · 44 minutes
Machinery Auctions Off the Stand with Robert Levy, (Part II)–EP. 146

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

18 Jul 2024 · 39 minutes
Machinery Auctions Off the Stand, with Robert Levy (Part I)

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

17 Jul 2024 · 42 minutes
How to Promote Your Business on LinkedIn, with Scott Aaron–EP 221

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

10 Jul 2024 · 43 minutes
What If The Employees Owned Your Company?, with Rich Gaffney–EP 220

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

26 Jun 2024 · 52 minutes
Where Rotary Transfers Fit, with Kris Fugate

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

19 Jun 2024 ·
Betting Your Savings to Start a Machining Company, Dulio Arellano (Part II)—EP 219

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

06 Jun 2024 ·
Manufacturing a $70,000 Wristwatch in the United States, with Josh Shapiro

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

05 Jun 2024 ·
18-Year-Old Immigrant to Machine Shop Founder, Dulio Arellano (Part I)—EP 218

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

29 May 2024 ·
How to Cut Machine Setup Time in Half, with Paul Van Metre

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

22 May 2024 · 37 minutes
How to Buy and Sell Machines Like a Used Machinery Dealer--EP 117

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

15 May 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Pasta Machines and Precision Parts, with Antonio Adiletta

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

08 May 2024 · 42 minutes
Escaping Your Comfort Zone with Lean Manufacturing, Matthew Rassi-EP 216

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

01 May 2024 · 56 minutes
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
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In honor of this weekend’s PMPA National Technical Conference, we’re resharing a podcast we did last year with Elliott May, engineer at... more