“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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