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How to Cut Machine Setup Time in Half, with Paul Van Metre – EP 97

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

During our discussion, Paul shares a lot of valuable and timeless information that can help your shop run more efficiently. Since we did the interview, he has also started his own podcast, called Machine Shop Mastery: https://machineshopmastery.com/about/. We invite you to give it a listen!

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On today’s show we’re talking about how to set up machine tools efficiently.

How to Buy and Sell Machines Like a Used Machinery Dealer–EP 217

Noah Graff with a Used EPIC Hydromat Rotary Transfer Machine

Do you ever wonder how I make a living buying and selling old iron?

Sometimes Graff-Pinkert’s used machinery business boggles our own minds too. But we have some tricks of the trade that make it possible for me to pay my mortgage, and on today’s podcast I’m going to share a few of them with you.

We’re running an episode from the Job Shop Show podcast, where I was interviewed last year.

Are EVs a Losing Game?

It’s been a miserable month for electric cars. Tesla fired everybody in its charger department, Ford told us that it is losing $100,000 on every electric vehicle it sells, and Donald Trump announced he will stop the construction of new wind generators off the East Coast because he wants to save the whales.

Escaping Your Comfort Zone with Lean Manufacturing, Matthew Rassi-EP 216

Matthew Rassi, Lean Manufacturing Consultant and founder of Twenty Helping Hands.

Working in the machining industry I hear the term “lean manufacturing” mentioned a lot. But what does the word “lean” really mean in this context? And how do you implement it in your company?

To help me clarify these questions, I interviewed Matthew Rassi, founder of Twenty Helping Hands. He’s a lean manufacturing consultant who has been working in the manufacturing industry for over two decades.

Ghosted by a Customer, What Do You Do?—EP 215

Noah Graff waiting for Ghosting Customer to Text Back

I’m dealing with a customer right now who seems interested in some CNC machines Graff-Pinkert has for sale. They told me they needed this type of machine ASAP! And these machines are RARE!

They even said they had a big job for the machines already and they are on the “verge of pulling the trigger any day now.”

But then they stopped returning my phone calls. They’re ghosting me, and my crock brain is getting the best of me.

Leaving your Father’s Manufacturing Company and then Founding Your Own, with Howard Sheldon-EP 214

Howard Sheldon, Owner of Sheldon Precision Engineering

Our guest on today’s show, Howard Sheldon, grew up working in his family’s third generation precision turning company. He planned to eventually take over the business from his father, but unfortunately succession didn’t happen the way he had hoped.

Howard left his family company in his mid-30s, and 10 years ago started his own Swiss turning company, Sheldon Precision Engineering Ltd.

Howard turned out to be a natural entrepreneur, and he has built a thriving business that gives him the lifestyle he wants.

The Benefits of a Manufacturing Business Sharing Financials with its Employees, with Reid Leland-EP 132

Our guest on the podcast today is Reid Leland, founder and President of LeanWerks, a precision machining job shop in Ogden, Utah. Lean Works operates using open-book management, which means the company shares its financial information with all its employees on a regular basis.

Reid says this transparent management style makes its employees aware of how their performance impacts the company’s success. They feel accountable to not only work hard but more intelligently, in a way that benefits the company the most.

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