Innovating New Attachments for Screw Machines, with Elliott May—EP 143
In honor of this weekend’s PMPA National Technical Conference, we’re resharing a podcast we did last year with Elliott May, engineer at BME in Port Huron, Michigan. BME builds original custom attachments for cam multi-spindles. They also rebuild Acme-Gridley screw machines. Elliott and I talked about a lot of fascinating
Making A Difference
Last night, I watched the film, It’s a Wonderful Life, with my wife, Risa, and my daughter’s family in California. I wept profusely, as I
Manufacturing in Israel, With Patrice Zamor–EP 45
We originally published this episode in 2019. It was a better time in Israel’s history, before the country was savagely provoked to go to war
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. From April 19, 2018, until
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 have built an organization and
Can You Still Turn a Buck with a Cam Screw Machine?
Is the traditional automatic screw machine business in a coma? It probably already is in its death throes, which does not mean Wickmans, Acmes, Davenports,
Diary of a Used Machinery Dealer
A Bad Deal Wednesday, Graff-Pinkert hopefully finally buried a turd of a Swiss screw machine. You probably saw it over the years in our advertisements—a