Your Scrap (and Sludge) Is Worth Way More Than You’re Getting, with Kazu Nishioka-EP 277
My machinery customers talk about their chips all the time. Spinners, briquetters, getting the oil out so they can sell it. But the scrap yard still doesn’t care what grade it is. It pays them very little for steel scrap and nothing for sludge from grinding operations. Kazuhiko Nishioka, co-founder

Ep. 32 – Work Less and Do More, with Ari Meisel
Like many people, I get overwhelmed at work. Sometimes I don’t get the work done I want to do, so I stay at the office

A Shop Doc Question
Dear Lloyd – I read all of the issues of Today’s Machining World and really enjoy the insight and information. I’m a 62 year old

Plumbing Brass is Sweet
In the machining world, plumbing products are a sweet spot again because even though new home sales are drifting, the rehab/refurb market is thriving. Faucets

Ep. 30 – Developing a Machining Culture with Victor and Betty DaCruz
On today’s podcast, we interviewed Victor and Betty DaCruz, owners of DaCruz Manufacturing in Bristol, Connecticut. Victor and Betty have transformed their company over the

Michelle and I on Euclid Avenue
I’ve been listening to Michelle Obama’s wonderful autobiography, Becoming, with rapt attention. She is a brilliant writer and a terrific storyteller. What makes the book

Ep. 29 – Mark Fordyce, Hydromat Maestro
On today’s podcast, we interviewed Mark Fordyce, Team Leader of the Hydromat Parts & Rebuild department at Component Bar Products in St. Louis. Mark is

