Attached to Multi-Spindles, with Elliott May—EP. 143
Our guest on today’s podcast is 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 things in this interview. How to keep old mechanical beasts relevant, getting
Let Me Work
I’m on vacation in the Bay Area and I’m working. Today it’s a blog, business calls, thinking about options for TMW and Graff-Pinkert. I’m in
Respect the Streak
Baseball fans love statistics because they tend to make the daily events seem more rational and orderly. We humans crave order and predictability, even when
A Father’s Day Baseball Story
John Arguello is a favorite writer of mine, these days. He covers the Chicago Cubs intensively and works with a stable of writers and commenters
The Color of Law
It’s been 150 years since the end of the Civil War and 50 years since the signing of the Civil Rights Act. However we still
It’s Tough to be the King
Jeff Immelt, head of General Electric Corporation, is getting the boot as head of the company. Travis Kalanick is being asked to step aside as
The “What if” Question
I have spent my entire business life identifying price anomalies and taking advantage of them to make money. “Buy low, sell high” is my secular