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Why Onshoring Is Really Happening, with Lloyd and Noah Graff-EP 271

The first quarter of 2026 stunk for Graff-Pinkert’s used machinery business. But fortunately, in the last few months, we’ve made some really good deals, selling old Davenport and Acme screw machines, as well as some expensive late model CNC multi-spindles. Today, Lloyd Graff and I give our take on why

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Shot at Stardom

Jon Samuelson has three daughters, Bonnie, Karlie and Katie Lou. Two were in the NCAA Basketball Final Four over the weekend. A third started for

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Paid by the Hour

I received an email recently from Steve Rose, a veteran of the machining wars who was educated in an apprentice program in England during the

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You Bet Your Life

Fifteen years ago, I was in Las Vegas for a business conference in late March and ran into a used machinery dealer from Chicago named

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My Country

My dad and I arrived in Nashville last Thursday afternoon to go to a conference put on by the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA). After

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First Family

Commitment to family is a bedrock value to my wife Risa and I. It comes before career, money, religion, friends, even the Cubs. It wasn’t

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I Love Cars

I am a car guy and, as I do most years, I strolled through the North American International Auto Show which is held in Detroit

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