Why the Cubs
Eighteen years ago today, the Cubs were playing Houston, and Ryan Dempster was pitching. I remember hearing the game on the radio as they were wheeling me into the operating room for a quadruple heart bypass to save my life. At least I think I heard it, or imagined hearing
Junk or Treasure Revisited
May of 2021, after over 50 years of treasure hunting in the machinery business, I am still making a living by searching for overlooked items
My Quest for Serendipity
Wednesday I sold a LICO LNT-42S CNC lathe to an old customer (assuming I’m not jinxing the deal by writing about it now). I confess,
Best of Swarfcast – Ep. 61 – Facilitating a Manufacturing Network with Xometry’s Greg Paulsen
This season we’re talking about how your machine shop attracts new customers. Today, we wanted to share a podcast from our second season which we
A Year of Misery and Vitality
It is finally a moment to look back on the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020 and think about the changes in America it has hastened. Many
Ep. 121 – Finding Customers Through Great Networking with Jay Sauder
For the third episode of our season about how machining companies acquire new work, I interviewed Jay Sauder, owner of Sauder Machine in Plymouth, Ohio.
Happy Mother’s Day?
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