See the Part Before You Cut It, with Greg Walker and Bob Folts–EP 275
I was touring a shop once, and the owner told me the engineers can draw up whatever they want. It never comes out like that on the machine. At IMTS, I brought that up with Greg Walker and Bob Folts of Spacial Integrated Systems. They told me it can. As

Ep. 42 – John Habe IV on Valuing a Machining Business
Today’s podcast is part 2 of an interview we did with John Habe IV, President of Metal Seal Precision, a machining company based in Mentor,

Quandry, Gold or Dross?
The scary, little, chubby chess piece sat in the old Scottish antiques dealer’s desk for 50 years. He bought it for a few pounds and

Ep. 41 – John Habe IV on Growing a Machining Business through Acquisitions
Today’s podcast is part 1 of a two part interview we did with John Habe IV of Metal Seal Corporation, a machining company based in

The Journal Deserves a Medal
If you are interested in women’s soccer, obscure foods, and the tortured lives of Congressional Medal of Honor winners, last weekend’s Wall Street Journal provided

Best of Swarfcast: The Self-Taught Machinist, With John Saunders of NYC CNC
In Throwback Thursday fashion, Lloyd and Noah are out of town this week, so we’re sharing one of our favorite podcasts from the past. Be

Ep. 40 – A New Person Every Day, With Noah Graff
In today’s podcast I was interviewed about a book I am writing which documents a year in which I have met at least one new

