Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Today’s Machining WorldToday’s Machining World
    • Swarfblog
    • Podcast
    • Industry News
    • Videos
    • About
    • Advertise
    • Back Issues
      • Editor’s Notes
      • Featured Stories
      • Forum
      • How it Works
      • Lloyd Graff’s Afterthought
      • Reviews
      • Shop Doc
      • Interviews
      • Magazine Back Issues
    • Subscribe
    • Contact
    Today’s Machining WorldToday’s Machining World
    Home»Podcast»Swarfcast Ep. 12 – Logan McGhan on Reinventing a Career in the Machining World
    Podcast

    Swarfcast Ep. 12 – Logan McGhan on Reinventing a Career in the Machining World

    Noah GraffBy Noah GraffSeptember 28, 2018Updated:October 4, 20181 Comment2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Logan McGhan.

    In today’s podcast we interviewed Logan McGhan, a used machine tool dealer at the firm KD Capital.

    Logan’s journey to selling used equipment spanned numerous stages. At around age 7, his father, who also worked in machining, brought home a complex part from a trade show that had been made on a CNC, and Logan knew that the machining industry was his calling. At 17 he built an entire rifle (aside from the scope) using manual equipment.

    In his 20s he and his brother started a machining business making after-market accessories for UTVs and ATVs. After the economic disaster hit in 2008 Logan got out of running his own shop and excelled as a CNC programer in the aerospace and medical fields. During this time Logan sometimes bought and sold used machine tools on the side to get a little supplemental income, but he hadn’t considered it as a primary career.

    Then a few years ago, Logan was in a car accident and suffered a concussion leaving his brain in a condition that made CNC programming difficult to do as a full-time job (though he still enjoys doing it). Today he has once again reinvented himself and become a machine tool dealer. At Graff-Pinkert, we have had fun working with Logan on several deals in the last year. He’s an excellent treasure hunter, which I believe has a lot to do with the variety of experiences that have led him to this point in time.

    Question: If you had the opportunity to have any career, what would you do?

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download

    Subscribe: RSS | More

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Noah Graff

    Related Posts

    Tasmania to Tehran Fixing CNCs, with Donato Notaro-EP 245

    June 17, 2025

    This Podcast Changed How I See Dogs

    June 12, 2025

    The Best of Times, The Worst of Times…on the Shop Floor

    June 11, 2025

    Leaving your Father’s Manufacturing Company and then Founding Your Own, with Howard Sheldon-EP 214

    June 10, 2025

    1 Comment

    1. Paul Huber on September 28, 2018 11:57 am

      Pick-up what I did with great success in my late teens and early twenty’s: Music agent and concert promoter!
      My musicians lamented twenty years after I left for the USA that they still have not found someone to get them the quality gig’s like Paul did.

      Paul Huber
      COMEX

    Graff Pinkert

    Join Email List

    Subscribe to the Swarfblog

    Lists*

    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    © 2025 Today's Machining World

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.