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A Manufacturing Podcast. We talk with the owners, suppliers, partners, and customers of custom manufacturers. Listen and learn the secrets of top performing Job Shops. The tools, techniques and backgrounds that have made them successful. All in the quest for raising the bar for Custom Manufacturing.
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Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
We speak with Joel Niekamp of Wesco Machine and Tool. After a career in private equity and investment banking with a specialty in mergers and acquisitions Joel opted to switch gears and purchased a Job Shop himself. Many job shop owners are reaching the point where they're looking to exit their business. And this is a great opportunity to get the perspective of someone on the other side who actually pulled the trigger and bought a shop.
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Wednesday May 22, 2019
On today’s episode, Ali Bahar discusses how he and his neighbor, George Brinzey conceived their idea for Mammoth Machine while hanging out on Friday nights. Hear how they have developed their scanning technology to allow them to reverse engineer challenging parts.
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
On this episode we speak with Peter Sameulson of S&S Machine, another family run business here in New Hampshire. Hear how Peter's early career in tooling gives his shop a unique advantage and perspective on cutting tools. Also, hear how S&S wins the hard jobs that other shops are to afraid to even quote!
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
Jay speaks with Damian Forsythe, owner of Impact Manufacturing in Loomis, California. A natural self-starter Damian speaks about his successes as well as his failures and how it's led him to his own success. He also offers us a fresh perspective on CAM software and why he prefers NX.
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
Welcome to the Job Shop Show! In our first episode, our host, Jay Jacobs, speaks with Brian LeMoine of Brian's Machine Shop a family run business here in New Hampshire. As a self-proclaimed "old school" job shop owner Brian is embracing technology giving him more freedom to travel and participate in his hobbies as retirement is approaching and his son gets prepared to take over the family business.