In this jam-packed episode of Chips and Tips, Justin from Toolpath sits down with Jim Belosic, founder of SendCutSend, for a wide-ranging conversation on their ambitious leap from sheet metal to CNC machining. What started as a quest for custom car parts has grown into a thriving, family-run manufacturing business that’s now aiming to shake up the world of machining—one “part-shaped object” at a time.

Jim shares how SendCutSend plans to eliminate the long-standing tension between designers and machinists by rejecting traditional prints, embracing fixed tolerances, and leveraging Toolpath’s software to close the design-for-manufacture loop. They talk about why 3D printing spoiled a generation of designers, how standardization can actually expand accessibility, and how transparency, speed, and education are at the heart of the SendCutSend machining philosophy.

From avoiding “Tennessee floor finishes” to training the next wave of hardware entrepreneurs, this episode is a candid look at manufacturing innovation, community impact, and the grind behind bringing fast, affordable, good-enough machining to the masses.