The Prepared. It's both a weekly newsletter and an occasional podcast0:02Spencer claims he is a fake engineer since he was an english major0:02Grew up in the Hamptons doing construction0:06Dealing with subcontractors in the construction industry0:06Custom bicycle frames for $2K0:07Mahogany experience from the construction industry led to a job building custom robot doors for a beach house.0:09This is where he brought in his co-host on the prepared Zach Dunham to do audio design (Zach was a guest on this show on episode 350)0:10Later they brought in Todd Bailey to do the control electronics (Todd was a guest on this show on episode 194)0:10This trio decided to take the MIT online electronics course, 6.002x0:12Zach and Spencer built The Public Radio together, which they are still selling.0:14This is made and programmed by Worthington Assembly0:14Sourcing - finding parts for the robot doors0:18They worked out of an old Northrup Grumman facility that used to make jets0:19Choice paralysis0:25Spencer's full time job is at nTopology0:27They do 3D printing software for non-traditional uses.0:27We previously talked a little about 3D printing for non-traditional (rocket building at Relativity Space) uses with Brent and Bryce a couple episodes ago.0:28DMLS0:29Wrote about the titanium / metal powderbed fusion0:30CAD software designed for printing implants0:33Porous hip cup that bones can grow into.0:35Precision Castparts Corp0:37Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 20150:37Flyknit shoes - Nike0:39Trend spotting0:42Reducing number of tollgates to bring a product to market0:43Procuring parts more easily - most software isn't great0:43MFG.com0:46Localization of manufacturing0:48US vs China0:48Insourcing manufacturing of the Public Radio0:54Work instructions using Tulip0:54Spencer talked to Rony from Tulip on The Prepared podcast0:56Spencer uses PartsBox.io to search for parts in his personal inventory1:00Find Spencer on most social media channels as pencerw1:04ThePrepared.org1:05nTopology.com1:05
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