Parts Department

By Justin Brouillette & Jem FreemanBusiness Entrepreneurship Technology Leisure Hobbies

Parts Department episodes

May 02, 202353 - Table Full of Foam
Jem and Justin discuss a variety of topics related to their work and personal projects, including 3D printers, procrastination, cold calling, milling tooling foam and shipping pre-orders in this episode of the podcast.
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Laura bought a new Bambu X1C 3D printer
Justin's X1C has a backlog of work
Justin is about to machine a big piece of tooling foam
Jem is struggling with cold calling and negative self-talk, also known as "head trash"
Jem had a great prototyping day with a client
Jem admits to procrastinating for fun, coding in GPT4 instead of focusing on a project for Vividworks.
Justin is currently shipping the first ATC Pedestals from a pre-order, discussing the challenges of pre-orders expectation management.

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HOSTS
Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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33 min
April 25, 202352 - Bambu Mods & GPT4 Genius
Join Jem & Justin as they unpack custom packaging showdowns, Bambu mods, AMS upgrades, & GPT4 prowess. Discover S-GPT shortcuts, KPIs, and the art of resurrecting dreams, finding your edge, and mastering deep work. Get ready for a Thursday twist! 🎧🧩
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Custom Packaging ⚡️
Lasers vs knives
Bambu
Mods
AMS Upgrade
GPT4 critical thinking
S-GPT for iOS / Mac Shortcut
KPIs all around
Dusting off the dream
Finding edges to follow
Not finding time for deep work
Thursday scrapped schedule to focus on two key tasks

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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42 min
April 18, 202351 - Make Feel Nice
Join us as we chat about Ricky takin' the reins, validating open studios, vacay epiphanies, org chart shenanigans, our shiny new laser, KittaPlanta craze, & low sales woes! 🚀🌴🔋🌱
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1 Year Show Anniversary 🥳
Ricky runs the show
Open Studio Validation
Vacation Clarity
Roles / Org Chart
So Watt
New Omtech Laser
KittaPlanta
Low product sales

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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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42 min
April 04, 202350 - Warping Wonders & Blender Blunders
Get ready for laughs as we chat about 1-star reviews, warping acetal, and crave some meaty Blender updates! We discuss Melbourne photoshoots, 3D surface quoting, AI object design, and the new Prusa MK4. Is photography dead? Tune in to find out!
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Another 1-Star Review (Rate/Review the Show 📈)
Warping Acetal
Within Tolerance - Bre Pettis
Bre's old podcast
Config progress - gimme some meat
Blender!?!?!
Photoshoot
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3D Surface Quoting in Grasshopper
Is photography dead? Midjourney v5
Designer of AI objects
Prusa MK4 - Announced

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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39 min
March 28, 202349 - NC my Vac Hold Down
Join us as we explore the tasty tests of ATC forks, pre-qualification Typeforms, and NC programs! Get ready for a new segment, "Something you love," featuring the Probe Halo. We'll also dive into augmented reality products on Shopify, like the Duct Tower example.
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Pre-Qual Typeform
ATC Forks
NC Programs
New Segment: Something you love
Probe Halo - @pat_at_old_boys
Vivid Works
AR Products Shopify - Duct Tower Example

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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34 min
March 21, 202348 - 5-Axis Lust and GPT4 $100 Challenge
In this episode, LB catches Le Rona, plasterboard goes boom, and a new baby pallet is born. Plus, we discuss our 5-axis lust and the risk of burnout. Watch out for trolls! In GPT Corner, we explore GPT Add-to-Cart Links, GPT 4 with a $100 budget, and Textexpander. Jem is obsessed with Linear.app, and we dive into March with GPT 4's Bing summary.
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LB is struck down by Le Rona
Old plasterboard goes bang bang
Baby Pallet Born
5-axis lust (again)
Burnout risk
Trolls

GPT Corner
GPT Add-to-Cart Links
GPT 4 - Bing Summary
GPT 4 - $100 budget
Textexpander -
Jem is obsesssssed ++++
Linear.app
March

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Portland, Oregon, USA
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48 min
March 14, 202347 - Brooming with Justin
In this episode, we cover a range of topics including new fixturing, sales performance, digital advertising, brand guidelines, and success metrics. We also discuss the concept of fight, flight, and freeze, as well as access to Bing's Sydney AI, and an interesting new product called KittaPlanta.
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Mother Pallet Born
Series 9 Clamps
Sales 📈 sorta
Digital ad cliff jumping
Traffic drops off, CR up.
Brand guidelines?
Proof of Success (kWh) PDX
Not paying for power with the LB solar system
Fight, Flight and Freeze
Sydney ❤️ AKA Bing Chat AI
KittaPlanta

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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42 min
March 07, 202346 - New Hire, New Robot
In this episode of Parts Department, we have new hires, robot vacuums, and how we're handling delays and power issues.
We'll also discuss Software Corner, where we'll talk about the newest Lastpass breach. Additionally, we'll touch on some interesting details about the Pencil Sharpener & ShopSabre power problems and foamy surprises.
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PC - We made a hire
Justin's Robot Vacuum Video
New Robot Vacuum at PDX CNC - (Amazon)
Big Bad Boi - Makita Robot Vacuum (Amazon) (Zoro)
LB - New hire started
Flanges
We turned off ads
Delays for Days
Art frontage
Lastpass new massive breach
Pencil Sharpener Power Issues
ShopSabre Power
Foamy
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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38 min
March 01, 202345 - Dreams of Rod Polishing
In this episode of Parts Department, we dive into the world of productivity and business tools. From the power of open book management and the importance of keeping a well-stocked pencil case, to the latest updates on Shopify and the benefits of using AI-powered tools like Autowrite. We also explore the value of ChatGPT Plus and Notion, and discuss insider lingo like "Mother Pallet" and "Rod Polishing". So grab a notepad and get ready to optimize your workflow and boost your success! Oh, Chappy, you write like a robot...
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Mother Pallet
Hot Laps
Open Books ✔︎
Pencil Case
Rod Polishing
Shopify AI - Autowrite
Shopify Updates
ChatGPT Plus
Notion
Conversion Rate Optim

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
40 min
February 27, 2023Secret Show 2 - No Cat Palaces
In the second Secret Show of Parts Department, Justin & Jem talk about saying "No."
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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5 min

About Parts Department

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Justin Brouillette (Portland CNC) & Jem Freeman (Like Butter) discuss CNC machines, their product design and manufacturing businesses, and every kind of tool that they fancy.