Parts Department

By Justin Brouillette & Jem Freeman

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.

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The podcast currently has 184 episodes available.

Parts Department episodes:

November 29, 202233 - Juvenile Designer Syndrome
Dealing with Bad Vendors, Presented Awards, Stellar Hiring Ideas, and Secret Menu Face Mills
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ATC Pedestals
Black Friday Sales? - All Birds increased prices for BF (donations)
Three people out on Tuesday - Jem in his happy place
LB Awards
Bad Vendor Experience - 16 weeks late
Providing Files?
Hiring Tidbit - Within Tolerance 167 - Jamie Underwood - What's something you fucked up and how did it affect other people?
Emotional amnesia theory vs just being in the moment
Journaling / Justin's version - BTWS - Be Thankful, Write or Sketch
Printer Ink | Face Mill Inserts $411 ASX FM ($776 list)

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HOSTS
Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
45min
November 22, 202232 - Justin's Special Bucket
The ATC Pedestals Launch which sends Justin into Shopify Variant Hell. The guys talk cameras and videos, and if products can be reviewed like employees?
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ATC Pedestal Launch Imminent 🚀 Video, Product
Shopify Variant Hell
Full = 320 vs Simple = 80 variations
Simple Bundles Plugin

Loving the Sony A7iii
Justin's Camera Monitor
Something you never thought you could delegate
Product Reviews like Employee Reviews?

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HOSTS
Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
38min
November 16, 202231 - Good Weather & Paychecks
Big November Start for Like Butter, New Shop Nav, New Aluminum CNC Routing, & Help Needed.
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Nov kicks off
New Shop Nav Worked for LB?
CRO bash
Aluminum Routing - Customer Reaction
Lead times ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Short staffed
LB Hiring 👈

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
31min
November 08, 202230 - Practicing Kinetic Energy Recovery
YCM Update, Fusion update, multiple breakdowns, chip management, Brother Speedio.
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Mill update!?
Fusion 360 Posts are Updated - Safe Start is now safe
Jem breaks down - last week I said I'm pretty useless and it's great - this sunk in hard later that day
DaVinci Resolve - shiny object syndrome
Brother Speedio Kinetic Energy Recovery (KERS) details
YCM Needs Chip Management
Leaning the Shop
Prusa MK3S+ not broken just 🥵
Patreon - Other levels

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
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37min
November 01, 202229 - YCM Crash from a Fusion 360 Bug
Fusion 360 causes a massive YCM crash. New – Support the Show on Patreon to get the Secret Show & more.
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Patreon Launch!
Think of it like paying for business therapy. This is way cheaper.
Tiers for what you're comfortable with
Support the show, help us hire an editor.
$10 or Higher gets you a Secret Show episode

YCM Mill Crash from Fusion 360 Bug (Safe Start misnomer)
Affected Fusion 360 Posts: Fanuc, Matsuura, Syil Syntec, Syntec, Ethereal Halo
PSA - Check your Posts Regularly
Stacked Marketer
Descript Love

All Marketers are Liars - the title of which is a lie.
Waste Expo
Blown Deadlines
Packaging/Shipping included in COGS
LB's Costing / Pricing with Airpower to Shopify 🤤

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
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46min
October 25, 202228 - Plunging My Face Mill
Jem & Justin lament how to kill products, in-housing packaging, a giant tool, PDX CNC's free cost calculator, and who really wears the trousers?
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Laser Chat
Making your own packaging
Giant Tool holder
Killing a Product - RIP
Cost Calculator
Letting go of the reins?
Who wears the trousers?
Big announcement next week 👀

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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38min
October 18, 202227 - Swiss Lathe of Wood
Have we sacrificed enough for the algorithm Gods? Sell, Why sell? No, upsell. Plus willful ignorance.
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Video Traffic Lottery
Mill Pallet Made - Finally
Poka-yoke (ポカヨケ, [poka joke]) is a Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing" or "inadvertent error prevention".
Anniversary Pencil Sharpener
Jaunt Motors
Upsell / Cross Marketing Apps Assortion (Free); Frequently Bought Together (Paid)
Bored of selling. So fickle.
Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business
Nack Makers Market Recap
What are you willfully ignoring?

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
44min
October 11, 202226 - Building a Shack in the Woods
Jem contemplates a shack in the woods, September product launch review, and goals for October.
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A shack in the woods
Arrested Development Surrogate
Hot Laps Season
Tana.inc

Product launch Sep?
LB: ⭕️
PDX CNC: ✅ Duct Tower

Marketing Goals - More Videos
PDX CNC Tool Holders
Beyond Delegation
Adding Fixturing to CNC Router

Goals for October
ThreadBoard
ATC Pedestals

Hashtag
#ycmcnc
#babypantscnc
#kittaparts

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
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41min
October 04, 202225 - Failure to Delegate
Are Jem and Justin failing to delegate? PDX CNC Duct Towers and a new Shopify store launches. Both feel gratitude for the podcast and you all.
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Podcast studio/office WIP
Duct Towers 🦆 & New PDX CNC Shopify
Best Day of Sales Yet - PDXCNC
Descript makes editing Video/Audio/Podcast Easy

App Talk
Sleeping on Shopify Automations 😳
Freshhhhhh Desk desires

5hp - servos - BBQ carbide
Are we Failing to Delegate?
Evolving Products Fast - Mentality? Rip off bandaid of change

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HOSTS
Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
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48min
September 27, 202224 - How Small is your Bit?
Justin has a "We Made it Feeling," how long will it last? Shopify transition discussion, Pierson Pro Pallets acquired, Like Butter worldwide? Recruiting for Fusion 360 skills.
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"We made it feeling" - Justin
Dust Boot 2 - LB
Compression Tooling Talk
Shopify Transition Talk - New website transfer attrition
Like Butter Worldwide?
I did it - Pierson Pro Pallet ordered
What's the one thing you would change in my business?
Trademarking costs worth it?
Jem's holiday on the machines
Patagonia Billionaires No more
Recruiting for Fusion driver - junior vs senior?
Young for a software package
Justin's Fusion 360 Optional Parameter Trick

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HOSTS
Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
52min

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