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:

September 20, 202223 - Boss for a Day
The guys consider switching positions with the team, number sequencing in G-code, how to embrace change, and have a new Subreddit!
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New Subreddit /r/PartsDepartment
Identity shift blues - Failing to embrace change?
John and John - Outsourced CEO? BOM 288
Pierson Tour NYCNC
Boss for a day?
QC update on dowel PS situation
How do you fix messy Fusion models?
Parameter I/O - Fusion 360 Plugin
Counting up machined numbers? Locker doors, serial numbers etc.
Talk me out of buying a Pierson Pro Pallet (code: IMTS 15% off)
Competitive Pricing vs Expertise
Recommendation: The Prepared
Enough - Kevin Cavenaugh TedXPortland

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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
September 13, 202222 - Complicated Waste
Dealing with QA and Bad parts, Over-Complication Waste, Blowing your AI Credits, and the Evolution of Pants Man
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Dealing with QA and Bad parts
"Trust but Verify" - Probably BOM
Sense of Urgency with Vacuum Holder
ATC Pedestals looking Great
Rhino 8 WIP TestMetal
I'm an Apple
Over-complication: A new Lean Waste?
Removing instead of adding
Stable Diffusion
Cortex - The Ethics of AI Art
John Oliver - AI Images (Cabbage)
Jem blew his Dall-E Credits
Pants Man Evolution
Black Books audio clip - He was eating his pants and laughing.
Pattern Recognition book
Compost Research
9 weeks of machine time incoming… (700 sheets)
IMTS FOMO Hard
App Corner: Shottr for Mac
MFG Automation Designer Vention
Factorio
YLNT - Baby on a Dog

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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
55min
September 06, 202221 - The Naughty Corner
Motor fires, blown air lines, a semi-load of tubes, thoughts on hiring, and Baby Pants first impressions.
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Slow down
Air fuses
🔥 in vacuum pump
Shipping Baby Pants
Baby Pants first impressions (Jems video)
Cost of Big Tool Shows vs Online Marketing (DMG Mori)
Making Spam with FloDesk
KittaCollin
Tyler says don’t don’t it once
Jem needs a project
Nick Atkins the Boatbuilder on the Shop Stool Podcast
Crazy composting schemes - semi-trailer incoming
Penta Web Machine Simulation
Jem’s wants to hire everyone
Reminder of First Hire
Scouting 365
Jobs at Like Butter & PDX CNC
Assembly Guides
- Sticker name and QR code
- Paper and Email > Automated Email by Product?

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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
53min
August 30, 202220 - Parametric Beach Holiday
Jem in beach mode, Justin in Pants-Production mode. The guys discuss their dream future features of Fusion 360, their next products: KittaColin and ATC Pedestals. Also British Steak Chips.
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Baby Pants Shipped!
Upcoming September LB product: KittaColin
Beach CAD
Gender balance in the industry
Recruiting challenges
PDXCNC ATC Pedestals Progress

What's your dream future of Fusion 360?
Drawings are almost unusable
Parameters are powerful but we want more!
If/then statements
Connect Fusion outside of itself: Zapier!
and Fusion 360 to Shopify 👀

Rob Lockwood Container Method™️
Screen Recording in a quote ➕
British Steak Chips
Justin's UK Trip Vlog

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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
50min
August 23, 202219 - The Allure of Hotel Curtains
Fusion 360 is thick in the air, Justin chats from the UK, and Jem has the sniffles. Airtable, Bubble, and App Sheets and the Kitta Parts Configurator comes alive.
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UK?
Autodesk news?
KittaParts Configurator hack - love for Rhino
A most unproductive week
Procrastination/deep work/shutting the door
Send Info Working Right Away for PDX CNC
Fusion 360 Live Machine Connection (HAAS)
RV Company Pizza Tracker
Bubble
App Sheets
Average Ping time between London and Melbourne: 282 ms (16904km / 10503 mi)

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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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47min
August 16, 202218 - Lubricated Naysayer
Quotient talk resurfaces, Trouble in Baby Pants Land? Constraints prove beneficial and multiple book recommendations.
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Quotient Reigns Supreme
Trouble in Baby Pants Land?
Do you feel nimble?
Constraints proving better for LB
Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business - Rec from Adjective Art & Framing @adjframes
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
Ethics of Temporal Parts - IE: Burning Man or Event Companies
Justin traveling, may no podcast?

Titles
The Nimble Slippery Butter
Lubricated Naysayer
Trouble in Baby Pants Space/Land
Jem Says it Gets Better

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

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
42min
August 09, 202217 - My Cabinets Have Been Hacked
Burt, the New Like Butter product, Mystery of Web Sales, Arachne 3D Printing Slicer, Brothers Neistat, and Epoxy Woodworking Stances?
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Consistency comes from Off-loading Tasks for Jem
PDX CNC Tool Tag Tower - Free 3D Print
Arachne in PrusaSlicer or Cura saving tons of 3D Print Time
Advertising for Services and Products
The mysteries of web sales - July
Burt Bedroom Storage - LB
Don't go live on a Friday
5 Principles of Organization - Van Neistat
Organanised Clip
Casey Neistat - Interview about income about Vlog Income
Education / Sharing at Work without Negative Tone?
Makita Coffee Maker - Amazon
Where do you stand on Epoxy!?
Chair by Chris Tomoya
IKEA Kitchen / Rob Lockwood
Longitude Book
The Bear - Hulu
Aluminum/Aluminium Part Went well

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

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
49min
August 02, 202216 - Justin Confesses
Justin (and Jem) make a big confession. They also realize sales by business owner is a tool for control. The YCM makes a big aluminum part and Nack might attend a Makers Market that ignites from the +100ºF heat in Portland.
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Nack Maker Fair Prep
Continued Benefits from Business Coaching
Jem handing off HR to Sarah
Mill setups
Custom Tools are a great deal
Justin makes a Confession
Jem makes a Confession
Penta Machine Company
Hiring for Sales - Chicken and Egg
Owner Control by owning sales
We're "special" is maybe more a feeling than
We're also stifling our potential (Justin is)
Commissions? - Bad for team moral?

Qualify Harder
Follow Ups - By Phone is Huge Conversion Boost (LB)
Video Recording to go with Quote

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

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
55min
July 26, 202215 - The Podcast Prepper
Justin returns from vacation. The guys talk about product design and distribution, Wallaby's in America, and 3D printing.
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Baby Pants update
Wallaby's in America?
LB - Product Launch July
LB Printing Success
Design In-process Products - Airtable
Shapeoko First Op
Distribute Products?
Markups and Margins
Crossbranding
Vacation Non-Productivity?
Podcast Archiver

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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
47min
July 12, 202214 - Tower of Duck Ponzi Scheme
The Business Ponzi-Scheme, Duct Tower progress, Our Dream Products, Why Naivety is Secret Sauce, more Dall-E Madness, and OSMO Application.
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EOFY wrap up
Getting beyond the Business Ponzi Scheme
Breakmaster Cylinder

Test-Fit Guarantee - Dust Boot
Attraction to Making Tools
Duct Tower Progress
2 days of machining with Josh
More Dall-E Madness

What's your dream product?
How to Justify your 5-axis Purchase
A Better Nack Desk

Naïvety ✔︎
How to Kill your Products Off
Hobbies?
Gaming
Podcasts
The last Reply All - so many linked memories

OSMO Application - White Scotchbrite, on orbital to spread it
White microfiber polish
Sand with 800 grit
2nd Coat - Repeat

Water-Based Spray Booth

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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
53min

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