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 191 episodes available.

Parts Department episodes:

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

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
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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HOSTS
Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
...more
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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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
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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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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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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

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#ycmcnc
#babypantscnc
#kittaparts

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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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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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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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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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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
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52min
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

What's your one change?

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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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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
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links

Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
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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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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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How many episodes does Parts Department have?

The podcast currently has 191 episodes available.

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