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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

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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

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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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Portland, Oregon, USA

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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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Portland, Oregon, USA

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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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Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Portland, Oregon, USA

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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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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Portland, Oregon, USA

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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?

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• 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

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Portland, Oregon, USA

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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

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Portland, Oregon, USA

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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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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Portland, Oregon, USA

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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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Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Justin Brouillette

Portland, Oregon, USA

PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links