The Lone Machinists

By Jamie Peacock & Curt Van Filipowski (Feat. Jon Dillehay)

Curt and Jamie dive into business and manufacturing as one-man shops.

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FAQs about The Lone Machinists:

How many episodes does The Lone Machinists have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.

The Lone Machinists episodes:

August 26, 2025Ep. 35: Live, Laugh, Crash
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as Tiny tiny bearings, 4th axis, and now we can't go back, and making aeroplane parts.
Links Discussed:

Retroid: https://www.goretroid.com/en-ca/collections/retro-game-system
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
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1h 18min
August 19, 2025Ep. 34: Siemens School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as Curt’s 2, 1, 1 week schedule, Cycle832, and Jamie reading books.
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
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1h 18min
August 12, 2025Ep. 33: Video killed the radio star!
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as 4/5th axis Anchor Point, Doctor Who at the medieval fair, and how Justin Gray is a sweetheart.
Links Discussed:

Robot Oblivion: https://www.instagram.com/robotoblivion?igsh=emprNWk4b3hpcGl5

Toolpath: https://toolpath.com/
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
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1h 17min
August 05, 2025Ep.32: AMAZE AMAZE! You sleep, I watch
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as making screws, tumbling and nebula, and Project Hail Mary.
Links Discussed:

The Blight: https://www.cnczone.com/forums/vertical-mill-lathe-project-log/56549-cnc.html

My Next Masterpiece!!! I Built a Tool Post Milling Spindle Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9g4bvlIMpE

Actionbox emco video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=gqLPubk5SeGSet-f&v=GGVa0gTO7Wc&feature=youtu.be
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
...more
1h 23min
July 29, 2025Ep. 31: Scaling Up
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as hydraulic holders, Ano upgrades, and thinking in terms of 10x production to find better ways of doing things.
Links Discussed:

Patreon Q&A: https://www.patreon.com/posts/q-for-next-weeks-135203847?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Sunday Nobody: https://www.sundaynobody.com/

Annin Robotics: https://www.anninrobotics.com/
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
...more
1h 12min
July 22, 2025Ep. 30: Subtract This! With Jacob from Zonum Precision
Join Curt and Jamie as they pick the brain of Subtract’s Jacob. Diving into the Deep End on the topic of Subtract Manufacturing.
Links Discussed:

Danica’s article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-talk-cheap-labour-expensive-mistakes-danica-peacock-cqrsf/
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
Jacob:

Subtract Manufacturing Website: subtractmanufacturing.com

Zonium Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zonumprecision/

Taps And Patience Patreon (for reasons): patreon.com/tapsandpatience
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1h 37min
July 15, 2025Ep. 29: The Art of Getting Screwed
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as Site work, not blowing up tools, and Dialing in the 4th axis.
Links Discussed:

Noddys performance: https://www.instagram.com/noddysperformance/

Kaffer tech: https://www.instagram.com/kafatek/?hl=en

Ej link: https://www.instagram.com/nocturnalwelding/?hl=en
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
...more
1h 3min
July 08, 2025Ep. 28: Grindzilla
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as Drone landing gear, Black Titanium, and a Corexy horizontal router.
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
...more
1h 16min
July 01, 2025Ep. 27: Tufnol: The Last Shaving
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as Machining resin, Tufnol, and Production.
Links Discussed:

Taps and Patience: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL44StRiMNd89t_5seFHrhGvvRQK-fuw3X
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
...more
1h 11min
June 24, 2025Ep. 26: Harder, Better, Faster (Tails of Optimization)
Join Curt and Jamie as they discuss their week, including topics such as Vacuum Workholding, Tolerance issues, and Mould Jobs.
This Episode has bonus content that can be found for free on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-content-ep-132172636?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Links Discussed:

Within Tolerance: https://open.spotify.com/show/6XZQMXNIQrVzQFKO6xmdhY?si=310dca76d9814287&nd=1&dlsi=87fd8b8c68ca4b3f

Jamie's Headphones (Bonus content): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007793590971.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.17.37371802WmT6VP

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I50VpykldkE
The Lone Machinist:

Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/

Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store

Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists
Jamie:

http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering

https://www.jspeceng.com/
Curt:

https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/

https://www.confoundedmachine.com/
...more
1h 1min

FAQs about The Lone Machinists:

How many episodes does The Lone Machinists have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.