Within Tolerance

Jeff Tiedeken is back this week! Jeff and Dylan catch up, talking about his new job at Astranis, Matsuura CNC's, and updates on his epic projects. Both share their thoughts on building shops while maintaining a day job, and Jeff talks about the new MX330 in his home shop.

See Astranis Job Openings at https://www.astranis.com/careers

Check out Jeff's IG @yetiman01

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Zach is back with new projects and machines! Dylan and Zach talk about his recent video on rocket combustion chambers, his Kitamura MedCenter5Ax, joining Nebula, and more.

Check out Zach's IG @breakingtaps and his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@BreakingTaps

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Dylan is joined this week by Alex Van Dyck, CEO and Founder of Packible. Alex started down the manufacturing road in high school, taking a chance to teach himself MasterCAM and how to run a Haas while there. Alex and Dylan talk about ERP's, 3D printing, pricing products and more!

Check out Alex's IG @dark_sky_industries and Packible @packibletool

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Dylan is back from his Germany trip and recounts the highlights. Chris had a down week in the business and shares the plan to fix it. Both talk about this month's book club book "The Pumpkin Plan" by Mike Michalowicz. Have you kicked your rotten pumpkin customers to the curb?

Check out Zap's IG @zap.consulting

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You may know Tom from his amazingly intricate brass parts on Instagram, or building his home shop and new business Prestige Precision Parts, but this week we get to dive into his incredibly interesting backstory. Tom talks about starting in welding, moving around the world to follow the trade, and ending up teaching himself CNC machining when the opportunity arose.

Check out Tom's IG @tom_machinist and his business @p3_tec

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Dylan and Chris check in since the last episode together, chat about machinery and employees, and digging out of the hole of work. Both discuss the most recent #withintolerancebookclub book "Extreme Ownership" by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin and share lessons learned from the book, and applications to their businesses.

Check out Zap's IG @zap.consulting

Check out the Nickolas Means talk on 3 mile island - https://youtu.be/1xQeXOz0Ncs

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This week's guest is Nick Heys, the President & Founder of Valence Precision and Co-Founder of DirtyRobotics. Join in as Nick shares his journey into manufacturing, his experience at LBNL, Makani, and Uber, and the story of how he started Valence Precision.

Check out Nick's IG @valence.precision

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In this episode, Bre Pettis, the well-known entrepreneur and innovator, discusses his journey and career path with a focus on his work in technology and manufacturing. The conversation covers a range of topics, from Pettis' co-founding of Thingiverse and Makerbot, selling the company, and his acquisition of Bantam Tools. Bre and Dylan also talk about the Baja 1000 and Rally Fighters, as well as HP plotters, in addition to other interesting topics related to entrepreneurship, technology, and creativity in manufacturing.

Check out Bantam Tools IG @bantamtools

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Mickey Jacobs and Alex Kern return to the show to discuss the true cost of automation, getting your ducks in a row, inspection and more!  

Mickey was previously on Episode 170 and Alex was on Episode 143

"The INSANE Precision of The National Institute of Standards and Technology" (Moore CMM Video) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyU97MoHFM

The book Alex mentions is "Principles" by Ray Dalio

Great GD&T Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RDeanOdellHVCC

Check out Mickey's IG @mickey6thgear

Check out Alex's IG @chiefbub

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Dylan is joined by two past guests, and hosts of the excellent new podcast "Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast", Devin Bodony and Uriel Eisen this week.   Devin, Uriel, and Dylan talk shop improvements, when improvements go wrong, ways to make sure things keep improving, and more!  

Check out the podcast's IGs @incrementalci

Devin's IG @lichen_mfg

Uriel's IG @austere_manufacturing

You can listen to Incremental CI here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5pjzm7sFZrumDHv2eqytg5

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