Within Tolerance

From working around one of the largest forging presses in the world, to programming and machining parts for some of the coolest offroad trucks, Kevin Strom's career has taken him to some amazing places.  Dylan and Kevin talk about machining on massive machines, how to run parts bigger than the machine travel, shop organization and planning, and more in this weeks episode.

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You may know him as king of "I wouldn't do it like that" but Dylan this week is joined by Mickey Jacobs to learn just how he would do it.   Dylan and Mickey talk about changing jobs to grow your skills, not burning bridges, running automated processes, and more!

Check out Mickey's IG @mickey6thgear

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Dylan is joined this week by fellow podcaster, used machinery dealer, and treasure hunter Noah Graff.   Dylan and Noah talk about inspecting used machinery, working with family, how the sausages (podcasts) are made, and more.

Check out Swarfcast at https://todaysmachiningworld.com/swarfcast/

and Graff-Pinkert at https://graffpinkert.com/

Other podcasts mentioned:

Mindfulness Manufacturing 

Against the Odds

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He's back!  Everyone's favorite engineer turned product marketer, Curt Chan, has returned to Autodesk and is here to help tackle the industry education problem.  Dylan and Curt talk finding mentors, inspiring youth into manufacturing, supporting local education and more. 

Check out Curt's IG @curtis.chan

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Dylan is joined by his new WTP Book Club co-host Chris Zappettini to dive into the first 12 chapters of Critical Chain by Eliyahu Goldratt. Chris and Dylan talk constraints, focus, and more!

Check out Zap's IG @zap.consulting

How do you build high performance teams?  This week's guest, Jamie Underwood, and Dylan try to get to the bottom of it.  Jamie has been part of team building at some of the largest tech companies in the world, and is now Head of Programming at Hadrian.  Dylan and Jamie talk about the culture and talent problems that manufacturing is facing, and possible ways we can start changing things. 

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 Its a Dylan² episode!  Dylan Tanner joins the show this week to share his journey from tinkerer to designer and machinist at Schenk Knives.   The Dylans talk about starting in community college, pallet systems, Damascus machining, and more!

Check out Dylan's IG @dylanrtanner

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While many machinists dislike 304, this week's guest Chris Cameron started his manufacturing career cutting it.  Chris owns Performance Stainless Steel which specializes in automotive parts made from stainless.  Chris shares his background entering the industry with no machining background, learning the ropes quickly, and expanding on the business' product offering.

Check out Chris's IG @performancesst

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Dylan is rejoined by Paul Van Metre of ProShop this week.  Paul shares the growth and changes in ProShop since he was last on the podcast (all the way back in episode 62), and imparts experience and wisdom in how to find and manage customers as a shop grows.  

Check out Paul's Podcast- Machine Shop Mastery

https://machineshopmastery.com/

The Customer Scorecards Paul mentions:

https://proshoperp.com/drive-profitability-with-customer-scorecards/

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Dylan is joined this week by a myriad of past guests to talk about their experiences at this years IMTS in Chicago.

Chris Zappettini- @zap.consulting

Easton Bednarek - @moria_manufacturing

Pete Oxenham - @chatter.dev

Chris Purceski - @cadchris

Devin Bodony - @lichen_mfg

Andrew Henry - @henryholsters

Nick Polanosky - @p3dcreations

Special thanks to @hermleusa for the amazing Sepp and all of your time, and to @igsdann and @kernprecision for letting me co-host a wonderful #instamachinist meetup

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