Within Tolerance

Dylan is joined by Chris Zappettini of Zappettini Consulting this week.  Chris shares how he found his machining spark in school, to being an application engineer at Methods, to starting his own consulting company.  Dylan and Chris discuss managing customer expectations, dealing with evolving processes and failure, and transitioning from a solopreneur to having a team relying on you.  

Check out Chris's IG @zap.consulting

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 What does it take to run a pair of machines 24 hours a day?  CJ Abraham of Precision Product Development joins Dylan this week to share how he does it.  CJ shares how he started in manufacturing, from a high school class, to working at Autodesk, to going full-time in his own business.   Dylan and CJ talk about deburring and finishing, software that helps CJ run his business, and more!

Check out CJ's IG @cj.abraham

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If you've ever wondered what its like to get all of Autodesk's numerous manufacturing offerings to work together, Al Whatmough might be able to share some insight.   Dylan is joined this week by Al Whatmough, Director of Product Management - Manufacturing at Autodesk. Al shares his origins in manufacturing, finding opportunity amid acquisitions, and learning to help teams with competing philosophies come together.  

You can find Al on IG @al.whatmough

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This week's guest is Melissa Ramos, owner and operator of M95 Machining.  Melissa talks about starting her business, dealing with adversity in the industry, a new robot cell, and a recent trip to Autodesk offices in the UK!

Check out Melissa's IG @m95machining

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What do you get when you put two people from Florida and one from Arizona in a room?  A whole lot of talk about how great AC is!   Dylan is rejoined by Juan March of Jax Precision and Nick Polanosky of P3D Creations this week.  Nick and Juan update Dylan on all of the growth they have had since their last episodes.  Nick expresses his love for his new toy, a Datron M8Cube.  Juan also has a new piece of machinery, a DMG DMU50.  All three talk about how they view and manage growth, and discuss what they are looking forward to seeing at IMTS 2022. 

IMTS 2022 Instamachinist Meetup - KERN Precision booth #338719 in the South Hall. Wednesday, September 14th, starting at 3pm

You can find the holder/spindle creator script at -  https://www.nyccnc.com/NYC%20Uploads/holderCreatorNEW.py 

The newest UMC firmware version is  - https://www.haascnc.com/service/updates/ngc-software-version-100-22-000-1015-released.html 

Check out Juan's IG @jaxmfg 

Check out Nick's IG @p3dcreations 

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What makes a machinist go home covered in glitter?  A Datron of course!  This week's guest, David Rahn, joins Dylan to talk about his background in machining, creating production fixturing at his first manufacturing job, and most recently developing an incredibly cool fixture plate system for Datron's (and more) at Develop LLC.  Dylan and David deep dive into what its like to run a Datron full-time and some things that might not be obvious at those looking at them.  

Check out David's IG @dmrahn101

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Armed with an old Volvo and a want for parts that didn't exist, Ben Kaplan founded what is now called BNE Dynamics.  Dylan and Ben discuss the origins of BNE, buying used machinery, Makino CNCs, and the workholding mindset change that comes along with moving things horizontal. 

Check out Ben's IG @beigepower

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Hot off the heels of an internship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Adam Balogh of Laney College rejoins the podcast this week.  Adam shares all of the amazing machinery and processes he saw while working in the Target Fabrication lab, Dylan and Adam discuss the machines Laney College has acquired since his last episode, and Adam shares Laney College's "Fall is Free" program for the 2022 Fall Semester.  

To find out more about the Fall is Free program and apply head to https://laney.edu/fall-is-free-at-laney/

The Laney College Machine Technology program https://laney.edu/machine_technology/

Check out Adam's IG @laneymachinetech

Corrections:

1)  The dish of the Arecibo radio telescope is made of perforated aluminum, not concrete. 

2)  The Star Wars program was a system of space lasers, not a space telescopes.

3) Rigging/Logistics company that donated their time to deliver the Kern to Laney is LLS Inc. (www.llsteamusa.com)

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Precision engineering, air spindles, rocketry and more!  Dylan is joined by Cyrus Lloyd a student at Auburn University, Machine Shop Supervisor at a Makerspace , and currently an intern at Professional Instruments Company.   Cyrus shares what its likea to work at the tolerances needed to make some of the best air spindles in the world, lessons learned designing his own diamond turning lathe, and competing in the next ASPE student challenge.

Check out Cyrus's IG @cylos_garage

and his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiygJF7wFHDeWGVvXkztUSA

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This week's guest introduces himself as "the 21 year old college student who is blocked by Titans of CNC, and whose first word was excavator" but that is just the tip of the iceberg.  Dylan is joined by Ethan Patane this week.  Ethan talks about being a student at RIT, making over 1500 parts while there for their Formula SAE team, machining storm trooper helmets and impellers, and more!  

Check out Ethan's IG @e.patane515

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