In the last year, our used machinery company, Graff-Pinkert, has been successfully growing our business brokering division. This podcast and Today’s Machining World have played a huge part in our marketing. They have established us as thought leaders in the machining industry, and that is bringing in customers. It only took 24 years of writing [...] The post How to Market a Manufacturing Business by Becoming a Thought Leader, with Joe Sullivan-EP 137 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Today’s episode is Part II of our interview with Roger Duffy, owner of F&F Machine Products. In Part I we touched on Roger’s natural entrepreneurial instinct and how he loves to push himself to get out of his comfort zone. In this episode, we’re delving further into Roger’s business adventures and philosophies.  He believes in [...] The post Breaking Your Machining Business Out of Its Goldfish Bowl, Roger Duffy (Part II)-EP 212 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

How many times has something happened to you that really sucked but then eventually turned out to be a good thing or even a great thing that happened for you?  Today, I’m going to tell you a story about when a big machinery deal went to hell and then how its failure led to an [...] The post How to Turn a Business Failure Into an Opportunity—Seeking Serendipity EP 211 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Recently, we have seen a growing number of mergers and acquisitions in the manufacturing space. After these deals are finalized there’s a lot of uncertainty for the employees caught in the middle of reorganization. Our guest on the podcast today is Jennifer Fondrevay. Jennifer is a best selling author and the Founder of Day1 Ready, [...] The post How Do You Manage Employees When a Company is Acquired? With Jennifer Fondrevay—EP 175 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

At Graff-Pinkert, I’ve sold a lot of machine tools to successful entrepreneurs, including my guest on today’s show, Roger Duffy, owner of F&F Machine Products. But, just a few people like him really have stood out for their outward ballsiness in business. Roger says he loves being an entrepreneur because it allows him to take [...] The post Growing a Thriving Shop by Creating Chaos and then Organizing it, Roger Duffy (Part I)-EP 210 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

“I can’t hire a cam multi-spindle operator who knows what they’re doing! I’m throwing out my multi-spindles and going all CNC.” “These old Acmes, Wickmans, or New Britains pay for themselves every three months. They’ve left a wide open field for me!” Selling screw machines for our used machine tool business, Graff-Pinkert, we hear both [...] The post Change, Fear, and Screw Machines–EP 209 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Have you ever dreamed about combining your expertise and passions to become an entrepreneur? My guess on today’s podcast did just that. Erez Speiser is the creator of machiningdoctor.com, a site for professionals in the machining industry to get technical information to simplify their work. The site offers resources such as a sophisticated feeds and [...] The post Becoming the Machining Doctor, with Erez Speiser- EP 208 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

As the housing market has slowed recently in our current economy, alternative types of construction such as 3D printing with concrete have become more and more relevant. It brought me back to a classic podcast episode we did a while back. The technology has advanced since we recorded this episode in 2019, but still you [...] The post 3D Printing Houses With Robots, Jonathan Ladouceur-EP 48 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

My guest on today’s podcast, Jerod Dailey, could have been a mechanical engineer or even a doctor if he wanted to, but instead, he followed his passion and became a journeyman machinist right out of high school. Then he fell into a career 24 years ago, teaching precision machining to high schoolers at South Adams [...] The post Precision Machining Class in Session, with Jerod Dailey-EP 207 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.

Have you ever wondered if bone screws could actually be machined from real tissue? If that were possible, where could one get such bone? What animals would be safe enough? Here’s an old favorite episode. If you haven’t listened to it before, it is going to expand your mind. And you get to learn a [...] The post Selling Real Cow Bone to Machine Bone Screws! With Mary and Jim Rickert -EP 105 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.