Machine Shop Mastery

06. Building a Strong and Flexible Machine Shop with Travis Moore from Jemco Inc Jemco Inc is a 40 year old AS9100 certified machine shop in the Seattle Area that is broadly diversified across many high-tech industries. About Jemco Inc: The Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance 2024 Company of the Year recipients, JEMCO is a precision machining and sheet metal fabrication company serving the aerospace, medical, energy, marine and electronics industries. Headquartered in the Seattle area, we are able to maintain our high quality and excellent delivery schedule due to our skilled, hard-working, and creative team members. Thanks to our talented staff and loyal customers, we have called Kirkland home for 30 years. We are grateful for every day and each person that we get to work with. Follow Travis and Jemco Inc: Personal LI: /travismoore Company LI: /jemcoinc Website: www.gojemco.com

05. Lessons in Buying and Growing a Machine Shop with Justin Quinn from Focused on Machining Justin Quinn bought a machine shop several years ago and has grown it significantly by focusing on modernizing equipment, embracing digital transformation, investing in marketing and sales, embracing industry groups, and ensuring that their core values are in alignment with their employees and their clients. Justin shares some amazing, insightful and actionable advice on growing a machine shop. About Focused on Machining: Focused on Machining is a precision machine shop in south Denver. We strive to becoming a leading supplier of machined parts and our goal is to deliver quality parts on time every time. Exceeding our customer’s expectations is the only acceptable way we will operate. Dedication to this goal and mentality will lead us to being a single source supplier of outsourced machined parts. We strive for this goal in everything we do and will continue this effort in this manner. We have set hefty goals and feel we can achieve them through dedicated efforts toward them. We continue to strive for perfection in the operations of our business for our customers. Follow Justin and Focused on Machining: Personal LI: /justin-quinn-60173515 Company LI: /focused-on-machining Website: www.focusedonmachining.com FB: @focusedonmachining IG: @focusedonmachiningco

04. The Power of Investing in People - Lessons from Jamie Spitzer with Precision Machine Jamie's story is a remarkable one. From the investment of love and support he received from family and friends when he was first starting his shop, to the sizable investment he puts back in his team today to ensure that Precision Machine is an amazing place to work, Jamie's story is a fascinating one to learn about. Jamie has some fantastic advice for any business owner on how to run a company with intention and purpose. About Precision Machine: For nearly 25 years, we’ve helped hundreds of businesses just like yours overcome manufacturing obstacles and find better solutions for their machining needs. Precision Machine owner and founder, Jamie Spitzer, spent his early career on both sides of the industry: first as an employee at a machining shop, and later for an engineering company. He saw and felt the frustration of unreliable suppliers. Witnessing how many of them would cut corners to get the job done--even at the cost of the product’s quality--he finally grew tired of it. In 1997, Jamie started his own machining business, Precision Machine, built on the foundation of personalized customer service, serious problem solving, and a company committed to integrity. Follow Jamie and Precision Machine: Personal LI: /jamiespitzerpmi Website: www.builtbyprecision.com FB: @builtbyprecision

03. How Culture & Getting Uncomfortable Drives Growth with Jim Carr from Carr Machine Carr Machine is a 50 year old company in Chicago that is broadly diversified and serves many industries including Aerospace, Medical and Defense. They have a strong focus on culture, core values and providing a First Class experience for their clients which is a formula that is working well for them as they have grown rapidly in the past few years. About Carr Machine: CARR is a first-class AS9100D machine shop that produces flight critical, precision machined parts primarily to the Aerospace, Space and Exploratron, Semi-Conductor and Medical industries. Our specialty is five axis precision machining. Our three uniques are Our People, Our Technology and Our Communication. We treat our employees, customers and vendors with authenticity and first-class experience that is aligned with our Core Values. Follow Jim and Carr Machine: Personal LI: /jimmycarr Company LI: /carr-machine-&-tool-inc- Website: www.carrmachine.com FB: @CARRMachine IG: @carrmachine X: /carrmachine

02. 3 Generations of Client Focused Relationships with John, Jesse and Susan from Precision Shapes Founded in 1941 - Located in Titusville, FL Precision Shapes Specializes in High Quality Precision Machining for the Aerospace, Commercial and Defense Industries. They are AS9100:D and ISO 9001:2015 certified. In today's episode we talk about their origins, how they carved out their niche in long bar machining, which they still offer today along with modern multi-axis milling and turning. We discuss their best advice for sustaining a competitive machine shop for more than 80 years, how relationships are the key to happy customers, and how they're making sure they are focused on continuously improving every aspect of their business today.

01. Process is King! Serving Clients Through Process Improvements with Scott Shortess from Advanced Plastics & Machining ADVANCED has been in business since 1979 by Steve Shortess and has been run for the past many years by his son Scott Shortess who is the guest on this episode. They specialize in machining complex parts for the aerospace, defense, oil & gas and other industries. They are a technology driven company based on strong ethics and values of customer service and excellence. In this episode Scott discusses their history and what principles and decisions they've made over the years that have led to their success. About Advanced Plastics & Machining: Industrial Plastic Distributor, Fabricator, and Contract Manufacturer of Precision Components. We service the Aerospace, Energy,  Defense & Food Processing industries as well as emerging markets. ISO9001:2015 and AS9100:2016 Registered Follow Scott and Advanced Plastics & Machining: Personal LI: /s-scott-shortess Company LI: /advanced-plastics-&-machining Website: www.advcosinc.com FB: @AdvancedPlasticsandMachining X: @Advancedcosinc

Welcome to the Machine Shop Mastery Podcast! Our show will help elevate the importance of the machine shop industry and reveal secrets of success for machine shops by interviewing shop owners and leaders. We hope to inspire listeners to grow and elevate their own shops. Stay tuned for new episodes!