Our guest on the podcast today is Reid Leland, founder and President of LeanWerks, a precision machining job shop in Ogden, Utah. Lean Works operates using open-book management, which means the company shares its financial information with all its employees on a regular basis.Reid says this transparent management st...

My guest on today’s show, Thadd Mellott, called us at Graff-Pinkert because he needed a Star SB20 CNC Swiss machine. His company, Circle M Spring, in Warsaw, Indiana, produces medical parts, including implantable orthopedic components. Circle M Spring is currently merging with a medical component design company that...

I was pumped for IMTS 2022! I went there to listen to the heartbeat of the machining world. I set out to learn about the newest technology, interview people for Swarfcast, and stumble upon as much serendipity as possible.A few things struck me as I strolled the vast McCormick place, gliding my iPhone around on my fa...

Tsugami BS20, Mfd. 2008, CNC Swiss Lathe.With LNS barfeed, Chip conveyor, Coolant blaster, Royal products filter mist.Machine ran oil onlyMainly Stainless or Standard Steel

Tsugami SS32 CNC Swiss Lathe Mfd. 2012 32mm Diameter 6 Axes, (plus 2 C Axes) With Fanuc 32i Controller IEMCA Mini Boss 322-E Bar Feeder Tri-Mist 850 Mist/Dust Collector High Pressure Pump LNS Turbo HB Chip Conveyor

On today’s podcast we continue our series about Swiss machining. Our guest is John Belmonte, owner and President of Mitotec, a precision turning company in Necedah, Wisconsin.Recently Mitotec purchased a Tornos MultiSwiss 8X26 multi-spindle screw machine. The unique design of the MultiSwiss enables such quick change...

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 amazing turn of events—a way better resul...

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 hi...

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 ...

“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 used screw machines at Graff-Pinkert, we hear both stories e...