Within Tolerance

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  -----------------------------------------  Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

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 ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

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 ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

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) ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

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 ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

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 ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

What makes AlienTools so out of this world? Travis Leer joins Dylan this week to explain what sets AlienTools apart from the competition, his circuitous journey to tooling, and more!  Iguana Milling Challenge https://youtu.be/6NkazMBdHqc Check out AlienTools's IG @alientoolsgmbh  -----------------------------------------   Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast 

Hot off the delivery of his new swiss Daniel Osborne of OZ Machine Company joins Dylan to talk about knife making, buying and learning swiss machines, grinding blades in a Brother CNC, giant engine blocks, and more!  Check out Daniel's IG @ozmachinecompany ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Nick Kiefer of Krew Golf shares his incredible story of perseverance with Dylan this week.  From baseball, to long drive competitions, to starting his own putter company, Nick constantly reinvents himself to suit his current circumstances and overcome any obstacle that has been thrown his way. Dylan and Nick talk about workholding, learning to program/machine/weld from nothing, and dropping bombs on the driving range. Check out Nick's IG @krewgolf ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Dylan is joined by Zolten Glasso from Z9 Machining this week. Zolten talks about discovering machining through Formula SAE, starting his shop, and buying his first 5 axis.  Dylan and Zolten talk all things C250, fun and difficult parts, and making buckets of chips. Check out Zolten's IG @z9machining ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast