Within Tolerance

From applications at Datron to sales at Kern, Dann Demazure has experienced some of the most unique machines out there.  Dylan is joined by Dann this week, who shares his background in working on cars, his introduction to machining through Datron, and his entry into the world of Kern.  Dylan and Dann talk cars, space, high precision machinery and more! Check out Dann's IG @igsdann ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

 Dylan is joined by Josh Firman of Firmworx this week.  Another recent full-timer in his own shop, Josh and Dylan talk about running small businesses, the benefits and perils of running older machinery, and the quest to find more shop space.  Josh shares the details on his FirmVise, talks about recent machinery acquisitions, and shares some great machine crash stories. Check out Josh's IG @firmworx_ltd ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Dylan gets to scratch that gearhead itch this week with Antonio Brown from Autosports Engineering.  Antonio shares his origins in business as a drop shipper in college, to opening his first shop, purchasing his first machine without any machining experience, to moving his now large shop into a new building and buying more machinery.  Check out Autosport Engineering's IG @autosports_engineering ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Dylan is joined this week by Matt Hertel, CTO and Co-founder of Pocket NC.   Matt talks about his origins in manufacturing, design choices on the original Pocket NC's, automation, and more.   Most importantly, Matt talks all about their new machine currently in development. From compensation, to the trials and tribulations of creating a more capable machine from scratch, Matt answers many listener questions about this new exciting chapter in Pocket NC.  Check out Matt's IG @inventorcaptain ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Odds are that you have seen one of Trevor Hirschi's rings across the internet.  Trevor and his company, Titan Ring Designs, make amazing titanium items.  From rings to tie clips and even door handles, Trevor designs and manufactures high end products from his shop in Utah.  Dylan and Trevor talk about the design process, Trevor's background in manufacturing, issues leading to lack of help in shops, and more on this week's episode. Check out Trevor's IG @titanringdesigns ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Guest Alex Kern, known as @ChiefBub on Instagram, shares insights on automation, tool selection, and lean improvements. Topics include Arch's business acquisitions, evolution of the shop, experiences at previous companies, impact of inspiration, equipment modification, standardization, choosing the right machine, terrible heatsink concept, hand wiping solution, and new machine tools like the Brother U 500.

Jeff Hooper set out to build "the cheapest shop known to man" and seems to have succeeded. Dylan is joined by Jeff this week to discuss CNC training, running a job shop on a tight budget purposely, and most importantly enjoying life. Check out the Chip Monkeys Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffHooper and Jeff's IG @chip_monkeys

In a long awaited episode, Dylan is joined by Amish Solanki of SS CADCAM this week.  Amish talks about how he got into machining, buying his 5 axis DMG, approaching difficult jobs, and his struggles (that many in the community share) keeping tooling organized and accounted for.   Check out Amish's IG @sscadcam ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

This week's guest has a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, a PhD in Physics, is a software architect by day, and still finds the time to have hobbies in CNC machining and injection molding.  Dylan is joined by John Socha-Leialoha of Random Products this week.  John shares his background in the software industry, discovering machining while working on model railroads, and his long string of passion projects that have added to his skillset over the years.  Check out John's Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnSL and his IG @johnsochaleialoha ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

You may know this week's guest as the man who erected a building around his Duravertical mill. "You gotta do what you gotta do", Says Seth Madore of Liberty Machine, Inc. Dylan and Seth discuss running small businesses, focusing on quality control, and process reliability this week.   Seth shares lessons learned from building a shop at home including additions, power requirements, and phase converters.   Check out Seth's IG @liberty_machine ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast