Within Tolerance

Joining Dylan this week is Prometheus Lights founder and owner of FourSevens, Jason Hui. Listen in as Jason shares his background in manufacturing and design, trials of acquiring another company, and dealing with sourcing issues through the pandemic. Jason and Dylan talk about 3D printers, specifically Jason's incoming printers for production and prototyping. Check out Jason's podcast, I'm No Expert at https://noexpert.libsyn.com/the-120000-mistake. Help support the podcast at www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

You asked for it and it finally happened! This week on the podcast Dylan is joined by his business partner Brad! Listen in as Dylan and Brad talk about Brad's background in machining, how they met and started Proteum, new machines, going full-time, and more! Help support the podcast as www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Dylan is joined this week by Joe Barros of TDC Manufacturing. Tune in to hear how Joe got started in manufacturing, what made him choose Brother's, and what TDC really stands for! Dylan and Joe talk about the tough decision of buying a new machine, hiring help, and starting new brands. The book Joe mentioned at the end is Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Help support the podcast as www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Easton and Drew join Dylan again this week to catch up and talk shop. Easton tells us of some shop injuries, lessons learned with parting tools, and sub spindle live tool lathe life. Drew shares his experience with NPT taps, new Drewfab products, and his recent experience looking into buying another business and how to value businesses. Dylan talks about his 4th axis install and some cool tools and tool holders. Help support the podcast at patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

This week's episode ended up taking 2 weeks to make! The episode begins with Brad Southard joining Dylan in the shop for the first in-person podcast. Brad tells us his backstory from starting in woodworking, making handmade knives, abusing school equipment, and collaborating with Spyderco. Unfortunately both are beset by loud neighbors, and Dylan's laptop fails to record the second half. The next part of the episode Brad joins Dylan remotely and both talk about 4th axis installs, grinding blades in a CNC, attention to detail, 3d printers, and the Tucson Swales. Help support the podcast at www.patreon.com/Withintolerancepodcast

"When you quit your job, you're showing the universe that you're serious. And once the universe knows you're serious, it will conspire to help you". Brandon from MarkZero Prototypes continues to show how true this idea from Rich Roll can be with the successes in his business. A Professional Engineer and owner/operator of MarkZero, Brandon tells Dylan how he came up in the engineering world and eventually caught the manufacturing bug after a deep dive into what it would take to build a shop. Listen in as Dylan and Brandon talk about everything from the Waves to Water project and vise torque, to shifter karts, and more. Support the podcast on Patreon! https://patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

Dylan is joined this week by Aaron Gough from Gough Custom, a knifemaker who uses machining to its utmost in his process to craft his gorgeous outdoorsman knives. Listen in as Aaron shares his story, from grinding knives at a young age, to a career as a software engineer, to jumping into making knifes professionally. Aaron talks about buying his first machine, Milly, a Fadal VMC and the effort he put into rebuilding it. Dylan and Aaron also talk about 3d printing, his new kitchen knife, space, and the F-117. Check out the video about Skunkworks here: https://youtu.be/pL3Yzjk5R4M Help support the podcast on Patreon.  https://www.patreon.com/Withintolerancepodcast

Dylan is joined this week by Dave Stanbach of Carbide Cutting Tools, a tooling manufacturer in South Carolina. Dave and Dylan talk about cutting tool design, the machines used to make the tools, and all things carbide. Listen in to learn how CCT makes their high performance tooling. Help support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/Withintolerancepodcast

Join Dylan, Easton from Moria Manufacturing, Jake Yates from Yates Precision, and Drew Dominique from Drewfab celebrating 100 episodes of Within Tolerance by talking about new machines, financing machines, running small businesses, and generally throwing each other under the bus at any chance. This will be part 1 of 2 (or maybe more?) Thanks to everyone for listening, participating and supporting the podcast for the past 100 episodes! Here's to another 100.

3D scanning, crazy 5 axis Haas machines, and vacuum forming are just a few of the incredibly cool things this week's guest Chris Purceski is involved in at Parts Shop Max. Tune in to hear how Chris worked his way up in the world of manufacturing and honed his Solidworks chops. Chris talks about tool choice for the HSK spindle on the Haas VR9, balancing tool holders, and dealing with a brand new machine design. Help support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/Withintolerancepodcast