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Swarfcast

Swarfcast

Today's Machining World

Noah Graff, used machine tool dealer and editor of Today’s Machining World, interviews machining company owners, equipment gurus, and experts with insight to help and entertain people working in the machining field. We discuss topics such as how to find quality employees, customer acquisition, negotiation, and the best CNC equipment options for specific jobs.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Swarfcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Swarfcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Swarfcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

My guest on today’s podcast, Jerod Dailey, could have been a mechanical engineer or even a doctor if he wanted to, but instead, he followed his passion and became a journeyman machinist right out of high school. Then he fell into a career 24 years ago, teaching precision machining to high schoolers at South Adams [...]

The post Precision Machining Class in Session, with Jerod Dailey-EP 207 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Our guest on today’s podcast is Joe Bennett, Vice President of Sales at Seaway Bolt and Specials, a privately held cold heading company in Columbia Station, Ohio, founded in 1957. In the cold heading process, coiled steel is cut into slugs, which are then hit multiple times, ultimately pounding them into a desired shape. The [...]

The post Running a “First Class” Cold Heading Company, with Joe Bennett-EP 135 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Steve Jobs once said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” Today, I’m going to tell you a story about how dots in my past came together serendipitously to help me solve problems and [...]

The post Connecting the “Right People” at the Right Times: Seeking Serendipity–EP 188 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Scroll down to listen to the podcast with George Breiwa. About two months ago I got a call from a company asking for a price on a Traub TNL18 on our Graff-Pinkert Website. For those unfamiliar, Traub makes arguably the heaviest, most expensive and advanced CNC Swiss machines on the market—the “the Hummer of CNC [...]

The post Ep. 15 – George Breiwa on Machining Vaporizers first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Scroll down to listen to the podcast with Logan McGhan. In today’s podcast we interviewed Logan McGhan, a used machine tool dealer at the firm KD Capital. Logan’s journey to selling used equipment spanned numerous stages. At around age 7, his father, who also worked in machining, brought home a complex part from a trade [...]

The post Swarfcast Ep. 12 – Logan McGhan on Reinventing a Career in the Machining World first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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On today’s show we’re looking back on the year 2020. Obviously, it was a tough year for the majority of people around the world. Loved ones were taken away, and many businesses couldn’t stay afloat. There were a lot of things that sucked. But there were a few pleasant surprises along the way as well. [...]

The post Ep. 106 – The Machining World of 2020, with Noah and Lloyd Graff first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Today’s show is the first episode of our new season about Swiss-Type CNC machining. Our guest is Marc Klecka, founder and president of Concentric Corporation, a prominent distributor of Citizen-Cincom CNC Swiss lathes in Cleveland, Ohio. Scroll down to read more and listen to the podcast, or listen with Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts or your favorite [...]

The post Ep. 109 – Citizen CNC Swiss Lathes with Marc Klecka first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Malachi Greb, my guest on today’s show, has a mission, “freeing humans, one robot at a time.” He is the founder of Elite Automation, a company that designs automated systems for manufacturing clients, taking manual processes and automating them with robotics, conveyors, vision, and more. They also provide robotic welding systems. Malachi and I talked [...]

The post Freeing Humans One Robot at a Time, with Malachi Greb-EP 203 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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In November of 2015, our used machine tool company, Graff-Pinkert, bought a Schütte S32PC, mfd. 2002, in Cologne, Germany, from a dealer we didn’t know. It was a nice looking machine. A big 32mm CNC Multi-Spindle, painted red and cream because it came out of a Mercedes factory. We were excited to bring the machine [...]

The post How Unexpected Help Creates Profitable Relationships: Seeking Serendipity–EP 191 first appeared on Today’s Machining World.
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Swarfcast - 109 Years of a Machine Shop EP 138
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11/12/21 • -1 min

On today’s podcast we’re telling the life story of F.C. Phillips in Stoughton, Massachusetts, a fourth-generation machining company that lived from 1911 until January of 2020. Our guest is Brian Snow, former co-owner of the company and a grandson of its founder, F.C. Phillips. I spoke to Brian about what enabled his company to last [...]

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FAQ

How many episodes does Swarfcast have?

Swarfcast currently has 230 episodes available.

What topics does Swarfcast cover?

The podcast is about Entrepreneurship, Podcasts, Technology and Business.

What is the most popular episode on Swarfcast?

The episode title 'Ep. 99 – Machining a Successful Product for 160 Years, with Howard Smith' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Swarfcast?

The average episode length on Swarfcast is 35 minutes.

How often are episodes of Swarfcast released?

Episodes of Swarfcast are typically released every 7 days, 5 hours.

When was the first episode of Swarfcast?

The first episode of Swarfcast was released on Jun 29, 2018.

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