Within Tolerance

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Payton and Dylan celebrate one year of podcasting! We also our first video podcast on YouTube! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Payton talks about getting his UV printing fixture done and setting up the workflow to use it. Dylan has finally caught himself up on all jobs and has some time to talk about his fixture plate. 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Payton and Dylan talk to Greg from LumaLabs! Greg has a small company that machines custom camera strap accessories for photographers! He also has some crazy stories from his consulting work where he has worked with some of the largest manufacturing comp...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Payton talks about getting his UV printing fixture plate ready to machine! Along with Dylan talks about how he doesn't like Gatorade? 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we have our first guest, Dan Rudolph come back on to talk everything swiss once again! Dan talks about the struggles of growing with limited space and man power, but he is making it happen! We also talk about how to have a kick ass beard, his favorite do...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about everything from manual machines, cheap carbide and much much more! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk to John Grimsmo about everything from business, Kern 5 axis machining, complex fixtures, entrepreneurship and more! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about how Payton is adjusting his business model to create more inventory, to reduce setup times, and hopefully increase sales on popular items. Dylan has been upgrading his Brother to have a wash down hose, through spindle coolant and more!&nbsp...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Justin Siemens! We talk about how his podcast started up, screw machines, DIY sinker EDM machines and much much more! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about many learning points for small companies. To start, how you should never release numerous products without inventory in hand! We also talk about some killer sales on endmills going on right now that you can get in on! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interviewed Jeff Tiedeken, a really cool guy that has worked along side of some of the largest companies out there. From working on the Boeing Dreamliner to working one on one with Elon Musk. It's safe to say Jeff has done it all. Oh yeah, he also has...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! It is safe to say we are both slammed with work! Payton has a run of over 200 parts to make, Dylan has some one off parts to make in short period of time. Dylan talks about deburing and how he uses some new tools to debur in the machine. While Payton fantasize...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Sunny Han from Fulcrum Pro, a machine shop ERP system! Sunny explains what is "ERP", why would someone need it, and how his software works! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about the Haas UMC500 five axis CNC machine with a familiar guest, Jay Pierson from Pierson Workholding! Jay gives us the inside scoop on how he is liking his new UMC500. We discuss work holding, automation potential, rigidity and more! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about our lack of tool inventory management,  crushed ice or cubed, and how we like our steaks?! In all seriousness this is an all around informative episode to learn more about Payton and Dylan's life inside and out of machining.  

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Eric Sun the owner of Orange Vise Company! Eric talks about how he got into machining, his love for horizontal machining centers, tool life management, prototyping new products and more! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about Payton getting his BOY machine making parts to support local health care workers! Along with Dylan talks about machining poly-carbonate!

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Drew Dominique from DREWFAB! Drew tells his story from staring out loving hot rods and engines to becoming his own shop boss at home! Drew also works with additive manufacturing technologies at his day job and he shares the ins and outs of m...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about workholding, doing the right thing when times are tough, injection molding success and plans for the future! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Angelo Juras, the_true_croatian_sensation on Instagram! Angelo talks about how he started from running manual machines, hand programming machines, working at Tesla to now working with Autodesk! In this episode he talks about how he creates d...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! CNC machines can't get COVID right? Today we talk about injection molding and the successes and failures Payton has been dealing with. Then Dylan finally got his pallet system for his machine and is ready to get it on the table! 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Tony Gunn from Air Turbine Spindles! Tony has lots of interesting stories on how he got into his current position at AirTurbine. From writing hip-hop music while machines are running, to programming CNC machines with excel sheets and floppy...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan talks about his future workflow of quick change workholding and probing cycles. On the flip side Payton just got back from a LEGO convention in Portland and struggles to find the balance of when to stop restocking an old product and move on. 

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Tom Lipton from OxTools! Tom talks about how he started welding when he was only nine years old and how the moved him into machining during highschool. After highschool Tom worked for Clorox doing some VERY interesting jobs. Tom shares some...

Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! We have T shirts now! Head over to BrickTactical.com and get your very own Within Tolerance T Shirt! Today Dylan attempts to talk Payton into buying a probe kit from Haas to offload some time consuming tasks of setting tools manually. Dylan also just wired up...