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....

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...

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.c...

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...

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 turni...

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!...

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/withintoleranc...

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 b...

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/withintoler...

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 ------...

 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 Jos...

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_engin...

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 a...

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 o...

You may know him as @ChiefBub from Instagram, or "that guy using the Lang thing in his Haas" but this week's guest Alex Kern has all that to share and more.  Alex joins Dylan this week to talk automation, tool selection, lean improvements, and more!  Check out Alex's IG @chiefbub ----------------------------------------- Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

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...

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 strin...

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 ph...

Most great products are born from the frustrations or challenges the creator faces.  Ignite Digi and its co-founder Chris Fox exemplify this, creating amazing camera equipment rooted in personal experience with camera drones and cinematography.  Chris joins Dylan this week to share Ignite's humble beginnings in a garage, their massive growth and acquisition of new machine tools, to their...

This week's guest Travis Mashburn  deals with a material many machinists dislike, composites.  Travis shares his experience cutting carbon fiber, from tool selection, dry vs. wet, and dust collection.  Travis is also retrofitting his own CNC routers at the same time and talks about his experience with Masso controllers. Check out Travis's IG @unlocked_composites  --------------...

Joe Roggenbuck of Cobra Framebuilding has had a whirlwind year since last being on the podcast and is here to share it all! From hiring an employee, to buying his own building Joe has a lot of great information and lessons to share! Check out Joe's IG @cobraframebuilding -----------------------------------------  Help support the podcast www.patreon.com/withintolerancepodcast

What do you do when you want to spend less time working in the business, and want to work on the business instead?  If you're Brian Kippen, you start a second shop across the country!   Dylan is joined by Brian this week to talk about forming a second KAD Models location, automation solutions, model making, cars, and more! Check out Brian's IG @kadmodels ----------------------------...

Breaking Taps is a fantastic Youtube channel exploring material science, machining and more!  Zach of Breaking Taps joins Dylan this week to talk new machines, laboriously pouring epoxy granite, failed experiments, and building replicas of the JWST mirror system.   Zach's IG:  @breakingtaps Check out Breaking Taps on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BreakingTaps Breaking Taps JWST...