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 Expe...

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/wi...

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 an...

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...

"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 eve...

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...

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...

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 ma...

Whether you know him from his company Zodiac Engineering, from his products and parts, or as your new friendly neighborhood Yamazen Applications Engineer, Ken is a staple in the machinist community. Listen in as Ken and Dylan talk about his origin story, product development and machining, new knives in the making, and the move into Apps. Help support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/Withintole...

Have you even come across Spencer Webb's page and thought "what makes this guy tick?". Well grab your favorite beverage, pull up a chair, and listen in as Spencer tells us his story. From the MIT Pistol team, to getting his pilots license, to designing antennas for some amazing challenges Spencer shares the circuitous route he took to end up where he is as antenna consultant and purveyor of precis...

From NASA robotics competitions, to owning his own shop Juan March comes on the show to talk about the creation of Jax Precision and his backstory. Juan shares the successes and trials of owning his own shop, from trying to find shop space, to buying his second machine. Dylan and Juan discuss coolant choices, finding job shop work, machine options, and starting and maintaining a quality system. He...

Going from squirting plastic out of his 3D printer, to ripping it to shreds with his Datron in such a short time, Ed Kramer has put himself through quite the manufacturing journey the last few years. This week Dylan talks to Ed about all things Datron, compressors and mini splits, and how many ice cube trays one machinist needs. Ed talks about digital height gages and metrology and future machine...

When this week's guest Michael Sargent ran into the issue of accurate and dense workholding for his companies Carbon Tactics and Gear Fur, he leaned on his background in engineering and kinematics to design vises and start Flux Workholding. Dylan and Michael go through the ins and the outs of the vise, the ideas that shaped it, and the concepts its based on. With Michael being a veteran of kicksta...

"Using Ingenuity in a timely manner" is how this week's guest Brad Frazier describes his company. Brad runs Hourglass Ingenuity making some amazing welding and organization products in his Haas Mini Mill at home. Dylan and Brad talk about how Brad started in fabrication and machining, from working on Honda Ruckuses to stirring up a ruckus on Instagram with his high quality beautifully anodized pro...

This week Dylan is joined by Callye Keen of Red Blue Collective and K-Form. Callye shares from his deep background in business development and quality management at K-Form, and his business coaching and product development experience from Red Blue Collective. Callye tells us his experience in creating successful kickstarters and product launches, and ways you can make sure your next product launch...

This week Dylan is joined by Emory Rempel of Farside Components. Emory works during the day at J.S. Foster, a machine shop that also has its own house brand, Islander Reels. After hours Emory is working on starting his own brand of mountain bike parts called Farside Components. Emory and Dylan talk about the new multi axis machine at J.S Foster, the trials and tribulations of starting a business,...

This week Dylan is joined by Adam Balogh, Department Chair of Machine Technology at Laney College aka @Laneymachinetech on Instagram. Adam shares with us his backstory, starting in something surprisingly different than machining, to working with Tom Lipton at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, to teaching young aspiring machinists. Adam talks about his projects, 3d printing, keeping students inspired...

This week Dylan is joined by John Miller of Way Of The Mill, a CNC consulting and training company. John starts off explaining how he got into machining, from a college project, to working applications at Makino, to ramping up iPhone production cells. John and Dylan talk about tool holders, tooling, the best 40x20 options for a listener question, and more. John is a wealth of knowledge on CNC, pro...

This week Dylan is joined by Jonathan Boggs of Triiaxis. Jonathan just recently went full-time making his first model of knife, the Iris. Jonathan tells Dylan how he got into machining in the Air National Guard and some interesting parts he made along the way. He shares his recent trials buying a used lathe, tearing it apart, and fixing it. Jonathan also shares some interesting power issues he's h...

This week Dylan is joined by Clive Murphy, founder of Powerbrake, a manufacturer of high performance brake systems for the 4x4 market. Clive talks about the origins of Powerbrake, learning to specialize to grow a business, and the trial and tribulations of starting a 5 axis manufacturing company in South Africa. Clive also shares some stories from his time learning from Eliyahu Goldratt, author of...

This week Dylan is joined by Chris Bathgate, a machinist sculptor who produces beautiful art using machining and multiple materials. Chris talks about how he started down the machining path, the benefits of using smaller machines and having them at home, tips for shipping valuable pieces across the globe and more. You can check out his work on Instagram at @c_bathgate and online at www.chrisbathga...

This week Dylan is joined by Josh Hacko of Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker. Josh, his father, and Co. produce the only watches manufactured in Australia on some amazing machinery. Josh tells us the story of how NHW got into building watches after large watch companies began restricting parts purchases. Now, armed with years of experience and technical know-how they make gorgeous watches using Timascus i...

This week Dylan is joined by AJ Huff from Design The Everything, a company that aims to make products you love to use everyday. Dylan and AJ talk about the book the "Purple Cow" by Seth Godin, the second book in the WT book club. AJ suggested this book a while ago and feels it's important for the machinist community to remember the marketing side of running a business. AJ and Dylan talk through ho...