Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTitan Gilroy's Challenge to Every Machine Shop Owner
Episode 542
We spent this year asking young shop owners how they found machining, and one name came up in almost every single conversation. Titan Gilroy. What be…
8 hours ago
How ATDM Builds Shop-Ready Machinists in Just 16 Weeks
Episode 541
For every five people aging out of the skilled trades, only two are stepping in behind them. Manufacturers have spent years talking about that gap. D…
1 week ago
Kennametal Goes Full Throttle: The Next Level Shop at IMTS 2026
Episode 540
Kennametal isn't showing up to IMTS with another wall of cutting tools. They're building a working custom motorcycle shop in the middle of the West B…
2 weeks ago
Build Your Workforce Before You Need It: MSP's Apprenticeship Pipeline | Ep. 539
Episode 539
Most machine shops start thinking seriously about workforce development when they already need someone. A machinist quits, capacity jumps, the backlo…
3 weeks ago
At the Boring Bar: AI, Automation, and the Machine Shop We'd Build Today
Episode 538
A lot has changed since the last time we pulled up chairs around the Boring Bar. For our fourth edition, eight manufacturing leaders joined us in the…
4 weeks ago
Why Your Shop's Website Traffic Is Down, But Your Leads Aren't
Episode 537
Website traffic is falling across the board, and it's tempting to read that as a marketing problem. It usually isn't. AI summaries now answer the gen…
1 month ago
GroundControl: Turning First Articles From a Bottleneck Into an Advantage
Episode 536
Six jobs waiting on a first article means six spindles sitting still. That is the math Mike lives with at Hill, running around 58 jobs a day where ne…
1 month, 1 week ago
Lean, AI, and One-Piece Flow: How Henry Holsters Ships Same-Day
Episode 535
Most shops treat lean like a poster on the break room wall. Andrew Henry runs it like a competitive weapon. He built Henry Holsters into a company th…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Craftsman With Character: How to Mentor the Next Generation of Machinists
Episode 534
Every shop owner knows the workforce problem by heart. The trades got denigrated, tech ed programs got gutted, and a whole generation of kids never f…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
IMTS 2026 Preview: What's New, How to Plan It, and Why It's Worth the Trip
Episode 533
IMTS is 1.2 million square feet spread across six days, and the average visitor only spends about 2.7 of them on the floor. That math is exactly why …
2 months ago