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Back to SearchHow Melissa Ramos Leveraged Social Media to Create a Manufacturing Movement
Episode 522
What happens when a young woman with zero machining experience gets handed the keys to two CNC mills and told, "Figure it out"? For Melissa Ramos, it…
4 months, 1 week ago
Printing the Future: How One Shop Is Winning with Additive + Machining
What if the future of your machine shop isn't just faster spindles or more automation—but an entirely different way of making parts?
In this episode …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Supply Chain Reality Check: Risk, Resilience, and What's Next
Episode 520
What happens when global policy decisions collide with the realities of the shop floor?
In this episode of MakingChips, the team sits down with Bren…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
From Accidental Machinist to Automation Advocate: Why the Future Belongs to the Bold
Episode 519
Sometimes the path into manufacturing isn't a straight line but more like a ricochet. That's exactly how Mark Christopher's journey began. From near…
5 months ago
Building the Next Generation of Machinists: Inside a 100-Year-Old Talent Pipeline
Episode 518
Finding skilled talent isn't the problem anymore, it's developing it. And in manufacturing, the shops that win aren't just the ones with the best mac…
5 months, 1 week ago
From Lego Bricks to Aerospace Dreams: How a 21-Year-Old Is Building a Machine Shop From Scratch
Episode 517
What does the next generation of manufacturing ownership really look like? In this episode of MakingChips, we sit down with Mason Nicholas, a 21-year…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Turn It Up to 11: From YouTube Learning to Aerospace Growth with Nick Preece
Episode 516
What happens when a college engineering student buys a CNC machine just to experiment… and accidentally builds an aerospace machine shop? That's exac…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
From Model Trains to Machining: How a 26-Year-Old Founder Turned Passion Into Precision
Episode 515
What happens when a childhood obsession with trains turns into a manufacturing business? In this episode of MakingChips Generation CNC, we sit down w…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
From Engineering Lab to 5-Axis Shop: How Two Founders Under 30 Built Three Rivers Precision
Episode 514
They started a machine shop before turning 30… and doubled their projections in year one.
In this episode of MakingChips Generation CNC, we sit down …
6 months ago
Lights Out Isn't the Future—It's Already Here
Episode 513
Automation and lights-out manufacturing are often framed as the future of machining, but for many shops that future is already here.
In this episode …
6 months, 1 week ago