Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWe Put AI in the Hot Seat: Machine Shop Advice from Chatbots
Episode 502
We've kicked off a lot of years on MakingChips, but never quite like this.
To start 2026, we decided to try something completely different. Instead o…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Building Shops That Last: The Final Lesson of Machine Shop MBA
Episode 501
As we close out 2025, we're wrapping up more than just a year. This episode marks the conclusion of the Machine Shop MBA series, a collaboration with…
9 months ago
At the Boring Bar: Rare Perfection, Real Talk, and the Systems That Separate Top Shops
Episode 500
Some episodes are planned. Others are produced. And then there are episodes like this one—where the setting, the people, and the moment all collide i…
9 months, 1 week ago
From Scarcity to Sales Pipeline: How Smart Shops Take Control of Growth with Factur
Episode 499
What happens when a machine shop does everything right operationally but still feels exposed when markets shift, customers pull back, or one industry…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Chaos, Curiosity & Chipmaking: Larry Robbins' Wild Ride Through Manufacturing
Episode 498
Some conversations feel scripted. This one… absolutely did not. Larry Robbins walked in ready to talk life, passion, family, culture, workholding, ph…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Double Your Value Mindset: Planning, Growth & Real Talk from the EGS Event
Episode 497
In this special episode of MakingChips, we broadcast from the EBITDA Growth Systems Double Your Value Planning Event—a gathering designed to pull s…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Forged Through Fire: How Phoenix Heat Treating Rebuilt Its Culture, Systems & Leadership, 496
Episode 496
In this episode of MakingChips, we sit down with Charlie Hushek, President of Phoenix Heat Treating, whose family has been in the heat-Treating world…
10 months ago
Inside the Winners' Circle: Top Shops 2025 Live from the NASCAR Hall of Fame, 495
Episode 495
Top Shops 2025 brought together the most innovative, forward-thinking leaders in manufacturing—and this year's gathering at the NASCAR Hall of Fame f…
10 months, 1 week ago
IMTS Insider: Building the World's Largest Manufacturing Show
Episode 494
When you walk into IMTS—the International Manufacturing Technology Show—it's easy to be awestruck by the machines, the energy, and the sheer scale. B…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
High Quality People, High Quality Work: Making Small Big with Goldman Sachs 10KSB
Episode 493
We're coming to you once again from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit in Washington, D.C.—the largest gathering of small business owne…
10 months, 3 weeks ago