Our guest today is Noah Graff, a third-generation, worldwide used machinery dealer at Graff-Pinkert & Co., and a self-described treasure hunter based outside of Chicago. Noah also hosts the popular podcast, "Swarfcast.”

How are 3D printed sand molds and cores changing the metal casting industry? Brandon Lamoncha is the Director of Additive Manufacturing at Humtown: an organization first established by Brandon's grandfather as a pattern shop in 1959 that has since grown to become the industry’s first conventional sand core and mold manufacturer to commercialize 3D sand printing.

Jay sits down with Jesse Casto: owner of BetterCNC in Plano, TX. Spinning out of a legacy of machining, Jesse founded BetterCNC in 2021 on a mission to operate a new kind of machine shop; one that strives for continual improvement and never settles (hence the name "Better" CNC, and not "Best" CNC).

Mark Barglof is the President and owner of Kinetic Technologies, LLC: a design and fabrication shop just north of Algona, IA. After serving in the military and earning the U.S. Army Ranger Tab, Mark shifted career paths and dove into the world of manufacturing (he grew up the son of a job shop owner, so it wasn't his first rodeo).

Today's guest is Zack Fennell of Ameritex Fabrication & Machining outside of Houston, Texas. Ameritex is an industry leader in advanced metal fabrication. We get into detail about how Ameritex made the strategic decision to change equipment suppliers and how they approached doing so from both an organizational and financial angle. We also touch on other areas of technology that have made a positive impact on their business.

Dan Villemaire is the President of C&M Precision Tech located in Hudson, NH. Founded by Dan's grandfather in 1979, C&M is a manufacturer of metal and plastic components and assemblies for product manufacturers across various industries. Jay and Dan touch on various aspects of running a shop from managing big mult-year contracts to certifications and much much more.

On this episode, Jay sits down with Mark Douglass and David Sterio of Lincoln Electric's Additive Solutions division. Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions wire-based metal additive manufacturing for large part application provides your business with several advantages over traditional manufacturing processes.

Have you ever wondered whether having a robot in your shop makes sense? Are you worried about the cost of buying one, getting it up and running and then maintaing it? Saman Farid founded Formic Technologies with the goal to make robot implementation much easier for Manufacturers. Formic owns, installs, and then leases robots to manufacturers at an hourly rate, much less than the human team member. Listen and learn how you can get robot automation implemented in your shop with minimal risk!

Precision Parts Fast (formerly Precision Additive) is an industrial 3D printing, CNC machining, and manufacturing design & consulting company based outside Denver, Colorado. Founded by brothers, Jason Korbelik and Brian Korbelik, in early 2021; Sensing an opportunity to bring precision additive manufacturing to the Rocky mountain roots, they have taken the plunge. We explore thoughts behind starting a business, challenges they're facing how they think differently than someone coming directly from additive manufacturing, and even answer some questions they have regarding redundancy, generating leads, expedite markups, and equipment strategy

Jonathon Friedl and his brother Isaac Houchens are the owners of Black Mountain Manufacturing just outside Denver. As a young shop owner, Jonathon shares his non-traditional background, his struggles of being a shop owner in the early days. How he built up his company quickly just to have it crash and how he's successfully rebounded. This episode is full of personal experience and inspiration.

Jay is joined by Nick Polanosky of P3D Creations, outside of Orlando, Florida. They delve into the world of automation; from quoting to inspection and everything in between. When Nick comes across a process he doesn’t want to have to do again, he finds a way to automate it!

Shane Prukop of TruPart Manufacturing joins Jay on this fast-moving, hard-hitting episode of The Job Shop Show. As third generation manufacturing Shane is passionate about the future of custom part manufacturing especially how we can improve systems and processes through streamlining, automation and integrations. Shane shares some of the successful software and systems he as brought into his shop as well as plenty of other helpful tips and tricks. You are sure to enjoy today's episode!

This episode is out of this world! Jay chats with Will Gibbs, founder and CEO of MODICA and Harbor Island Waterjet, both out of Seattle, Washington. MODICA's goal is to provide automated microfactory modules with the tagline of factory as service and uses Harbor Island as it's testbed. Enjoy!

Metalmite is a full service machine shop and Tom is a second generation owner as well as a third generation machinist. We will talk about the handing off of a business from one generation to another from the son perspective as well as gears and splines, very tricky parts to machine.

We change things up a bit on this episode and speak with Chris Hopkins of Datron Dynamics, a manufacturer of high speed milling machines. We will talk about some of the things Chris sees that successful shops are implementing as well as the advantages of high speed milling, where it fits in and how best to use it.

On this episode we speak with Peter Sameulson of S&S Machine, another family run business here in New Hampshire. Hear how Peter's early career in tooling gives his shop a unique advantage and perspective on cutting tools. Also, hear how S&S wins the hard jobs that other shops are to afraid to even quote!

Jay speaks with Damian Forsythe, owner of Impact Manufacturing in Loomis, California. A natural self-starter Damian speaks about his successes as well as his failures and how it's led him to his own success. He also offers us a fresh perspective on CAM software and why he prefers NX.