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Hosted by Paul Van Metre · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 130 episodes
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The Machine Shop Mastery Podcast helps to elevate the importance of the machine shop industry and reveal the secrets of success for machine shops, to inspire other shop owners or would-be shop owners to follow their passions, start and grow their shops to be an economic driver for our economy and their stakeholders.
Paul Van Metre hosts Machine Shop Mastery, a business show with 130 episodes published.
I sat down with Chris Beck, the founder of Innovative 3D Manufacturing in Franklin, Indiana, and the line that stuck with me was simple. Everything he owns is leveraged into this company. That is what skin in the game ac
Some businesses have a founding story. HFW Industries has an 80-year one, and it starts in a World War II foundry. I sat down with Jack Watson, the fourth generation to work in his family's business in Buffalo. HFW does
Most of us in the machining world have thought about it at least once. What if I stopped quoting other people's parts and built something of my own? For a lot of shop owners that idea stays stuck in the someday pile, bec
This one's a first for me. In over a hundred episodes I've never had someone from a public company on Machine Shop Mastery, and Randy Altschuler from Xometry turned out to be exactly the kind of guest I hoped he'd be. Do
Most shops chase the big order. Andrew Henry built Henry Holsters by doing the opposite, and it's hard to argue with the results. I sat down with Andrew for what turns into a masterclass on running lean without ever sayi
Most machine shop owners will talk your ear off about spindles and tolerances. Ask Mike Marzetta what makes Altek work and he says the word love . Not as a slogan. As the actual thing holding a 200-person advanced manufa
Most family shops don't get a clean handoff. Somebody gets sick, the calendar moves faster than the plan, and one person has to decide whether to step in or let the doors close. That's the story Christy Subia lived at Be
Most shop owners who hit 50 employees, steady profit, and a fourth generation coming up behind them would be tempted to coast. Andrew Borg decided to double down instead. Not because he has to, he's quick to say the shop
Almost every shop owner I talk to wants to grow. Far fewer build something that can survive a real downturn. That's the thread running through my whole conversation with Chris Welch of Swissomation, and it's why I wanted
In this episode of Machine Shop Mastery , I got to sit down with Kenny Williams of Native Aerospace and Defense. Kenny has a really interesting background because he did not come into manufacturing through the traditiona
When Ashley Parent first appeared on Machine Shop Mastery, Mills Machine Works was fighting for survival. After the unexpected loss of her father, who founded the company in 1995, Ashley and her siblings inherited not on
When I sat down with Casimir Sienkiewicz (CAZ) from CazTek, I immediately connected with his story because it reminded me so much of the journeys so many shop owners go through. What started with a Bridgeport mill in a g
From shadowboxing aerospace tool kits with a CO2 laser to running thousands of work orders annually across machining, sheet metal, and waterjet operations, Low Country Aerospace has grown by embracing systems, trust, and
There are certain companies in manufacturing that are so woven into the fabric of the industry that you almost stop noticing just how influential they've been. That was my realization after sitting down with Matt Schron
When I sat down with Alex Mazerolle from Archer Precision, I thought I knew where the conversation was going. We were originally planning to talk about their ProShop journey and some of the operational improvements they'
What happens when a shop owner refuses to accept the tradeoff between developing people and driving efficiency? In this episode of Machine Shop Mastery, Brian Kippen shares a story that feels less like a linear journey a
What do you do when your entire business model collapses almost overnight? For Sven Klatt and the team at Vineburg Machining, the answer wasn't to retreat—it was to reinvent. After losing their three largest customers to
What does it really take to build a $50 million machine shop from scratch? In this episode of Machine Shop Mastery, I sit down with David Dussault and Joel Lape, co-founders of P1 Industries, to unpack one of the most im
What does it look like to build a manufacturing company where the primary purpose is to create joy through kindness? In this episode of Machine Shop Mastery, Jean Pitzo of Ace Metal Crafts shares how that philosophy shap
In this episode of Machine Shop Mastery, I sit down with Skip Markley of Die Craft Machining & Engineering to explore a transformation story that spans more than two decades. Skip walks me through how he acquired a small
Chris Beck
Innovative 3D Manufacturing
1 appearance on this show
Josiah Fallaise
FDF Race Shop
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Henry
Henry Holsters
1 appearance on this show
Mike Marzetta
Altek
1 appearance on this show
Casimir Sienkiewicz
CazTek
1 appearance on this show
Matt Schron
Jergens
1 appearance on this show
Alex Mazerolle
Archer Precision
1 appearance on this show
Brian Kippen
KAD Models & Prototypes
1 appearance on this show
David Dussault
P1 Industries
1 appearance on this show
Jean Pitzo
Ace Metal Crafts
1 appearance on this show
Skip Markley
Die Craft Machining & Engineering
1 appearance on this show
Billy Banks
General Machine
1 appearance on this show
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Machine Shop Mastery is hosted by Paul Van Metre. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 130 episodes.
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