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Within Tolerance is a podcast where the hosts talk everything from machine shop work, CAD/CAM, and other manufacturing processes!
Unknown Host hosts Within Tolerance, a business show with 287 episodes published.
Justin and Zap are back for chapter four of My Tool Library Is Better Than Yours: Standard Tools Are the Cheapest Automation You Can Buy. Standardizing saves you a little time every day, but the real money is in killing
Eddie Riddell of Steele & Co Engineering joins Dylan this week from his one-man job shop in one of the most remote cities in the world. Eddie traces a wild path from a New Zealand apprenticeship to the Australian mines t
A long overdue catch-up with Dylan and Zap. Dylan owns up to overcommitting the shop and relearning that automation doesn't save you from yourself, then runs through tooling, RO water, and a 3D printer that ate itself mi
Justin and Zap dig into the idea that a good tool library is never finished. They cover treating it as a digital twin of your crib, promoting tools from bench to standard, and when it's fine to let a specialty tool live
Episode two digs into presets to boost throughput in CAM. Justin and Zap break down the golden rule—if you're dialing in feeds and speeds every single program, you need a preset—plus how far the rabbit hole goes with flo
Kicking off Down the Rabbit Hole, a new Within Tolerance podcast for nerds, by nerds. Justin and Zap launch their multi-part series "My Tool Library Is Better Than Yours" with the bootstrap basics: a simple four-folder s
Two months of catching up with Zap: the Toolpath Summit recap, his Claude-built ERP CritLink processing real money, and his Boise shop dialed in for remote operation. Dylan finally has power, runs the Flex overnight, unt
Matt Blackwell spent over two decades fixing jets and flying C-17s before building a one-man backyard shop and a fiber laser fixture business he never planned on. We talk spindle gripping lessons, the messy line between
Joe Alonso tells the full Novo Modo origin story—off-grid childhood, working full-time at 16, a career detour through blindness and Microsoft, and launching a shop on pure conviction with no customers lined up. We dig in
Zap and Dylan catch up after a busy stretch. Boise expansion, Texas customer visits, QuickBooks meltdown, and the Claude Code build. Dylan's still chasing power for the Flex, doubled up compressors, and is increasingly f
Brian Kippen is back after nearly four years to talk about an incredible period of growth and change at KAD Models. From teaching machining to acquiring a wire forming business, adding a MAM with automation, and managing
Zap and I wrap up 2025 with our first live podcast! Patreon members join us as we answer questions, reflect on 2025, and talk about plans for 2026. Thanks to everyone for a wonderful 2025 and looking forward to a great 2
This week I talk with Ethan Perrin about MIT Formula SAE, building the Miters West shop, and why a small fiber laser and press brake changed how he prototypes. We also hit rescuing CMM's on a budget and his alumni EV for
In‑person catch‑up: pre‑Flex rigging shuffle, neighbors bribed with donuts, and the first HyperMill customer part. Zap runs through leaving Boise, growing the team, splitting work the right way, and getting a shop moving
We catch up on a busy stretch: Zap’s UK stint, dialing in systems, and turning chaos into consistency—including saying no when it counts. Dylan locks the shop layout, keeps the S700, preps for the Hermle HSFlex and hyper
From an 800 sq ft pole barn to a 4,000 sq ft shop, Devin shares how Lichen leveled up: team, layout, and automation. We cover the R450 cobot project, M300 wins, live‑tool lathe realities, and building a stable, sustainab
Curt of Confounded Machine shares how a garage hobby became a thriving EDC pen brand. We dive into retrofitting a Hardinge, moving to a Syil X5 , iso-grid grips, entropic anodizing, and his new “Mech One” mechanism. Rigi
Jamie Peacock of JSpec Engineering and The Lone Machinists podcast joins to talk one‑man‑shop reality, from building and retrofitting machines to launching the Anchor Point zero‑point system. We hit in‑house anodizing, a
California updates with Zap, CMM finally dialed in, HyperMill setup progress, pin finisher optimization, RO water planning, and some honest programming errors. Topics include surface roughness tools, machine comparisons,
Juan March returns with InFab co‑founder Blake Nazario to share how a shop-floor problem became a purpose-built ERP for high-mix job shops. We cover InFab’s beginnings, its rebuild for multi‑tenant use, ITAR/GovCloud and
John Saunders
Saunders Machine Works
1 appearance on this show
Brian Kippen
KAD Models
1 appearance on this show
Devin Bodony
Lichen Precision
1 appearance on this show
Curt Van Filipowski
Confounded Machine
1 appearance on this show
Jamie Peacock
JSpec Engineering
1 appearance on this show
Blake Nazario
InFab
1 appearance on this show
Justin Gray
Toolpath
1 appearance on this show
Denis Basaric
KafaTek
1 appearance on this show
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