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Justin Brouillette & Jem Freeman
Justin Brouillette (Portland CNC) & Jem Freeman (Like Butter) discuss CNC machines, their product design and manufacturing businesses, and every kind of tool that they fancy.
Show Website - https://dept.parts
Justin cuts 4140 steel for the first time for PDX CNC products while Jem battles venomous spiders and pallet racking inspections. They discuss organizing shop kits with gridfinity bins, Airtable's uncertain future, local file storage versus cloud chaos, and surviving wildfire smoke. Plus: Christopher Nolan's massive IMAX camera and the eternal struggle of documentation.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Steel!
- Work Safe
- Airtable bought for 8x less than top value
- Super Smoky
- Big Summer Movie this summmmmer
- FU Assembly Bins - video?
- Google Search Console - Instagram, Tiktok, Youtube now!
- Tool-tags.com
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin compare sales swings and shop chaos: a robot-cooked sander, a $15k sanding head quote, and high schoolers quality-checking parts before they ship. Plus network tinkering regrets, blowing nine million tokens in one sitting, Fusion file manager grievances, and the debut of a very questionably named app.
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- No quoting, still hitting target ꘎
- Custom Robots
- "Focused" product dev
- UniFi thoughts ꘎
- Blew all my tokens, again ⠄
- Help Scout MCP on Claude
- Infra-tinkering time suck ꘎
- Crawling back to Lightroom ꘎
- Robots on the cheap cheap ꘎
- Shipments getting stuck
- Fusion operation note
- SnipSnip
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem’s wiped out after installing seven sculptures in a single day, while Justin’s machining a 65-inch timber spear gun and fighting the ShopSabre’s Y-axis overheating. They talk Shopify bill wins, Justin’s new private dashboard app, GitHub issues, packing-station kiosks, voice notes, and the surprisingly good iOS 27 beta. Plus AR headphone daydreams and why documenting warehouse workflow is still the hardest game.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Jem's bender
- Two-year comparison Shopify Bill ꘎ $15 vs $1500
- Fangs + Stops experience with Speargun
- Shopify recovery
- Unifi upgrades
- FU PF at LB?
- Arbitrary AR Desire
- ShopSabre issue
- Fulfillment organization question
- Flag to edit, make a note
- Rake - backups
- New Siri
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin trade toddler war stories before Jem confesses he'd rather tear down 4.5m pallet racking alone at midnight than hire anyone. Justin reveals his June sales cliff after a domain migration tanked Google traffic, hitting Profit First distributions hard. They also riff on the Obsidian exodus from Notion, breaking up with Cursor for Claude Code, and why rearranging the shop is happening before finishing new products.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Migrating away from Cursor ꘎
- We have become a tech company ꘎
- Obsidian rollout ꘎
- Recovering migration hangover
- Finishing reorganization on woodshop
- The deep thinkings and feelings of lean
- The internet never forgets - outro song
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about the World Cup's surprisingly warm reception in the US, Jem's Kitta Parts Builder getting a 3D preview upgrade (doors that actually open), and a FedEx API build that finally came together. Justin shares how Shopify's AI flagged a 430-pound weight bug before support did. They close on a real Profit First curveball: what do you do when a big deposit lands early?
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DISCUSSED:
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- World Cup
- Double shifts at Butter
- Like Butter Kitta Parts Builder Update - 3D
- Henry Holsters - overhead camera?
- Is it 430 lbs?
- Recommended: Unsolved mystery of Lorem Ipsum
- PF oversize conundrum ꘎
- Dispatch improvements ꘎
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin makes himself a 5-axis trophy and a quick YouTube shop tour and tests his Gimbel CoolantClear. Jem survives a short production week down a person, rants about builder POs and spirals into late-night Rhino scripting with Cursor. Plus bot orders, prototype hoarding, and the emotional weight of unfinished projects. Also, sea shanties.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Dispatch is a mess, need a LEAN makeover, how much do I own other people's jobs, fuck it I'll just do it myself, max capacity yet still no money left, brain overwhelm and other stories. ꘎
- Rhino script intervention needed... ꘎
- Fast Shop Tour - PDX CNC
- ALL 5 AXIS video
- FU: CAD models available
- We are not agreeing to your PO terms
- Roderick on the Line Ep 628
All hoarding is emotional... But the real weight on me is the hoarding of my own unfinished projects
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links
Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin migrates from Squarespace to Shopify (finally!), accidentally nukes his navigation menus with AI, and drops $1,200 on used Lista cabinets. Jem wraps up 10 months of robot programming, ships his first four-shelf new robot sanding programs.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Migrated the Blog!
- Lost my menus
- Big Ass CNC
- CRO
- Skills skills skills ꘎
- Caveman
- AirShop Updates
- Door
- BT40 Tool Tag Tower
- Autodesk visit - MCP
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Justin Gray joins Jem and Justin to talk vibe coding, from NASA open source to CNC tool library nightmares. They riff on AI security traps, why machinists need GitHub, and the chaos of managing 400 tool holders. Plus toddler nostril emergencies and why pie charts are almost never okay.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Justin Gray of Justin Gray Labs - formerly of Toolpath
- Justin's Vibe Kit - https://justingraylabs.com/store/vibe-coding/
- @JustinGrayLabs
- NASA project - OpenMDAO.org
- Tell us about your shop, machines, and plans?
- Tool libraries
- https://latenightcommits.com
Vibe coding
- Vibe coding is the next abstraction (assembly to programming langauge now to AI coding)
- How do you feel about it? Does it have a bad taste?
- Supply chain attack
- Liberated
- Let your Fusion posts - auto-update?
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links
Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin just crushed a record sale. Jem is actively avoiding his books. Together they navigate code benders, steel headaches, and the beautiful disaster of trying to keep a shop running.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Addicted to tokens, Jonny too
- Never bookkeeping again
- Claude Code first impressions
- Brain fog, how to leave breadcrumbs
- Big Ass Sale progress? No donkeys this year? Photo flat lay excellence
- Poka-yoke frustrations
- Dispatch is a hell hole - missed the show
- Google Home Mini - 3 more plz
- terminal.shop – https://www.terminal.shop
- Justin Gray - upcoming
- How to make tabbed parts look good?
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin caught a facing issue on fresh UMC pallets before they could ruin parts, while his Shopboard reel blew up on Instagram. Jem survived a surprise WorkSafe inspection and a brutal $8k robot service bill. The guys talk selling out of ATC Pedestals, $5 McMaster parts versus Haas tax, custom ERP dashboards, and a new quest for decent video editing help. Home Assistant just works.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Shopboard goes off, AirShop integrated
- $5 skimmer belts on McMaster from Langerman Machine #9452K451
- Dumb setup for dumb reason
- WorkSafe visit (OSHA)
- Robot maintenance?
- Justin requests:
- Video Editing rec?
- Industrial Engineer rec? IANAE (like IANAL)
- Lutron Pico 🧑🍳💋
- Shelly 1PM
- Dashboards
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links
Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem powers through a sick week and sales slump while Justin accidentally nukes his revenue with a premature sale popup. They swap stories about migrating to Obsidian, testing Parakeet voice dictation, and rant about industrial e-commerce still living in 2005. Also: Allbirds going full GPU, Cursor buyout fears, and why keeping credit cards on scrap paper is a bad idea.
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DISCUSSED:
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- UMC shop organization
- Sick Daddy
- I killed our sales
- Buy now, think later
- Internet debris
- TypeWhisper free / MacWhisper
- Obsidian
- Back to the Cloud 2.0
- AllBirds -> AI
- Cursor to
- Lack of grip will do that
- Pumpkin Plan
Justin's rant: State of Ecommerce in MFG industry
- Approved to order 🤦♂️
- Prices not public 🤦♂️
- Added addresses prior to approval🤦♂️
- "wait up to next hour till addresses live"
- No idea what shipping costs 🤦♂️
I might as well send in a telegram for an order and wait a fortnight for a response
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links
Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin wrestles with a backwards-wired Tormach AF50 saw and delegates tasks to his new hire. Jem rebuilds his job management system on a local server. They discuss 150% increase in aluminum, meeting fatigue, and their skepticism about SimTheory's Canva acquisition. Roomba learning to clean pegboard.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Tormach AF50 Saw, no bueno
- Linux server?
- Shopboard
- Traction - Issues List
- 150% increase cost Aluminum
- Simtheory bought by Canva
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin hires his first office employee, Jem catches up on emails using Cursor, and both discuss the challenges of delegating tasks in their growing businesses of delegating tasks in their growing businesses. They cover AirShop new features and a big milestone, 3D printer mishaps, expensive robot maintenance, profit-first accounting discipline, and building new custom product configurators.
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DISCUSSED:
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- 577 days
- Strict 7-day flow working well
- Cursor inbox catchup
- Delegation (email?)
- The Shelves drafted
- Justin hiring?
- PS2 Boxed Up
- Robot service in progress, they old
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin and Jem weigh up if expensive trade shows are worth the $15k entry or if walking the floor with a "trench coat" of products is the smarter play. Between squashing bugs in the kitchen and mourning 62% price hikes on magnets, they tackle the absolute loop of shittness that is FedEx losing custom plywood shelves. Plus, Justin notices used Mac prices are on the rise and orders a cardboard shredder.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Tool Show FU
- Thick dentist
- Buy Kitta Parts in US [PLACEHOLDER]
- Buy Macs, like holding gold
- Matthew's Simple Wood Goods Edge Sander
- Youtube Playlist of our Songs
- Benn Jordan audio prompt injection
- Cardboard Expander
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem and Justin chat about complicated speaker parts, CAM programming headaches, and why wood routing feels less reliable than metal work. They geek out over Joe Roggenbuck's knowledge-sharing channel, discuss Jem's new Profit First spreadsheet rebuild (RIP Laura), and explore hiring challenges for a growing team. Plus: trade shows, work stops, and late-night coding sessions as a form of meditation.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Two Years of Profit First
- Spreadsheet rebuild, first AI redundancy
- Cobra HQ Plus - good simple machine shop content from Joe Roggenbuck @cobraframebuilding
- KittaParts Builder v3 - test deployed here
- Trying to consolidate or just making excuses?
- AirShop Start a Trial now available
- AirShop to Fusion in 2-clicks
- Going to tool shows?
- Mercury bank
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem quoted big this week while glued to his desk, ditching ChatGPT for Claude and getting his staff into Cursor. His parkour bricked iPhone became surprisingly zen. Justin scored a Tormach autosaw from Seattle, and he's hiring a Shop Coordinator. Both are wrestling with Xero bookkeeping.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Soggy phone delights ꘎
- Dumping Chatty G
- New role at PDX CNC - Shop Coordinator
- Justin steals a bandsaw - Tormach AF50+
- Reconciling should be automatic by now surely!?
- Robots via Cursor?
- Getting staff into AI workflows - Jon into Cursor
- AirShop - Bulk imports, quote billing new
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem's rocking top-tier muffs that isolate a screaming spindle while the guys talk one-click Kanban card glory. They discuss the magic of good- documentation, fighting AI amnesia with markdown, and the logistics of shipping PS2 kits to the States. From bike-ride domain buys to handling trade apathy, it's a heavy look at refining the systems that keep a modern shop running.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Communication in the trades, what the actual fuck? ꘎
- Are you driving Cursor remotely? ꘎
- Dylan got good muff recommendation ꘎
- Gemini Lead Interview Youtube @Justin Brouillette
- HA Dashboard for Bambu
- input.button
AirShop upates
- New Docs site 😍
- 6 months 50% off currently!
- Kanban carding / printers
- QR Scanners are amazing
- PS2 Launch
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem's dialed-in tumbler workflow is pumping out thousands of little widgets with barely any intervention, while Justin redesigned the Fang clamp packaging to keep up with demand. They swap war stories about terrible powder coaters, Jem races his cousin vs Cursor on a Raspberry Pi battery project, and Justin finds a surprisingly old-school solution to stop Slacking across the shop.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Engineer versus AI in modbus solution ꘎
- Clawtastic ꘎
- Love of tumbling ꘎
- Cursor is king ꘎
- Package Redesign for Fangs
- Local Open assistants
- Open Claw
- Quality issues other vendors
- Microscope 10 inch
- Intercoms
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Justin literally sold a room of his shop. Jem's questioning if his furniture business is secretly a tech company, someone stayed up til 2am installing sketchy AI agents, and plumbing codes make a surprise guest appearance. Also Fusion's new file types are confusing everyone.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Praise for Jonny ꘎
- Are we a technology company? ꘎
- Who buys the stuff?
- Backflow preventer for coolant
- Jem's new KittaParts Gallery 👈
- Dexter Room 👋
- New Jem Robot Content
- Big Fusion workflow shakeup - Kevin's explainer
- 🟧 AirShop Updates <> Help Scout
- Onboarding Tour and Checklist - little steps to get started
- Help Scout integration
- OpenClaw
- Hacksmith tour by Grimsmo
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem's dealing with wrong-white paint drama and bushfire heat waves while Justin finally cut steel and loved it. They nerd out on slitting saws, spindle grippers, and robot pick-and-place logic. Justin's close to launching AirShop billing, got a tenant for his extra shop space, and is scheming ways to script Blender renders without learning Blender. Classic shop talk with a side of automation dreams.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Charged 70% less, cost wage ~$25/hr 😂
- Justin cut steel 🤦
- IPA vs Ethanol
- Subleased
- Really excited about Gimbel UMC automation - Wafflesandpremix
- Saunders Expanding Pins
- Robot Probing idea
- Blender automation renderings?
- New Hoffmann Slitting Saw
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem's recovering from bushfire evacuations and finding thinking work tough after the chaos. Justin's got a glorious new hole between his shop spaces and AirShop is streamlining daily operations nicely. Both are geeking out over Random Routing's insane 48-tool carousel upgrade. Jem's dumped ChatGPT for Gemini, and Justin's testing coated CNC tooling.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Fires near Jem
- 5th Axis Kurt DX6 96 Adapter
- Quitting my 3 axis reel
- Converting Pierson Pallets to Lang 96
- AirShop is really smoothing daily operations (Beta users wanted!)
- Post Edits, Github shared Haas post
- Gemini backing Siri
- Home battery project ꘎
- Time on the tools ꘎
- Hole in the wall! Glorious
- Chatty G I've dumped you ꘎
- Reanimating grasshopper challenges ꘎
- Diode was the right diagnosis ꘎
- Home Assistant Green
- Fire Ball 🔥
- Random Routing with a banger
- Aluminum finish quality 😍
- Love the Kimla
- Post drives the robot
- 48 tools
- Simplicity of PC CAM
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Justin's been deep in AirShop development over the holidays while Jem dealt with diesel generator drama amid fire danger. They chat five-axis workflow wins, a $30 kid's microscope that's surprisingly shop-worthy, permit nightmares for a simple door, and SendCutSend's wild live machining stream. Plus Chippy vs forklift round two.
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DISCUSSED:
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- AirShop Incorporated 🟠 Signup airshopapp.com
- Digital stocktake ⠄
- We got Covid for Christmas
- Amazing Microscope - this got me
- 5ax flow
- Full-time Diesel Mechanic ꘎
- Lack Gloucester, but once again finding more hours in the day magically ꘎
- Chippy Death Plot
- Kitta Builder
- Bridge Builder game download
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SendMillSend
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00:00 Back in 2026
- 02:29 Business Developments and Product Launches
- 05:35 Sales Performance and Inventory Management
- 08:33 Family Life and Holiday Reflections
- 11:14 Innovative Tools and Equipment
- 14:13 Production Challenges and Strategies
- 17:04 Customer Engagement and Sales Trends
- 20:00 Robot River Table
- 20:28 5 axis Flow
- 23:22 Project Management and Workflow Optimization
- 26:23 Community Engagement and Social Media
- 29:19 Permitting Challenges and Bureaucracy
- 32:01 Work-Life Balance and Productivity Insights
- 35:04 Powerline Networking?
- 37:58 Plans
- 50:54 Robotic River Rodeo Full
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Jem and Justin wrap up the year with tales of inventory headaches, Home Assistant tinkering, and soft jaw frustrations on the new UMC. Dylan Jackson from Within Tolerance drops by to show off his fresh Hermle 250 setup. Plus: electrocution survival stories, air compressor mysteries, and why bricking your phone might be the ultimate productivity hack. Happy holidays from the shop floor.
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- Shop automation with Home Assistant (green hub)
- Stream Deck
- Hacs - obscure 3rd party stuff for HA
- Mains cable failure
- Fusion MCP
- Air leak on UMC
- PS2 Turbine experiments
- Dylan Jackson joins the show! Within Tolerance - his podcast
- Dylan's business, Proteum Machining
- Dylan’s sick headphones from 3M
- AnyShortcut | Fusion | Autodesk App Store
- Product dev
- New ATC Pedestal versions
- New CNC Tooling
- New CNC Tool holders
- New Fang Stock
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Jem and Justin chat new computers, shop reorganizations, and the joy of Facebook Marketplace finds like conveyors and what was sticky in Justin's new IBC tote. They swap notes on year-end revenue wins, FedEx driver diplomacy, and why thermostats are amazing ROI. Plus: Home Assistant rabbit holes, AI voice chat absurdity, and holiday shipping plans.
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- Got schooled by AppMan ꘎
- Home assistant rabbit hole Todd ꘎
- Filled the big hole fast
- 2026 calendars
- 49 current small projects
- Metaphorical hiking
- Absolutely disgusting state of affairs
- Roller conveyor
- 2025 End of Year
- Christmas Live Show - join the recording 🇺🇸 Dec 18 - 11:30am PST or 🇦🇺 Dec 19 - 6:30am AEDT
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Jem and Justin catch up after Thanksgiving, celebrating the sale of Justin's YCM mill and his new fiber laser adventures. They swap stories about home automation dreams, robot programming, and the joys of hiring with AI assistance. Plus, a touching tribute to the generous soul who gave Jem his robots.
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- UMC Ep2 Youtube
- Chatty G voice feels so dumb ꘎
- Oh my Packout fever ꘎
- Claude 4.5 Haiku looses the plot again ꘎
- Opus 4.5 daily drive
- Importance of a good sump
- Getting daily fiber
- Justin bought this 30w Fiber laser
- Death
- New Hire for PDX CNC?
- Home Assistant? - Hacksmith / Grimsmo
- Hacksmith Knife Vlogs
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Jem records from a van battling massive audio lag while engineers occupy his shop floor. He celebrates winning Business of the Year and permits for the new home shed. Justin is drowning in rush jobs, finding a surprise in the YCM sale, and daycare lice. Plus, they discuss buying fiber lasers, upgrading the Fusion Bulk importer, and fancy 5-axis calibration tools.
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- Rush the rush
- Elephant Robotics - Nestworks CNC
- .0003,.0006,.0006 (.0076, .0015, .0015mm)
- Focused Training
- Updated Fusion Bulk Importer to v.2 Add-in
- Local awards
- Building workshops for other people
- Planning permit
- Justin buying this 30w Fiber laser
- Jem's laserpecker
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Jem's been grumpy after a slow studio sale, while Justin's juggling rush jobs solo. They chat about robot vacuums saving thousands in labor costs, Justin's new task app that harasses you into productivity, coolant mixers, and why reflection time keeps slipping away. Plus hacked Unitree robots spreading viruses like worms. Both feeling the squeeze between email and actual work.
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- Solo humpin
- Glue ups
- Creative Woodworking mini tour
- Slave to email ⠄
- Unicorn Sales and Support hires?
- Luddite floor cleaning ꘎
- Grumpy boss ꘎
- I need your app ꘎
- Shopify MCP coming ST
- No reflection makes Jem a dull boy ꘎
- More grumpy ꘎
- Spray booth build ꘎
- Two new robots at PDX CNC
- Boss capacity limiting
- Unitree robots hacked
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Jem and Justin geek out over Jon Klassen. Jem’s selling equipment. They chat UMC updates, marketing consultant wisdom, and why email rules sales plus thoughts on pneumatic air line strategy.
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- Jon Klassen books are good
- Where is my hat
- So many jobs
- UMC update, closer
- Jem sells his Multicam Router
- May sell YCM?
- Unhook, dismantle room
- Talked to a consultant
- Email is best method for sales, don't worry about unsub
- Website conversion
- AI management
- Uses social media to confirm
- Finalist business awards in AU
- Pneumatic air lines workshop optimisation
- Maxline
- Camaster Out of Business?
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Our biggest Profit First review yet. Jem and Justin break down why the system saved their businesses, how Mercury Bank automation beats manual tracking, and why you don't need to be perfect with it. Plus the psychology of fake scarcity, stealing from the right accounts, and what happens when sales are better than you hoped.
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- UMC 🤘
- Phil's AU 2024 Fusion Workflow Template Talk
- Hot, stressed, sunburnt feeling but great sales
- Baby pants obsession
- Dian Jin Vise DJ-1217
PROFIT FIRST* Profit First Resources Page * Eric Larson start PF (10%) * 2sec lean it * Justin's bank - Mercury * ST Assistant * Restructure - Split Lease and Payroll * New Debt account * New Mercury Distro Days (Fridays) * Weekly vs Fortnight * 91% elusive - broke it finally * KittaParts 50% * Trust the system
Starting Accounts
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- Profit
- OpEx
- Materials & Freight
- Payroll
- Lease
- Tax
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Jem and Justin catch up after Justin's anniversary trip, discussing his new Haas UMC 5-axis mill installation and Jem's late-night robot programming sessions. They explore the Lang workholding system, debate the death of traditional rendering with AI tools like Nano Banana, and share skepticism about Sora video generation. Justin turns down a massive aluminum router job due to equipment limitations while Jem perfects his ABB dual-robot sanding setup.
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- UMC landed, Ep 1 on Youtube
- Jem's Robot Workholding
- Lang QP 45963
- $20k parts no quote
- Rendering is dead. ꘎
- Nano Banana Daddy
- Sora 2
- Casey Neistat on AI
- Fang shipped!
- HTX new video
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Jem and Justin welcome their first-ever planned guest, Matt Swaidan of Simple Wood Goods. The Ohio-based maker discusses his decade-long journey building a modular vinyl storage business, custom CAM software called Beaver, and automated UR robot finishing lines. They explore surviving the 2022 Baltic birch crisis, intentional downsizing, digital marketing strategies, and maintaining boundaries with four kids under six while running a focused manufacturing operation.
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- We have our first planned guest, Matthew Swaidan of Simple Wood Goods
- Your business, GO
- Your background?
- So many boxes, did you set out to be a box lord?
- Assembly line with UR robot
- Software dev experience
- https://speckle.systems/
- Explain Beaver - Production CAM
- Anderson Stratros Nest CNC router
- Edge sealing experiments
- Odoo
- The edge bander retrofit?
- How dig out of baltic birch?
- Change your design or practices?
- New products in mind? How much does the production line limit that?
- Online marketing experience
- Ad spends 10% of revenue
- Epoxy floors?
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Jem fights corrupted robot flash disks while Justin battles predatory bank loans for his new mill. They discuss 5-axis machining mindset shifts, announce the Fang workholding clamps, geek out over Nano Banana's rendering magic, and debate Notebook LM vs custom AI agents. Plus: PS2 updates and Fusion's new text parameters.
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- I bricked the robot ꘎
- Brother 100 tool machine
- Notebook LM (again) ꘎
- Probing lust
- Singularity graphs ꘎
- Lieing Loaners
- Fang Workholding Clamps
- Lang Technik
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Jem achieves lights-out ABB robot sanding with 3D printed horns and Grasshopper programming. Justin loses one CNC machine deal, finds another, signs the paperwork live on air. They explore Twig and Bot's robot probing, Jem's latest guesting on the Shop Stool Podcast, therapy for humans, and negotiation philosophy.
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- High and lows
- Hook em horns
- Jem on Shop Stool Podcast
- 💰 UMC?
- Twig and Bot Robot Probing
- Buy the YCM - reach out, lets make a deal
- Always negotiate - lease, machines, jobs
- Matthew - Simple Wood Goods
- 12 inch duct print
- Mr Freon AND Leaded gasoline
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Jem gets deep into Grasshopper software building custom robot CAM while Justin keeps drilling thousands of holes on his ShopSabre. They chat about wild HTX Studio YouTube automation, scary tool changer malfunctions, and the eternal struggle of buying used vs new CNC machines. Plus Justin upgrades to a bigger 3D printer and teases his AirShop inventory & quoting software. Plus koala vaccines, and 8020 extrusion workholding in the future?
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- Koala Vaccine
- Jem in love with Grasshopper
- Grasshopper Tutorial Video
- HTX Studio! ꘎
- Justin is still drilling thousands of holes
- Multicam Trident CNC Tool Changer issue
- Shopping for mills, how can you tell if a secondhand machine is any good!?
- Plywood tombstones no so much good ꘎
- Should I use 8020 extrusion for fixtures!?
- Robot work holding!? ꘎
- Extrusion
- J moves are sketchy as in Robot programming
- Pierson video
- H2S on the way
- AirShop update Kanban cards done, testers signup here
- Eric Trine like wine
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Jem and Justin chew over 100,000 holes for breakfast and why you can’t rush them. They tackle janky probing and a carbon reporting prototype that’s greener than your inbox peach emoji. From Wera distribution deals to David’s Robot Factory, plus a wild mill shopping spree and AI tools that might just save the day. Oh, and an MCP mess you don’t want to miss.
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- 100,000 holes for breakfast
- Condition the hold vac?
- Janky probing
- Carbon Reporting prototype
- PDX CNC is a Wera distributor
- 8020 extrusion configurations
- David's Robot Factory
- People with conscious
- Eric's call for help
- The peach of inbox 20something 🍑
- Shopping for mills with Justin
- Maybe best use of AI tools ever ꘎ !
- ST MCP Big Fuck up
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Jem tackles email chaos while Justin's mill hits the market. Machine upgrades shine as Johnny cuts pencil sharpener cycle time from 17 to 4 seconds, saving 215 hours. AI tools show promise and peril with unexpected email sends. New Bambu H2S printer tempts with bigger build volume. Tool tags expand to Tormach TTS.
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- 93 yo grandpa, "AI is not new"
- MacWhisper
- G93 G-code (time to complete)
- Jonny make chop chop goodah on the Pencil Sharpener
- 13,000 minutes of wasted machine time ꘎
- Abby working it ꘎
- Mirka sanders
- New Tormach TTS Tool Tags
- Maybe H2S?
- YCM sale page
- Taking machine suggestions
- Near Zero Inbox
- Gemini in Inbox
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Jem celebrates his ABB robot's first billable hours sanding dowels while planning a move to a tiny home workshop. Justin plans expansion into a second shop space and finally scores PETG filament after months of shortages. They discuss knockoff products, Profit First wins, and whether sharing manufacturing secrets helps or hurts small makers.
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- Vomiting children
- PF ups and downs
- Justin is taking more space!
- How to build in more cash reserve
- It's back after 54 days, no warning ⊚
- Brick update ꘎
- Robots on YouTube ꘎
KP
- First KittaParts clone ꘎
- Share or protect ꘎
- 99k vibes ꘎
- Kitta Parts Makers Interest?
PF
- 88% YOY pay increase from PF
- 20% boost from Quarterly bonus
- Weekly off a cliff, the pros and cons of weekly PF cycle ꘎
-
LB PF Update 91%
-
Roll of the dice ⠄Simone Giertz - Cortex Interview
- First table tennis lunch work ꘎
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Jem and Justin wrestle with the unstoppable em dash while debating if butter robots dream of electric toast. They test every to-do app known to humankind and geek out over 3D print infill optimizers. From selling a jet jointer planer to scripting quality-of-life hacks, this episode is a wild ride through fixtures, AI operators, and Laura’s commission win.
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- Butter Robot
- 3D Print Infill Optimizer ⠄
- I Tried every To Do App
- New Best of RFQ
- Gippity 5
- I cannot stop the em dash
- The unstoppable em dash
- besttoolforthejob.py ꘎ scripting quality of life hacks
- Decapitalizing together
- Sold our Jet Jointer Planer
- Fixtures and orientation issues ꘎
- We need an AI Operator of AI
- Theoretically could have wired a motor in five minutes
- Laura wins commission
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Justin’s car-negotiation bot accidentally seals a deal, while Jem battles a FedEx account freeze. MCP email antics, Help Scout AI tweaks, DHL/Veeqo rates. Jem hacks Fusion posts for ABB sanding, tests soft‑servo, 3D‑prints a probe, and brings back time‑blocking.
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- Perfect Saturday night. PP ꘎
- It made a deal!
- FedEx can eat a bag of D ꘎
- Time blocking again ꘎
- Abby sands? ꘎
- Deep research ABB service docs ꘎
- MCP enthusiastic emails ꘎
- Task Novelty
- Erratic Novelty Task
- Soft Servo
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Justin returns from a family funeral pondering purpose while Jem hobbles with mystery arthritis. Sales roller-coasters, quoting scripts, and busted sanders spark shop talk. Justin battles a sketchy dust-boot customer, they rant about phone addiction, AI helpers, cramped shop plans, and chasing that elusive revenue double.
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- Bricked my phone ꘎
- Fraud
- Mark D - How you break free from habits and patterns that you know you should change.
- Rhino runs the show
- High custom low product
- Ency Robot
- Networking old PC to the rescue ꘎
- Sander crash ꘎
- 2-D to 3-D space constraints ꘎
- Meta Ray-bans
- MagSafe Neck Mount
- 5700 monolithic html down to 2500 ꘎
- New ST 2.0! ꘎
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Justin's cooking up ATC pedestals for Avid machines with fancy PEM hardware while Jem's crushing it with 0.6% Shopify conversions. After midnight whiskey-fueled Grasshopper sessions with AI buddy Uncle Sven, Jem finally cracked multi-axis robot sanding and now dreams of weird angled fixtures. Justin unleashes AI on sleazy car dealers who play dumb professionally. Help Scout's AI actually writes decent support emails, and sick kids get robot tours that make everything worthwhile.
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- Avid users - New ATC Pedestals coming - want to test?
- Shopify MCP "Help customers search, ask, and buy in natural language."
- Sentry Error Monitoring
- Syntax - MCP #920 episode
- CNC sander tool
- Grasshopper with Uncle Sven ꘎
- Bevels ✅
- Fixture design session, 3A break
- Get them back ✊
- Helpscout continues 📈
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Jem and Justin explore where new products come from: solving personal shop problems or tackling custom work. Justin rapidly builds a label-making tool, while Jem gets back to wrestling with his sanding robots. The chat shifts to their complex feelings on AI's power and future.
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- The early mushy design process
- All five sick in a tent
- Conf data
- Grasshopper success ꘎
- Relief of 12 hour workday ꘎
- Cloudflare scraping paywall
- Penta Solo cancelled
- Labeldumper.com
- Lots of design mental space talk
- CNC sander tool
- Isaac Sim - Robot Sim
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Jem and Justin tackle supply chain woes and work-life balance challenges. Justin battles a PETG shortage that's disrupting production while Jem struggles to disconnect from work during a family trip to Queensland. They dive into coding adventures with GitHub, cursor workflows, and Johnny's robot progress back at the shop. Plus brass part mishaps and the perils of not having proper drawings.
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- PETG HF OOS
- Wot a Git ꘎
- Parenting hole ꘎
- Cursor needs a wingman or woman ꘎
- Unlimited completion and a bottle of whiskey ꘎
- Cursor Auto mode
- Working code from Jonny ꘎
- Scraping Product CAD
- First time burned because of no drawings
- Things We Love: Skote Outdoors Bought abandon house
- Transformative Use - Copyright
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem and Justin dive into decoding coding posers—because who hasn’t faked it till they made it? They tackle the nightmare of a salesperson who just doesn’t sell and brainstorm clever fixes. Notebook LM and CNC router sanders get a shoutout, plus a cheeky chat on submitting products to GPT. Oh, and why an API script beats Zapier for your workflow hustle.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Coding posers
- What to do when your sales person sucks?
- Notebook LM
- CNC Router Sander
- Submit your products GPT
- API Script instead of Zapier
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin kick off with robot arrival update, plus a rapid coding and with YAML magic. They rave about Help Scout, the best AI chat sidekick ever. SMED shines in action, while the A1 Swapper takes a nosedive. Yeti vlogs sneak in a cheeky ad, and a new mousepad earns ✨life-changing✨ status.
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- Apologies late show, Justin meddling
- Robot update
- Rapid coding project
- YAML
- Double time (chats)
- Best AI help chat I've used - Help Scout
- SMED in action
- A1 Swapper 📉
- Yeti vlogs - Integrated advertisement?!
- Apps guy
- New Mousepad ✨life-changing✨
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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From slippers in the spray booth to AI in the inbox, Jem and Justin spiral through another classic catch-up, this time knee-deep in robots, CNC automation, and YouTube imposter syndrome. Jem’s moving ABB arms across Victoria in a horse float, Justin’s scripting support bots while dodging scams, and both are obsessing over vacuum cycles and TPU bellows. They chat about vibe coding guilt, the future of toolpaths, and whether sharing too much online is a threat or a gift. Bonus: punting ABBs around the workshop on skates.
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- Video Chat GPT 💛
- Defense of the Dark Arts (Vibe coding)
- Tiny boots up! ꘎
- Auto Cleaning
- Auto hole clearing
- AdamCAD - is it here?
- Landscape footage in my phone
- A1 Swapper imminent
- HelpScout to replace Freshdesk
- CAT50 Tool Tags Live
- Subscribe Parts Dept Youtube
- Wireless mics
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem and Justin catch up on shop developments, with Justin juggling multiple products in development while Jem shares exciting robot adventures with his machinist. They discuss AI coding breakthroughs with Claude 4, celebrate Profit First successes, and contemplate documenting Jem's robot journey on YouTube. The conversation weaves through tax management wins and four-day workweek benefits.
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DISCUSSED:
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- CAT50 Tool Tags incoming
- Robot conjugal visits
- Pecker laser 👍
- Milwaukee Packout in my Kitchen - Fabworks 50% off
- 🧈 Buttertube 👈 subscribe now
- Jem before kids video
- Claude 4 killed it in a single shot ꘎
- Add to cart now live after fixing caps and feet
- Android app for Laura ꘎
- Tax account 18k spot on PF ꘎ 👏👏👏
- Justin 70% of last years pay in 2025
- Mercury consulting
- Thanks Justin
00:00 Aging Reflections
02:50 Product Development Insights
06:11 Robotics and Engineering Adventures
09:15 Come into my Safety Zone
12:06 Laser Engraving Experiences
15:07 Content Creation and Branding
19:58 YouTube
27:46 AI Coding Updates and Innovations
29:47 Claude 4: A Game Changer in Coding
32:32 Creating Offline Apps with AI
35:22 The Evolution of Business Operations
39:09 Tax Management and Financial Planning
43:08 Profit First
47:01 Business Growth
51:01 The 4-day Work Week and Work-Life Balance
53:56 Tariff sea-saw
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin’s migrating off Freshdesk, grumbling about outdated UIs and dreaming of integrated tools. He’s knee-deep in Shopify, site redirects, and pondering injection moulding and SMED like it’s a lifestyle. Meanwhile, Jem’s grappling with KittaParts hardware complexity, designing 19” rack kits, inventing dowel-pivot hinges, and vibing with NotebookLM podcasts about ABB RAPID while secretly plotting to laser-engrave everything.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Freshdesk "free" ending
- Disposable software ꘎ Laura 3D viewer
- Henry Holsters Tour - Audacity Micro ⠄ BEP
- No door APC Brothers
- SMED (Single Minute Exchang of Dies)
- Lean station
- Shipping area
- LLM robot programming ꘎
- Best part of owning business ⠄Urg. Laura says the coffee.
- Phew Shopify back to normal ꘎
- PDX CNC Distributors
- APSX PIM
- Chatter Sync update Masso vs Multicam
- Fricken Lasers ꘎
- Notebook LM ꘎ - Learn ABB robots
- Cities Skylines with Justin
- Factorio - Factorio does not fill the niche. It creates the niche.
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin talk about machining big aluminum parts, setting up shop spaces, Raspberry Pi projects, file transfer hassles, tool holders, and robot programming. They share wins, frustrations, and practical tips from a busy week in the workshop.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Workshop layout
- Chatter Sync
- GH chops
- Hydraulic for ISO30?
- ISO30 drill chucks? - runout?
- RTFM GPT - Shared (Zap)
- YCM Dilemma
- Upgrade Storage
- Sell
- Scissors
- High stakes machining ꘎ Eagles
- Arbour rebuild, awesome old school shop ꘎
- Farken CF cards!!!
- Hourly rate assessment ꘎
-
What happens if you scrap client material? ꘎
-
00:00 Workshop Challenges
- 02:49 Designing Efficient Workshop Layouts
- 05:40 Exploring CNC and Raspberry Pi Integration
- 08:42 Managing High-Value Client Projects
- 11:31 Tool Holder Innovations and Challenges
- 14:31 Cash Flow and Robotics in Manufacturing
- 21:07 Simulation and Toolpath Innovations
- 23:32 Programming Challenges with Different Robotics
- 24:50 Dealing with Mechanical Issues
- 26:55 Collaboration and Community Support
- 27:41 Machining Techniques and Precision
- 30:22 Pricing Strategies in Machining
- 35:44 Evaluating Equipment and Automation Needs
- 37:59 Leveraging Technology for Efficiency
- 40:24 Navigating Documentation and Resources
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin talking shop 139 episodes deep and Jem has finally bought the dream robots!
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DISCUSSED:
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- How many robots did Jem buy? ꘎
- 7robotics wood MFG ⠄
- AWESOME Lean Machine Shop Tour: Pierson Workholding!
- Giant ALU parts. 90% reduction - 15.7lbs to 1.55 lb (7.12kg to 0.70kg)
- Pierson SmartVac 3
- Overwhelm = high
- Selling machines
- Upgraded Controllers
- Snazzy Labs Self Driving for $999
- New AirShop Developer?
- Holy shit balls RAPID is good ꘎
- Crashing windows 98 CNC with 3D surfacing code ꘎
- Chatter Sync
- Midnight twerking tool offsets ꘎
- New regulations on shelving tip over risks ꘎
- Blowin' the Ass Sale record away
- Brain melt Australian manufacturing week ꘎
- Giant ALU parts. 90% reduction - 15.7lbs to 1.55 lb (7.12kg to 0.70kg)
- Pierson SmartVac 3
Chapters
- 00:00 It begins
- 01:47 Robot Acquisition and Negotiation
- 04:40 Understanding Robot Capabilities and Industry Impact
- 07:58 The Future of Automation in Manufacturing
- 10:44 Programming Robots and Learning New Skills
- 13:48 Hands-On Training with Robots
- 16:45 Challenges in Material Handling and Job Quoting
- 19:42 Innovations in CNC and Vacuum Systems
- 22:46 Exploring New Technologies and Safety Regulations
- 30:37 Technical Challenges and Machine Troubleshooting
- 33:05 The Future of Robotics and Automation
- 36:38 Innovative Solutions in Manufacturing
- 37:46 Developing New Projects and Collaborations
- 39:48 Sustainable Practices in Agriculture
- 41:44 Sales Strategies and Business Growth
- 44:47 Product Safety Regulations and Compliance
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem and Justin talk shop robots and multi axis dreams alongside workflow struggles. They share surprising AI insights on personal blind spots, discuss shop music issues, and recount tales of tool discoveries 3D printed clamps and even a shop fire. Plus E Ink displays and hardware platforms.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Virtual Live Machining with Client
- Sick E-ink Dashboard - usetrmnl.com - Justin10 for $10 off
- Goebel Insurance - Goebel Furniture
- Saved OP3 with a printer ⠄
- Simtheory Model Catalogue
- Artifical Analysis
- Six axis ꘎
- Big Ass Annual Sale - May 5-9
- Sprutcam
- Offensively bad Jazz
- M5Stack
Questions!* @proteummach: What is a project that each of you have shelved that you wish you could restart? * @astonjcreative: How do you track and maintain random non work ideas and thoughts throughout the day * Drafts & Voice Notes * @likebutter.au: How many robots should I buy? * @debrisfactory: Style of Endmill or other tool you wish you knew about five years earlier * @forestbirdoriginals: What is the biggest external factor that has impacted your businesses ability to grow ? (positive or negative impact, other than COVID) * @patrickbeseda: Do you use headphones, speakers, or no music in the shop? Or prefer podcasts?
00:00 Morning Routines
01:47 Reflections on Work and Productivity
04:35 Sales Insights and Financial Tracking
07:38 Exploring New Products and Innovations
10:38 Client Interactions and Training Experiences
13:30 Shelved Projects and Future Aspirations
16:21 Robotics and Automation in the Workshop
22:23 Software and Programming for Robotics
24:32 Maintaining Creativity and Idea Management
30:07 Capturing Random Thoughts
31:34 Utilizing Technology for Productivity
33:01 AI and Self-Reflection
36:09 Identifying Personal Bottlenecks
39:12 Navigating External Business Challenges
39:43 Music and Work Environment
45:46 Innovative Tooling Techniques
53:17 Exploring New Technologies
58:17 Insurance and Business Risks
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Like Butter | Instagram | More Links
Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem and Justin tackle tricky importing issues and economic uncertainty. They chat shop tech including robots and CNC sanding ideas. Updates on Profit First distributions, tax savings, and the cash flow rollercoaster. Plus, beta configurator progress, cool soldering irons, and movie tangents.
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DISCUSSED:
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- Flip flops economics
- Price rises?
- OK Go - Love - Sense of loss
- Nack iMac stand legacy
- Threads on PS1
- Can we still make good kids? Good Podcast
- PF Distro
- New Sheet
- Taxes ))<>((
- Monday bakery cash slump
- Found the best soldering iron TS101 ꘎
- KittaParts Beta configurator revenue update
- $24,661.42 in 2 months
- 🚨 Jem to turn cart on again by next week! 🚨
- High School Teachers – Justin needs you!
- Debris - Zero Dollar Product
- Vortex tube cooling, can I 3D print one
-
Goodfellas
-
00:00 ello
- 02:20 Supply Chain Forced Fiasco
- 09:00 Navigating Pricing Strategies
- 10:51 Love for Love
- 13:10 Technical Difficulties.mp4
- 16:08 Robotics in Filmmaking
- 18:59 Machinery and Tooling
- 22:01 Innovation in Sanding Techniques
- 25:05 3D Printing + Custom Tooling
- 28:04 Threading and Machining Strategies
- 30:51 Soldering for Two
- 32:01 Personal Productivity Tools
- 33:14 Financial Management and Profit Distribution
- 35:40 Saving for Taxes
- 36:51 Debt and Business Cash Flow
- 43:00 Revenue Targets and Seasonal Slumps
- 45:01 Sales Workflow and Customer Engagement
- 48:59 Education Products - Get at Justin!
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin and Jem find a new AI obsession named Gorbo, question their sanity naming products, and discover that borderline-creepy customer texts actually make sales. Jem composts plywood (because why not?), MacBook meltdowns ensue, and robot vacuums run amok. To top it off, Eric (Mel) ends up the show’s first-ever guest.
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DISCUSSED:
✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- Lean into the absurd
- Gorbo's Swim hole - Wild Video AI
- CRYPTID DATING GAME
- William Gibson Novel
- LIVE for Patrons
- Abandoned cart responses
- High touch relationship building with leads
- Grasshopper animation
- Domestic RoboVacs for workshops
- PDX's Chippy Shop Robot Vacuum
- International shop to a good perspective ꘎
- Do more shop visits
- Window server issues, have to change my ways ꘎
- Compost David from Sydney ꘎
- Blue THH
- 🚨 New LEGO Merch out now
- Eric Larson is our first guest!
Chapters
- 00:00 Gorbo
- 02:28 Cryptid Dating
- 05:24 Product Development and Innovations
- 08:01 Customer Engagement and Marketing Strategies
- 10:59 Hot White Kitta Parts
- 13:58 High-Touch Customer Service and Genuine Connections
- 17:00 Composting Insights and Environmental Discussions
- 37:18 Exploring Creative Projects and Challenges
- 40:00 Visitor Insights and External Perspectives
- 42:34 Shop Visits
- 47:09 Shop Management and Cleanliness
- 53:07 Grasshopper and Python Scripting
- 58:01 Unexpected Guests and Creative Conversations
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin catch up on vacation resets, DIY solar dreams, AI wins, shop updates, consulting gigs, slow sales turning a corner, and future plans for guests and maybe a move.
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DISCUSSED:
✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- Time off for Justin
- Monster Cable F'd with the wrong guy
- Super satisying letter - story from his site
- KittaParts Builder gaining momentum
- Text line running hot with beta builders ꘎
- Thinking about moving Like Butter to the home shop
- Patreon Video on Simtheory - another coming
- Consulting on manufacturing and Christini (haha) fantasies ZAPPETTINI ꘎
- GPT Report writing on the road ꘎
- GPT 4.5 nailed my copy writing brief, make me smile and lol ꘎
- Passed the Laura test ꘎
- GPT 4.5 blew my tokens in 30 mins
- Simtheory assistant scraping
- AI saves my old robot vacuum ꘎
- Put my phone away for 10 minutes and did something I've been wanting to do for years ꘎
- Big Guests?!⁉️
- PF: Had ALL OF IT
- Fake smiles, show time, baby!
- Prop on the news ꘎ - Kickerstarter hair archives
- Slim Spacers
Chapters
- 00:00 Goood Morning
- 01:34 Reflections on Time Off and Parenting
- 04:37 Legal Battles and Patent Trolls
- 07:24 Business Challenges and Supplier Issues
- 09:21 Nostalgia and Early Business Ventures
- 13:22 Product Development and Innovations
- 17:57 Sales Strategies and Customer Engagement
- 22:51 Future Plans and Business Expansion
- 27:13 Exploring Lithium Battery Opportunities
- 30:29 Navigating Sim Theory and Marketing Challenges
- 33:32 Consulting in Manufacturing: Insights and Experiences
- 37:36 The Impact of AI on Writing and Creativity
- 45:44 Balancing Work and Personal Life
- 47:36 Hidden Phone, Happy Daughter
- 51:01 Future Plans: Guests and Collaborations
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Justin hosts 25 high school students at PDX CNC for a packed tour and CNC routing live Mount Hood machining session, sharing insights into education, tooling, and shop layout. Jem rebrands his custom furniture configurator to Kitta Parts Builder, phases out VividWorks. They dig into DIY automation—from cobot sanding and Rhino scripting to overnight print bed swapping—and marvel at a spotless European shop using robotic CNC loading with laser-measured sheet stock. Rounding it out: AI companions, part quoting workflows, and the existential joy of printed PETG brushes.
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DISCUSSED:
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- School tours at PDX
- Machining Mount Hood - Steep & Shallow
- 4am JSON dreams
- Vibe coding
- 85% issues with Cursor! Focus MF
- KittaParts Builder replaces paid configurator
- So much redundant code! Ooops
Samuel - Random Routing
- Excuse me? Backlit racking?
-
insane - voice to gcode
-
Second Shift Mentality?
- Her, holds up
- PDX CNC's first Automated CNC on the way
- PDX CNC on Amazon
- Throw away script saves hours of work.
- Pi, never left us
- Printing Brushes
- Gimbal Automation - insta
Race of the Lasers ⚡
- Fabworks - PDX CNC referral
- SendCutSend - Within Tolerance - Jim B
- RMFG
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Justin and Jem discuss the challenges of running small manufacturing businesses - from unexpected CNC E-stops to the stress of public holidays when you're behind on cash flow. They share their experiences with production documentation, hiring/firing employees, and the constant iteration of products and processes. The conversation covers new materials for Like Butter's Kitta Parts, shipping station improvements, and the potential (and limitations) of 3D scanning for custom work.
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DISCUSSED:
✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
Whoops - Justin published day early on accident
- Watching a truck wreck
- Hiring: can't imagine ... then ⠄
- Justin's got that new Pod Cam
- Suzie helping ꘎
- Bad Replika AI, "I am useful!"
- Low point weekend ꘎
- Fuggen public holidays
- Trapped vibes
- New dowel stock!
- Slow here too - worst weekly sales in memory
- Audacity Micro "Self Robot"
- Cobot vs Humanoid?
- Shipping Area Revision
- Love my text chat ꘎
- Succumb to filthy vanilla cabinetmaking to fill gaps ꘎
- Block script success ꘎
- Dispatch standup ꘎
00:00 Slow motion truck crash
01:46 Production Process and Material Changes
04:17 Jem's New Stick
06:58 Hiring and Employee Management
09:46 Documentation and Process Standardization
14:40 Fire as well as you hire
17:53 Public Holidays and Work-Life Balance
27:05 Navigating Business Pressures and Personal Well-being
29:11 Unexpected Sales and Client Relationships
31:51 The Challenges of Product Sales vs. Custom Work
34:24 Exploring AI and Automation in Business
36:13 Software Tools for Cabinet Making
38:43 Improving Shipping and Dispatch Processes
50:44 Enhancing Customer Experience and Feedback
54:15 The Future of 3D Scanning and Its Applications
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about workshop robots, tumbling systems, and e-commerce headaches. Justin battles Amazon's complex seller requirements while Jem celebrates proper hydration as his secret productivity weapon. The episode ends with Justin's rant about Fastenal's ridiculous account system preventing him from buying simple screws.
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DISCUSSED:
✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- Atlas Humanoid
- Rover 6 Wheel Robot
- Single phase vac pumps F4 ꘎
- PDX CNC BlackBox vacuum distribuitor
- 500 meters of dowels
- 40 years to discover this drug!? ꘎ Drink enough water!
- Designing interfaces with dictation whilst driving ꘎
- React magic ohmygawd ꘎
- New Rules to correct overzealous Agent Cursor
- Fixed a long standing bug on Shopify
- Rant: Fastenal - you sell commodity items but make it super hard to purchase them online? Idiots ⠄
- Created account, wouldn't let me buy screws. Contacted local store. They had to submit a "branch account creation" which takes another 48 hours.
- Don't be like Fastenal
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links
Jem and Justin chat about shop improvements, from Justin's new dust boot designs to Jem's successful tumbling solution using local beeswax polish. They discuss business challenges like Justin's Shopify glitch that blocked dust boot sales and Jem's Profit First distribution adjustments. Tech talk includes Claude 3.7's capabilities, AI-powered research, and Jem replacing a $350 review app with custom code. The episode wraps with Justin's bathroom heater installation and Jem's table tennis upgrades.
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DISCUSSED:
✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- Blocked Add to Cart Crisis ⠄
- Sentry.io - bug finder
- KittaConfig Beta
- Buy Fucking camera for podcast
- Popped a Line - YCM
- Oops PF no profit ꘎
- Tumbling bees wax sloppy good ꘎
AI ZONE
- New Claude 3.7! Party ꘎
- One shot config rework attempt, unfair?
- Saved $350 and coded a replacement in an hour ꘎
- Deep Research 👀 ⠄
- Hours and hours in cursor this week ꘎
- Slowwwwww cash cows
IMPROVEMENT OF THE WEEK
- JUSTIN - HEATER
- JEM - TABLE TENNIS
00:00 Potato CAM 4 Lyfe
01:17 Product Development and Prototyping Insights
04:23 Sales Trends and Market Analysis
06:33 Website Functionality and Customer Experience
09:18 Coding Practices and Version Control
12:23 Financial Management and Profit Strategies
16:46 Shopify Add to Cart Nightmare
24:27 Financial Priorities: Paying Yourself First
24:56 Machine Maintenance: The Importance of Listening
30:51 Innovative Solutions: Using Technology in the Workshop
33:40 AI in Manufacturing: Exploring New Tools
39:33 Building Custom Solutions: The Value of DIY
47:21 Shop Improvements: Enhancing the Workspace
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Jem and Justin chat shop, managing the endless stream of emails, building AI agents for everything from Profit First to Therapy and everything in between, Jem has been a naughty boy and Toolpath has bought Chatter!
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✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- Inbox Zero - celebrate or be fearful? ꘎
- Could an AI agent help to manage Profit First?
- PF home accounts out of hand, lawyers say never split up ꘎
- Workflowy ꘎
- Workflow apps,
- Gemini daily driver ꘎
- Cursor
- INDUSTRY NEWS:
- Toolpath buys Chatter
- Al Whatmough on Within Tolerance
- Dust Boot product dev
- Hustle fatigue
- Emotional state too closely linked bank account balance
- Instagram @parts.department
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem & Justin chat Moccamasters, bad millennial design, and coffee snobbery. They cover AirShop updates, YouTube milestones, and a barrel polishing query. Plus, Vention's new sanding cobot, post-processor woes, Cursor coding tips, and the joys of TextExpander. Laura's back on payroll, profit distribution fixed.
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✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- Moccamaster makes better coffee than I used to
- Hello Linda
- Thanks for all you that inquired about AirShop
- Shandy Vention Sanding Robot Turnkey - website
- 2025 PF spready upgrade ꘎
- New income goal, new accounts, new fixed distribution amounts, 11 months in. ꘎
- Added Laura back on the team officially
- Jonny post-processor gold star!
- Getting cursor chat to talk to cursor composer? Help
- Terrible LLM emails this week
- New prompt tuning to compensate, still crap.
- PS2 rides shotgun ꘎
- Slow steppers ꘎
- PS2 to States in – Tuesday, 13 May 2025
- Barrel tumbling whelp ꘎
Chapters
- 00:00 Jazzy Hands
- 03:19 Mother-in-law Coffee Experts
- 07:54 Launching New Ventures and Community Engagement
- 10:51 YouTube Success and Content Creation
- 16:34 Automation in Manufacturing and CNC Challenges
- 22:22 AI Post-maker
- 27:00 Navigating Post-Issue Challenges
- 28:07 Understanding Cursor: Chat vs. Composer
- 30:03 The Importance of Context in Coding
- 32:03 Dictation and Its Impact on Productivity
- 34:48 Degradation of AI Models: A Recent Concern
- 38:01 Managing Memory in AI Agents
- 39:53 Setting Up a Local Coding Environment
- 43:00 Progress on the PS2 Project
- 44:33 Timeline for Production and Shipping
- 48:35 Spreadsheet Management and Payroll Insights
- 51:25 Elevator Ding.mp3
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin unveils AirShop, a new app to streamline inventory & quoting, born from his own shop's needs. Jem's sales are up, he's dipping dowels & using AI coding! They discuss automation, 5-axis machines, and website woes, and celebrate good weeks.
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✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- DexArm 😍
- Oops went live with AI pricing ꘎
- Bulk Price Editor
- First GeoCities order ꘎ !!!!
- Within Tolerance EP - 246
- 🟠 AirShop
- Holy fugggen shit take my money ꘎
- Quoting, inventory, what makes an ERP?
- Coding in natural conversation ꘎
- How do I finish SQ 👉 Shopify migration? ⠄
- Shopify variant hell is back ꘎
- Is typing dead ꘎
- Finally a good week ꘎
- Sex toy dowel dipper success ꘎
- Two geocities orders ꘎
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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From nesting software shenanigans to exploring robot-filled shops, Jem and Justin navigate the chaos of running machine businesses. Justin tours a fantastic robot automation shop. They tackle everything from the Bambu firmware mess to pencil sharpener prototypes, while Justin shares his therapy journey. Between testing new productivity tools and fighting cash flow battles, they keep it real about January's challenges and the constant juggle of growth. A classic episode of shop talk meets real life, with a dash of productivity theater and price increase contemplation.
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- Nesting stories
- OpenNest
- BlockEdit
- Rhinonest / Rhinocam
- The sickness
- Share Cart link
- 80/20 Ideabuilder Extrusion config
- Youtube – I toured a robot workshop (😍)
- First Cuts on PS2 Pencil Sharpener
- Bambu Firmware fiasco
- DeepSeek R1
- Productivity Theatre Quote Register Nonsense ꘎
- Justin gets a therapist
- Update Shottr ?! - annoying fellow
- Raycast
- Bonkers good Jan
- Short Week, Still Behind
- Cash Flow Struggles
- Considering a Weekend Sale
- Upcoming Price Increases
- Auto Tape machines
Chapters
- 00:00 New Year Vibes
- 01:38 Design Software Chat
- 04:27 Cool Configurators
- 07:22 Work-Life Balance
- 09:41 Sick Days
- 12:22 Workflow Tools
- 15:06 Online Product Setup
- 17:39 Extrusion Builds
- 20:10 First Cuts
- 21:38 3D Print Talk
- 22:42 Bambu Drama
- 25:32 AI & Sim Theory
- 29:33 Business Talk
- 30:58 January Numbers
- 34:44 Marketing Tips
- 37:07 Productivity Tools
- 41:25 Therapy Real Talk
- 43:52 Raycast
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about robot training, viral videos, nesting software woes, and inspired dowel finishing methods. Features shop talk about CNC automation, Fusion 360 pains, and label printing solutions.
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✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option
- New youtube upcoming, tour
- UR Playtime UR Cobots and Robots
- People are so scared of new ideas (dumb white men) ⠄
- Millions more views, mostly hate comments
- Millions all round.
- Oligarch eyes, vendor lock-in ꘎
- Jem's new muse
- Nesting in Fusion
- More scripts to fix Fusion's massive flaws
- Label printing out of Airtable
- Pool cue dipping rig success ꘎
- Dust boot recommended by Multicam
- New PDX Airport killeth
- 99pi PDX Carpet Episode
- Configurator re-skins
- Plain Jane HTML hosting within Shopify
- Raycast.com - 10% off with link
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Jem and Justin discuss 3D printing technicalities, coding with AI agents as amateur software developers, barrel finishing of timber components, the value of long form video, Jem is reading profit first again, Notebook LM from Google, the fatigue of the hustle.
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- BBL Ideal Printing steps, 0.04mm
- Superb Yoda Model
- Configurator circles
- Cursor coding, AI code workflow
- Dedicated Drilling
- Barrel finishing
- Long term value of long form video
- Linus interview with Colin and Samir
- Profit first, third time lucky
- Notebook LM
- Shopify API check out authentication
- Hustle fatigue
- IG popping orf
- Retrospective journalling value
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin return from holiday breaks and to discuss building cat palaces, AI scripts with Claude. They discuss shop improvements, Gridfinity strategy, and share thoughts on QR codes and self-centering drill jigs. Plus, thoughts on reading habits and notebook psychology.
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- Jem's instas serie (shelves), spouse appreciation
- Expensive weeks off! ꘎
- Cat palace for kids ꘎
- Hot Wheels ꘎
- Preorder Fiasco - 8 hrs with Claude
- Even more Cursor enthusiasm
- Kitta Scam Product ꘎
- Mercury banking
- Scripts, scripts, scripts! – Nack fixes, Label Print on repeat
- Nick Cave ꘎
- Fresh eyes, new resolutions, bad habits ꘎
- Notebook is a place - Verge 2:34:32 (Book) The Notebook - Roland Allen
- Slow to make but rewarding ꘎
- Where do your QR code labels go to? ⠄
- Veritasium QR Code
- Drill Jig for DB - awesome suggestions
- Cheap Self-Centering Vise
- Shirts we got
- Op shop = Thrift Shop
- Bluey Rabbit in space Sleepytime episode
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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An extra special/long episode for doing dishes as you collapse into the holiday season. Thanks for listening this year! Jem and Justin.
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Year Review - JustinBiggest things or impacts
- Profit First
- Printed product expansion
- Now have 4ct - X1
- CNC tooling
- Understated impact of new child
Year Review - Jem* Looking forward * Covid down time and reading profit first * Sense of ownership
Justin Mantra/Theme 2025* Flow * Following 2024 lesson, do the obvious thing * Simplify software stack * Double revenue * Outsource and delegate * Fiverr, Upwork * Virtual assistant? * AI Agents!?! * Robots, automation? * CS offloading - disconnect * Meditating
Jem Mantra/Theme 2025* OPEX creep * DIY Config Launch * Increase product % mix * Get back on the tools (not too much) * Default diary
Other
- Eric Larson's - Within Tolerance 5⭐️'s
- ChatGPT swings and roundabouts ꘎
- Discovered second battery
- JUSTIN - make video of offsets on YCM
- Another power outage, options
- Lean day upcoming
- Gemini 2?
- CNC Feeds & Speeds Calculator
- Cursor.com
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin discuss Mac hardware trends in machining, share their perpetual task management struggles, and explore workshop innovations. A bike-fluencer emerges, they debate Shopify's AI assistant, and using smart lighting for production notifications.
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Next: Year Wrap Episode - Send in here!Your Themes / Plans for next year!
- M4 Mac Mini
- Fusion Benchmark
- Japanese Wooden Satellite ⠄
Decommissioned satellites must re-enter the atmosphere to avoid becoming space debris. Conventional metal satellites create aluminium oxide particles during re-entry, but wooden ones would just burn up with less pollution, Doi said.
- Something wrong with me, latest note taking saga
- Negative or normal
- Getting Things Done
- Day Plan - Nack
- Best AI Tool Ever - I grow weary, and her time is perilously short 🤣
- First brand deal - Tern Orox
- Parenting is hard AF sometimes ꘎
- 3D Print tip - slice by object ⠄
- GPT-o1 tries to escape ⠄
When the model was led to believe it would be "shut down" while working toward its goals in these tests, it quietly attempted to deactivate the oversight mechanism 5% of the time, OpenAI said. At one point after the AI found documentation saying it would be replaced by a new model, it tried to abandon ship by copying its data to a new server entirely. To avoid being deleted, some AI models would even pretend to be later versions of their models to trick their developers, what I assume is the equivalent of slapping on a fake moustache and saying "he went that-a-way."
- Shopify Sidekick ⠄
- PS2 modular milling machine
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about their appreciation for 3D printing, highlighting a mostly printed filament spool winder. The conversation touches on community-driven platforms like Maker World, the complexities of print settings, and the evolving landscape of 3D printing. They also explore topics like branding, AI tools, and the cultural appreciation of imperfection in Japan.
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- Final dash in summer
- Downgraded IG
- Japan imperfect ❤️
- Seconds listed ⠄
- Flux Ultra
- Flux Generated images of Cobot CNC routers
- Can someone make an AI Mesh to Solid Body converter? I'll donate.
- Amazing free creations
- Justin's list of amazing free prints
- Bambu X1E
- GPT is fired, Claude
- Branding PYNOS
- Printed linear ways
- Turn off read receipts on Instagram!
- 2025 Nack Calendars are a Go!
JOIN THE BOOK CLUB Books we've discussed* * Book Club? Company of One - better not bigger
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Jem and Justin get back to Book Club with Simon Winchester's "The Perfectionists," discovering how sewing machines became precision's foundation. Between busy shipping weeks and spring production, they test shop automation with Roombas and CNC cobot sanders. Specially recommended countersink gauges, and organizing local deliveries. They find new entertainment in Suno v4, tackle email marketing via Flodesk, and share of Bryan's Shop Stool Podcast.
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JOIN THE BOOK CLUBBooks we've discussed
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
- Using a sewing machine as the first grinder for gauge blocks is mind blowing
- Guns guns guns
- Stuff the British Stole
- Pulley Block Machine
- RouteXL
- Sawdust Bureau - Table mission
- Bryan's podcast - The Shop Stool Podcast
- Dirty but effective weekend sales
- Huge swing to Nth Melbourne
- 18 order shipped in a week ꘎
- Bit of Airtable love - delivery view and planning
- 10 thousand springs by Friday
- Lazy bot frustrations
- System prompt design agent
- Suno v4
- Countersink gauge from Eric Clear Irons
- Hot lap season ꘎
- I wanna get serious about robots ꘎
- CNC sanding heads
- Toolstoday CNC Sanding Attachment
- Shop Roomba Video
- Flodesk email marketing
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Jem and Justin celebrate the launch of ThreadBoard! They script a new chat box and let an AI agent control their workspace computer. Claude tries using the configurator, and they find Qwen2.5 Coder 32B is way less lazy than GPT-4o. They tackle measuring and QC’ing ThreadBoard chamfers, possibly with a conical chamfer probe. There’s a follow-up on the Jet HVBS, Patrick from Douglas Fir Design asks about AI voice chat models, Vertical Calendars are in jeopardy, PDX CNC announces an End of Year Upgrade Sale, and they chat about laser engraving.
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- ThreadBoard is live!
- New chat box scripted!
- Keeping score.
- Workspace computer controlled by AI agent
- Claude tries to use the configurator
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B way less lazy than GPT4o
- How to measure and QC ThreadBoard chamfers!?
- conical chamfer probe?
- Jet HVBS Follow-up ⠄
- Patrick (Douglas Fir Design) asks about other AI voice chat models? - Haven't tried but seems promising - Nomi.ai
- Vertical Calendars in jeopardy
- PDX CNC End of Year Upgrade Sale
- Laser engraving - xTool F1
JOIN THE BOOK CLUBThe Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
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Jem and Justin cover a lot in this episode! Justin’s been working on Zapier SMS magic for show notes, while Jem dives into pricing blocks for the upcoming ThreadBoard launch. They also chat about using Easy CSV Editor and dynamic HTML configurators. Will Justin fire as Jem tunes out the BOM, and they discuss after-hours work and gift-giving—with Justin making custom gift boxes for a special carbide gift. They wrap up by comparing web chat vs. text chat, exploring custom pop-ups, and finishing their thoughts on Extreme Ownership.
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- Justin made Zapier SMS magic for show notes
- CSV - What use this junk for!? Easy CSV Editor
- ThreadBoard Launch Product launch accountability ThreadBoard ꘎
- Making pricing blocks in Rhino for ThreadBoard and more products
- Is Nack back?
- Making HTML configurators - dynamic wall size
- I love Cody for VS Code
- Will Justin fire me!?!?!? Jem has stopped listening to the BOM
- How much after hours work do you do? ꘎
- Giftgiving - Justin making gift boxes for that special carbide gift
- Podium SMS
- Web chat vs text chat - direct contact experiment
- Custom pop up for chat box
- Labels, CSV, data merging with Dymo app - PDX CNC Video
- Debrief field ꘎
- Product revision tracking
- Finishing up: Extreme Ownership
- Leading up the chain
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Jem and Justin explore custom configurator development, shop equipment decisions, and tool inspection methods. They answer a bunch of listener questions, discuss transitioning from premium software to DIY solutions, debate the value of time-tracking systems, and share insights on KPI tracking for small manufacturing businesses. Side conversations cover Google Voice limitations and the merits of microscopes for tool inspection.
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- KPIs
- DXF for Laser Fusion Plugin
- Opendesk
- Cody
- KittaParts config $$$
- Comment to DM - KP?
- Hammock-ing
- Jet 712 👎
- Kicked off PS2
- Blackhole issue, not an issue 😒
- Debriefing Projects
- Get a Microscope
Questions
- jktableco - Separate phone line for the business? Whole phone or just an app to add it to your phone.
- jktableco - Hiring help or professionals, CPA, marketing, website, etc.
- debrisbrooms - What is Justin going to buy to one up Jem’s fryer? Any other non-trad tools in the shops?
- marc_demontigny - How much looking back at how long things actually took to CAM or cut do you do, and if you do, how do you do it?
- marc_demontigny - You incorporate that into future projects?
- CNCcut.Melbourne - Any tips to check if a used tool is sharp or blunt? Do you track tool usage in any way? - Lee
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Kids causing chaos this week as Justin and Jem tackle their small businesses amongst parenting. Conundrums of product fulfillment, shipping efficiency and laser engravers.
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- Kids!
- Product options and fulfilment
- Shipping via courier vs in-house delivery van
- Couriers are great!
- Automated Laser Engraving xTool F1
- Laser engraving with auto conveyor video
- Good cash week = good mood?
- New TTT and TT options
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Jem and Justin chat Fusion training, a rampant payroll tool, online guide improvements, AI eco impacts, and frustration with horizontal bandsaws. Is Jem ready to ditch Fusion?
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- One-on-one Fusion training
- Super scare
- Fusion 2D outputting - MapBoards to Export 2D Files from Fusion
- Duplicate with Joints 🚨
- Gusto - Easy Payroll
- QR Blaster
- ATC Pedestal Guide - How better?
- Checklist Manifesto
- Bandsaw Issues - Jet 712 broken part after 3rd use? Binding up
- Better ways to make online guides?
- Notion
- Just make it better, Justin
- Camera off, can't be bothered making content right now
- Moving away from Fusion modelling
- I didn't get to say goodbye, to Pi - Desktop app?
- macWhisper
- Impact of AI
- Voice morphing
- These number crunchers
- First 1 milli
- Grounding - why?
- Philip: GtP is new and good, and yall should enbrace the change. Maybe you don't want the first component by drfault, but it far exceeds the old ground (now called pin) which is/was a timeline feature, not like ground. It does away with all of the rigid grouping, and as-build joints to origin, and it also lets you edit the inital 'free move' that we got when inserting a component.
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Jem and Justin chat about 3D-printed vacuum workholding, crazy insurance lumps, a $420k robot cell, and fun with QR codes. Plus, a peek into Profit First and hitting Q3 revenue goals like butter!
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- mmmmmmmachining, distracted fun
- 3D printed vacuum workholding
- Patreon longer 3D fixture walkthrough
- Flyback Diodes
- Veritasium QR Code
- Barcode scanner
- Little things job swap
- insurance lumps (my lovely lady lumps)
- Airtable, Fusion, Insurance,
- Multicam support group - Join here
- $420,000 robot cell
- Twig and Bot
Profit First
- Q3 Distribution - 96% of AIM PDX
- Q3 Rev 16% over target - Like Butter
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin discuss hacking CNC machines, wild AI camera tech, and share insights on Profit First, new tape vendors, and AI voice cloning. And they both start insourcing/outsourcing products where they didn't prior.
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- Machine Hacks, Networking, and YCM (Fanuc) Auto Door Release
- seconds since epoch
- Multicam backtracking
- Multicam owners/support group - sign up here
- Multicam backtracking
- Wild $70 Pi AI Camera
Profit First
- Timing Account - Insurance lumps
- Capital & Repairs Account
- New Tape Vendor
- Battery week
- Fork
- Home system
- Shell Game - AI Voice Clone Podcast
- Still local curious, local docs functionality
- Insourcing parts
- Outsourcing parts
- PDX CNC On-site CAD/CNC Training
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about Rhino AI scripting, packaging, CNC maintenance, and business analysis. They discuss machine troubles, vibration reduction, and new tools. The duo ponders business growth and laments missing IMTS.
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- GPT-4o Rhino script, 🤡 Claude Sonnet 3.5
- Vevor Creaser
- Packaging talk, making our own packaging
- Masso CNC conversions
- Loose wires
- Machine servicing
- Preventative maintenance
- IT manager Jem, fixing all the things
- Main CNC PC down
- Hydraulic holder much less vibration
- Uncomfortable sense when things are going well
- SWOT analysis of our businesses
- How to take the next steps?
- IMTS FOMO
- New O Flute Tools - Aluminum
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Justin and Jem talk shop every week, discussing their small manufacturing businesses, automation opportunities, AI coding tools and what might be wrong with Jem's machinist rabbit.
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- Hydraulic Holder
- Amazing automation video (send us more)
- UR Cobot Woodshop integration
- Talking Robots here
- Justin IMTS 2024 Recap video
- Fusion scripting success
- AI Inception
- Cursor AI
- Dall-E two years on, Sep '22 to Sep '24
- KittaParts 2D Configurator now with musak
- 01-preview coding trials
- 60 second reasoning
- ChatGPT 01-mini most impressive single shot response
- All failed
- GPT4o multi-shot refinement worked
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin recap IMTS, exploring cutting-edge manufacturing tech and creative habits. They dive into industry developments, from innovative cobots to lights-out machining. The duo also discusses software updates, sales updates and Justin's surprising new machine interest.
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IMTS
- Dating your creative self
- Twyla Tharp - The Creative Habit
- Community connections
- Cheap Cobot Robot - Igus ReBel
- Justin needs a lathe!
-
Lights Out & Zap - UMC 500 with 25 unique parts Cobot Loaded
-
PO issues continue, deposit paid
- Social media vacay
- Wax dipping ice rink
- Depth of wax untested
Software Corner
- Friction with SimTheory
- New OpenAI O1 models
- iOS 18 updates
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem & Justin talk about dealing with problematic clients who like to push small businesses around, the wins of a profit first weekly distribution cycle and Justin's plan for IMTS.
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- Bad customer service practices
- Purchase order bullies
- PF weekly cycle 📈
- Numi
- Soulver
- New timber trials
- wax dipper
- deep fryer
- IMTS - millions of square feet of hotdogs
- LB Studio Sale
- Gorgias?
- Clickup
- Next Secret Show Topic - send us questions?
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about AI tools, workshop equipment, and the future of social media. They ponder business management systems and dream about humanoid robots in their shops.
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- ChatGPT sauce
- New Saw, no more OP0 - Jet HVBS-712
- What's missing/broken from your current ERP? Send us a note!
- Humanoid bots, cheaper than cobots
Where to after Instagram?
- Forming a connection
- Is Patreon the future of the internet?
- nest.pdxcnc.com
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about configurator orders, HSK holders, and motivation. They cover software changes, AI advancements, and Profit First financial updates. The pair touches on creativity, skating, and the concept of play.
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- 4 config orders in a week ❗️
- HSK 63F Holders in-process
- How many times per week do you have 'stuff this' thoughts?
- Motivation, direction.
- Power Dump
- Skating and creativity
- Andy Anderson
- Play
Software corner
- Dumped Adobe and ChatGPT
- Crawling back to Lightroom
- Capture One
- SimTheory AI
- Flux
- iOS 18 transcription promise
- So ready for AI Siri
- Config DIY a year later - GeoCities here we come!
PF
- Added Timing and Capital / Repairs Investment accounts
- Sofa accounting
- 6 months in report from LB
- Xero vs 'real' numbers
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Today’s episode is packed! We talk about the latest configurator update, the future of automated CAM, and how to streamline job shop quoting. Plus, a shoutout to the “Manufacturing Spaces” podcast with Carl Bass and AMA on customer journeys, soft jaws, and the rise of 3D printed homewares. Got insights for IMTS? Share them with us!
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- Jam Packed today
- Getting my ass kicked
- Configurator update?
- Ask: if going to IMTS, what are you seeing?
New Podcast: Mfg Spaces - Carl Bass
- Fusion godfather, CEO of AD
- DFM tool 👏
- Automated CAM (obvi but what does that mean for jobs ?)
- How do we automate router work?
- Job shop work needs automated quoting. Wasting WAY too much valuable time.
- Engineers and designers learn better faster with instant tools (quotes, DFM)
- integrated data in model files - drawings are silly when we have “perfect models that are just missing how far from the model they can go”
- Carl - “it’s like if you feed your dog then pick up the shit and try to figure out what you fed your dog”
AMA
- Patrick - I’d love to hear the difference or similarities between the “customer journey” at PDX CNC vs LB. What’s the customer service experience, ya know?
- Dylan - On a scale of 1-10 how much do you like softjaws, and why did you say 1?
- debrisbrooms - You magically receive 1000 sq/ft to your shop. What do you do with it?
- astonjcreative - For Jem Tymbr and Justin increase of 3d printed homewares and their longevity
- Alex (masterbowater) - configurations!
Andy Anderson interview on Hawk vs Wolf
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin explore the quirky world of tape machines, share tips on optimizing online stores, and get excited about the latest 3D printing technologies. They also chat about keeping a healthy work-life balance and the fun chaos of running a bustling workshop.
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- Paper tape packaging - Repair Job
- Olympics - Rugby womens 7s
- Women's Road Cycling winner
- Table Tennis
- So bored of socials
- Opal
- CRO couch time
- So far behind on quote it's embarrassing
- How are leads being generated in Quotient?
- Zapier
- Tumbling timber parts
- Systems!?
- PS2 Progress
- International Conversations
- IMTS
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin chat about product development progress, a new sticker & tape vendor, and the "Pumpkin Plan." They discuss Jem's bottleneck issues, web sales, and the need for conversion rate optimisation. Plus, updates on Pencil Sharpener 2, KittaParts, ArmorCore, and Like Butter's Quoting Calculator.
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- Development Humming
- Pumpkin Plan
- New Sticker Tape Provider
- E-myth Franchisability
- Bottleneck Jem - too reliant on
- Too much custom work balance
- Web slooooooow down 57% YOY
- Not making time for conversion rate optimisation
- Shut down CNC SEO
- PS2 progress
- KittaParts materials change challenge
- ArmorCore
- Like Butter's Quoting Calculator
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin celebrate using Profit First bonuses to pay off loans and hitting 130 days with 88% success! They chat about international KittaParts plans, new dowel stock, and reaching 150k monthly with minimal social input. Plus, insights on Google Zero and finding your core audience.
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- Danny Meyer, “Customers are not always right, they just need to be heard”
- Got me again
- used PF bonus to pay off loan 💪
- 130 days of PF 88% success
- International KittaParts plans
- New dowel stock incoming
- Extruder
- 6 weeks of low input socials and still 150k monthly reach
- Google Zero - Where is your core audience?
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin are back with Babe, exploring the product picker Venn Diagram and Kitta Parts Robe. In Software Corner, Clause Sonnet 3.5 faces off against ChatGPT4o. They chat about being on Within Tolerance, profit first, and lightweight plywood
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- Back with Babe
- Product Picker - Venn Diagram
- Made a good video
- Kitta Parts Robe
- Software Corner
- Clause Sonnet 3.5 plays off against ChatGPT4o
- Was on Within Tolerance
- Profit First:
- Switched to weekly distributions
- Lightweight Plywood
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Secret Show EP06 – Crushing Creativity available👉 Get the Secret Show here: patreon.com/partsdept
You might also enjoy PDX CNC's latest Youtube on getting superb plywood cuts.
This is a temporary "episode" and will self-destruct prior to the next show posting.
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Justin Brouillette
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem is on baby leave, catching up on sleep with three kids at home. In the meantime, Justin is featured on the Within Tolerance podcast with Dylan from Proteum Machining. In this episode, Justin shares his journey of starting Portland CNC, the inspiration behind their innovative dust boot product, and the various challenges they've overcome in the CNC machining industry. He also delves into the complexities of machining furniture, the evolution of their product line, and the unique insights he’s gained from over a hundred episodes recorded with Jem. Tune in for an engaging and informative discussion packed with behind-the-scenes stories and valuable lessons from the world of CNC machining.
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- This episode is republished from Within Tolerance Episode #227
- Host: Dylan Jackson – Proteum Machining
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Join us for our 100th episode! We get a bit nostalgic, discuss the challenges of product launches, reflect on lessons learned from business coaching, and explore the art of video content creation. Plus, we have a software corner, customer interactions, and potential SEO impacts of archiving products. Also, balancing custom projects with product focus.
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- Product Launch - pop n flop
- Variant cull SEO
- Google search algo
- Torn between quotes and product focus ➕1
- 100 EP - Insta Questions
- End of business coaching
- Forced to reflect
- Software Corner
- Rhino slowdown
- Desktop App
- GPT memories
- Boomer AI
- Videos on Tooling
- Why does 8mm compression cutter squeal?
- What do you want to see?
- Patreon Changes - Screen Captures, Live Videos?
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Jem & Justin have both been up too late again, fixing website code and struggling with CNC nesting labels.
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- Both up too late again
- Configurator updates
- CSS fails at 1am
- Nesting labels
- MapBoards Pro - $25 👍
- ChatGPT4o productivity workflow
- Transcription is king
- IG wave has crashed
- Don't be so damn sloppy Jem
- Airtable got the goods
- Kitting the Kits
- Selling products in kits
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Justin and Jem try to remember how this works almost 100 episodes in. New ChatGPT is Jem's design assistant and Justin has launched a new range of CNC tooling! If only Siri would whip us into shape, we'd get so much more done.
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- Bleeding out over dinner
- ChatGPT 4o access
- All of the knowledge, what to ask?
- Australian Standards design help
- Alexei Sayle Clip
- 800 Loom videos later... now with AI
- Spark Mail
- Three month productivity cycle - note taking attrition
- Where do you do product pricing?
- Numi App
- PDX CNC Tooling looking great
- Toolpath
- Within Tolerance - Al Whatmough RE: Toolpath.com
- Pricing sensitivity chatter on IG
- Rule 34
- Alarmed iOS App
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin weigh in on the Drake vs Kendrick's rap beef and start their own beef with Fusion's Nesting Extension. They explore using Rhino with Python, tackle an overwhelming number of tasks, and manage browser tab overload. They also cover ongoing Instagram updates, resolve engraving issues, and tease exciting plans for the 100th episode!
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- Aubrey vs Duckworth (Drake vs Kendrick)
- Fusion Nesting Extension < Mapboards
- Fusion Nifty Corners!
- Suggest Classic Episodes
- Favorites / Styles Flodesk
- Llama 3 Advertiser
- Offline super quick
- Testing it with Rhino .py
- Too many todos
- Chasing browser tabs
- Dunny phone 2 factor shit test failcakes
- Insta Still going
- Engraving Issues
- Secret Show plannings - yas
- 100 ep plan?
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin discuss the latest Instagram algorithm change that has exploded Jem's account, are split on re-marketing mechanics, and recap old and new Profit First practices. Also, an Airtable ERP class? Plus Llama 3 is out.
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- Mr. Influencer
- Re-marketing mechanics
- Instagram off chops
- Killer Month
- Ideal work
- Configurator landing page top 3
- PF Cult
- When things go bad? Prepare
- How important is net profit AFTER owner draw
- Split OpEx to "reduce slush fund effect"
- Opex insurance - Timing Account
- Material balance
- Software
- Llama 3
- Hugging Face
- Airtable ERP class?
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Start your morning with a discussion on GPT memories, beachside podcasting, and LB's first configuration-based Kitta Parts sale. We’ve reached 600 new faces on IG, maintained low-stress levels, and managed those pesky bills. Alba also makes a cameo.
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- GPT news: Memory
- Beach-casting
- First Kitta Parts configuration sale
- IG reach 600 fresh faces
- PF low stress levels
- Paid bills and rent again WTF
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jem and Justin discuss the new Fusion CAD course, recap CNC Router Unicorn training, and explore SCORE mentorship, and AI support programs. They also update you on the latest inventory trends and share their newest musical creations on Udio!
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- Keynote ❤️
- New Unicorns Trained
- New Fusion CAD Course - 🟢
- "Superannuation in Australia or "super" is a savings system for workplace pensions in retirement."
- SCORE mentorship
- AI Group Support Program
- Inventory Trends 📈
- Full sheet of foam f-up dream
- Music gen Udio
- Jem - udio.com/songs/9zBpgHP4fpBzCfn6Rb4kV5
- Justin - udio.com/songs/9zzykRF9LxL8yCXA2weiPA
- Fusion configuration gap in Jem's knowledge - PDX CNC Config Video
- Detailing bottleneck
- Airtable Page Designer < Interfaces
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Jem Freeman
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Justin and Jem discuss the week in their small manufacturing businesses. New in-person training course prep for Justin and finally the KittaParts configurator is live for Jem.
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Sorry for the abrupt ending from Justin's weird technical glitch.
- Justin's making training course content
- Photo wall updates and showroom
- KittaParts Configurator is live
- Config live
- Profit First chat
- Chasing expenses
- Atomic Habits?
- My Eyes Hurt
- Router Table Setup
- Inverted spindle, water-cooled
- Intuition and the delegation failures
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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Jem and Justin discuss CNC Unicorn Training, the juggle of multiple roles, and the nuances of financial management. They also touch on the magic of software tools like Text Expander and network setups.
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- Popped my Mirka
- Push 3
- Knock-Out II
- CNC Router Unicorn Training at PDX CNC
- Wearing all the hats again
- Jem is the webmaster for better or worse
- Intuition and the delegation failures
Profit First
- Profit!
- How often to reconcile?
- Paid rent for the first time in 6 months
- OPEX - Payroll adjustment to pay myself
- Dispersal frequency
Software Corner
- Text Expander dfate 03 Apr 2024 ddate 240403 @@ email@domain.com
- KittaParts Config update
- Networking
- Hardwiring machines
- Scratch and Dent Logistics?
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Jem and Justin chat task management, Siri automations, the pros and cons of benches for people vs benches for tasks, CNC aggregates, the obligatory Software Corner plus more on Profit First.
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- Siri and automations
- I have a bench again!
- New Compatibility List
- Aggregates
- Software Corner
- Shortcut List GPTs
- Yapping email fail - oops
- Justin's Unicorn CNC and CAM training - coming soon!
- Profit First
- Jumping straight to full TAP percentages
- No hidden bank accounts
- Killing Big Bills - Mint Mobile
- TikTok - would you miss it? Justin loooooooves it.
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Justin gets some time for "deep work." with Jem & Justin as they explore unique productivity hacks, from Pi Role Play to ditching time tracking. Plus, CNC router tips, savvy quoting strategies, and progress on managing finances with Profit First.
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- Deep Work time
- Pi Role Play
- "Stop Yapping" - GPT
- LB – New Beds
- Simple Bundles
-
73 - Subreddit Comment - 4 spindles
- Turn off time tracking
- Marc D – What kind of CNC router work do you avoid now? Anything that needs lots of sanding is hard to $ for us.
- Mike N – Thoughts on sending itemized quotes or lump sum (ways to reduce sticker shock)
- Quotient
- Screen Capture Videos in quotes
- Notion rollout command K, killing my darling WorkFlowy, crashing Notion
- Maintenance Trail
Profit First Playlist
- Making more frugal purchasing decisions
- New debit cards
- Offset accounts in US?
- Jumping straight to full tap percentages
- No hidden bank accounts
- Shifting bill payments to 10/25?
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Jem and Justin delve into the ups and downs of running a business, from slow sales to the challenges and rewards of marketing. They share a light-hearted take on the need to "smile through the phone" and the peculiar shift from a private persona to a public, more energetic one when facing the camera. Amidst tales of late-night work sessions and the trials of balancing personal life with business demands, they find solace in the camaraderie of shared experiences and the odd comfort of knowing that perseverance in business often mirrors personal growth narratives.
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- Oops I've done it again.
- How I Built This – Leatherman
- Fusion PITA?
- T-Pain Blender
- Ableton 10th 25th ✅
- PDXC CNC - CNC Router Training - April 2024 👀
- First PF distributions
- Profit First Playlist
- Mercury instant within Xero
- Brave Browser
- Text Sniper
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Join Jem and Justin as they discuss contraction and time management. They brainstorm product ideas from beds to DJ stations, and explore software tools like Quotient, Da Vinci Resolve, and Affinity. Both share experience with Profit First and they tackle a question about CNC Shop startups.
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- LB contraction
- Getting super tight with my time.
- Product ideas
- Beds
- DJ station is sick
- Software Corner
- Smaller team could mean much smaller software stack.
- Quotient is where quotes are sent, consider using it as the primary QR tool moving forward as it was the tools for leads and follow ups included.
- Da Vinci Resolve
- Affinity Software - Photo, Designer, Publisher
- Profit First:
- Justin - Picked a bank, set up auto-transfers. Mostly moved deposits.
- Question - CNC Shop startup?
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Justin and Jem discuss dealing with cash flow issues in their businesses, new financial strategies they are trying based on the book Profit First, banking and software tools they are using like the Spark email app. They also talk about upcoming sales events and how to setup for steel milling!
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Book club: Profit First
- Accounts > Automated?
- Percentages
- Modelling
- 52-week cashflow
- Mercury - PF Bank Justin went with
- Fernery
- Shopping Slitting Saws
- Planning to cut steel
- SC: Spark email
- PDX CNC Sale
- Names
- Timing
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- Real Revenue under $250,000:
- Profit: 5%
- Owner's Compensation: 50%
- Taxes: 15%
- Operating Expenses: 30%
- Real Revenue $250,000 to $500,000:
- Profit: 10%
- Owner's Compensation: 35%
- Taxes: 15%
- Operating Expenses: 40%
- Real Revenue $500,000 to $1 million:
- Profit: 15%
- Owner's Compensation: 20%
- Taxes: 15%
- Operating Expenses: 50%
- Real Revenue $1 million to $5 million:
- Profit: 10%
- Owner's Compensation: 10%
- Taxes: 15%
- Operating Expenses: 65%
- Real Revenue $5 million to $10 million:
- Profit: 15%
- Owner's Compensation: 5%
- Taxes: 15%
- Operating Expenses: 65%
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Join Jem and Justin as they delve into the intricacies of CNC programming with a focus on tricky fillets, explore Bambu X1 mods, and discuss the creation of Apple Vision Pro. They share insights on Sora's role in AI, navigate through photo management solutions, and recount tales from 'Camp Covid.' The episode also covers financial tips inspired by 'Profit First,' the unique challenges of camping at work, and wraps up with a deep dive into modifying Bambu G-code for optimal printing results.
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- Bambu X1 #3 - Coming Mod Video
- PDX CNC Tool Tags
- Apple Vision Pro making
- Sora Open AI
- This Day in AI - Sora Episode
- MKBHD - Sora
- Will Smith Eating Spaghetti
- Justin's puzzle knob
- Camp Covid
- Solved my photo management issues, sorta
- Backblaze
- Cashflow woes, broke me Thursday
- Jem reading Profit First
- Camping at work
- Jem needs a paddle
- KittaParts Configurator
- Rhino 8
Modifying Bambu G-code
; filament end gcode
M104 S0 ; Turn off Extruder heater
M140 S0 ; Turn off Bed Heater
G91 ; Set relative positioning
G0 Z10 ; Lower bed 10 mm
M106 P2 S255 ; Aux Fan 100
M106 P3 S255 ; Chamber Fan 100
M190 R40 ; wait till bed is 40º
G90 ; Back to absolute positioning
M106 P2 S0 ; Aux Fan 0
M106 P3 S0 ; Chamber Fan 0
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In this nail biter, or wait, is it an ankle biter? Jem is still waking up and Justin has had a bajillion coffees. Or has he? We'll never know for sure. 5-axis lust, getting older, learning Fusion 360, the Bezos row boat, plus making workshops better-er. Get on the goose! Read on with your ears already, Candice.
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- I Need It - Penta Solo 5-axis
- 🟥 Secret Show 5 - Specializing: Product vs Service - available now on Patreon
- Jem turns 40
- Camp trailer
- Putting too much into sales
- Learning Fusion 360
- PDX CNC Intro Series (Free)
- Kevin Kennedy - Fusion Masterclass ($)
- Jem recommends Bezos Row Boat
- Justin - Clay Sculpture Youtuber - hilarious
- Rhino Tools - Proving Ground
- Assembly area Improved - PDXCNC
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Join Jem and Justin as they dive into the peculiar world of Australian scorpions and their bedtime antics! They'll also discuss the latest on KittaConfig's deadline, remote installations, and the unexpected use of pie warmers. Plus, insights into decoupling time input, pre-June must-dos, product development, and the excitement around the new Haas DC1. Get tips on custom fixture washers, ply table base generators, and innovative dog bone solutions.
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- 🇦🇺 Scorpions 🏃♂️🦂🛌
- Deadline on KittaConfig? -
- Remote install - totally different
- Pie Warmer leads
- Quoting machine
- Decoupling my time input
- What do I need to do before June?
- Product Dev? Accountabilities buddies
- Custom Fixture Washers
- New Haas DC1 - Brother from another Mother
- Ply Table Base Generator
- What's your dog bone solution these days?
- DogBone parameter -
- Debris Brooms a good follow
- Fire Truck Slides out of Control
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In this episode, Jem and Justin dive into the world of productivity and organization. They discuss the benefits of the Full Focus Planner and the Nack Day Plan for staying on track. The episode also touches on the new PDX CNC assembly area and Jem's fresh approach to the new year with a focus on stationery. They revisit the impactful lessons from "Delivering Happiness" and "Atomic Habits." The duo also shares their experiences with cash flow challenges and the art of making lukewarm calls. Lastly, they return to their ongoing saga with printers, particularly the X1's frustrating habit of printing in the wrong colors.
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- Full Focus Planner
- Nack Day Plan
- Ghost Post about Assembly Area
- Jem Rolling into new year
- New year, new stationary
- Delivering Happiness
- Atomic Habits, again.
- Summer cash flow woes
- Luke warm calls
- Back to hating printers
- X1 Printing wrong colors
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Jem and Justin are back from holiday break. They dive into the challenge of disconnecting, explore radius gauges on Makerworld, and share their latest workshop upgrades. Hear about their experiments with hot wax dipping inspired by honey-making, and Justin's insights from 'The Machine that Changed the World'. Plus, a look at turning off social media, the potential of offline LLMs, and the intriguing world of 3D printed tool steel. Will additive methods replace subtractive? They also discuss learning CAM and the promise of Fusion, hinting at Fusion GPTs.
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Back from Holiday break
- Inability to switch off
- Radius Gauges on Makerworld
- Workshop improvements
- GPT Don attempt
- Hot wax dipping, borrowing from honey industry
- The Machine that Changed the World - Justin read a book!
- Turning off the Gram
- Offline LLMs
- Printing Fools
- 3D Printed Tool Steel (Angus, Makers Muse)
- Additive will replace subtractive?
- Question on Learning CAM
- Fusion 👍👍
- Fusion GPTs?
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Jem and Justin review 2023 and plan for 2024 - delegating growth, strategic impatience, streamlining operations, new products, improving sales.
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- Year in Review
- Responsible use of materials vs Lean waste
- Plans for 2024
- Jem – Strategic Impatience
- Justin – Delegating Growth
- E-myth Tasks to Positions sheet
- Machines - Wheels off or Renew?
- New Products?
- Deadlines?
- Lots of little projects
- Filament Organization
- Tool Reorg
- Back on Tools
- Solve Sales
- Fire Ourselves
- Jem needs Buttons
- Chatter Sync from CNC Repair man?
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Jem and Justin dive into CNC advancements with Bambu Handy and RhinoCAM, ponder over Rhino Block vs. Fusion, and discuss US-grown maple ply. They share insights on finding industry experts, discuss a new Langmuir Titan 25T Press brake, and talk about the potential of GPT-4's offline version. They wrap up with a call for listener submissions on 2023 reviews and 2024 plans.
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🎉 Send us your 2023 Review / 2024 Plans
- Bambu Handy, Handy - Print on the go.
- Rhino Block Hindsight - years wasted? Condiment regret.
- Rhino obsession as R8 comes out, should I dump Fusion in 2024?
- RhinoCAM - choice paralysis - 7 options
- Maple ply US-grown
- Finding people who are better than us at stuff.
- Titan 25T Small Brake 😍 instagram.com/p/C0zHODPOXEk/
- LaserBros
- ROI Calculator - GPT
- ChatGPT Whisper API Text Summarisation
- GPT 4 All - Offline version
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Jem and Justin are back! Babies, configuration tools, how many drugs can you get into a CNC router, and some neat ChatGPT tricks.
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- Laura's Recycled Plastic Chipper
- KittaParts Configurator Beta
- Dowel Making Machine small version
- $153m CNC Router
- Babies are the Least Lean - cannot automate a baby
- Makemysign - super easy Lean signs for shop?
- Backup Bambu
- GPT Image to Label Printer
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In this episode of Parts Department, Jem and Justin discuss failed products, ongoing improvements in 3D printing, hiring new staff, making progress on workflow systems, using AI to analyse business data, the growth of configurable CAD, and getting coworkers onboard with QR codes.
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- Products that didn't do well that you love
- That desk²
- Whiteboard
- Feel like keep making partial or temporary tools / fixes
- One True Source (GD, FD, AT)
- Source of Product info / Design files
- Airtable, Shopify, Veeqo, Linear
- Podcast recommendation - Heavyweight
- Vividworks Update
- Ask for email after N build time
- Rhino fever continues
- Rhino 8 live
- Just right-click!
- Josh nailing configurations
- OpenAi Announcements - GPTs
- Chatter.dev - Fusion connection
- Fusion 360 > Fusion
- New hire cultural inductions, getting better every time
- QR Code
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Jem and Justin discuss printing progress Jem has made after troubleshooting issues with Bambu PETG filament. They talk about tips for Justin as he prepares for upcoming parental leave and the challenges of documenting processes. Jem shares they've hired a new production operator
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- Bambu Slicer Update from Justin
- Rhino scripting
- Rhino 8 and Fusion both behaving
- Jonny on the GPT Scripting wagon too now
- Revit Scripting - PyRevit
- Tips on Parental Leave
- Procurement Process Documentation
- New hire
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In this episode of Parts Department, Jem and Justin cover a range of topics including using AI to generate product images, keeping legacy products going, workflow automation experiments, the power of paper planners, and launching new products.
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- Default diary scorecard
- Archive
- Lightroom Storage challenges? 📸
- AI feedback loop experiments,
- Configurations in Fusion
- Justin’s script might be the one to help solve our workflow issues with custom KittaParts
- May 25, 2023 🤌 - Bambu Slicer at fault?
- It's calendar season - 13 years
- Slite Lights What are your little coloured lights for studio?
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Justin and Jem commiserate about the difficulties of growing their product businesses while still needing to do custom client work to pay the bills. They're impatient with the slow transition and want to steer their companies in new directions. But it's tough when technical problems like Justin's temperamental 3D printer eat up time and mental bandwidth. Still, Jem finds joy tinkering on passion projects in his early mornings. The shopkeeps aired their grievances but remain determined to keep moving forward on the long and winding product road.
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- Struggling with delegation vs control. Assertiveness check.
- PS Power Update
- Free play mornings are back
- Tool Holder Holder - New product drop 🍷
- 100% product overnight vs slooooow burn
- 3D Printing Issues
- Bambu X1E
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Jem and Justin discuss playing language games with AI assistants, hiring for their workshops, automating workflows, balancing polished vs raw social media content, and ongoing machine maintenance issues.
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- Let's play a game
- A Comic Rip
- make automation (Integromat)
- Veeqo - multichannel ecommerce shipping (FREE)
- Secret Show SS04 - Automate
- Bottlenecks in design detailing
- Job ad live - Production Operator
- PS power filter update
- Bearing failure
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Jem and Justin dive into hot manufacturing topics like DC spindle swaps, roboforming advances, smarter factory tech, Aussie wood vs Thor tools, recruiting challenges, and secrets to better production development.
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- Forced Tool Swap
- Spindle swap, go DC? EMF?
- Roboforming Smarter Every Day
- Fading Curtains
- Aussie Wood vs Thor
- Recruitment challenges
- Like Butter Job
- Secret sauce prod dev
- Claude MJ
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In this episode Jem and Justin chat about experimenting with GitHub to share code for Fusion 360 scripts, using large language models like GPT-4 and Claude for data analysis, drama in the 3D printing community around the new Bamboo MakerWorld platform, and setting up repeatable fixtures and tool setups for machining tricky parts like forks.
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- Makerworld - direct from device
- feeling mortal
- Training videos
- My first Fusion script
- Bard Updated - and lies profusely
- Fabworks.com
- keyboard on the PS
- GPT quoting feedback 🤯
- 2 hours of R&D ✅
- CNC Router Fixture Setups
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Jem's client bails, pushing project dates while Justin dives deep into Fusion 360 Configurations and his killer script for importing multiple STEP files. Jem’s feeling a bit broken, but the show must go on! We geek out over Airtable automation and MIRO for mind mapping. Also, catch our chatter on the 'Sauls Goodman' print, courtesy of Sidnaique. Don’t miss this one, especially if you love to nerd out on CNC and workflow hacks.
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- Fusion 360 Configurations + Parametric Configured Vise Tutorial
- Justin's Fusion 360 Multiple-STEP Import Script
- Collectively Burned, Broken
- Brouillette Airtable Master Automater, how!?
- Broken Jem, tapping out, client moved dates.
- Default diary overdue reset.
- Most Detailed Print Yet - Sauls Goodman by Sidnaique
- Mindmap Everything - MIRO
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In this episode, Jem and Justin delve into the intricacies of Fusion 360 and Bommer, explore the potential of FloDesk Email for PDXCNC, and stress the importance of ethical tech migration. They also discuss Rhino WIP's compatibility with Apple Silicon and reveal Justin's game-changing Fusion 360 import script. Amidst all the tech talk, Jem shares insights on team management and the success of WIFLE sessions in fostering positivity. The episode wraps up with a look at the necessity of regular CNC servicing schedules. Don't miss out!
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- Bommer - Fusion 360
- FloDesk Email for PDXCNC
- Please Migrate Responsibly
- Airplane Mode
- Rhino WIP Apple Silicon
- Justin's Multiple Import Script for Fusion 360
- Finishing with Jem
- Team maxed out
- WIFLE success, positive energy, gratitude
- CNC Servicing schedules
- Goodbye
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Jem's got vocal issues but that ain't stopping us. We're talking about growing on Etsy and Amazon while also discussing the struggles of balancing different roles in a small business. Plus, exciting updates on Fusion 360 and the start of our KittaParts Config project.
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- Jem has lost 83% of his voice
- Expanding Product Platforms - Etsy, Amazon
- Wearing of four hats, standard small biz
- Bootless in...
- Ideogram AI - Midjourney Gravestone Image
- Meta Llama 2
- KittaParts Config Started ✔︎
- Configurations coming to Fusion 360
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Jem and Justin dive deep into tech and tool talk this episode. They hash out the potential of the MacBook M2 for CAD work and debate the best ERP-style apps for machine shops. They chat about the NYC CNC Bourne & Koch shop tour. Got an Avid CNC? Keep an ear out; Dust Boots are coming. Oh, and they're scheming up some wild torture tests for CNC tools. Tune in to get the lowdown.
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- MacBook M2
- App Mind Map - Miro
- Who has a better ERP-style tool?
- Team Inbox Email, CRM, Quoting, Chat Internal
- Interesting - Katana
- Innovation In-flow
- Bourne & Koch Tour 2
- How would you torture test CNC tools?
- IronBark
- Dust Boots coming to Avid Machines
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Justin unpacks Fusion Summit details, discusses CloudNC, and a new fast way to import files into Fusion 360. They tackle the tangled web of quoting—should it be simple or super complex? The guys also vent about the production clock ticking too fast and debate whether Gantt charts are a savior or a pain. Plus, a chinwag about the new Airtable AI Beta.
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- Fusion Summit Recap
- CloudNC
- API Excitement
- Import Files to Fusion 360 Script (share)
- Automation
- 5-axis
- Linking quote lead times to production
- Over complication of quoting
- Rules of thirds and factor based quoting.
- Eric Trine on Quoting
- Time crunch in production
- Scheduling challenges
- Can has Gantt?
- Configurator ball drop 🇫🇮
- Airtable AI Beta
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From hiring to sales brainpower, Jem and Justin navigate the ups and downs of the business. With wit and insight, they dive into design, quotes, and even a Bambu breakdown. Don't miss it!
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- New Hire
- Sales
- Good Design is Intuitive
- Damage Control mode
- Send Follow-up SMS for Quote
- Custom Instructions (GPT)
- Quote building
- Sales brain, return of the sleepless nights.
- Quotient - I wanna be a power user
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- Bambu Down
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Join Jem and Justin as they share a PSA warning about LinkedIn, reveal the lowdown on Bambu ASA Filament, introduce fresh KittaPartsKittaParts accessories, and untangle the web of product naming conventions. The duo then draws parallels between running a workshop and a bustling commercial kitchen, "The Life Aquatic," "Yes, Chef!," and "The Bear." Also a discussion on lean methodology and the powerful insights from "The Checklist Manifesto."
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- Writing
- Linkedin Locks you into Promoting
- Bambu ASA Filament
- Kitta Parts New Accessories
- Naming conventions
- Running a workshop like a commercial kitchen
- Lean
- The Life Aquatic
- Yes, Chef!
- The Bear
- The Checklist Manifesto
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Join Jem and Justin as they discuss new ChatGPT tricks, challenges in AI and Fusion 360's improved performance on Apple silicon chips. Expect laughter, NSFW anecdotes, and an exploration of shop happiness.
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- Hiring Corner
- Everything I want to talk about is NSFW 🙊 (we really need to record a secret show...)
- New ChatGPT trick, quick n dirty, refine prompt.
- Huge degradation in ChatGPT
- Good podcast on AI - This Day in AI
- Pi - Busted chatting to my AI buddy
- Fusion 360 for Apple silicon chips M1/M2 - 30% Faster, 40% Less
- UI issues and slow startup 👎
- Sketch geometry 👎
- What makes you happiest in the shop?
- Creative flow state, solving problems, making new things.
- AI Therapy (no affiliations or recommendations from us)
- It's Tinker Time
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Hosts Jem and Justin tackle your burning queries in this lively AMA episode! They discuss investment in custom work, frame depth cutting dilemmas, debris broom sales, and responsible client-off turning. Hobbyist table saws and creative processes aren't left out either.
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- Mike - Exclusive Source?
- Pulpo Build UK - Investment into Custom Work
- Eric - Clear Irons - Hiring / Custom vs Products
- Alex - Adjective Frames - Max depth of cut at bit diameter? Or full send and hope for the best? Or full send with cleanup pass?
- Debris Brooms - Goal just product sales? How do you turn off client work responsibly?
- "Someone is always willing to go out faster"
- HelloBobby Lee? - What hobbyist table saw?
- WedgeEdge - Creative Process
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Jem and Justin are back from their things and ready to titillate. They discuss PDX CNC's hiring process, share their insights from "Answer the Public," explore Meta's new Threads, and ponder the ups and downs of the AU Economy. Plus, they geek out over edge finders and give a sneak peek into the Fusion 360 Summit!
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- Back from Vacation / Couch
- PDX CNC Hiring - Op Specialist
- Answer the Public
- Threads
- AU Economy 😐
- Edge Finders
- Fusion 360 Summit
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In this episode of Parts Dept., Jem and Justin delve into the world of fulfilment, discussing the intricate process of counting parts. From drug scales to counting scales, they explore the challenges and strategies involved in shipping pre-orders on time. They also touch upon productivity tools like Notion and Airtable's marketing automation. The conversation takes an exciting turn as they dive into Clip Crates in America, followed by a discussion on Aaron Draplin and Rick Rubin's unique perspective on creativity.
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- Counting Parts - Fulfillment
- "Drug Scales"
- Counting Scales
- Shipped Pre-orders on Time 😅
- Airtable Marketing Automation
- Clip Crates - in America
- Aaron Draplin - Book
- Rick Rubin - The Creative Act
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Justin doesn’t have ears and Jem has not had breakfast. Jem discusses his condition and the importance of not ignoring problems, which can lead to bigger issues. They explore business problems, a practical marketing plan, software updates, and tools like Loom and Google Analytics 4. Plus, they share insights on the new Dust Boot for Laguna SmartShop and an upsell app called King Options.
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- New Dust Boot for Laguna
- Jem's Condition
- Don't ignore problems; leads to bigger problems.
- What are the problems in our businesses we're ignoring?
- Marketing Plan - In a form that I will actually use it?
- Software corner
- AT - New List View
- Loom in Slack
- Google Analytics 4 - old data gone?
- Upsell App
- King Options
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Join Jem and Justin as they dive into Photoshop Beta, critique coolants, and discuss LB's new General Manager. The duo will take you behind the scenes of their video content planning and product development progress. They'll also talk about the significant changes in Blue Check impressions and discuss LB Spring Clip and a review of Portland CNC's website
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- Photoshop Beta - Jems
- Coolant Review
- LB has a GM
- Planning video content, actually planning
- Write an outline
- Blue Check Changes? - 15k to 90k 30-day impressions
- LB Spring Clip - goodwood product
- Impromptu Portland CNC Website Review
- Product Dev Progress
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Join Jem and Justin on the latest episode of Parts Department. They dive into the world of manufacturing, discussing Justin's new coolant cleanout machine for the CNC Mill. They celebrate shipping the last ATC pre-orders and explore new orders and ideas. In a heartfelt moment, Justin shares his four-year struggle with infertility and the joy of finally being pregnant. The hosts also review "The Future is Faster Than You Think," a thought-provoking book on technology's impact. They highlight the development of the Laguna Router Dust Boot and discuss Jem's decision to sell out to Meta. Technical insights are shared on geometry selections in Fusion 360. Don't miss this captivating blend of manufacturing expertise and personal stories on Parts Department.
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- Chippy Nunu sucking machine (DIY Chip Vacuum for Coolant)
- Shipped all ATC - New Orders
- A Four-Year Struggle
- GM - News - Jem might cut
- Book - The Future is Faster Than You Think
- Laguna Router Dust Boot coming
- Blue Tick - Jem sells out
- Geometry Features Selection 👌 Fusion 360 (PDX CNC Video)
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Jem and Justin return, discussing PDXCNC's solutions for PETG printing in warm weather. They share progress on the KittaSauna project and their obsession with custom Airtable forms. They want your questions about Automation for the upcoming Secret Show. PDXCNC Starts their End of Life Guide, and LB mulls over advertising and the journey of lead generation.
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- Hot (outside) and Slow (print speed) for PETG
- KittaSauna progress
- Fillout Custom Airtable Forms 😍
- ChatGPT - Browsing, Agent thread
- Introduce Topic: Automation for Next Secret Show
- Send us your Secret Show questions
- Initial PDXCNC End of Life Guide
- LB - Back to Ads
- Lead gen game leading to breaking thru
- Imposter out of context
- Like Butter Vision statement
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Jem and Justin navigate through Bambu product challenges, shed light on nano bed adhesion, and share fascination for mini octopuses. They also delve into the capabilities of GPT4 plugins, discuss recycling and end-of-life product considerations, and explore handy Shopify apps for search and discovery. Tune in for insightful product development thoughts.
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- Dewalt DW616 Router
- Bambu Problems
- Cute Mini Octopus
- Bambu Bed Adhesion - Nano Adhesion
- Shopify Search & Discovery App
- GPT4 Plugins - Vacuum / Tool force Calcs
- Product Lifecycle - recycling, end of life
- End-of-life guide
- Product Dev includes asking these questions
- Plugin Blocking Purchases
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Jem and Justin are back, juggling a photoshoot, new CNC tool setup products from Techniks, and intriguing TwiggaParts. Jem shares his amusing CovidLite experience, they delve into the world of GPT4All models, and bring Anthropic into the Slack discussion. They also dust off some old projects for a revival and are inspired by a post from Eric Trine. The episode rounds off with a sneak peek into the world of product lifecycle planning.
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- Apologies for the loud router noise 😣 - Justin
- Long Time No Photoshoot
- New PDX CNC Tool Setup products
- TwiggaParts
- CovidLite - 5 stars - would recommend
- Thinking time
- Making space to execute at the moment
- GPT4All models
- Anthropic in Slack
- Panel Tools CNC Tooling
- Revival Projects
- Eric Trine - Post
- Product Lifecycle intro
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Jem and Justin discuss Slite video lights, tooling foam, 3D printing with Printables.com, BambuLabs AMS Hydra upgrade, desiccant dry boxes, Laura Woodward sculptures, private AI, choosing one specialization, sawdust-powered heaters, and Carbide tools.
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- Slite video lights - pre-order finally arrived
- Tool foam results
- Printing madness
- Printables.com
- PDX CNC on Printables
- Hydra Upgrade for BambuLabs AMS
- AMS Desiccant Dry Boxes
- Laura Woodward Sculptures
- Private AI agent for LB
- What if you had to choose only one specialisation in the business?
- Sawdust-powered water heater
- Carbide FTW
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Jem and Justin discuss a variety of topics related to their work and personal projects, including 3D printers, procrastination, cold calling, milling tooling foam and shipping pre-orders in this episode of the podcast.
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- Laura bought a new Bambu X1C 3D printer
- Justin's X1C has a backlog of work
- Justin is about to machine a big piece of tooling foam
- Jem is struggling with cold calling and negative self-talk, also known as "head trash"
- Jem had a great prototyping day with a client
- Jem admits to procrastinating for fun, coding in GPT4 instead of focusing on a project for Vividworks.
- Justin is currently shipping the first ATC Pedestals from a pre-order, discussing the challenges of pre-orders expectation management.
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Join Jem & Justin as they unpack custom packaging showdowns, Bambu mods, AMS upgrades, & GPT4 prowess. Discover S-GPT shortcuts, KPIs, and the art of resurrecting dreams, finding your edge, and mastering deep work. Get ready for a Thursday twist! 🎧🧩
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- Custom Packaging ⚡️
- Lasers vs knives
- Bambu
- Mods
- AMS Upgrade
- GPT4 critical thinking
- S-GPT for iOS / Mac Shortcut
- KPIs all around
- Dusting off the dream
- Finding edges to follow
- Not finding time for deep work
- Thursday scrapped schedule to focus on two key tasks
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Join us as we chat about Ricky takin' the reins, validating open studios, vacay epiphanies, org chart shenanigans, our shiny new laser, KittaPlanta craze, & low sales woes! 🚀🌴🔋🌱
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- 1 Year Show Anniversary 🥳
- Ricky runs the show
- Open Studio Validation
- Vacation Clarity
- Roles / Org Chart
- So Watt
- New Omtech Laser
- KittaPlanta
- Low product sales
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Get ready for laughs as we chat about 1-star reviews, warping acetal, and crave some meaty Blender updates! We discuss Melbourne photoshoots, 3D surface quoting, AI object design, and the new Prusa MK4. Is photography dead? Tune in to find out!
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- Another 1-Star Review (Rate/Review the Show 📈)
- Warping Acetal
- Within Tolerance - Bre Pettis
- Bre's old podcast
- Config progress - gimme some meat
- Blender!?!?!
- Photoshoot
- https://www.peerspace.com/s/?a=photo-shoot&location=melbourne-vic--australia&bbox_of_interest=[-37.5112737,144.5937418,-38.4338593,145.5125288]&viewport_bbox=[-37.5112737,144.5937418,-38.4338593,145.5125288]
- 3D Surface Quoting in Grasshopper
- Is photography dead? Midjourney v5
- Designer of AI objects
- Prusa MK4 - Announced
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Join us as we explore the tasty tests of ATC forks, pre-qualification Typeforms, and NC programs! Get ready for a new segment, "Something you love," featuring the Probe Halo. We'll also dive into augmented reality products on Shopify, like the Duct Tower example.
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In this episode, LB catches Le Rona, plasterboard goes boom, and a new baby pallet is born. Plus, we discuss our 5-axis lust and the risk of burnout. Watch out for trolls! In GPT Corner, we explore GPT Add-to-Cart Links, GPT 4 with a $100 budget, and Textexpander. Jem is obsessed with Linear.app, and we dive into March with GPT 4's Bing summary.
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- LB is struck down by Le Rona
- Old plasterboard goes bang bang
- Baby Pallet Born
- 5-axis lust (again)
- Burnout risk
- Trolls
GPT Corner
- GPT Add-to-Cart Links
- GPT 4 - Bing Summary
- GPT 4 - $100 budget
- Textexpander -
- Jem is obsesssssed ++++
- Linear.app
- March
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In this episode, we cover a range of topics including new fixturing, sales performance, digital advertising, brand guidelines, and success metrics. We also discuss the concept of fight, flight, and freeze, as well as access to Bing's Sydney AI, and an interesting new product called KittaPlanta.
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- Mother Pallet Born
- Series 9 Clamps
- Sales 📈 sorta
- Digital ad cliff jumping
- Traffic drops off, CR up.
- Brand guidelines?
- Proof of Success (kWh) PDX
- Not paying for power with the LB solar system
- Fight, Flight and Freeze
- Sydney ❤️ AKA Bing Chat AI
- KittaPlanta
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In this episode of Parts Department, we have new hires, robot vacuums, and how we're handling delays and power issues.
We'll also discuss Software Corner, where we'll talk about the newest Lastpass breach. Additionally, we'll touch on some interesting details about the Pencil Sharpener & ShopSabre power problems and foamy surprises.
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- PC - We made a hire
- Justin's Robot Vacuum Video
- New Robot Vacuum at PDX CNC - (Amazon)
- Big Bad Boi - Makita Robot Vacuum (Amazon) (Zoro)
- LB - New hire started
- Flanges
- We turned off ads
- Delays for Days
- Art frontage
- Lastpass new massive breach
- Pencil Sharpener Power Issues
- ShopSabre Power
- Foamy
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In this episode of Parts Department, we dive into the world of productivity and business tools. From the power of open book management and the importance of keeping a well-stocked pencil case, to the latest updates on Shopify and the benefits of using AI-powered tools like Autowrite. We also explore the value of ChatGPT Plus and Notion, and discuss insider lingo like "Mother Pallet" and "Rod Polishing". So grab a notepad and get ready to optimize your workflow and boost your success! Oh, Chappy, you write like a robot...
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- Mother Pallet
- Hot Laps
- Open Books ✔︎
- Pencil Case
- Rod Polishing
- Shopify AI - Autowrite
- Shopify Updates
- ChatGPT Plus
- Notion
- Conversion Rate Optim
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In the second Secret Show of Parts Department, Justin & Jem talk about saying "No."
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In this episode, we talk about a range of topics including blown dry Haas chip fans, architects declaring, physical mailers for repeat customers, and tool room tools for R&D. We also discuss our new Jet combo jointer planer, take a tour of the PDX CNC shop, and learn about multi-axis fixtures. Plus, we share our thoughts on being held accountable and the importance of hide glue. Don't miss out on our bonus game and our upcoming quarterly hangout on Patreon. So get in a Zoom room and join us for a hot lap of energy!
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- Blown Dry - Haas Chip Fan
- Switching Marketing
- Architects Declare
- Physical Mailers for Repeat customers?
- Being held to account
- Hide Glue
- Jet Combo Jointer Planer Acquired
- PDX CNC 2022 Shop Tour
- Multi-Axis Fixtures
- Tool room tools for R&D
- Airtable Upload to Existing RFQ Inquiry :)
- Split shifts
- Default Dairy upgrades
- Bonus - Game
- Hot lap energy
- Apple Podcast Reviews - Write us a Review! ⭐️
- Get in a Zoom Room - upcoming Quarterly Hangout (Patreon)
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In this episode of Parts Department, hosts Jem and Justin explore the intricacies of new mill parts. Get ready to learn about deburring operations and the ins and outs of Fusion 360. They also delve into the topic of rethinking stationary tools and provide a comparison of combo planer jointers from top brands like Jet, Hammer, and Grizzly. They discuss a new project for the month, "Template Day."
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- Sooooo much education in new mill parts.
- Deburr Operation 👌
- Fusion 360 - Change is hard
- Rethinking Stationary Tools
- Combo Planer Jointers Jet, Hammer, Grizzly
- On-the-House Project/Month? - "Template day"
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Jem & Justin cover Software Corner – using an iPhone as a camera for a Mac and review a video on geometry features in Fusion 360. Productivity tools such as Workflowy and Text Sniper are also covered. The importance of ethical business practices and having a strong team is discussed, and a new sales and support role is introduced. The episode ends with a discussion on optimizing sheets for Fusion 360 post-processor edits.
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- Days off in the shop, smiles
- Software Corner
- Use iPhone as Camera for Mac
- Fusion 360 Geometry Features Video - Portland CNC
- Workflowy
- Text Sniper
- Shottr - Screenshots + Text Sniper
- Kitta Parter - Configurator Details on Secret Show
- FU Alaska - "Do the right thing" - from Rob regarding pricing exceptions
- Great timing, culture doc on my 6 monthly goal list
- Snow plow
- Strong interviews, hard to decide, gut vs paper
- Workflowy rebuild, everything linking back to the business plan
- Dream team, just gotta build sales
- New Sales & Support Role
- Optimized Sheets - Post Processor Edits
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In this podcast, we discuss the YCM NXV purring, the Kitta config update, Re: a meeting with VividWorks, being back in Compost Land, streamlining shop at PDX CNC, how to turn down work that's too small, qualifying minimum jobs, Software Corner meow, an LB wiki update, upsell app results, and the new Mac Mini M2 Pro.
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- YCM Humming
- Parabolic Drills
- Kitta Config update?
- Meeting with VividWorks
- Drag n drop example
- Compost Land
- Streamlining Shop at PDX CNC
- How do you turn down work that’s “too small?”
- Qualification - minimum jobs
- Back on my tubes - Compost update
- Software Corner - meow
- LB wiki update
- Upsell app Results
- New Mac Mini M2 Pro
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Jem's on a farm but we still delve software and the Katz-Moses ripoff product?! and Portland CNC's experience with imitators. Also, welding!
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- Farm
- Importance of Creative Exploration
- Ranch dressing
- Welding, that box of parts.
- Game development distractions
- Stealing IP - Katz-Moses accused by Lee Valley and Union MFG
- PDX CNC experience with Stolen IP
- Justin found a potential Freshdesk successor 🤦♂️
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A longer chat covering how to deal with negativity on Meta, customer forms, business mentors, and the power of photography for small businesses.
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- FB is yuck
- Delete the neg comments
- Inquiry Forms (Airtable) - Bypass Tedium for Repeat Customers
- Typeform - Tinkering Monkey great use
- Google Forms
- If no one has a problem with your pricing you're too cheap
- New Mentor - P&L Review ✔︎
- Shopify Landing Pages
- Ads going well for Justin
- Influencer marketing - Laguna clickbait
- Photography is critical to being a maker
- Grand Tour of Photography
- Questions? We'll answer on Secret Show
- Stuff Made Here – Link to interview
- Balance Positive and Negative Feedback
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Justin and Jem discuss starting the year off strong in sales. They talk about the benefits of taking a break from work and deleting social media. They mention using Airtable to build interfaces and emphasize the importance of a clear desk and headspace. They also share their frustration with end of year financial tasks and discuss optimizing their shipping areas.
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- Great Sales to Start Year
- Switching off from work
- Deleting social media - Solutions?
- Building Airtable interfaces, first week back headspace, clean desk
- Hating End of Year Financial Crap
- Optimizing Shipping Area
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Jem is sick with a fever and stuck in the car at home so please excuse the poor audio this week! Justin and Jem chat about ChatGPT, the final week of the production for the year and PDX's credit in a major motion picture.
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- How much does Chat GPT cost per day?
- Plywood milling machine enclosures
- Project reporting in Airtable
- Microvellum software demo
- RhinoCAM better than Fusion 360? Moments of frustration.
- PDX is Credited in Pinocchio
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Chat GPT makes a strong (musical) impression. Bambu X1C is ordered, and the Holidays are stressful – Happy Stressmas
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- Chat GPT
- Bambu X1C 📦 - AMS, Carbon Fiber, speed, quality
- Free Shipping to Australia
- Holiday Time Always Stressful
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Bad Ball-screws, 3D printing two ways, training yourself for breakthroughs, and safewords for Lean Peace.
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- PS ball screwed - grease monkey break thru
- 3D printer saves the day
- Bambu X1C Beautiful PETG Baby Pants Test
- Beta noodle Fusion crash?
- Breakthrus! Train the muscle.
- There's no difficult conversations, there's just conversations.
- Product Packaging
- Lean code words for Peace
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The guys talk get into note-taking, Zettelkasten, Obsidian. Normal stuff too like Fusion 360, 3D Printing and CNC's.
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- World Cup
- Fusion 360 Apocalyptic Prepping - Project Archiver
- Benchmarking Fusion 360
- Journaling Experience
- Zettelkasten.de / Obsidian.md
- Prusa Layer Shifts are Back ☹️
- Just Make Parts
- FB Ad Success
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Dealing with Bad Vendors, Presented Awards, Stellar Hiring Ideas, and Secret Menu Face Mills
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- ATC Pedestals
- Black Friday Sales? - All Birds increased prices for BF (donations)
- Three people out on Tuesday - Jem in his happy place
- LB Awards
- Bad Vendor Experience - 16 weeks late
- Providing Files?
- Hiring Tidbit - Within Tolerance 167 - Jamie Underwood - What's something you fucked up and how did it affect other people?
- Emotional amnesia theory vs just being in the moment
- Journaling / Justin's version - BTWS - Be Thankful, Write or Sketch
- Printer Ink | Face Mill Inserts $411 ASX FM ($776 list)
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The ATC Pedestals Launch which sends Justin into Shopify Variant Hell. The guys talk cameras and videos, and if products can be reviewed like employees?
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- ATC Pedestal Launch Imminent 🚀 Video, Product
- Shopify Variant Hell
- Full = 320 vs Simple = 80 variations
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Simple Bundles Plugin
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Loving the Sony A7iii
- Justin's Camera Monitor
- Something you never thought you could delegate
- Product Reviews like Employee Reviews?
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Big November Start for Like Butter, New Shop Nav, New Aluminum CNC Routing, & Help Needed.
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- Nov kicks off
- New Shop Nav Worked for LB?
- CRO bash
- Aluminum Routing - Customer Reaction
- Lead times ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Short staffed
- LB Hiring 👈
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YCM Update, Fusion update, multiple breakdowns, chip management, Brother Speedio.
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- Mill update!?
- Fusion 360 Posts are Updated - Safe Start is now safe
- Jem breaks down - last week I said I'm pretty useless and it's great - this sunk in hard later that day
- DaVinci Resolve - shiny object syndrome
- Brother Speedio Kinetic Energy Recovery (KERS) details
- YCM Needs Chip Management
- Leaning the Shop
- Prusa MK3S+ not broken just 🥵
- Patreon - Other levels
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Fusion 360 causes a massive YCM crash. New – https://patreon.com/partsdept?ref=PD-29-summary (Support the Show on Patreon) to get the Secret Show & more. https://youtu.be/ShYQeGWaYBo (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=29%20-%20YCM%20Crash%20from%20a%20Fusion%20360%20Bug (Send Comments on this Episode) https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment/ (Discuss on Show Subreddit) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. https://patreon.com/partsdept?ref=PD-29-launch (Patreon Launch!) Think of it like paying for business therapy. This is way cheaper. Tiers for what you're comfortable with Support the show, help us hire an editor. $10 or Higher gets you a Secret Show episode
YCM Mill Crash from Fusion 360 Bug (Safe Start misnomer) Affected Fusion 360 Posts: Fanuc, Matsuura, Syil Syntec, Syntec, Ethereal Halo https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts (PSA - Check your Posts Regularly) https://www.stackedmarketer.com/friend-recommended/?utm_source=sparkloop&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sm_daily&rh_ref=7dd90351 (Stacked Marketer) https://pdxc.co/descript (Descript Love)
All Marketers are Liars - the title of which is a lie. Waste Expo Blown Deadlines Packaging/Shipping included in COGS LB's Costing / Pricing with Airpower to Shopify 🤤
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Jem & Justin lament how to kill products, in-housing packaging, a giant tool, PDX CNC's free cost calculator, and who really wears the trousers? https://youtu.be/n_lUxx73gFM (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=28%20-%20Plunging%20My%20Face%20Mill (Send Comments on this Episode) https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment/ (Discuss on Show Subreddit) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Laser Chat Making your own packaging Giant Tool holder Killing a Product - RIP https://portlandcnc.com/blog/2022/10/cost-calculator?ref=PD-28 (Cost Calculator) Letting go of the reins? Who wears the trousers? Big announcement next week 👀
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
Have we sacrificed enough for the algorithm Gods? Sell, Why sell? No, upsell. Plus willful ignorance. https://youtu.be/_4akHTufMQQ (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=27%20-%20Swiss%20Lathe%20of%20Wood (Send Comments on this Episode) https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment/ (Discuss on Show Subreddit) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Video Traffic Lottery Mill Pallet Made - Finally Poka-yoke (ポカヨケ, [poka joke]) is a Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing" or "inadvertent error prevention". Anniversary Pencil Sharpener https://www.jauntmotors.com/ (Jaunt Motors) Upsell / Cross Marketing Apps https://apps.shopify.com/assortion?st_campaign=about-app&st_source=admin&utm_campaign=installed&utm_content=contextual&utm_medium=shopify&utm_source=admin (Assortion) (Free); https://apps.shopify.com/frequently-bought-together?st_campaign=about-app&st_source=admin&utm_campaign=installed&utm_content=contextual&utm_medium=shopify&utm_source=admin (Frequently Bought Together) (Paid) Bored of selling. So fickle. https://amzn.to/3ET20FB (Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business) Nack Makers Market Recap What are you willfully ignoring?
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Jem contemplates a shack in the woods, September product launch review, and goals for October. https://youtu.be/XJ9h5JqvUe4 (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=26%20-%20Building%20a%20Shack%20in%20the%20Woods (Send Comments on this Episode) https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment/ (Discuss on Show Subreddit) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. A shack in the woods https://www.google.com/search?rls=en&sxsrf=ALiCzsYqEVXyQvYLkT-CDCAai5IJuFptJA:1664997206291&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=surrogate+arrested+development&client=safari&fir=ud8Dd8U706-tPM%252CbOV2kP9_1XAxeM%252C_%253BSzDiqUj4p4tH6M%252CbOV2kP9_1XAxeM%252C_%253B_mCptVsBjXqArM%252C9OOW6xBI3tutmM%252C_%253B6LhcFuMx5VuzxM%252C4pxNTlmRWj6tfM%252C_%253BQ4RZhVJ_UPcZiM%252C_YouC3OtcZ_QsM%252C_%253BUzBnMB6M6l3B0M%252CmXWr2P-DJJLovM%252C_%253Bi37wp27rEcgF-M%252CiWv3tYAAcZqORM%252C_%253BCoTFI8dZUmFbnM%252CQ1bvM2Xak0Bb_M%252C_%253BVaMaSPhC5flTUM%252CQCwaTlq9TPhNJM%252C_%253Bp9mRNhGXCnosAM%252CO5xCulPNyS3ixM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kQT31v1e1puZ92lzv5cC71RyPy7Pw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuu6H45cn6AhWEAzQIHbJuC-sQjJkEegQIAhAC&biw=1028&bih=1238&dpr=1 (Arrested Development Surrogate) Hot Laps Season Tana.inc
Product launch Sep? LB: ⭕️ PDX CNC: ✅ https://shop.portlandcnc.com/products/duct-tower?ref=PD-26 (Duct Tower)
Marketing Goals - More Videos PDX CNC https://shop.portlandcnc.com/products/iso30-er32-tool-holders?ref=PD-26 (Tool Holders) Beyond Delegation
Goals for October ThreadBoard ATC Pedestals
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Are Jem and Justin failing to delegate? PDX CNC Duct Towers and a new Shopify store launches. Both feel gratitude for the podcast and you all. https://youtu.be/pIgO6shyFWs (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=25%20-%20Failure%20to%20Delegate (Send Comments on this Episode) https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment/ (Discuss on Show Subreddit) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Podcast studio/office WIP https://shop.portlandcnc.com/products/duct-tower?ref=PD-25 (Duct Towers) 🦆 & New https://shop.portlandcnc.com/?ref=PD-25 (PDX CNC Shopify) Best Day of Sales Yet - PDXCNC https://pdxc.co/descript (Descript) makes editing Video/Audio/Podcast Easy
App Talk Sleeping on Shopify Automations 😳 Freshhhhhh Desk desires
5hp - servos - BBQ carbide Are we Failing to Delegate? Evolving Products Fast - Mentality? Rip off bandaid of change
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Justin has a "We Made it Feeling," how long will it last? Shopify transition discussion, Pierson Pro Pallets acquired, Like Butter worldwide? Recruiting for Fusion 360 skills. https://youtu.be/3MolAwo9aEU (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=24%20-%20How%20Small%20is%20your%20Bit? (Send Comments on this Episode) https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment/ (Discuss on Show Subreddit) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. "We made it feeling" - Justin https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref=PD-24 (Dust Boot) 2 - LB Compression Tooling Talk Shopify Transition Talk - New website transfer attrition Like Butter Worldwide? I did it - https://piersonworkholding.com/pro-pallet-system/?ref=Parts-Dept-24 (Pierson Pro Pallet) ordered What's the one thing you would change in my business? Trademarking costs worth it? Jem's holiday on the machines https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/climate/patagonia-climate-philanthropy-chouinard.html (Patagonia) Billionaires No more Recruiting for Fusion driver - junior vs senior? Young for a software package Justin's Fusion 360 Optional Parameter Trick
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The guys consider switching positions with the team, number sequencing in G-code, how to embrace change, and have a new Subreddit! https://youtu.be/ISCjM_yK_Jg (Watch on Youtube)
DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=23%20-%20Boss%20for%20a%20Day (Send Comments on this Episode) https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment/ (Discuss on Show Subreddit) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. New Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/PartsDepartment (/r/PartsDepartment) Identity shift blues - Failing to embrace change? John and John - Outsourced CEO? https://businessofmachining.libsyn.com/288-philosophy-of-business (BOM 288) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8MQhX3QPEE (Pierson Tour NYCNC) Boss for a day? QC update on dowel PS situation How do you fix messy Fusion models? https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=1801418194626000805&appLang=en&os=Mac (Parameter I/O - Fusion 360 Plugin) Counting up machined numbers? Locker doors, serial numbers etc. Talk me out of buying a https://piersonworkholding.com/pro-pallet-system/?ref=PartsDepartmentPodcast-Ep23 (Pierson Pro Pallet) (code: IMTS 15% off) Competitive Pricing vs Expertise Recommendation: https://theprepared.org/features-feed/baltic-birch?utm_source (The )https://theprepared.org/features-feed/baltic-birch (P)https://theprepared.org/features-feed/baltic-birch?utm_source (repared) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFlYnL_SHQc (Enough - Kevin Cavenaugh TedXPortland)
What's your one change?
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Dealing with QA and Bad parts, Over-Complication Waste, Blowing your AI Credits, and the Evolution of Pants Man https://youtu.be/UBUL9H4p79M (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=22%20-%20Complicated%20Waste (Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Dealing with QA and Bad parts "Trust but Verify" - Probably BOM Sense of Urgency with Vacuum Holder ATC Pedestals looking Great https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-8-wip-available-now/115666/64 (Rhino 8 WIP TestMetal) I'm an Apple Over-complication: A new Lean Waste? Removing instead of adding https://stability.ai/blog/stable-diffusion-public-release (Stable Diffusion) https://www.relay.fm/cortex/133 (Cortex - The Ethics of AI Art) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNku5FKWjw (John Oliver - AI Images (Cabbage)) Jem blew his Dall-E Credits https://www.instagram.com/p/CicA2GTuS1U/ (Pants Man Evolution) Black Books audio clip - He was eating his pants and laughing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_Recognition_(novel) (Pattern Recognition) book Compost Research 9 weeks of machine time incoming… (700 sheets) IMTS FOMO Hard App Corner: https://shottr.cc/ (Shottr for Mac) MFG Automation Designer https://vention.io/ (Vention) https://www.factorio.com/ (Factorio) YLNT - https://www.youlooknicetoday.com/12 (Baby on a Dog)
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Motor fires, blown air lines, a semi-load of tubes, thoughts on hiring, and Baby Pants first impressions. https://youtu.be/xU_nwLCVZ44 (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=21%20-%20The%20Naughty%20Corner (Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Slow down Air fuses 🔥 in vacuum pump Shipping https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref-PD-21 (Baby Pants) Baby Pants first impressions (https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch8-WMsgajr/ (Jems video)) Cost of Big Tool Shows vs Online Marketing (DMG Mori) Making Spam with https://flodesk.com/c/FXU4J4 (FloDesk) https://likebutter.com.au/products/kittacolin?ref=PD-21 (KittaCollin) https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cf4VCJHMHaW/ (Tyler says don’t don’t it once) Jem needs a project https://www.instagram.com/nick_atkins_boatbuilder/ (Nick Atkins the Boatbuilder) on the https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/boat-builders-ft-nick-atkins/id1322423537?i=1000576704540 (Shop Stool Podcast) Crazy composting schemes - semi-trailer incoming https://sim.pentamachine.com/?gcodePane=hide&model=imts-demo-mastercam.glb&program=imts-demo-mastercam-2022-08-08.ngc&machine=SOLO&tool=%7B%22P%22:1,%22R%22:0.0787,%22Z%22:-5.6329,%22holder%22:%22HOLDER1%22%7D&tool=%7B%22P%22:2,%22R%22:0.0625,%22Z%22:-4.6289,%22holder%22:%22HOLDER1%22,%22type%22:%22BALL%22%7D&tool=%7B%22P%22:3,%22R%22:0.059,%22Z%22:-5.7570,%22holder%22:%22HOLDER1%22%7D&tool=%7B%22P%22:4,%22R%22:0.059,%22Z%22:-5,%22holder%22:%22HOLDER1%22,%22type%22:%22ENGRAVE%22%7D&tool=%7B%22P%22:7,%22R%22:0.3937,%22Z%22:-5.2433,%22holder%22:%22NONE%22%7D&tool=%7B%22P%22:6,%22R%22:0.0625,%22Z%22:-5.875,%22holder%22:%22HOLDER1%22,%22type%22:%22ENGRAVE%22%7D&tool=%7B%22P%22:4,%22R%22:0.0625,%22Z%22:-5.27,%22holder%22:%22HOLDER1%22%7D&tool=%7B%22P%22:5,%22R%22:0.0625,%22Z%22:-5.6273,%22holder%22:%22HOLDER1%22%7D (Penta Web Machine Simulation) Jem’s wants to hire everyone Reminder of First Hire Scouting 365 Jobs at https://likebutter.com.au/pages/work-with-us?ref=PD-21 (Like Butter) & https://portlandcnc.com/jobs?ref=PD-21 (PDX CNC) Assembly Guides - Sticker name and QR code - Paper and Email > Automated Email by Product?
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Jem in beach mode, Justin in Pants-Production mode. The guys discuss their dream future features of Fusion 360, their next products: KittaColin and ATC Pedestals. Also British Steak Chips. https://youtu.be/zBvKzzSyRqk (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=20%20-%20Parametric%20Beach%20Holiday ( Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref=PD-20 (Baby Pants) Shipped! Upcoming September LB product: https://likebutter.com.au/products/kittacolin?variant=42801804574951 (KittaColin) Beach CAD Gender balance in the industry Recruiting challenges PDXCNC ATC Pedestals Progress
What's your dream future of Fusion 360? Drawings are almost unusable Parameters are powerful but we want more! If/then statements Connect Fusion outside of itself: Zapier! and Fusion 360 to Shopify 👀
https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/class/Streamlining-CAM-Workflows-Templates-2019#video (Rob Lockwood Container Method)™️ Screen Recording in a quote ➕ British Steak Chips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw8DGrrRNpY&t=5s (Justin's UK Trip Vlog)
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Fusion 360 is thick in the air, Justin chats from the UK, and Jem has the sniffles. Airtable, Bubble, and App Sheets and the Kitta Parts Configurator comes alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYaf0FY6VmA (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=19%20-%20The%20Allure%20of%20Hotel%20Curtains (✍️ Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. UK? Autodesk news? https://www.instagram.com/p/Chba_kQAge0/ (KittaParts Configurator hack) - love for Rhino A most unproductive week Procrastination/deep work/shutting the door Send Info Working Right Away for PDX CNC https://youtu.be/A8ilnfT7Unc (Fusion 360 Live Machine Connection) (HAAS) RV Company Pizza https://gofastcampers.com/pages/camper-leaderboard (Tracker) Bubble App Sheets Average Ping time between London and Melbourne: 282 ms (16904km / 10503 mi)
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Quotient talk resurfaces, Trouble in Baby Pants Land? Constraints prove beneficial and multiple book recommendations. https://youtu.be/FlHnYxng7i4 (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=18%20-%20Lubricated%20Naysayer (✍️ Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. https://pdxc.co/quotient (Quotient) Reigns Supreme Trouble in https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref=PD-18 (Baby Pants) Land? Do you feel nimble? Constraints proving better for LB https://amzn.to/3SvxQwt (Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business) - Rec from Adjective Art & Framing @adjframes https://amzn.to/3PnH7UA (Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World) Ethics of Temporal Parts - IE: Burning Man or Event Companies Justin traveling, may no podcast?
Titles The Nimble Slippery Butter
Lubricated Naysayer
Trouble in Baby Pants Space/Land Jem Says it Gets Better
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https://likebutter.com.au/products/burt?ref=PD-17 (Burt, the New Like Butter product), Mystery of Web Sales, Arachne 3D Printing Slicer, Brothers Neistat, and Epoxy Woodworking Stances? https://youtu.be/JhsYTo46ZNk (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=17%20-%20My%20Cabinets%20Have%20Been%20Hacked (✍️ Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Consistency comes from Off-loading Tasks for Jem https://portlandcnc.com/blog/2022/07/printing-arachne (Arachne in PrusaSlicer) or Cura saving tons of 3D Print Time Advertising for Services and Products The mysteries of web sales - July https://likebutter.com.au/products/burt (Burt Bedroom Storage - LB) Don't go live on a Friday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZ1mO8mA44 (5 Principles of Organization - Van Neistat) Organanised https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4KVWzmcj387mXk1qESszgDaebrNzpmUW (Clip) https://youtu.be/OgJ0vNRjiM0?t=1989 (Casey Neistat - Interview about income about Vlog Income) Education / Sharing at Work without Negative Tone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xOEIpbxM4w (Makita Coffee Maker) - https://amzn.to/3QylEcy (Amazon) Where do you stand on Epoxy!? Chair by https://furnitecture.com.au/ (Chris Tomoya) IKEA Kitchen / https://www.instagram.com/rob.awesome.lockwood/ (Rob Lockwood) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_(book) (Longitude) Book https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f (The Bear - Hulu) Aluminum/Aluminium Part Went well
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Justin (and Jem) make a big confession. They also realize sales by business owner is a tool for control. The YCM makes a big aluminum part and Nack might attend a Makers Market that ignites from the +100ºF heat in Portland. https://youtu.be/RyUctPE7gfc (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=16%20-%20Justin%20Confesses (✍️ Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Nack Maker Fair Prep Continued Benefits from Business Coaching Jem handing off HR to Sarah Mill setups Custom Tools are a great deal Justin makes a Confession Jem makes a Confession https://www.instagram.com/pocket_nc/ (Penta Machine Company) Hiring for Sales - Chicken and Egg Owner Control by owning sales We're "special" is maybe more a feeling than We're also stifling our potential (Justin is) Commissions? - Bad for team moral?
Qualify Harder Follow Ups - By Phone is Huge Conversion Boost (LB) Video Recording to go with Quote
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Justin returns from vacation. The guys talk about product design and distribution, Wallaby's in America, and 3D printing. https://youtu.be/UcTwA7Kp5gg (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=15%20-%20The%20Podcast%20Prepper (✍️ Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref=PD-15 (Baby Pants update) Wallaby's in America? LB - Product Launch July LB Printing Success Design In-process Products - Airtable Shapeoko First Op Distribute Products? Markups and Margins Crossbranding Vacation Non-Productivity? https://www.fredrikblank.com/podcast-archiver/ (Podcast Archiver)
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
The Business Ponzi-Scheme, Duct Tower progress, Our Dream Products, Why Naivety is Secret Sauce, more Dall-E Madness, and OSMO Application. https://youtu.be/zlhXRvqEvOY (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=14%20-%20Tower%20of%20Duck%20Ponzi%20Scheme (✍️ Send Comments on this Episode) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. EOFY wrap up Getting beyond the Business Ponzi Scheme https://breakmastercylinder.bandcamp.com/album/bmc-and-dog-in-space-the-complete-series (Breakmaster Cylinder)
https://pdxcnc.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/62000225067-what-s-the-dust-boot-test-fit-guarantee- (Test-Fit Guarantee - Dust Boot) Attraction to Making Tools Duct Tower Progress 2 days of machining with Josh More Dall-E Madness
What's your dream product? How to Justify your 5-axis Purchase A Better Nack Desk
Naïvety ✔︎ How to Kill your Products Off Hobbies? Gaming Podcasts The last Reply All - so many linked memories
OSMO Application - White Scotchbrite, on orbital to spread it White microfiber polish Sand with 800 grit 2nd Coat - Repeat
Water-Based Spray Booth
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Kitta Parts v2 and Baby Pants have launched, Jem is planning monthly product launches, and the guys discuss why money talk is taboo. https://youtu.be/oJqsoHWHoNE (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=13%20-%20Spaghetti%20Pants (✍️ Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref=PD-13 (Baby Pants the Dust Boot Launched) ✅ https://likebutter.com.au/products/kittaparts?ref=PD-13 (Kitta Parts v2 Launched) ✅ Jem is using iOS Focus Modes at work Jem Handed off Production to Ben Justin's Spaghetti Pants LB Monthly Product Drops Financial Transparency is too Taboo Profit Chat Justin Needs a Business Coach
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
It's the Week of Launch: Like Butter Kitta Parts v2, Like Butter Website, PDX CNC Dust Boot (Baby Pants). https://youtu.be/tki6LA09wD4 (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=12%20-%20I%27m%20Gagging%20for%20Baby%20Pants (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Justin's 3D printing is going well, finally. https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot (PDX CNC Dust Boot Available) Switch cabinet hardware because scarcity https://likebutter.com.au/products/kittaparts (Kitta Parts V2 Launch!) When did you last raise your rates? Recession Plan Build up cash in company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_KQoGPEy2k (Titan's - Losing $100 Million Contract) Responsibility to Team https://likebutter.com.au/ (Like Butter New Website) Improve Conversion Rate Page Load speed
https://apps.shopify.com/simple-bundles (Simple Bundles) IoT Smart Switch for 3D Printers (https://www.amazon.com.au/Monster-Outlet-Control-Indoor-Outdoor/dp/B09B9LZ3M9 (Amazon AUS), https://amzn.to/3xFa2fG (USA)) http://octoprint.org/ (Octoprint.org) Jem's 3D https://jem0f57.myportfolio.com/work (Light Prints)
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Justin satiates his FOMO from Jem getting Covid, Jem reports on the Tool Show and the beauty of flying headspace. Both make big progress on their product lines and Dall-E is induced. https://youtu.be/oO5_C7l2jao (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=11%20-%20Justin%20Got%20Covid (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Justin got Covid Baby Pants update Tool shopping - industry update - thinking about 5-10 years ahead? Intuition vs Excel - or why haven't I bought a Prusa yet? Flying headspace - sketchbook! 🤝 Planning Products with Scarce Materials Diary - End of planned time but have more quotes to do? https://makingitpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-318-remembering-aaron (Making it - Aaron) 😢 (Note: Death discussed) https://huggingface.co/spaces/dalle-mini/dalle-mini (Dall-E) Mini
Accountabilibuddies KittaParts v2 - ahhhhh it works! Nack Wall Kits - Kitting
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
The guys talk Prusa 3D printer, Text Sniper, progress on Kitta Parts, Nack Wall, and Baby Pants (the PDX CNC Dust Boot). https://youtu.be/nSWSQ88m0jI (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=10%20-%20Baby%20Pants%20Version%20Hotel (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. https://pdxc.co/nuphy (Nuphy Mechanical Keyboard) Jem's Default Diary breakthrough Speed of task notation vs Utility when properly setup https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/224-how-tracking-every-second-of-his-life-took-rob/id1469759170?i=1000537599349 (Rob Drydek Podcast - #224 of My First Million) Lists!! The ever overflowing list of things to make and do. Workflowy graveyard. Review process https://gettingthingsdone.com/what-is-gtd/ (Getting Things Done) https://hidden-brain.simplecast.com/episodes/do-less-IT5Py5s_ (Do Less - Hidden Brain) Podcast Fixtures - 1 setup don't add more https://gdptooling.com/product/oscillating-sanding-head/ (Oscillating Sanding Head for CNC by GDP) Jem - Tool Show in Sydney
Accountability: KittaParts dimensions progress Nack Wall Kits Nack Starter Kit https://textsniper.app/ (Text Sniper) - Snip text from images or basically anything https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref=PD-10 (Baby Pants) - Closer but works with 10hp HSD Online Configurator http://hi@public-office.info/ (Developer) - Need a "unit" Making It - Aaron https://makingitpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-318-remembering-aaron (Episode link) (Note: Death discussed)
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
Jem tells how Like Butter's Workshop was built, their sustainable efforts like solar-power and sawdust composting. Justin's Prusa is down and Nack Wall is being batched. https://youtu.be/_LdlRK9Hh4M (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=9%20-%20The%20Butter%20Shed (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Nack Wall Boxes Glass is cheaper than acrylic? Prepping for Photoshoot LB's Solar-Powered Workshop Composting Sawdust https://likebutter.com.au/blogs/news/composting-plywood (Study) Solar Panels - 33kw https://amzn.to/3tjWF3m (Makita Robot Vacuum) Makers Space for Old Guys - "Men's Shed" LB - Rolling Roster of Tasks (Airtable) Specifics are only way to get something done Pencil Sharpener - Double Ender!
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Jem and Justin chat about Jem's new Mac, the camera gear and methods they use for photoshoots and the future of digital fabrication. https://youtu.be/HNgNhUOXaDs (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=8%20-%20Screw%20those%20Screws (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Jem's New Mac - https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/14-inch (14" MBP M1 Pro) https://www.rhino3d.com/ (Rhino Mac) http://numi.app/ (Numi) Battery life and wake up time https://portlandcnc.com/shop/dust-boot?ref=pd-8-notes (Baby Pants (PDX CNC Spindle Dust Boot))
Camera Talk https://amzn.to/3wUvrBu (Justin's Sony A7iii) https://amzn.to/3wXY1TI (Jem's Fuji X-T4) Photoshoot methods - "Just Shoot" vs Planned Storytelling Kits are essential in system products Shopify Bundle Plugins LB Coffee Table & other new products coming Future of Digital Fabrication Internal Growth How are you getting in the way of this result? Set up accountability loop? https://instagram.com/p/BxhvihDnJp3/ (Maritool Profit based on Scrap)
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
The guys both need to Just Make Stuff. Design tools like pen and paper, Rhino, Fusion 360. https://youtu.be/rpszVJL2cc0 (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=7%20-%20Just%20Make%20Stuff (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links.
Product Development Jem: Be bold, say no to developing other people's products and invest in our own! Product dev ideas Being led by process or by needs? The process around new ideas, sketches or straight to CAD? Which CAD first?
3D Printing - https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cd3dPIelDaD/ (PDXCNC ShopSabre Dust Boot Prototype) http://octoprint.org/ (Octoprint.org) https://rhino3d.com/ (Rhino) Vs https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/ (Fusion 360) Shopify to Airtable - https://apps.shopify.com/airpower (Airpower) Products Orders Proof Point icons: Sustainable, well made, free shipping, speed.
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
Jem comes to us from his car because he got Covid. Discuss best hires and whether freelance marketers make sense? Also, Rigid Tapping on PDXCNC YCM. https://youtu.be/UNoZCqvNTBw (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=6%20-%20Jem%20Got%20Covid (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Jem got Covid Justin needs more contingency Staff Work Plan if WFH suddenly
Which Hire was most impactful? Business Manager Hire (Sarah) make a big difference? https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrn7zGkixt/ (The job ad from 2016) Relieving Jem's admin work Beneficial she was out of the industry? Years hiring to find Jem clones vs hiring someone who could free up my time. Hiring friends vs seeking the best candidate
Advertising Internal / Freelancer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Dilemma (Social Dilemma) Balancing social media engagement - pros/cons LB's Advertising Efforts LB - Facebook - Feels random LB - Google Ads - feels more transparent and intentional Justin's advertising is random and not often successful
Justin Rigid Tapped! - https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cdj3YhVFa-d/ (Nack Wall T-Clamp) Nack Wall Peg https://www.instagram.com/p/CdeYwtSlKfJ/ (prototype fixturing)
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HOSTS Jem Freeman Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia https://likebutter.com.au?ref=pd-episode-bio (Like Butter) https://linktr.ee/likebutter (More Links)
Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
Poplar Plywood, Quoting with Quotient, Airtable, Like Butter's 4-Day Week, and Fusion 360 Drawings. https://youtu.be/ZfnVJWBWvjk (Watch on Youtube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=5%20-%20Optimism%20Override%20Slider (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Sales target from last week, fudging the numbers https://portlandcnc.com/hire (PDXCNC RFQ Form) Quoting "parts of a day" Poplar Parts are... interesting Friday's off at LB? Do tell LB - 4-day work week since 2016-17 Jem and Jay try https://pdxc.co/quotient (Quotient) - the results are in. 👀 Fusion 360 Drawings Experience Conventions vs getting it done Controlling Formatting and Conventions 👎 Screen capture to replace client drawings
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
A full array of topics from cutting 40,000 half-inch holes, Incentivizing Innovation, Quoting with Quotient, 5-Axis CNCs, NDAs, and the Default Diary. DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=4%20-%20Nice%20Biscuits! (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. https://pdxc.co/pd4 (Watch on Youtube) Both making "Pegs" Incentivizing Innovation Like Butter product development - Royalty to team member Alexei Sayle clip on "Nice" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vPUeB2ZqQU (Dire Straits according to Alexei Sayle) Drilling 40 thousand 1/2" holes in birch ply? Quoting with https://pdxc.co/quotient (Quotient)! Growing Wood Parts Feeds & Speeds are tough to acquire when starting out Use the http://www.woodguide.org/files/2014/07/CNConsrud_routing_guide.pdf (Onsrud Production Routing Guide) PDF NC Pocket's https://www.instagram.com/p/CclVwUqPxVs/ (new 5-axis Alpha 4) (omg want) NDAs Balancing R&D vs Production - Jem works pre-production on R&D https://businessbenchmarkgroup.com.au/default-diary/ (Default Diary) - Break down planned blocks with space between for flexibility; Dedicated quoting block linked with the business manager has been really productive.
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
The Like Butter Pencil Sharpener genesis story is told, power chaos ensues at PDX CNC. CNC crashes, and good old fashioned Robot Talk. https://pdxc.co/pd3 (Watch on YouTube) DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=3%20-%20The%20Pencil%20Sharpener (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Justin's Power Fiasco Jem is on the machines Justin finding Jem's https://instagram.com/p/CJuI34vF5H5/ (Instagram on this post)
The Pencil Sharpener Genesis 4-axis, 5-spindle custom CNC machine Pencil Sharpener makes Like Butter's https://likebutter.com.au/products/kittaparts (KittaParts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYX1GJHBrBK/ (See it in action) https://instagram.com/laundromat_mfg/ (Laundromat_mfg) - made Pencil Sharpener Masso G3 Touch Controller
https://tiktok.com/@likebutter.au (Like Butter Tiktok ) https://tiktok.com/@pdxcnc (PDXCNC Tiktok) Machine Tool Talk Spanish Timber Turning Co - Intorex Cameron and Trinity (LB's Routers) Crashing Machines Second spindles https://instagram.com/twigandbot/ (Melbourne Kuka Robot) with awesome end effectors https://www.linkedin.com/posts/loupeteam_abb-robots-robotics-activity-6912410080080449537-HQjt (Loupe's Robot Chainsaw)
Brass Pulls by https://instagram.com/dkl_custom_furniture/ (DKL Custom Furniture) SUPPORT THE SHOW https://dept.parts/review (Review on Apple Podcast) Share with a Friend
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Justin Brouillette Portland, Oregon, USA https://portlandcnc.com?ref=pd-episode-bio (PDX CNC) https://shop.nack.is?ref=pd-episode-bio (Nack) https://pdxc.co/link (More Links)
The guys talk about LB's Lean Day, company culture, Freshdesk, Quotient, Fusion 360 Nesting, Justin's New Kaeser Compressor, and the YCM CF BIN file update. DISCUSSED: Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Garnica - Plywood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49p1JVLHUos (10 Bullets - Tom Sachs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoOUBETTyMI (Discipline of Do Easy by Gus Van Sant) LB Workshop Lean - once a month https://www.fastcap.com/content/lean-videos (Fastcap) - 3S Every morning 30 minutes Handoff from Quoting to Production https://descript.com (Descript) - Screen capture software Where do you host videos? https://freshdesk.com (Freshdesk) - Team Email and Articles https://portlandcnc.com/help (Portland CNC's Freshdesk) - Use a Team Inbox? https://pdxc.co/quotient (Quotient Quoting) http://paperlessparts.com (Paperless Parts) De-skill Quoting Nesting - Fusion 360 - Compare function Managing staff - Netflix culture deck, challenges, approach etc https://amzn.to/3M6KePj (Powerful - Patti McCord) Book Justin was thinking of: https://amzn.to/3KOIJFe (Radical Candor by Kim Scott) Business Coaching has been helpful for Jem, Justin is jealous. Both are overwhelmed by owning a business Justin’s new https://us.kaeser.com/products-and-solutions/rotary-screw-compressors/compressed-air-packages/airtowers/ (Kaeser Airtower 7.5c ) YCM Mill - Run from MEM Card (Compact Flash) is working! (Video coming)
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Jem and Justin chat about custom job shop work vs products, their Airtable ERPs, Justin's brain-dead YCM mill, and consider Profit Sharing and more in the first episode. DISCUSSED: ✍️ https://airtable.com/shrEkEhhW3PgXF1zM?&prefill_Episode=1%20-%20Jem%20and%20the%20Robots (Send us Episode Comments) Please note: Show notes contains affiliate links. Jem: Custom jobs Grasshopper for quoting, now Airtable Link Index https://workflowy.com (Workflowy) https://dept.parts/airtable-invite (Airtable) - Overall view Technique Base Single dump as records then filter with views ERPs https://portlandcnc.com/blog/2022/02/cnc-training (PDXCNC Training courses) Job Shop Work and Challenges Manufacturing Consulting / Product Development Sales Internal drive vs external input Internal products are more predictable External richness - Learn a process from a client's job Time Tracking - Xero Projects Quote vs Actual Why are we time tracking? “How much time” Open Book Management - open finances Team Investment / Profit sharing? Microphone Stand? Jem's Quarterly Walk - “Review” 1 on 1 Jem Rebuilding Shopify Theme
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Parts Department is a discussion between Justin Brouillette of Portland CNC and Jem Freeman of Like Butter. They talk CNC machines, their product design, and manufacturing businesses, and every kind of tool that they fancy. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app or head to https://dept.parts?ref=trailer (https://dept.parts) Show Info https://dept.parts (Show Website) https://dept.parts/contact (Contact Jem & Justin)
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