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Curt and Jamie dive into business and manufacturing as one-man shops.

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This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, Jamie has been listening to The E-Myth again and has come to a rather uncomfortable realization. He's apparently done everything wrong. After a week of running machines, putting out fires, and discovering that... more

This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, we're experimenting with workholding, tumbling media, and how to make manufacturing a little less painful.

Curt's been testing different tumbling media on titanium pen bodies, discovering some surprisingly go... more

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This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, Curt discovers that despite operating machines, running a business, and apparently being a functioning adult, he still cannot reliably add numbers together. A simple order count leaves him 100 pens short of re... more

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This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, we're back from IMTS and apparently nobody came home with fewer projects.

Curt has managed to create a rather serious problem for himself after launching a one-minute presale for his pens. The idea was simple... more

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Jamie is officially running on fumes as the IMTS marathon continues, but there’s still plenty of time for machines, workholding, questionable engineering ideas, and collecting an absolutely unreasonable amount of free stuff.

Today’s recap covers sma... more

Day two of IMTS, and Jamie is somehow fitting even more machines, people, questionable decisions, and engineering ideas into an already packed schedule.

The day ends with Oktoberfest, late nights, escalator shenanigans, and a trip back to the Airbnb... more

IMTS is officially underway, and Jamie has already discovered that three hours in the machine tool hall gets you through roughly one third of it.

In this Monday recap, Jamie and Curt catch up on the first day of the show, the meetup, the endless FOM... more

This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, the machines are starting to outproduce the humans, which sounds great right up until you realize somebody still has to finish all those damn parts.

Curt is running huge production batches ahead of a pre-sale... more

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Hosts

Curt
Host of The Lone Machinists; performs dual role as host and primary operator in one-man shop discussions; often shares practical shop-floor insights and project updates.
Jamie
Co-host focusing on manufacturing workflows, tooling strategies, and business questions; often provides parallel perspectives to Curt and helps drive show cadence.

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Ep. 81: Teaching Engineers to Talk with Al Whatmough
Q: How do you see the machining education world changing in the coming years?
Education will increasingly blend hands-on practice with accessible, scalable content—teachers using facilitated, problem-based learning and industry partners providing real-world context to keep students engaged and industry ready.
Ep. 70: How to Build a Business by Accident with Titan Ring Designs
Q: How did Titan Ring Designs get started and grow from a side project to a full-fledged business?
It began as a personal interest and a few prototype pieces, then scaled through small, iterative sales and a willingness to experiment. Persistence, leveraging existing machining skills, and sharing work publicly helped build a customer base; over time, the business formalized with licensing and ecommerce channels as momentum grew.
Ep. 64: Sausage Polishers & Shop Logic
Q: How would you verify if an electric motor is faulty and how would you repair it?
We'd start by measuring windings and resistance between all three phases to detect imbalances or shorts, then verify insulation to ground. If windings are suspected, we'd check by testing with a different drive or re-wiring to isolate the drive vs motor, and consider rewinding or replacement. If the drive or controller is the fault, swapping components can confirm the culprit; otherwise, motor windings or encoders may need rewinding or replacement. A practical approach is to disconnect the drive, test windings individually, and use a table of phase-to-phase and ground measurements to identify anomalies.
Ep. 58: The Seizure-Inducing Delivery Sensor
Q: Am I still planning on a bigger workshop?
Yes, I am planning to build a workshop that could be around 60 square meters, but it's constrained by a building line.
Ep. 28: Grindzilla
Q: Curt, what are your thoughts on keeping track of design versions and CAD files?
Curt trusts the cloud service Fusion 360 for storing his designs and uses it as his single source of truth, but manually breaks out major revisions to avoid confusion.

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Frequently Asked Questions About The Lone Machinists

What is The Lone Machinists about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Two hosts run a practical, no-nonsense one-man shop podcast focused on small-batch manufacturing, tooling, and business operations. Across episodes, the emphasis sits on real-world workflows, shop-floor pragmatism, inventory and procurement discipline, and balancing in-house production with outsourcing. Frequent threads include staying cash-positive during growth, selecting and deploying tooling and automation, and navigating events like IMTS and vendor interactions. The duo blends hands-on machining tips with stories from the road, office moves, and family life, creating a candid, approachable window into running small manufacturing businesses. Notable strengths include a strong focus on scalable processes without losing craftsmanship, a k... more

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