Within Tolerance Episode 285 - Chris Townsend of Eagle Manufacturing
Chris Townsend joins me to talk about Eagle Manufacturing, the student-run business at Brown County High School in Indiana. We get into runn...
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Down the Rabbit Hole with Justin Gray EP5 - The System of Systems
Episode five of My Tool Library Is Better Than Yours. If your shop runs on a standard tool library, those tools need to always be there. Jus...
Within Tolerance Episode 284 - The Sea of Kern - IMTS 2026
Everyone's answer for the best part of IMTS 2026 was the same: the people. Zap, Justin, John Grimsmo, Chris Hopkins, Andrew Henry, and James...
Within Tolerance Episode 283 - 5 Years of Change With Andrew Henry
Andrew Henry of Henry Holsters is back after nearly five years, and a lot has changed: 11 employees to just over 30, a building addition, a...
Within Tolerance Episode 282 - The Bot Will Remember This with Zap
Zap and I go live one more time before IMTS with Patreon members firing off questions. We map out the meetups (Kern on Wednesday the 3rd, pl...
Down the Rabbit Hole with Justin Gray EP4 - Standard Tools Are the Cheapest Automation You Can Buy
Justin and Zap are back for chapter four of My Tool Library Is Better Than Yours: Standard Tools Are the Cheapest Automation You Can Buy. St...
Within Tolerance Episode 281 - Eddie Riddell of Steele & Co Engineering
Eddie Riddell of Steele & Co Engineering joins Dylan this week from his one-man job shop in one of the most remote cities in the world. Eddi...
Within Tolerance Episode 280 - Long Lists and Kinematic Sauce
A long overdue catch-up with Dylan and Zap. Dylan owns up to overcommitting the shop and relearning that automation doesn't save you from yo...
Down the Rabbit Hole with Justin Gray EP3 - Always Be Auditing
Justin and Zap dig into the idea that a good tool library is never finished. They cover treating it as a digital twin of your crib, promotin...
Down the Rabbit Hole with Justin Gray EP2 - My Presets are Better Than Yours
Episode two digs into presets to boost throughput in CAM. Justin and Zap break down the golden rule—if you're dialing in feeds and speeds ev...
Down the Rabbit Hole with Justin Gray EP1 - My Tool Model is Better Than Yours
Kicking off Down the Rabbit Hole, a new Within Tolerance podcast for nerds, by nerds. Justin and Zap launch their multi-part series "My Tool...
Within Tolerance Episode 279 - Down the Rabbit Hole with Justin Gray
Justin Gray catches us up on life post-Toolpath. We get into Justin Gray Labs and his vibe coding kits — along with the security nightmares...
Within Tolerance Episode 278 - Post Summit Clarity with Zap
Two months of catching up with Zap: the Toolpath Summit recap, his Claude-built ERP CritLink processing real money, and his Boise shop diale...
Within Tolerance Episode 277 - Matt Blackwell of Blackwell Engineering
Matt Blackwell spent over two decades fixing jets and flying C-17s before building a one-man backyard shop and a fiber laser fixture busines...
Within Tolerance Episode 276 - Joseph Alonso of Novo Modo
Joe Alonso tells the full Novo Modo origin story—off-grid childhood, working full-time at 16, a career detour through blindness and Microsof...
Within Tolerance Episode 275 - Still Powerless with Zap
Zap and Dylan catch up after a busy stretch. Boise expansion, Texas customer visits, QuickBooks meltdown, and the Claude Code build. Dylan's...
Within Tolerance Episode 274 - Brian Kippen of KAD Models
Brian Kippen is back after nearly four years to talk about an incredible period of growth and change at KAD Models. From teaching machining...
Within Tolerance Episode 273 - Wrapping Up 2025 With Zap
Zap and I wrap up 2025 with our first live podcast! Patreon members join us as we answer questions, reflect on 2025, and talk about plans fo...
Within Tolerance Episode 272 - Ethan Perrin
This week I talk with Ethan Perrin about MIT Formula SAE, building the Miters West shop, and why a small fiber laser and press brake changed...
Within Tolerance Episode 271 - Pre-Flexing with Zap
In‑person catch‑up: pre‑Flex rigging shuffle, neighbors bribed with donuts, and the first HyperMill customer part. Zap runs through leaving...