Home Shop Machinists Podcast

After over a one month hiatus, Max and Justin are back with episode 13! Some of the things we talk about include: Max has had limited time in the shop.  What does work always get in the way of what we want to do? Justin purchased a sub $200 USD digital read out from eBay.  … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 13 – Have You Checked Your Oil? →

In this appropriately large episode Max and Justin talk shop with the great machinist and skilled Youtuber Adam Booth (ABOM79)! Some of the things we talk about include: Adam’s amazing work ethic Behind the scenes of a successful Youtuber: hard work and dedication Adam’s love and respect for his followers and fans Pride and Ownership:  … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 12 – ABOM79!!! →

In this episode Max and Justin decide to prognosticate about what the home machining shop of the future looks like.  50 or 100 years down the road is it going to be full of modified CNC machines, or will the electronics on those machines render them scrap and only the old school manual machines still … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 11 – Shop of the Future →

In this episode Max and Justin talk with the great Robin Renzetti, Practitioner of the Mechanical Arts (Robin – we hope you have that on your business card!).  We talk about: Robin’s gifted ability of machining and all things mechanical Robin’s resume.  A model of a helicopter rotor head.  And yes, he made very piece … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 10 – Practitioner of the Mechanical Arts →

In this episode Max and Justin talk about finishing and both agree that they are terrible at actually finishing projects.  In fact, it is amazing that this podcast is still being recorded and not sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust waiting for completion.  It did actually sit for about a week until Justin managed … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 9 – We Are Finished! →

In this episode Max and Justin take a trip down under, and back to the future, and  talk with John Creasey, an avid home shop machinist from Australia.  As usual the discussion topics vary considerably, but we do talk a bit of machining.  In this episode you’ll find: John and Justin get a little teary … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 8 – G’Day Mate →

In a first for us we manage to get an episode recorded, edited, and posted in about 2 weeks!  Don’t worry we didn’t skimp on the quantity of the recording – this episode is a long as the rest of them (note nothing was said about quality!). In this episode we talk about work holding … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 7 – Work Holding →

Despite our terrible bantering in episode 2, Stefan Gotteswinter decides to come back on.  Max and I think perhaps he might be suffering from poor judgement.  In the longest episode to date we talk about: Stefan’s 1200 km drive to take Richard King’s scraping class and he lets us know some of what he has … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 6 – All Scraped Up →

After getting confused as to what podcast they are recording, Max and Justin talk about hauling machine tools home.  Of course the stories keep getting better and more ostentatious the more they are told.  We also talk about: Max’s work on his Trent Pinion mill Change gears on the lathe – you don’t need that … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 5 – Cake Decorating and Hauling Iron →

Max and Justin invite Dan Sherman on for some general shop talk.  We started talking about what is going on in the shop but in true home shop machinist fashion this episode heads off on several slightly off topic tangents.  Within this episode: Welding and machining, is it a left brain right brain sort of … Continue reading Home Shop Machinists Podcast – Episode 4 – From Grass Cutting to Space →