Within Tolerance

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Within Tolerance Episode 10 - Well rested and kicking Haas Sep 04, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about how Dylan enjoyed his labor day weekend and got some shop upgrades in the process! On the other hand Payton continues to run his Haas, this time for 18 hours straight! Making molds with lots of cavities takes a while. Then Payton shares his trials and tribulations with machining a stainless steel casting.

Within Tolerance Episode 9 - The Calm before the Storm Aug 29, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about how Dylan went from extremely busy to extremely slow, this is just how job shop life can be sometimes. It also provides great timing to finish some shop projects that have been sitting. On the other hand Payton has his DM2 running full force, running for the past 36 hours straight and counting crunching out injection molds!

Within Tolerance Episode 8 - Dan Rudolph Aug 24, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk with Dan Rudolph the owner of Rudolph LLC a thriving machine shop in Pennsylvania. We interview Dan with loads of questions from automating a small shop to how do you balance running six machines and not going crazy! Dan has a crazy story on how he turned a side job of making parts on one machine to a full time endeavor of employing his father, himself, and recently joining his team, his wife! Make sure to go check out Dan's work @dannyrudolph on Instagram!

Within Tolerance Episode 7 - Preventing Headbanging Aug 15, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about how Helical impressed Dylan on his large stainless steel part that he just finished up! While Dylan stays into 1 am in the morning to finish up some jobs, Payton's HAAS is hard at work cranking out more injection molds for BrickTactical. We also talk about how to get through stressful situations in the shop so you can prevent scraping more parts.

Within Tolerance Episode 6 - Dylan is a dirty Machinist Aug 08, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about how Fusion 360 is taking over the maker world and potentially saturating the market. We also talk about our preferred CAD/CAM computer set ups. Lastly, we learn that Dylan is a very dirty machinist, let us know if you can relate.

Within Tolerance Episode 5 - What it's like to run a CNC Job Shop Jul 31, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! In this episode we answer some viewer submitted questions in regards to running a job shop, how many hours we both work for our own companies (it's a LOT) favorite materials to machine and more! We also go in depth about some of the hurdles we are both facing to get our shops running smoother.

Within Tolerance Episode 4 - Picking your first CNC Machine Jul 24, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about how Payton is excited to quote a Titanium job, along with Dylan having one of his best months in machining business yet! We also answer a listeners question about how we choose our CNC machines along with how we got them into our shops!

Within Tolerance Episode 3 - BBTB 2019 and Talking 5 Axis Jul 17, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! In this episode we recap Payton's visit to a LEGO convention, job shop work and talk about the release of the UMC-500 five axis machine!

Within Tolerance Episode 2 - Job Shop Life Jul 11, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop!

Within Tolerance Episode 1 - Introduce the Hosts Jul 10, 2019

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Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop!