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Machine Shop Mastery

Machine Shop Mastery

Paul Van Metre

139 episodesEN-US

Show overview

Machine Shop Mastery has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 139 episodes. That works out to roughly 150 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 58 min and 1h 9m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 40 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 40 episodes published. Published by Paul Van Metre.

Episodes
139
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
1h 3m
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

The Machine Shop Mastery Podcast helps to elevate the importance of the machine shop industry and reveal the secrets of success for machine shops, to inspire other shop owners or would-be shop owners to follow their passions, start and grow their shops to be an economic driver for our economy and their stakeholders.

Latest Episodes

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137. Building More Than Parts: How Chris King Creates Products, Jobs and Community

Oct 7, 202656 min

Building a Precision Business, Not Just a Precision Shop with M3 Aerospace | Ep. 136

Sep 30, 20261h 2m

135. From Zero to a Running Machine Shop in Months: Gavin Giguere's Startup Story

Sep 23, 20261h 2m

134. A New Shop Startup based on E Myth Principles - Assa From Rise Machine Works

Sep 16, 202649 min

133. The World's Fastest Growing Machine Shop Franchise: Isembard's Explosive Growth

Sep 9, 202654 min

132. Mission, Manifesto and Momentum: The Incredible Trajectory of Evolution CNC

Sep 2, 20261h 5m

131. Precision Manufacturing, Precision Business: The Book This Community Wrote

Aug 26, 202629 min

130. Starting a Machine Shop at 60: How RPM Built a High-Performance Team

Aug 19, 202650 min

129. Leverage Everything: Bootstrapping a Profitable Metal Additive Shop

Aug 12, 20261h 3m

From WWII Origins to Modern Manufacturing: The HFW Industries Journey, Ep. #128

Aug 5, 202652 min

127. Building a Manufacturing Brand through Social Media and Storytelling

Jul 29, 20261h 4m

126. From Zero to $5B Market Cap in 13 Years

Jul 22, 20261h 2m

125. Benefits, Benefits and More Benefits of Lean, with Andrew Henry

Jul 15, 20261h 4m

124. Teamwork, Love, and Lean: The Leadership Philosophy Behind Altek's Success

Jul 8, 202657 min

123. A Daughter's Promise: Preserving Bedard Machine Through One of Life's Hardest Challenges

Jul 1, 20261h 3m

122. How Borg Design Built a 50-Machine Defense Manufacturing Powerhouse

Jun 24, 20261h 7m

121. Playing the Long Game in Machining with Chris Welch from Swissomation

Jun 17, 20261h 1m

120. From Startup to Seven Figures: Kenny Williams' Manufacturing Playbook

Jun 10, 20261h 1m

119. From Empty Spindles to a $3M Vision: Ashley Parent's Shop Revival

Jun 3, 202653 min

118. From a Garage Bridgeport to 5-Axis Growth: CazTek's 22-Year Journey

May 27, 202659 min
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