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Latest episodes
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Buying Your Next Machine? Make the Automation Math Work
October 5, 2026 · 54 minA new machine can open the door to different work, greater capacity, and your shop's next stage of growth. But buying it is only part of the equation. Who's going to run it? How many hours will it actually produce? And have you considered…
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Titan Gilroy's Challenge to Every Machine Shop Owner
September 28, 2026 · 50 minWe spent this year asking young shop owners how they found machining, and one name came up in almost every single conversation. Titan Gilroy. What better way to close out our Generation CNC and workforce development series than a…
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How ATDM Builds Shop-Ready Machinists in Just 16 Weeks
September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minFor every five people aging out of the skilled trades, only two are stepping in behind them. Manufacturers have spent years talking about that gap. Danville, Virginia, decided to build its way out of it. In this episode, Jason Wells takes…
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Kennametal Goes Full Throttle: The Next Level Shop at IMTS 2026
September 14, 2026 · 49 minKennametal isn't showing up to IMTS with another wall of cutting tools. They're building a working custom motorcycle shop in the middle of the West Building—and they plan to cut chips, build a bike, and give that bike away before the show…
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Build Your Workforce Before You Need It: MSP's Apprenticeship Pipeline | Ep. 539
September 7, 2026 · 55 minMost machine shops start thinking seriously about workforce development when they already need someone. A machinist quits, capacity jumps, the backlog grows, and suddenly finding skilled people becomes an emergency. MSP Manufacturing has…
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At the Boring Bar: AI, Automation, and the Machine Shop We'd Build Today
August 31, 2026 · 1 hr 32 minA lot has changed since the last time we pulled up chairs around the Boring Bar. For our fourth edition, eight manufacturing leaders joined us in the MakingChips studio ahead of the IMTS pre-party to talk about where the industry is headed…
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Why Your Shop's Website Traffic Is Down, But Your Leads Aren't
August 24, 2026 · 54 minWebsite traffic is falling across the board, and it's tempting to read that as a marketing problem. It usually isn't. AI summaries now answer the generic top of funnel questions people used to click into your site to answer, so the casual…
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GroundControl: Turning First Articles From a Bottleneck Into an Advantage
August 17, 2026 · 55 minSix jobs waiting on a first article means six spindles sitting still. That is the math Mike lives with at Hill, running around 58 jobs a day where nearly every one needs an internal or external first article before parts can ship. When…
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Lean, AI, and One-Piece Flow: How Henry Holsters Ships Same-Day
August 10, 2026 · 59 minMost shops treat lean like a poster on the break room wall. Andrew Henry runs it like a competitive weapon. He built Henry Holsters into a company that ships around 55,000 orders a year, most of them the same day they come in, without…
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Craftsman With Character: How to Mentor the Next Generation of Machinists
August 3, 2026 · 55 minEvery shop owner knows the workforce problem by heart. The trades got denigrated, tech ed programs got gutted, and a whole generation of kids never found out that a manufacturing career was even an option. We have all heard that speech a…
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IMTS 2026 Preview: What's New, How to Plan It, and Why It's Worth the Trip
July 27, 2026 · 49 minIMTS is 1.2 million square feet spread across six days, and the average visitor only spends about 2.7 of them on the floor. That math is exactly why walking in without a plan means seeing a fraction of what you came for. In this episode we…
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How a 19-Year-Old Built a Tight-Tolerance Machine Shop, Ep #532
July 20, 2026 · 59 minMost machine shop owners spend twenty years learning the lesson Stone figured out before he turned 21: get great at one thing, and say no to almost everything else. He bought his first CNC at 15 to make knife handles, started taking…
About the show
Manufacturing is tough—but you don't have to go it alone. If you're leading a manufacturing business, you face constant pressure: staying competitive, adopting new tech, managing people, and driving growth. MakingChips helps you tackle those challenges head-on.
Since 2014, we've been equipping manufacturing leaders with the knowledge and inspiration they need to succeed. With hundreds of episodes and over a million downloads, MakingChips is a top resource for the metalworking nation—covering leadership, operations, technology, and workforce development.
If making chips is part of your daily grind, this is your podcast. Join hosts Nick Goellner, Mike Payne, and Paul Van Metre for real talk on the issues that matter most.