Noah Graff, used machine tool dealer and editor of Today’s Machining World, interviews machining company owners, equipment gurus, and experts with insight to help and entertain people working in the machining field. We discuss topics such as how to find quality employees, customer acquisition, negotiation, and the best CNC equipment options for specific jobs.
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Noah Graff, used machine tool dealer and editor of Today’s Machining World, interviews machining company owners, equipment gurus, and experts with insight to help and entertain people working in the machining field. We discuss topics such as how to find quality employees, customer acquisition, negotiation, and the best CNC equipment options for specific jobs.
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Recent Episodes
May 26, 2026
The Man Who Never Stops Teaching, with Logan McGhan-EP 266
Host Logan McGhan shares profound lessons learned from mentors in machining and martial arts, emphasizing the importance of paying forward valuable guidance.
May 12, 2026
Rifles, Racing, and Rhinos, with Tim Betts–EP 265
<div>I met Tim Betts a few weeks ago when he was shopping for a Willemin turn-mill we had for sale. One conversation in and I knew he had to come on Swarfcast.</div> <div>Tim told me he’s in the drugs business, the guns business, and horse racing, and that actually makes him one of the most heavily regulated businessmen in America. Seriously, he’s a compounding pharmacist, he machines precision rifle parts, and he manufactures race bikes for harness racing around the world. And he’s all in on every one of them.</div> <div></div> <h1>Interview Highlights</h1> <h2>Guns</h2> <p>Tim co-owns Procision Arms with his partner Jason, who runs the shop while Tim runs the office. They spotted a real gap in the market. Small and mid-sized gun builders were getting squeezed by venture capital firms buying up precision rifle component manufacturers, jacking up prices and cutting margins. Tim and Jason built their processes from the ground up to fill that void. Today they’re a full OEM shop producing parts to aerospace tolerances for bolt action hunting rifles. Five-axis machining, horizontal mills, EDM, serious work.</p> <h2>Drugs</h2> <p>Tim has a doctorate in pharmacy and works for a compounding pharmacy in southeastern Pennsylvania. Compounding means making custom medications that either don’t exist commercially or have been abandoned by drug companies as unprofitable. The work is intensely creative. If a a child or animal won’t take a pill, you find another way. Tim’s team once made antibiotics for a rhino who happened to love Rice Krispie treats, so they baked the dose into a full 9×9 pan. They’ve also embedded pills into fish to medicate penguins. It’s a business tightly regulated by the FDA and more manufacturing than most people realize.</p> <h2>Horses</h2> <div>Tim and his brothers grew up in harness racing. Both of their grandfathers trained horses and his brother is a full-time trainer today. Tim also owns a company that manufactures the sulkies, the two-wheeled race bikes the horses pull. They ship them to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and South America. It’s a genuinely global manufacturing business inside a niche sport most people have never thought about.</div> <div></div> <h2>When Worlds Collide, Good Things Happen</h2> <div>At first glance, these three worlds have nothing to do with each other. But the overlaps keep showing up. Veterinarians, some of Tim’s core pharmacy customers, turn out to be disproportionately into hunting and shooting, so pharmacy relationships open firearms doors. He met a major firearms customer through the horse world. And the problem-solving mindset carries across all three. As Tim puts it, the trial and error in pharmacy looks a lot like dialing in a new tool path in the shop. “This carrier didn’t really work at the pH it has to be at, so we have to try a different carrier. It’s a lot of the same type of things from a production standpoint.”</div> <div>His wife says she never knows when he takes a phone call at seven in the evening whether it’s going to be about horses, guns, machining, or pharmacy. Tim just shrugs. “Never a dull moment.”<br /> <br clear="all" /></div>
April 28, 2026
Be THE Leader, with Ryan Avery–EP 264
<p class="p1">Sometimes I feel like I’m a good leader. I think I’ve always believed at least that I could be. The insecure statement comes from my conventional view of leading–taking charge to mobilize other people in our businesses, or as a dad or as a thought leader.</p> <p class="p1">But my podcast guest Ryan Avery, gave me a new view of what it means to be a leader. Something more universal and applicable to my whole life.</p> <p class="p1">He says the key to being a leader in any facet of your life is to go from being “A” to “THE.” I get to be THE podcaster. I am THE dad. THE machinery dealer. THE leader.</p> <p class="p1">For him, leadership is influencing others by connecting with them, rather than merely persuading. THE puts you in the clear confident frame of mind that enables you to thrive in your goals and causes others to gravitate to you.</p> <h1><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7FJJLfj-rcw?si=ovkfwt_M-ccCGySx" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> <b>Main Points</b></h1> <h2 class="p3"><b>A leader convinces. THE leader connects</b></h2> <p class="p3">No matter the culture, people don’t like to be convinced, but when someone <i>connects</i> with them, they gravitate toward that person naturally. Ryan says anyone can sell anything, anyone can motivate people. The difference is how you do it. When you lead through connection rather than persuasion, you feel good about what you’re putting out there and so does the person on the other side.</p> <h2 class="p3"><b>You’re already a leader</b></h2> <p class="p3">Ryan defines leadership simply as anyone who influences someone. So there’s no need to want to be a leader. You already are. Whether it’s mobilizing a team, raising a kid, or convincing someone to put a little more chicken on your burrito without charging you extra. You’re influencing people constantly. Leadership isn’t a destination you reach one day. You’re already in it. The only question is what and who you want to influence.</p> <h2 class="p3"><b>Step forward</b></h2> <p class="p3">Moving your body forward tells your biology it’s okay to approach. You speak a little louder, smile more, engage better with eye contact. Moving backward does the opposite. It signals retreat, confusion, and puts you in a position of less power. The concept is called embodied cognition. A few months ago, <a href="http://<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7FJJLfj-rcw?si=ovkfwt_M-ccCGySx" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>">Ryan had me demonstrate it in front of a room at the PMPA conference</a>. Same words, two different directions. I felt the difference instantly. In our interview when I recounted the story, even just imagining myself moving backward and then forward changed how I felt.</p> <h2 class="p3"><b>Stop saying “just” and “I think”</b></h2> <p class="p3">These words shrink what you’re about to say before you’ve even said it. They signal uncertainty before you’ve given anyone a reason to doubt you. Cut them and notice how different you sound and feel.</p> <h2 class="p3"><b>Turn questions into statements</b></h2> <p class="p3">“How am I going to grow this business?” becomes “I’m growing this business.” Statements direct you toward action. Questions keep you in your head. Most of the time you don’t need to think more. You need to do more.</p> <h2 class="p3"><b>Change your inner dialogue</b></h2> <p class="p3">Ryan studies psycholinguistics, how the words we use shape the thoughts we have and determine the actions we take. The shift from A to THE starts inside your head. It’s not about being perfect or being the best. He points out that Gandhi wasn’t perfect. But Gandhi was THE leader for millions of people. Your THE doesn’t require perfection. It just requires showing up as the fullest version of yourself in whatever it is you do.</p>
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