The Lone Machinists

About The Lone Machinists

Curt and Jamie dive into business and manufacturing as one-man shops.

Publisher

Jamie Peacock & Curt Van Filipowski (Feat. Jon Dillehay)

Category

business · education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jan 2025

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

94 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Ep. 91: The Penpocalypse Is Coming

   This week on the Lone Machinist Podcast, we're back from IMTS and apparently nobody came home with fewer projects. Curt has managed to create a rather serious problem for himself after launching a one-minute presale for his pens. The idea was simple, keep the sales window short so he wouldn't end up with more orders than he could handle. Unfortunately, everyone who got the pens into their carts during that minute could take their sweet time checking out. The result? Curt sold more pens than he's ever sold before and now has hundreds of pens to make. Rookie move. Jamie has his own growing list of projects, including new products, customer work, a lathe project, more Anchor Point pallets, and plans for a bigger 3D printer because apparently the existing printer has started taking up valuable desk space. We also spend plenty of time talking about the recent IMTS trip, including Paper Kurt's adventures, meeting patrons and machinists, Chicago, New York, and the truly ridiculous amount of walking involved. Jamie averaged around 16,000 steps a day, and somehow still came home wanting to do it all again. There's also plenty of CNC automation, pneumatic systems, tooling, printers, production planning, and the usual discussion about buying more equipment because clearly that's the solution. Hundreds of pens, thousands of steps, and absolutely no spare time. The Lone Machinist: * Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/ * Bonus Content: https://thelonemachinists.com/#bonus-content * Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store * Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/ Jamie: * http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering * https://www.jspeceng.com/ * https://www.noughticalwh.com/ Curt: * https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/ * https://www.confoundedmachine.com/

2. 

   19 Sept 2026

   Day 4: I Don't Plan on Buying Pens for Two Years

   Jamie is officially running on fumes as the IMTS marathon continues, but there's still plenty of time for machines, workholding, questionable engineering ideas, and collecting an absolutely unreasonable amount of free stuff. Today's recap covers small five-axis machines, the X-Horse, ToolDawns, a Wazer demo, and why a Wazer might make sense for some applications but definitely isn't the answer to everything. Jamie also discovers some seriously clever engineering at the Lang booth, including a robot-loading system door that apparently gave an engineer a solid boner. There's also discussion about mineral-cast router frames, IGUS samples, pneumatic workholding, EMO, tumbling systems, and the possibility of building a servo-driven tumbler because apparently buying one isn't enough. Meanwhile, Jamie has accumulated enough pens, stickers, flash drives, tombstones, Tech Decks, and other booth loot to justify its own inventory system. The show is winding down, the FOMO is getting worse, and Jamie is already planning what needs to happen at the next one. Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/ The Lone Machinist: * Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/ * Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store * Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists Jamie: * http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering * https://www.jspeceng.com/ Curt: * https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/ * https://www.confoundedmachine.com/

3. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Day 2: That Thing's Slow as Balls

   Day two of IMTS, and Jamie is somehow fitting even more machines, people, questionable decisions, and engineering ideas into an already packed schedule. The day ends with Oktoberfest, late nights, escalator shenanigans, and a trip back to the Airbnb to talk shit until midnight. And starts straight back into IMTS, with Jamie working his way through tooling, workholding, abrasives, automation, and an increasingly ridiculous collection of machines. There's discussion about Index's wild multi-spindle Swiss setup, Siemens PLCs and integrating a probe, a tiny CNC project for grinding serrations into inserts, and why apparently a pneumatic vise is now something Jamie needs to build. They also discover that the steel shelf was actually aluminium, leading to Tall Jacob being sent in because nobody knows who he is. Meanwhile, Curt continues experiencing IMTS through messages and social media, while Jamie keeps getting recognized by his voice and discovering that seemingly everyone is at the show. Add in giant machines, questionable prototypes, FOMO, meetups, karaoke, and a water bottle that is becoming increasingly thick, chunky, and girthy, and Tuesday at IMTS is shaping up nicely. Need Work Done? Check out Subtract Manufacturing at: https://subtractmanufacturing.com/ The Lone Machinist: * Website: https://thelonemachinists.com/ * Merch: https://www.jspeceng.com/online-store * Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheLoneMachinists Jamie: * http://instagram.com/jspec_engineering * https://www.jspeceng.com/ Curt: * https://www.instagram.com/confoundedmachine/ * https://www.confoundedmachine.com/

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