Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan talks about how it feels to be running a brand new Speedio! Payton shares a little insight on the madness that Black Friday and Cyber Monday has caused while trying to keep up with machining parts!
Dec 04, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we interview Jeff Fritsch from CAMplete. CAMplete is a software company that allows users to verify their G-Code before running it through their CNC machines. Jeff talks about how CAMplete started and how they operate!
Dec 01, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan talks about how his new Brother machine tool comes in less than a week, and will be making parts by thanksgiving! Payton talks about how he is dealing with the Black Friday rush and making some injection mold components!
Nov 21, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk to Phil Butterworth at MJK Performance about all things five axis, tabbing and running a small shop! Phil talks about how he started from making oil and gas parts to running a fully automated MX330 along with HURCO machine tools!
Nov 15, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 20
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan announces his purchase of a brand new Brother S700X1! Enough said! Enjoy learning about some of the options Dylan choose and opted out of.
Nov 06, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan and Payton talk to Andrew McEwen (@laserscanman) on Instagram about everything 3D scanning! Andrew talks about how 3D scanning is a thriving technology that is being used to develop everyday products. Andrew also discusses how 3D scanning is being directly implemented in the design and manufacturing process of large companies!
Oct 30, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan hints at possibly a new machine in his shop! Then Payton and Dylan talk about wear vs computer comp on their machines. Make sure to post on your Instagram story Wear vs Comp ! Let's settle this debate!
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan shares more success about his vacuum workholding journey as he crushes some thin plate parts! On the other hand Payton stresses about getting another machine and where to put it!
Oct 17, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan and Payton talk about getting slammed with jobs! Dylan goes into detail about what he has been learning about vacuum workholding. Then Payton talks about getting loads of new work and slowly creeping into automation!
Oct 10, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan and Payton interview Jay Pierson, the lean master himself! Jay has a workholding company (Pierson Workholding) that focuses on making workholding solutions to make machinists life's easier and more efficient. Jay goes into detail on how he got into the trade along with the techniques he uses to run a successful business in manufacturing.
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today we talk about running small quantities of aluminum parts and how a five axis machine would speed this process up for the both of us. Dylan hints that he is looking into getting rid of a machine and upgrading to another Brother machine. On the other hand Payton talks about debating between a second vertical machine or a five axis trunnion.
Sep 25, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan and Payton interview Adam Demuth AKA adam_the_machinist on Instagram! Adam is well known in the Instagram community for machining carbide and hardened steels on his small Mori NVD 1500. Adam also talks about the parts he makes along with how he plans to grow his company in the coming years with automation!
Sep 19, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop! Today Dylan made the bold move to reach out to all his customers and follow up for more work! He got it, and lots of it! On the flip side Payton is hard at work machining a large order of brass parts for a local customer. Dylan also talks about his recent visit from the Universal Robot reseller, and Payton and Dylan discuss automation.
Sep 11, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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.
Sep 04, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 10
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!
Aug 29, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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,...
Aug 24, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
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 mor...
Aug 15, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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.
Aug 08, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 6
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.
Jul 31, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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!
Jul 24, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4
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!
Jul 17, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop!
Jul 11, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to the Within Tolerance Podcast! This podcast is where Payton Dean (BrickTactical) and Dylan Jackson (Proteum Machining) talk shop!
Jul 10, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 1