Jem & Justin chat Moccamasters, bad millennial design, and coffee snobbery. They cover AirShop updates, YouTube milestones, and a barrel polishing query. Plus, Vention's new sanding cobot, post-processor woes, Cursor coding tips, and the joys of TextExpander. Laura's back on payroll, profit distribution fixed.

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DISCUSSED:

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• Moccamaster makes better coffee than I used to
• Hello Linda
• Thanks for all you that inquired about AirShop
• Shandy Vention Sanding Robot Turnkey - website
• 2025 PF spready upgrade ꘎
• New income goal, new accounts, new fixed distribution amounts, 11 months in. ꘎
• Added Laura back on the team officially
• Jonny post-processor gold star!
• Getting cursor chat to talk to cursor composer? Help
• Terrible LLM emails this week
• New prompt tuning to compensate, still crap.
• PS2 rides shotgun ꘎
• Slow steppers ꘎
• PS2 to States in – Tuesday, 13 May 2025
• Barrel tumbling whelp ꘎

Chapters

• 00:00 Jazzy Hands
• 03:19 Mother-in-law Coffee Experts
• 07:54 Launching New Ventures and Community Engagement
• 10:51 YouTube Success and Content Creation
• 16:34 Automation in Manufacturing and CNC Challenges
• 22:22 AI Post-maker
• 27:00 Navigating Post-Issue Challenges
• 28:07 Understanding Cursor: Chat vs. Composer
• 30:03 The Importance of Context in Coding
• 32:03 Dictation and Its Impact on Productivity
• 34:48 Degradation of AI Models: A Recent Concern
• 38:01 Managing Memory in AI Agents
• 39:53 Setting Up a Local Coding Environment
• 43:00 Progress on the PS2 Project
• 44:33 Timeline for Production and Shipping
• 48:35 Spreadsheet Management and Payroll Insights
• 51:25 Elevator Ding.mp3

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From nesting software shenanigans to exploring robot-filled shops, Jem and Justin navigate the chaos of running machine businesses. Justin tours a fantastic robot automation shop. They tackle everything from the Bambu firmware mess to pencil sharpener prototypes, while Justin shares his therapy journey. Between testing new productivity tools and fighting cash flow battles, they keep it real about January's challenges and the constant juggle of growth. A classic episode of shop talk meets real life, with a dash of productivity theater and price increase contemplation.

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• Nesting stories
• OpenNest
• BlockEdit
• Rhinonest / Rhinocam
• The sickness
• Share Cart link
• 80/20 Ideabuilder Extrusion config
• Youtube – I toured a robot workshop (😍)
• First Cuts on PS2 Pencil Sharpener
• Bambu Firmware fiasco
• DeepSeek R1
• Productivity Theatre Quote Register Nonsense ꘎
• Justin gets a therapist
• Update Shottr ?! - annoying fellow
• Raycast
• Bonkers good Jan
• Short Week, Still Behind
• Cash Flow Struggles
• Considering a Weekend Sale
• Upcoming Price Increases
• Auto Tape machines

Chapters

• 00:00 New Year Vibes
• 01:38 Design Software Chat
• 04:27 Cool Configurators
• 07:22 Work-Life Balance
• 09:41 Sick Days
• 12:22 Workflow Tools
• 15:06 Online Product Setup
• 17:39 Extrusion Builds
• 20:10 First Cuts
• 21:38 3D Print Talk
• 22:42 Bambu Drama
• 25:32 AI & Sim Theory
• 29:33 Business Talk
• 30:58 January Numbers
• 34:44 Marketing Tips
• 37:07 Productivity Tools
• 41:25 Therapy Real Talk
• 43:52 Raycast

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Jem and Justin discuss 3D printing technicalities, coding with AI agents as amateur software developers, barrel finishing of timber components, the value of long form video, Jem is reading profit first again, Notebook LM from Google, the fatigue of the hustle.

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• BBL Ideal Printing steps, 0.04mm
• Superb Yoda Model
• Configurator circles
• Cursor coding, AI code workflow
• Dedicated Drilling
• Barrel finishing
• Long term value of long form video
• Linus interview with Colin and Samir
• Profit first, third time lucky
• Notebook LM
• Shopify API check out authentication
• Hustle fatigue
• IG popping orf
• Retrospective journalling value

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HOSTS

Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Justin Brouillette

Portland, Oregon, USA

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An extra special/long episode for doing dishes as you collapse into the holiday season. Thanks for listening this year! Jem and Justin.

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DISCUSSED:

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Biggest things or impacts

• Profit First
• Printed product expansion
• Now have 4ct - X1
• CNC tooling
• Understated impact of new child

• Looking forward
• Covid down time and reading profit first
• Sense of ownership

• Flow
• Following 2024 lesson, do the obvious thing
• Simplify software stack
• Double revenue
• Outsource and delegate
• Fiverr, Upwork
• Virtual assistant?
• AI Agents!?!
• Robots, automation?
• CS offloading - disconnect
• Meditating

• OPEX creep
• DIY Config Launch
• Increase product % mix
• Get back on the tools (not too much)
• Default diary

Other

• Eric Larson's - Within Tolerance 5⭐️'s
• ChatGPT swings and roundabouts ꘎
• Discovered second battery
• JUSTIN - make video of offsets on YCM
• Another power outage, options
• Lean day upcoming
• Gemini 2?
• CNC Feeds & Speeds Calculator
• Cursor.com

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HOSTS

Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Jem and Justin discuss Mac hardware trends in machining, share their perpetual task management struggles, and explore workshop innovations. A bike-fluencer emerges, they debate Shopify's AI assistant, and using smart lighting for production notifications.

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DISCUSSED:

Your Themes / Plans for next year!

• M4 Mac Mini
• Fusion Benchmark
• Japanese Wooden Satellite ⠄

• Something wrong with me, latest note taking saga
• Negative or normal
• Getting Things Done
• Day Plan - Nack
• Best AI Tool Ever - I grow weary, and her time is perilously short 🤣
• First brand deal - Tern Orox
• Parenting is hard AF sometimes ꘎
• 3D Print tip - slice by object ⠄
• GPT-o1 tries to escape ⠄

• Shopify Sidekick ⠄
• PS2 modular milling machine

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