Episode 142

142 - Conjugal visit with my machinist

Jem and Justin catch up on shop developments, with Justin juggling multiple products in development while Jem shares exciting robot adventures with his machinist. They discuss AI coding breakthroughs with Claude 4, celebrate Profit First successes, and contemplate documenting Jem's robot journey on YouTube. The conversation weaves through tax management wins and four-day workweek benefits.    

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00:00 Aging Reflections

02:50 Product Development Insights

06:11 Robotics and Engineering Adventures

09:15 Come into my Safety Zone

12:06 Laser Engraving Experiences

15:07 Content Creation and Branding

19:58 YouTube

27:46 AI Coding Updates and Innovations

29:47 Claude 4: A Game Changer in Coding

32:32 Creating Offline Apps with AI

35:22 The Evolution of Business Operations

39:09 Tax Management and Financial Planning

43:08 Profit First

47:01 Business Growth

51:01 The 4-day Work Week and Work-Life Balance

53:56 Tariff sea-saw


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HOSTS

Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Like Butter | Instagram | More Links


Justin Brouillette

Portland, Oregon, USA

PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links

About the Podcast

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Justin Brouillette (Portland CNC) and Jem Freeman (Like Butter) discuss CNC machines, their product design and manufacturing businesses, and every kind of tool that they fancy.

About your hosts

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Jem Freeman

Co-founder and director of Like Butter, a CNC focussed timber design and manufacturing business in their purpose-built solar-powered workshop. Castlemaine, VIC, Australia.
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Justin Brouillette

Owner of PDX CNC