Episode 173

173 - $65,000 and a brick

Jem quoted big this week while glued to his desk, ditching ChatGPT for Claude and getting his staff into Cursor. His parkour bricked iPhone became surprisingly zen. Justin scored a Tormach autosaw from Seattle, and he's hiring a Shop Coordinator. Both are wrestling with Xero bookkeeping.

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Soggy phone delights ꘎
Dumping Chatty G
New role at PDX CNC - Shop Coordinator
Justin steals a bandsaw - Tormach AF50+
Reconciling should be automatic by now surely!?
Robots via Cursor?
Getting staff into AI workflows - Jon into Cursor
AirShop - Bulk imports, quote billing new

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Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Justin Brouillette

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Parts Department

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.

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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.

Justin Brouillette

Owner of PDX CNC