Episode 174

174 - Spreadsheet Queens

Jem and Justin chat about complicated speaker parts, CAM programming headaches, and why wood routing feels less reliable than metal work. They geek out over Joe Roggenbuck's knowledge-sharing channel, discuss Jem's new Profit First spreadsheet rebuild (RIP Laura), and explore hiring challenges for a growing team. Plus: trade shows, work stops, and late-night coding sessions as a form of meditation.

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  1. Two Years of Profit First
  2. Spreadsheet rebuild, first AI redundancy
  3. Cobra HQ Plus - good simple machine shop content from Joe Roggenbuck @cobraframebuilding
  4. KittaParts Builder v3 - test deployed here
  5. Trying to consolidate or just making excuses?
  6. AirShop Start a Trial now available
  7. AirShop to Fusion in 2-clicks
  8. Going to tool shows?
  9. Mercury bank

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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

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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.

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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