
Speaking of Precision Podcast
Industry expert, Miles Free III, discusses a variety of valuable topics relevant to the precision machining industry including safety, regulations, management and more!
Episodes
274 episodes
Three Key Factors to Understanding the Machinability of Carbon and Alloy Steel
The machinability of steel bars is determined by three primary factors. Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn review the factors and their impact on machining steel in our precision machining shops. For More Information Visit...
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Season 6
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Episode 267
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15:36

Identifying ISO Workpiece Material Groups: Cast Iron
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss why it is important to understand ISO material groups to get proper match of tool and workpiece material.For More Information Visit pmpa.org/...
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Season 6
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Episode 266
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14:24

Lost Art of Mastery
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss the value to honing and mastering to a craft and why it takes time and experience to achieve mastery.For More Information Visit pmpa.org/podc...
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Season 6
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Episode 265
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20:00

What Does the Future Hold for Leaded Steels?
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn discuss the consequences of the loss of domestic supply for leaded steels, and the complicating factors of government permits, tariffs on imports, and regulations in Europe that continue to compli...
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Season 6
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Episode 264
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19:52

Talking Business Part 3 with Special Guest John Detterbeck
Miles Free and David Wynn are joined by John Detterbeck for part 3 of this special limited series where John shares lessons learned in his life in the precision machining industry.For More Information Visit pmpa.org/podcasts
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Season 6
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Episode 263
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31:07

Everything Tariffs with Omar Nashashibi of Inside Beltway
Miles Free and Carli Kistler-Miller discuss everything tariffs with Omar Nashashibi of Inside Beltway.For More Information Visit pmpa.org/podcasts
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Season 6
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Episode 262
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39:12

Preview of the 2025 Mastery Program
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn give our listeners a peek into at what to expect on PMPA’s upcoming Mastery Program including five PMPA member shops, two stainless steel mills, two toolmakers, one machine tool builder, one...
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Season 6
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Episode 261
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25:26

PMPA’s National Technical Conference 2025 - Maximize Potential
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn take a deep dive on the upcoming PMPA National Technical Conference in Cleveland, Ohio! Please visit pmpa.org/techconf for more details!For More Information Visit
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Season 6
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Episode 260
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31:30

Talking Business Part 2 with special guest John Detterbeck
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn are joined by John Detterbeck for part 2 of this special limited series where John shares lessons learned in his life in the precision machining industry.For More Information Visit
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Season 6
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Episode 259
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19:30

Keeping It In The Family With Maya, Adria and Aaron Bagshaw of W.H. Bagshaw Co. Inc.
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn are joined by Maya, Adria and Aaron Bagshaw of W.H. Bagshaw Co. Inc. who share a wide-ranging discussion about the opportunities and challenges of going to work in the Family business.For...
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Season 6
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Episode 258
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29:32

PMPA’s Management Update Conference 2025 Primer with Renee Merker
Miles Free, David Wynn, and Renee Merker, Director of Communications and Events give listeners a peek into what to expect from the upcoming Management Update Conference in Orlando, Florida, February 6 - 8th!For More Information Visit
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Season 6
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Episode 257
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24:43

Keeping It In The Family With Travis Donaldson of Donmac Precision Machining Inc.
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn are joined by Travis Donaldson of Donmac Precision Machining Inc. where the discuss his experience of passing the business torch from one family member to another.For More Information Vis...
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Season 6
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Episode 256
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40:54

Talking Business with special guest John Detterbeck
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn are joined by John Detterbeck for this special limited series where John shares lessons learned in his life in the precision machining industry.For More Information Visit
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Season 6
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Episode 255
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28:40

Speaking of Precision: Season 5 Finale (Blooper Reel)
PMPA’s Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller and David Wynn had another podcast packed year recording the fifth season of Speaking of Precision throughout 2024. Too much fun? You be the judge. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Season 6 starts Janua...
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Season 5
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Episode 254
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11:31

The Quality Function – Value Added Overhead
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss how quality function can help our precision machining shops be successful serving operations and sales groups. For More Information Visit pm...
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Season 5
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Episode 253
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20:14

Identifying ISO Workpiece Material Groups - Steel Edition
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss why it is important to understand ISO material groups to get proper match of tool and workpiece material.For More Information Visit pmpa.org...
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Season 5
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Episode 252
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12:52

The Power of the Coating
How are we to choose between all of the various tool coatings available? Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss different coatings for tools and criteria for selecting, or avoiding them for your application.For More In...
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Season 5
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Episode 251
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23:38

Composition of Steel-Reporting Practices for Unspecified Elements
Sometimes the test report shows more chemical elements than we expect. Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss why.For More Information Visit pmpa.org/podcasts
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Season 5
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Episode 250
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15:32

Update on PMPA Government Affairs Activity
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss what PMPA has been working on in the area of regulatory and government affairs that could potentially impact our precision machining shops.For More Information Visit
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Season 5
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Episode 249
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20:30

Ductility as Measured by Tensile Testing
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss tensile testing to determine ductility and use it to understand suitability of material for our processes and product applications.For More Information Visit
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Season 5
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Episode 248
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10:43

5 Must-Do Safety Contacts
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn discuss 5 safety contacts to make to immediately improve safety in your precision machining shops.For More Information Visit pmpa.org/podcasts
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Season 5
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Episode 247
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17:54

Identifying ISO Workpiece Material Groups
Miles Free, Carli Kistler-Miller, and David Wynn have a conversation centered around Identifying ISO Workpiece Material Groups, how important it is to your end result and how understanding the different material groups can improve your precisio...
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Season 5
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Episode 246
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13:45

First Aid or Recordable?
Does your company treat all first aid incidents as recordables? Carli Kistler-Miller, Miles Free and David Wynn dive into what the difference is and why you need to know this in your shop. For More Information Visit
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Season 5
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Episode 245
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20:32
