Brent Donaldson
Senior Editor at Modern Machine Shop
Senior Editor at Additive Manufacturing Magazine
Senior editor: Additive Manufacturing Magazine and Modern Machine Shop. Gardner Business Media, Inc.
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3 weeks ago |
mmsonline.com | Brent Donaldson
For metalworkers, shop owners, engineers and, yes, metalworking trade magazines, much of the past decade has felt like an unrelenting stress test. Pandemics, geopolitical friction and tariffs have tested the resolve and staying power of our industry and those who serve it.
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1 month ago |
mmsonline.com | Brent Donaldson
I was raised most of my life in Mason City, Iowa. It's a small blue-collar city built on two cement plants and a door factory. There’s not a lot of entrepreneurship thriving here. Median incomes are pretty low and resources are limited. My mom was a third-grade teacher, my dad was in sales, then bought a company called Metalcraft, which makes asset tags — not CNC machining like you'd think from the name. My grandfather also worked there, so that’s what we had growing up.
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1 month ago |
mmsonline.com | Brent Donaldson
Family-owned machine shops tend to be singular in nature. Management and operating styles reflect the values and character of the families that built them. But while there is no single model for success at family-owned, American job shops, they often share a similar framework of operations. Production tends to focus on defined areas such as part size, throughput capacity, materials expertise, end markets or production technologies.
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1 month ago |
mmsonline.com | Brent Donaldson
Inside Marathon Precision’s 60,000 square feet of production space you’ll find state-of-the-art CNC machines, vintage cars, forging stations, grinding operations, a professional music recording studio, chemical milling equipment, and an array of sculptured art. This unusual mix is the brainchild of founder and owner Mike Bauer, seen here firing up his Batman sculpture. All photos by Brent Donaldson and Modern Machine Shop.
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1 month ago |
manufacturingtechnologytoday.com | Brent Donaldson
Inside Marathon Precision’s 60,000 square feet of production space you’ll find state-of-the-art CNC machines, vintage cars, forging stations, grinding operations, a professional music recording studio, chemical milling equipment, and an array of sculptured art. This unusual mix is the brainchild of founder and owner Mike Bauer, seen here firing up his Batman sculpture. All photos by Brent Donaldson and Modern Machine Shop.
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