Joel Blake

The Kevin Bacon of Manufacturing™ 🏭🗽

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

If God's plan is as it seems, I will soon own the first stainless steel nanoparticle printer in the western hemisphere.

What should I print first??

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@aphysicist lfg as

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@ferventfinance Right there with ya

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@zanehengsperger And highly automatable. Hadrian for tubing?

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

the yankees hired a single smart guy to think about baseball bats for a year and he fundamentally changed the game forever

the efficient market hypothesis is an total lie. the most important problems in the world go unsolved because no one spends the time to think about them

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@Kunkmiester CGPT. Here's Grok's attempt 😅

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

Goes harder than I thought

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

Manufacturer logo shaped like a landline phone where the cord spells out the name

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@munshianiket1 Hell yeah

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

Do new manufacturers create P&L projections or just say hell yeah and start making parts?

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@BroknClok For the right parts, we'll have advantages in all three

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@BroknClok Helpful, thanks. I'm being intentionally vague to see how different people approach this. 🙂

I'm opening the first US service shop for a novel metal printing technology out of Israel. Primarily targeting surgical devices and aero/defense to start.

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@annasofialesiv Any examples you can share?

I'm selfishly interested in manufacturing and adjacent tech

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@BroknClok How do you determine the correct GM?

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@dogearsbass Great simplification, thanks Matt!

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

Terry Lutz is calling you out

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@Jesse_Livermore If someone scams you, are they not subject to financial or criminal penalty?

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@bdsummerfield Thanks Brian!

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

If you work with small Stainless Steel parts, please help me collect some data:

What lead times and ROM costs are suppliers quoting you lately for R&D prototypes or short-run production?

• Comparing machining, additive, MIM, casting, et al
• Most interested in complex parts for med device, mil/aero, auto, semi, energy, industrial
• Qty 1-200 pcs preferred

If you can share more through confidential DM, feel free to respond that way. Thanks, I owe you one!

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@Russell_MFG_USA Certainly will, thanks Russell!

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@EverestBrady Thanks EB! Really appreciate it

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@gak_pdx Your first paragraph was TLDR but I caught the end

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@bdp1103 Possible to predict in advance?

[Joel Blake @joelmfg]

@bergstr0m_j0n Thanks Jon! For the MIM parts, wouldn't tooling be needed?