Re-industrialize!

It's not much, but it's honest work. Had to change the color of my LED post lights on my deck. Didn't want to spend $80/ea.

Protip: Buy $15 USB-C laptop chargers for all your charging needs. Durable 6-foot cables included, fast PD charging, and they are reliable. Tiny wall bricks that overheat are dumb.

Happy 4th! And God bless my crazy neighbors.

My 3D printer makes very important things.

"Good / fast / cheap" is a myth. If you rely on it as truth, you're never going to be competitive. None of these things are binary. A company should optimize for all three. Many have done it in the past, and today's technology makes it more possible than ever.

CNCs and fiber lasers are cool and all, but how many label printers do you have? #manufacturing #madeinusa

I need to buy ear buds. Are there ANY made in USA?

"Why is it so expensive to make molds in USA?" Exhibit 1: an extremely simple 2-part mold.

Start making stuff. Join the club. It's great.

The state of the average industrial supplier in the US: Modern web-based quoting system: ETA May 2026 One call later: "oh, that's not right ... it's available from a different warehouse, we can have it for you next week" Many such cases.

When I need a household item, I search for Made in USA first. The number of products not made in the USA at all anymore is just sad. End result for tonight: bought a US-made cocktail shaker on eBay, from 1968. So much opportunity to make basic things in USA again.

Had the opportunity to tour Sioux Chief today, south of Kansas City MO. Over 500 people making critical plumbing components, from start to finish. Tooling, molding, forming, extrusion, assembly... so much happening. Amazing example of US #manufacturing

The AI slop spam is somehow getting worse. (this was the entire email)

The future has to be built!

Now that's the good stuff...

Is there any cost-effective way to execute Form in Place Gaskets at low volume? The dynamic mixing heads are very intimidating.

Softly from His lowly manger Jesus calls one and all, "You are safe from danger. Children, from the sins that grieve you You are freed; All you need I will surely give you." Merry Christmas!