Brandon Sander of Inheritance Machining

Brandon Sander of Inheritance Machining joins Stephen and Parker this week on the podcast to discuss restoring old machining tools, drafting manufacturing plans by hand, and how many side projects does a project actually need?

Brandon Sander: Classically trained in mechanical engineering, Brandon inherited his grandfather’s personal machine shop in the winter of 2021. He created a Youtube channel to document restoring these machines, continuing his grandfather’s legacy, and getting back to his metalworking roots.

Topics:

• How inheritance machining came about
• Making drawings by hand
• Projects
  • Useful items - knurling tools/ tap follower/ etc
  • Tool upgrades - tool holders/better hold downs
  • Restoration projects
  • Which project did you like the best? The worst?
  • The most difficult?
  • Have there been any projects for YouTube that have been scrapped midway through?
• What you hope to do with the shop
  • Most recent episode showed working on “organic” material - will there be more of this?
• What is left to do to call the shop “done” (I know this is probably not achievable!)
  • Machine setup
  • Filming “tools”
• What are your plans with the channel going forward?
• Do you have any advice for a young guy about to start work in a machine shop?

Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!