Podcasts by The Edge
A podcast about the designers, engineers and businesses exploring the frontier of digital fabrication. The Edge is produced by Bantam Tools, makers of desktop CNC machines with professional reliability and precision at an affordable price.
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S3E5 – Dom Riccobene: Turning Data Into Sculpture / Vince Ramirez: Fast and Furious from 2019-09-17T04:00:55
In this season’s final episode of The Edge, Bre and Zach speak with two of Bantam Tools’ remote residents, Dom Riccobene and Vince Ramirez. Our residents are artists, engineers, and educators, some...
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S3E4 — 3D Fab Light: A Deep Dive Into Industrial Laser Cutters from 2019-09-10T04:00:46
~Plus a visit to the SF Drone School and a look at the X-Class Drone Racing League~
In this episode, we learn about the world of industrial metal laser cutters with the 3D Fab Light team....
S3E3 — Saul Griffith: Otherlab, Engineering for Good & the Future of Private Research Labs from 2019-09-03T05:00:16
Plus Ashley Swartz discusses engineering soft robots at Roam Robotics
In this third episode of The Edge podcast, we sit down with engineer, inventor, and founder of Otherlab Saul Griffith ...
S3E2 — Angelo Juras: Autodesk & the Past, Present, and Future of CNC Machining from 2019-08-27T05:00:16
Plus Bantam Tools’ Peter Riley on learning CNC
In this second episode of season three, Bre and Zach sit down with master machinist Angelo Juras at the Autodesk Pier 9 facility in San Fran...
S3E1 – Carly Mick: Kestrel Materials, Soft Goods and Textiles Manufacturing from 2019-08-20T05:00:15
~Plus Gerard Rubio on Kniterate, the desktop CNC knitting machine
Welcome to Season 3 of The Edge podcast. In this first episode, Bre and Zach dive into the world of soft goods and textile...
S2E8 – Alberto Savoia: Lessons in Prototyping & “Pretotyping” from 2019-05-21T07:00:17
Plus Scott Miller from Dragon Innovation shares tips for manufacturing at scale
In this last episode of Season two, we talk all about prototyping and “pretotyping.” Our guest, Alberto Sav...
S2E7 - Nadya Peek: Making Modular & Accessible Machines from 2019-05-14T07:00:19
~Plus Ryan Luke Johns on collaborating with robots~
On today’s episode, we sit down with Nadya Peek, a professor in the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University...
S2E6 - Dan Shapiro: Glowforge, Lasercutters & Why We Make from 2019-05-07T06:00:39
This week we speak with Dan Shapiro, the cofounder and CEO of Glowforge. You probably recall the 2015 launch of this desktop laser cutter that took the digital fabrication world by storm. What’s mo...
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S2E5 - Mohit Bhoite: Giving Life to Electronics from 2019-04-30T07:00:19
~Plus Andrew Kleindolph on teaching digital fabrication in high school~
This week we speak with Mohite Bhoite. By day, Mohit is a senior electrical engineer at the IoT startup Particle, b...
S2E4 - Greg Wolos: Design Thinking from 2019-04-23T05:00:04
~Plus Ben Light gives us a tour of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program
In this episode we sit down with industrial designer and engineer, Greg Wolos, to speak about design thinkin...
S2E3 – Will Langford: Machines That Make Machines from 2019-04-16T04:00:04
~Plus Jake Reed on making modular and reconfigurable CNC machines~
In this episode, we speak with Will Langford, an engineer and researcher at the Center for Bits and Atoms. CBA – a part o...
S2E2 – Aaron Panone: Leaving Your Mark from 2019-04-09T03:00:02
~Plus luthier Michael King on using 100-year-old wood to build custom guitars
In this episode, Bre and Zach visit with Aaron Panone in his studio in Boston, Massachusetts. Aaron is a self...
S2E1 – Ian Schon: For the Love of Craft from 2019-04-02T03:00:02
~Plus Nick Manousos on the state of watchmaking~
In this episode, we sit down with mechanical engineer and designer turned self-taught machinist and watchmaker, Ian Schon. Ian is in love...
S1E8 – Bre Pettis: Utopia, Hackerspaces & the Early Days of MakerBot from 2019-02-19T04:00:05
In this last episode of Season One, Bre Pettis, co-host of The Edge, talks about the early days of MakerBot. As co-founder and former CEO of MakerBot, Bre played a huge role in popularizing 3D pri...
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S1E7 – Tiffany Tseng: Designing Tools & Interfaces For Making from 2019-02-12T04:12:19
~Plus Matt Lenox on tips for milling topographic maps~
In this episode, we speak with Tiffany Tseng, a mechanical engineer turned UX/UI designer who, among many things, worked on the Auto...
S1E6 - Wazer: What Does "Desktop" Fabrication Actually Mean? from 2019-02-05T01:31:34
~Plus Ed Kramer on running a CNC farm at home in Texas~
The desktop machine category has expanded to include industrial machinery that’s sometimes hard to imagine actually putting on a des...
S1E5 - Liz Corbin: Expanding Our Materials Library from 2019-01-28T23:11:51
~Plus James Thompson on working with Fordite, aka Detroit Agate~
It’s not every day that you meet a materials scientist. These people work in a field that’s seemingly so complex as to be ...
S1E4 - Breakfast: Break It Till You Make It from 2019-01-21T20:39:06
~ Plus Stefania Druga on MIT's class "How to Make Almost Anything" ~
You’ve probably found yourself walking along an airport causeway or another public space and have seen a wall that once...
S1E3 - Ben Redwood: 3D Hubs & Automated Manufacturing from 2019-01-12T23:35
~Plus Jordan Husney on working with GE and running a 3D Hub~
If you owned a 3D printer back in 2013, you probably remember hearing about 3D Hubs for the first time. Desktop 3D printing was...
S1E2 - John Saunders: An Education in CNC from 2019-01-12T23:32:10
~Plus Devin Cooper on making music with stepper motors~
In this episode, we speak with John Saunders about how he initially got into machining and what the current landscape looks like for...
S1E1 - CW&T: Keeping Production Close to Home from 2019-01-12T23:29:35
Plus Josh Levine on low-power electronics
In this episode, we speak with Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy of CW&T about what it means to keep production close to home. Despite the growing serv...
S1E0 Welcome! from 2019-01-12T23:23:13
Bre and Zach kick off the show and give you a quick overview of what to expect in season one!
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