<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tonygunn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tony Gunn]]></description><link>https://www.tonygunn.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 20:35:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.themachinistsclub.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What US Manufacturing Excellence Actually Looks Like]]></title><description><![CDATA[From a 130-year-old threading legend to a 100% employee-owned heavy machining shop — Tony Gunn goes inside two American shops that prove US manufacturing excellence is built one decade at a time, not one headline at a time.]]></description><link>https://www.themachinistsclub.com/post/us-manufacturing-excellence-tony-gunn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a100fc52b5c18841b9589ef</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 08:26:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/340da3_579173877a654ee4aa9f130539ba540c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_869,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tony Gunn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Manufacturing Innovation: Germany Doesn't Stop. Neither Do We.]]></title><description><![CDATA[From a 115-year-old German shop that 10x'd its output overnight, to the world's largest environmental technology show, to Liebherr's secret automation lab — this week in Germany redefined what manufacturing innovation looks like. Plus, GrindingHub is coming to America. Here's everything we saw.]]></description><link>https://www.themachinistsclub.com/post/german-manufacturing-innovation-tony-gunn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a06b6bf5f346e2b69c6b0ea</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 06:38:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/340da3_a2106cf04e034afc9b863dfaadd626c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tony Gunn</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six German Factories. One Common Thread]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Tony Gunn | The WorldWide Machinist Germany doesn't manufacture. Germany obsesses. I just wrapped up one of the most intense weeks of factory tours I've done in a long time. Six stops. Back-to-back. Across some of the most serious precision manufacturing facilities on the planet — all as part of Jan Votteler's German tour. Every shop had a different specialty. Every team had a different story. But by the time I walked out of the last one, I realized they were all telling the same story —...]]></description><link>https://www.themachinistsclub.com/post/six-german-factories-one-common-thread</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fd80d85bf92805eb5e86b6</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:49:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/340da3_f91dde386e8a403ab449f9e9d177fd69~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tony Gunn</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>