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Author: Frank

Electrical Engineer and business owner from the Nashville, Tennessee area. I also play music, Chess and Go.
The Podcast

Mastering the Machine Podcast Released

Frank Aug 12, 2025 Tagged with Mastering the Machine, podcasting, podcasts

Well. after a couple of months of preparation, my new podcast is finally released. It is …

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My Office

What’s Up: My Shop and Equipment Storage

Frank Jul 14, 2025 Tagged with My Office, PLC Trainers, Training Facility

Well, the garage has been built and the equipment moved. I still need to inventory everything …

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My Office, PLCs, Sales and Marketing, Training

What’s Up: Office-House Modifications and Used Equipment

Frank Jun 8, 2025 Tagged with Allen-Bradley, equipment sales, used industrial equipment

A couple of weeks ago I put a video out on YouTube discussing what to do …

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Sales and Marketing

Why Start a Podcast? The Benefits (and Pitfalls) of Social Media

Frank May 29, 2025 Tagged with marketing, Mastering the Machine, podcasting, social media, Social Networks

Well, as if I don’t have anything else to do, I am starting a podcast. What …

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Controls Design, Training

Back to Basics 5: Industrial Training

Frank May 20, 2025 Tagged with PLC Hardware and Programming, PLC programming, PLCs, systems integration, training

In 2013, not long after leaving Wright Industries and going back out on my own, I …

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Entrepreneurship, Me

Back to Basics 4: Content Creation

Frank May 15, 2025 Tagged with Books, content creation, podcasts, webinars

Last night was a special time for me. Chris Guillebeau stopped by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center …

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Applications, Automation Concepts, CAD, Documentation, System Integration

Back to Basics 3: Design

Frank May 13, 2025 Tagged with design, systems integration

Everything that is accomplished in industrial automation requires design. It may be written on a napkin, …

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Panelbuilding

Back to Basics 2: Control Panels

Frank May 4, 2025 Tagged with design, panelbuilding

In 1995 I started building control panels in my garage. I was still working for an …

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Applications, Me

Back to Basics 1: Modification

Frank Apr 29, 2025 Tagged with Modifications, PLCs, systems integration, training

When I started my first company in 1996, I would take just about any job that …

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Clockwork

Clockwork SCADA

Frank Mar 2, 2025 Tagged with Clockwork, DeviousNet, EtherialNet, Ignite-Ion

Chapter Three: A Meeting of Minds The sun hung low in the sky as Ferenc made …

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