Eddie Riddell of Steele & Co Engineering joins Dylan this week from his one-man job shop in one of the most remote cities in the world. Eddie traces a wild path from a New Zealand apprenticeship to the Australian mines to going out on his own, buying Haas machines sight unseen from across the world and landing on a DN Solutions SMX mill turn. They get into learning G-code out of necessity, why turning tools in Fusion are a nightmare, and the fixtures that have no business working but do. Plus the payment dispute he settled with an angle grinder.
Eddie's YouTube for his boat, container house, and other builds: https://www.youtube.com/@eddiereddier
Eddie's IG @steelecoengineering
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Channel: Within Tolerance Podcast
Published: 2026-08-04
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob2BIc3vlKA