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Tony Rouleau and Building a Machinist Business
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- Setting Up Shoppe
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- May 4, 2026
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- 3873
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Summary
In this episode Dan, Rasmus, and Heidi are joined by Tony Rouleau from Hillview Tools, to talk about his journey, struggles and side quests along the way, that brought him from a full time machinist, into building up his fulltime business making Heirloom Tools in his home machine shop. The conversation continues in the after show, with both Heidi and Rasmus pitching products for Tony to make, and we talk about the future of Hillview Tools, and the potential struggles to overcome. If you want access to the very special extra after show, you can subscribe on Patreon from the lowest tier. If you want to support the podcast, doing it through Patreon is an excellent way. Tony Rouleau: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hillview_tool/ Website: https://www.hillviewtool.com/ Feel free to message any of us if you have any questions, constructive feedback or helpful thoughts. Setting Up Shoppe: Email: [email protected] Patreon: patreon.com/SettingUpShoppe Instagram: instagram.com/setting_up_shoppe/ Facebook: facebook.com/settingupshoppepodcast YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC_7clY_4EHGcXBJAwNl0-9Q Dan Tarrant: Website: https://tarrants.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarrants.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tarrants.co.uk YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WonkyWorkshop Heidi Jacobs: Website: https://www.whitehallpottery.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitehall_pottery/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/whitehallpottery Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhitehallPottery/ Rasmus Loen: Website: http://loensmed.no/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/rasmusloen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rasmusloen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rasmusloen/