Saunders Machine Works / Titans of CNCdiscussed
Saunders Machine Works (with Titans of CNC as the category's biggest educator)CNC machining / manufacturing tools & education
Creator Fund Weekly — Sep 1, 2026Sam Lessin, Eddie DeDomenico, Jack Raines, Megan Lightcap, Caroline Singer
CNC machining and education
2:28
from 39:01 in the recording
Creator Fund call, Aug 31 2026 (Riverside)
Saunders Machine Works runs a physical business making CNC tooling products (fixture plates, zero-point work-holding systems) alongside content, serving both hobbyist and professional CNC buyers. Titans of CNC is the biggest educator/name in the category but reads as pure-education rather than product-and-commerce -- Saunders looks more entrepreneurial by comparison because of the attached physical goods business. Opaque, hard-to-navigate market for buyers, which the team thinks creates real value in becoming the trusted authority.
Things We Like
- Real physical-product business (not just content/education) already selling into an opaque market where trusted advice is scarce and valuable
- Dual audience (hobbyist + professional) broadens the commercial base beyond a single niche
- Sam has a personal research channel here -- his older son is genuinely into this space and can be polled directly on who the real authorities are
Key Questions
- Saunders vs. Titans of CNC -- which is the better investment vehicle, or is there room for both? (early stage, unresolved)
- Sam to ask his son directly who he considers the best/most credible voices in the space
Conversation Quotes
- “the advice and things like that becomes really valuable... I could totally imagine this becoming a big thing”Sam