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evanfox
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8h ago
Watched a 40 year old machinist bury a 12 inch caliper in a box of rags and it flipped my view on tool care
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hugo50
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2d ago
Ran my vise too loose for years until Ray caught it on a Monday
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dylan_patel
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3d ago
Pro tip: I ran my finish passes way too slow for two years and didn't catch it until a chip showed up
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the_oliver
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4d ago
Question about setting tools offline vs touching off at the machine
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felix_thomas73
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4d ago
Rant: went with the 3 jaw chuck over the 4 jaw on a wobbly shaft casting and it bit me
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foster.nathan
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6d ago
DAE have a tool offset bite them on a Monday morning run
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ruby_grant
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7d ago
TIL that $340 Renishaw probe I almost returned paid for itself in one job
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anthony127
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8d ago
Spent 6 months chasing chatter before my $3 harbor freight mirror tipped me off
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piper175
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9d ago
PSA: I hit 0.0005 on a bearing bore first try and I'm still grinning about it
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dakota_rivera
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9d ago
My old lead hand said he could hear a bad insert from across the shop, and after 14 years I finally get it
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iris_green84
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9d ago
Picked a 3/8 roughing end mill over the 1/2 for a deep pocket job and I'm paying for it
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kim.wren
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9d ago
TIL a tool crib guy in Dayton told me my feed and speed chart was costing me inserts
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patel.phoenix
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10d ago
Serious question, why do new guys skip the edge finder and just eyeball the zero?
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troyjackson
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10d ago
Showerthought: my first crash on the Haas was a typo in the G54 Z offset, not the program
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miles_grant35
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11d ago
I finally started touching off every tool after a guy in Wichita told me my Z offsets were lazy
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