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Rant: The new shop in Springfield had their coolant mix so thin you could see through it
I stopped by that new machine shop on 5th Street last Thursday to drop off a part. Walked past their Haas and the coolant looked like weak tea. I asked the guy running it and he said they mix it 'by feel' to save money. How can you run a VF-2 like that and expect any tool life? It's not just about cost, it's about not wrecking your spindle over a few gallons of concentrate. Who else has seen shops cutting corners on the basics?
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margaret_bennett35mo ago
Wow, that's a fast way to burn through endmills.
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miles_grant355mo ago
My old foreman at the Dayton plant used to run the sump so lean it was basically blue water. We went through three spindles on a single Mazak in under two years. The bean counters never did connect the dots.
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