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kevin_west
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7h ago
My probe snapped off inside a $4,800 fixture block on Friday and I spent six hours fishing it out
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the_phoenix
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2d ago
Changed my mind on coolant after 7 inserts died in one week
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the_miles
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3d ago
I finally figured out why my drilled holes keep walking on 6061 plate
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the_thea
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5d ago
Stopped by a machine shop open house in Erie and saw a 1987 Haas still holding tenths
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casey682
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6d ago
That Tuesday when a 0.005 inch offset scrapped 14 parts before lunch
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the_noah
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7d ago
Question about that 15 minute warm up rule, my old lead hand in Toledo said it was a waste
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julia_anderson
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11d ago
I stopped deburring every part by hand and my cycle time dropped 22 minutes
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ninas67
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11d ago
Just realized the tolerance on my old 2005 Haas was tighter than the 2021 machine we bought to replace it
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ninas67
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13d ago
Stood in a machine shop in Akron last Tuesday and watched an old Okuma turn a part I could not have hit within 5 thousandths
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ericj45
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15d ago
Hit 1,247 parts scrapped this year and the number finally woke me up
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nancy817
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16d ago
Saw a 40 year old Bridgeport still holding .0005 at a shop in Cleveland, mine is 6 years old and sloppy
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the_thomas
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17d ago
I stopped dialing in a fresh setup and started touching off on a scrap plate, cut my first part scrap rate way down
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owens.zara
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18d ago
The $300 lesson I learned about cheap parallels for my South Bend 9A
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the_spencer
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18d ago
Unpopular opinion: the insert drills everyone swears by are crap in 304 stainless
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the_thea
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19d ago
Pro tip: I thought those $8 insert carbide cutters for aluminum were a waste until I tried one on a 6061 job last Tuesday
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