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val949
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2d ago
Shoutout to the Renishaw probe for beating my edge finder on 40 parts
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webb.ben
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3d ago
I finally measured how much tool life we lose to the coolant mix, and the number shocked me
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faith_carter
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3d ago
Pro tip: an old timer at the Wichita shop told me to quit touching my set screws with a 3/8 ratchet, and it stuck with me
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charlesm52
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4d ago
Found out HSM cuts run way deeper than I thought and now I'm second guessing every finish pass
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jake_torres68
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8d ago
Vent: A kid fresh out of trade school argued with me about climb milling on a finish pass
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the_anthony
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9d ago
Dropped $340 on a tool presetter, and half my setups got slower
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jana_scott
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10d ago
A setup guy told me my feeds and speeds were "polite" and it stung for a week
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the_faith
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10d ago
Serious question, my scrap rate on 6061 aluminum dropped from 8 parts a shift to almost nothing after I started roughing dry with air blast instead of flood coolant
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stella_lane
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11d ago
Warning: Stop touching the part to check if it's still hot, you're gonna get burned and scrap it
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william_torres
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13d ago
Ran 1,400 parts last month and scrapped only 3, I have never been so nervous about a number
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paul286
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16d ago
Dropped $210 on a used Kurt vise for my benchtop mill and it changed how I hold parts
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diana_black
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16d ago
Spent 3 hours chasing a 0.010" taper on a shaft that wasn't even tapered
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juliashah
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18d ago
Tried climb milling on a 4140 shaft last week and the finish came out way better than I expected
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gibson.sarah
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18d ago
Hit 10,000 parts on my old Haas TM-1 last Tuesday and the counter number kinda weirded me out
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elliot_johnson31
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18d ago
Vent: I would eyeball my Z zero for 2 months, now I probe it every part
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