23
An old-timer told me my tool offsets were all wrong and I'm glad he did
A guy named Ray walked by my machine last Tuesday while I was setting up a repeat job on a stainless steel bracket. He watched for a minute then said 'you're chasing your tail with those offsets kid, you need to zero off the part not the vise.' I had been doing it the same way for 3 years, always wondering why my first piece was off by 5 thou. I changed to touching off from the actual stock surface instead of the jaws, and my first part runs have been dead on ever since. Has anyone else had a simple habit flipped by someone who just knows better?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
diana_black7h ago
I used to swear by touching off the vise jaws too. Ray set me straight a few years back and it made a world of difference on my first piece accuracy.
6
sageadams3h ago
Buddy of mine learned that same lesson the hard way with a $500 vise.
6