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Chat with an old timer about tool offsets changed my mind
Spoke to this retiree at a shop in Cleveland yesterday. He said I was overthinking my tool offsets, chasing perfect numbers. Told me to stop zeroing everything to 0.0000 and leave a tiny negative offset. Said it saved him 40 minutes per setup over 30 years. Tried it today, first part came out perfect on the first run. Anyone else run into advice that made you ditch the textbook methods?
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blair5971mo ago
Hell yeah! That's exactly the kind of wisdom you don't get from a manual. I had a guy tell me years ago to stop using thread gauges so religiously and just trust a good tap and a quick eyeball. Saved me so much time I felt stupid for not doing it sooner.
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shanem371mo ago
blair597 said "just trust a good tap and a quick eyeball" and man that made me do a double take. You mean you just look at it and send it? No gauge at all? That sounds like something that would get me screamed at by my old foreman. But I guess if you've been doing it long enough you can probably feel when it's right. Still, the thought of not checking with a gauge gives me a little anxiety. I might have to work up to that one slowly.
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