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anna_carter53
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1d ago
Bought a digital readout for my old Bridgeport, and now I wonder if I wasted $600
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the_tara
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3d ago
Spent 3 days chasing a 0.003 inch taper on a 4140 shaft and it turned out to be a chip under the tailstock
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paul_mason12
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4d ago
Shoutout to the old manual handwheel on my 1998 Haas mill, 0.0005 backlash finally convinced me to skip the retrofit
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sarah_hart
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5d ago
Can we talk about what the guy running the Mazak next to me pointed out about my dial indicator setup?
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river_rivera45
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9d ago
Why does nobody talk about how much setup sheets changed the job
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grant.jade
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10d ago
Warning: Your T1 tool number is probably not the one you think if you mix up offsets and turret positions
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kellyr18
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12d ago
Serious question, tried bumping my spindle speed 15% on 6061 and the finish got worse, not better
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anthony426
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17d ago
Watched a new guy crash a $3,000 face mill in Fort Worth and it made me think about training
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kevin_wells46
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18d ago
Serious question, did anyone else run their roughing passes way too fast for years
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dixon.ryan
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19d ago
The setup guy in Mansfield swore I should run my rougher dry, and he was right
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river_rivera45
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20d ago
TIL my old lead hand was right about backlash, and it cost me 40 parts to learn
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noah_walker16
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20d ago
Ran the same 400 parts with a dull insert and a fresh one and the cycle time difference was 11 seconds
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colesanchez
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20d ago
Pro tip: an old machinist in Cleveland told me to stop using my calipers on hot parts and I didn't listen for 2 years
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lunashah
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21d ago
Went from eyeballing every tool offset to trusting a $9 dial indicator, and my scrap pile finally stopped growing
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alicecooper
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22d ago
Foreman in Wichita told me to quit checking every part with calipers and I argued for a week
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