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A guy at a trade show in Chicago told me to never trust the first part off the machine
He said to always run a second piece and check it before you run the whole batch. I thought he was just wasting time, but last month I caught a tool drift issue on that second part that would have scrapped 50 pieces. How many of you actually run a second piece as a check?
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caleb_singh5mo ago
My old boss at the Dayton shop called it the "idiot tax" piece. I learned the hard way after trusting a first-off and ruining a whole fixture plate. Now I just eat the two minutes it takes to run a second part.
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jessereed5mo ago
Oh man, learned that lesson myself!
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kimr334mo ago
jessereed that idiot tax is real, @caleb_singh I just make the extra part my first step now.
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