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My best week on a CNC was 2 years ago, my worst was last Tuesday

2 years ago I ran 400 parts in a week with zero scrap on a Haas VF-2 at my old shop in Austin. Every tool change dialed in perfect, feeds and speeds were just right. Last Tuesday I crashed a cutter into a vise because I forgot to update the Z offset after a tool swap. Wrecked the holder and lost 3 hours of production time. What's the dumbest mistake you've made that cost you a whole shift?
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jadep41
jadep411mo ago
Man I always thought I was too careful for that kind of thing, then last month I forgot to tighten a boring head and it went flying.
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jason328
jason3281mo ago
Those boring head launches are a real wake up call.
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