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robert_cooper
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1d ago
Showerthought: my probe snapped off inside a 4 inch bore and I spent 45 minutes fishing it out
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adams.uma
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1d ago
Warning: My chuck spun loose mid-cut on a Friday rush job in Dayton
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mark_ward
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2d ago
Hot take: I switched from CAM to hand coding on simple 2 axis parts and my scrap rate dropped
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jakeb81
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2d ago
Warning: I went with a foot pedal over the hand switch and I'd do it again
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grant478
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2d ago
Serious question, did tooling catalogs get way harder to read in the last few years?
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rowanlewis
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3d ago
Switched from a vise stop to a cheap 1-2-3 block on repeat parts
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thomasb41
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3d ago
Chasing a chatter on a 4140 shaft that turned out to be one loose insert
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charles_young92
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4d ago
Was sure those cheap insert holders from the flea market in Dayton were junk, ran one for 6 hours on steel
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willowg88
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4d ago
Warning: 0.003 inches of taper on my spindle cost me 3 days and a scrapped batch
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emeryj66
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5d ago
Can we talk about the 0.001 inch that cost a shop in Wichita a whole job?
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martin.riley
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7d ago
Question about those $340 quick change tool holders I put on the lathe, do you all think they pay off or was I dumb
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blake792
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11d ago
Vent: my probe touched off on the fixture and ate a $90 end mill on Monday morning
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david_johnson63
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13d ago
Ran the same drill cycle for 3 years before I noticed the chips were packing up
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anna491
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13d ago
TIL you can hear a bad toolpath before you ever see it
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reese_hayes71
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13d ago
Thought those $12 insert holders off Amazon were junk, then I ran 400 parts with one
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