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garcia.elliot
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1d ago
Warning: the old guy at the shop in Gary told me to cut my feed rate in half on 304 stainless and it worked
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robert_hayes
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1d ago
Hot take: the day the coolant pump died on a 48 part run taught me more than my first 3 years on the floor
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james_butler
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1d ago
Swore by insert drills for years, then a 3/4 inch insert drill on a Mazak proved me wrong
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matthewgonzalez
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1d ago
Serious question, did anyone else think a deburr wheel on a drill was a gimmick till they tried it
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dylanh97
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3d ago
Can we talk about how I stopped trusting my edge finder and started touching off with a cigarette paper?
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robinson.leo
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4d ago
Tried running my finish pass .005 deeper on a hunch and the chatter vanished
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the_lucas
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5d ago
Hot take: a shop tour in Rockford made me rethink setting tools offline vs touching off on the machine
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noah914
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6d ago
A guy at the Rockford shop tour made me rethink roughing passes
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young.river
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6d ago
Hot take: you don't need to indicate every single tool change
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derek99
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9d ago
Rant: climb milling beats conventional on 6061 every time and I'm tired of arguing about it
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margaretj40
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10d ago
Hit 10,000 parts on the same insert last month and I honestly thought the counter was broken
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theabarnes
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11d ago
Caught a 0.015 inch taper on a shaft job in Wichita before the inspector did
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victorbutler
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11d ago
Can we talk about how I used to set my boring bar by eye and now I use a $22 dial indicator
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benflores
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11d ago
Pro tip: a 0.001 inch runout on your chuck can scrap a whole batch before you catch it
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the_alice
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11d ago
Ran my rougher .015 too deep on a finish pass for a whole batch
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