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Had a tool setback at a shop in Dayton, now I check offsets twice
Broke a $180 carbide end mill on a 4140 job because I trusted the previous operator's saved offsets, so I got a cheap digital height gauge and now I re-zero every single tool before a run, has anyone else gotten burned by leftover setup data from someone else's shift?
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mark_miller9d ago
Been there man, ate a brand new 1/2 inch rougher on a job cause I hit cycle start without checking what the last guy left in the control. Tbh it stings way worse when it is your own money and not the boss's. Now I treat every saved offset like it is a lie until I prove it with my own eye, takes ten extra minutes but way cheaper than a busted tool. Honestly half the reason I even keep a height gauge in my box is cause I got tired of learning the hard way. Only took about three hundred bucks of scrap to figure that one out.
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