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haydenb36
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10h ago
I finally stopped roughing ALL my aluminum with a 3 flute and started using a 2 flute for the pockets
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charles_kelly43
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2d ago
The old guy who trained me said never run a finish pass dry, I still do it on aluminum
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lane.cameron
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6d ago
I finally fixed the chatter that haunted my mill for 8 months, and it was a $2 part
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williams.kim
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6d ago
Ran the same facing pass for 2 years before a guy named Dale pointed at my setup
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cora_scott77
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8d ago
Why do new guys keep miking the tool holder instead of touching off on the part
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nancy475
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8d ago
Wasted $1,200 on a rotary table I used exactly twice
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oliver_morgan
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9d ago
Watched a chuck let go on a lathe in Rockford and I still think about it
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jessica_hall49
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9d ago
Switched from eyeballing my feeds to actually writing them down, and my scrap rate dropped off a cliff
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jana119
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9d ago
Hot take: switching from air blast to mist coolant cut my tool changes way down
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bettywood
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11d ago
Dropped $1,100 on a Renishaw probe for my Haas and it paid for itself in 4 months
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lopez.simon
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11d ago
Unpopular opinion: watching a single point tool peel off a 0.010 chip still beats watching any screen
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williams.kim
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12d ago
Rant: the little magnetic base light I rigged to my mill head saved my last two night shifts
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king.wyatt
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12d ago
Tried bumping my feed rate 15% on 6061 and the finish came out worse, what gives?
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kevin_harris78
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12d ago
PSA: a new guy asked why I still crank handles by hand, and his reason made me stop and think
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dakotawood
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15d ago
Ran 400 parts on the old Haas last Tuesday with zero tool changes and I still do not trust it
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