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Am I the only one who thinks constant tool offsets are a waste of time?
I see a lot of guys in here adjusting offsets after every single part. For the last 6 months at my shop in Tulsa, I stopped doing that and just let the machine run its cycle unless dimensions drift by more than .002. My scrap rate actually went down from 3% to under 1% because I'm not messing with the process mid-run. Has anyone else tried just leaving the numbers alone and seeing what happens?
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the_sandra12d ago
Tulsa huh? I mean, .002 is a pretty loose window depending on what you're running. I've seen guys get way too twitchy with offsets for sure, but a whole six months without touching them? Seems like you'd need some seriously forgiving tolerances for that to work every time.
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