That one week where everything just lined up perfectly

Last month I had a Tuesday where I set up a new job on the Haas mill and the first part came out within .001 of print. No tweaking, no re-cutting, just hit the button and it was golden. Then on Thursday I ran a 50 piece order with zero scrap, which never happens for me. Tool change times were under 10 seconds and I was home by 3 pm each day. Has anyone else had a stretch where the machines just cooperated like that?

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finley7291mo ago

Man, the closest I ever got to a perfect week was when I accidentally used the right calculator setting on a test and graded zero wrong answers. Felt like a wizard for about ten minutes. Then I realized the answer key was printed on the back of the page.

jordanc321mo ago

Got a similar thing happen to me in high school when I thought I aced a calc test. Felt great for a whole weekend until I realized the teacher accidentally handed out last year's exam. My "perfect score" was just me remembering the answers from a friend who took it the year before. Ended up having to take a real version and bombed it.

amy_foster791mo ago

Oh come on, it's just machining, not a miracle.

christopher_wells41mo ago

Had a buddy who worked at a shop that was making parts for some military gear, high tolerance stuff. They had this one old machinist who could hold a tenth of a thou just by feel, no DRO, no fancy tooling. Guy retired and they couldn't find anyone else who could do it for months, had to send the job to another state. So yeah, it's machining, but it's also kind of a miracle when you see what some people can do with a hunk of metal and a lathe.