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victor_adams95
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5h ago
Hot take: staring at chips on the tool eye for 3 seconds before a tool change saved my finish
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loganj36
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23h ago
Found out coolant mist is way worse for your lungs than I thought, and it came from a safety sheet in the drawer
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sammurray
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2d ago
Watcher on the night shift at the Gadsden plant caught a spun collet before it ate the spindle
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the_wyatt
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4d ago
Shoutout to the coolant pump that quit 4 hours into a 6 hour run on a Friday
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spencer_sanchez67
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6d ago
R8 collets beat my ER32 chuck on the Bridgeport for small end mills
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king.lisa
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7d ago
Update: my coolant pump quit 40 minutes into a 6 hour run on the VF-2, and a $3 hose clamp saved the job
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michael895
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8d ago
Old timer at the shop in Gary told me to run my finish pass at 60% speed back in 2019, wish I'd listened sooner
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margaretk89
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8d ago
I finally quit touching up my finish passes by hand and the parts look better for it
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paulb98
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8d ago
Dropped $340 on a Haimer 3D taster and I'd do it again tomorrow
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ray_king
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9d ago
Saw a Bridgeport in Fort Worth with a hand-scraped table and it made my import mill look like a toy
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evanr79
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10d ago
The number that surprised me about spindle warm-up on our old Haas
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grace419
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12d ago
PSA: hand-grinding a boring bar bit got me close, but the bench grinder with the right rest cut my chatter in half
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loganj36
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14d ago
Spent $340 on a Renishaw probe for my Haas and I'd do it again, sorry to the old guys who say touching off with paper is fine
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roseb62
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15d ago
Vent: pre-drilling 1/8 pilot holes on 6061 before tapping, lazy or the smart move?
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coleman.jamie
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21d ago
Watched a guy at the tool show in Cleveland dial in a boring bar by ear, no indicator at all
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