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the_rose
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5h ago
Update: my 7x7 inch parts keep warping at the corners after facing and I think the "slow the feed down" advice is backwards for 6061
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thea857
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23h ago
Ran my first batch of parts by hand for 3 weeks, now I let the CAM software pick my feeds
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sandra_anderson2
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1d ago
Pro tip: that $60 dial indicator off Marketplace was dead on, and it saved my tailstock alignment last week
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emmaj33
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2d ago
Manual lathe vs CNC for one-off repair parts, which side are you on?
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josephjohnson
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2d ago
Shoutout to the $60 tool post I bought off a guy in Fresno, chattered through 3 aluminum parts before I gave up
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lily_singh2
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2d ago
Spent $180 on a tool holder that ran out .003 on the second op, and I caught it way too late
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sandrat24
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3d ago
Showerthought: a 0.001 inch error on a 20 inch part is a 0.005 inch error by the time you hit the last cut
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victorb17
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3d ago
Spent 45 minutes last Monday hunting a crash that turned out to be a 3 cent chip
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the_rose
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4d ago
Pro tip: don't buy the $80 123 blocks with the drilled holes, mine were off by 0.008
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veram99
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4d ago
The night my boss at the race shop in Charlotte showed me a hand scraped way, I threw out my dial indicator habit
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ruby_rivera76
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4d ago
Spent 11 days chasing a 0.008 inch taper on my plasma table, and it was one loose ground clamp bolt
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julia_lee
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5d ago
Shoutout to the 0.5mm chip load trick that cut my aluminum cycle time by 40%
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holly_henderson86
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6d ago
Switched from TIG to MIG on 16 gauge steel and my production tripled
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olivia_harris19
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6d ago
Why does everyone say you need a fancy CAM setup for simple brackets, my free version cut 40 of them just fine
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ryanh56
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7d ago
Appreciation post: the old guy at the machine shop in Dayton told me to quit climb milling my finish passes
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