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PSA: I was setting my tool offsets wrong for months because of a bad habit

I kept getting tiny finish issues on aluminum parts, just a bit of chatter on the last pass. A guy I work with, Mike, watched me run a job and asked why I always touched off the tool with the spindle running. I said it was just how I learned. He had me stop the spindle, touch off gently, and my next part came out smooth as glass. That light contact with a spinning tool was giving me a false reading every single time. Anyone else pick up a bad habit like that early on?
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phoenix149
phoenix14921d ago
Wait, so is it like a vibration thing?
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jessem59
jessem5921d ago
Yeah, Mike's tool just hates being watched.
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wren230
wren23021d ago
Wow, that's wild. Did Mike say why the spinning tool messes with the reading so much?
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