Caught myself running a part without checking the tool offsets first

I was in the middle of a production run yesterday on a 10-piece order for a local shop in Akron and just hit cycle start without double checking my offsets... A guy from the next bay over hollered at me saying 'you trust your eyes more than the numbers?' and it made me realize how often I rush. Do you guys have a mental checklist you run through before hitting go on a new part?

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ray1361mo ago

Ngl that's exactly how I crash shit, I triple check everything now after one bad offset cost me a weekend.

drewgonzalez1mo ago

I mean you could argue you're overthinking it honestly. In my experience half the time you can eyeball offsets and it'll be close enough if you know what you're doing. Triple checking feels like overkill unless you're doing something really tight tolerance.

derek_perez1mo agoMost Upvoted

Nah man, eyeballing is exactly how you end up with parts that look fine but don't actually fit right. If you're not triple checking, how do you even know you're not just getting lucky?