Just realized I was doing my touch-off wrong for the last 6 months

Last week I was setting up a new job at our shop in Tacoma and my lead hand watched me zero out a tool. He just said "you're fighting the indicator" and showed me a faster way to sweep the edge. I had been cranking the wheel back and forth like an idiot, wasting like 3 minutes per tool. Now I get through my setups in half the time. Anyone else pick up a basic habit late that makes you feel dumb looking back?

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west.anna12d ago

@mila_perry13 that lawnmower comparison is perfect because it really is like that. I do the same thing with my garage door at home - been fighting the track for two years, always had to wrestle it closed, turns out I just needed to tighten one bolt. The older guys at work call it "muscling through it" when you keep doing something the hard way because you never saw the easy way. Makes you wonder what else we're all doing wrong without realizing it.

mila_perry1312d ago

Watched a guy at my old shop zero out a tool in like 10 seconds smooth as silk while I was back there cranking the wheel like I was trying to start a lawnmower. Felt real smart that day