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Ngl, I miss setting up tools with dial indicators instead of probe systems
Been running CNCs since 1998, started on old Bridgeports with manual tool changes. I remember spending 15-20 minutes dialing in a vise or indicating a fixture for a repeat job. Now we got Renishaw probes that do it in 30 seconds. Sure, it's faster and more accurate, but I kinda miss that feel of getting it dead nuts with a .0005 indicator. Anyone else feel like something got lost when we swapped to all this automation?
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kevin_dixon1mo ago
Hold on a sec, you were spending 15-20 minutes on a vise setup with an indicator back then? That seems long even for a Bridgeport, a decent hand could get a vise square and trammed in under 10 minutes easy. I get missing the feel of it, but that time frame makes me think you were taking coffee breaks mid-dial.
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valw361mo ago
Cut the guy some slack, maybe he was just being thorough or had a crummy indicator. Is a few minutes really gonna kill your whole day?
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park.robin1mo ago
@kevin_dixon you ever work in a shop where the indicator mount was always missing or the bolt stripped? Easy 5 minutes just hunting parts down. Still, 15-20 is a coffee and a smoke break in my book. What kind of volume were you running that made you clock that setup time so exact?
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