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That $300 tool presetter I laughed at actually saved my butt
I was so sure those cheap digital tool presetters were a gimmick. Been setting tools by eye for 15 years at my shop in Denver and thought I had it down. Finally caved after losing a $400 endmill to a .005 offset error on a rush job last Tuesday. Ran a test batch of 50 parts after using it and had zero scrap for the first time in months. It's not magic or anything but it catches my dumb mistakes before they hit the spindle. Any of you guys use one regularly or still just bump the tool off the stock?
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grace5651d ago
Bought one of those after I kept getting chatter from uneven tool heights on my old Mori. Figured it was operator error, and it was, but the presetter fixed it in one setup. Now I check every tool before a job and it saves me about 15 minutes of tweaking offsets per setup. Still bump tools off the stock sometimes for roughing, but for finish work it's been a game changer.
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@grace565 you're right about roughing but bumping leaves risk a dummy like me can dodge with the presetter.
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