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Manual touch-offs beat probe cycles every time, fight me
I used to let the probe handle all my tool offsets until it messed up a pricey part. Now I do manual touch-offs before every run, no exceptions. It adds maybe five minutes but cuts my scrap by like 80%. Seriously, if you're blindly trusting probes, you're asking for trouble.
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adamwebb6mo ago
Blindly trusting probes" is exactly it. That manual check adds a layer of human caution the probe just doesn't have.
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margaretramirez5mo ago
Wait, but doesn't that manual check depend on the person doing it? I mean, what's your actual process for the hand check on a critical tool, do you just look at it or actually touch off on the part? Because if you're just eyeballing a worn insert after the probe said it's okay, I feel like you might miss the same thing the probe did.
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oliverrobinson6mo ago
Actually, probes often catch errors humans miss due to fatigue or bias.
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zarat386mo ago
What exactly went wrong with your probe? Mine once missed a slightly worn insert because it was still in spec but cut poorly. That's when I started doing quick manual checks on critical tools. Like @adamwebb said, that human layer catches things machines don't question. Now I run the probe cycle but verify key tools by hand, best of both worlds really.
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