Serious question, does anyone else think we over-rely on the tool offset page for everything?

I realized I was doing it wrong when my foreman in Dayton pointed at my setup sheet and said, 'You're letting the machine think for you, not the other way around,' after I scrapped a part because I blindly trusted a worn tool's offset over my own mic check.

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rose_reed15h ago

Honestly it's just a tool like any other. The real problem is skipping basic checks, not which screen you're looking at. Your foreman had a point about the mic.

jennifer83314h ago

Saw a tech blog saying the same thing. Tools are only as good as the person using them. Basic checks always come first.

spencer_coleman1h ago

So it's a trust issue then... not just a screen. How do you even know when to stop trusting the number on the screen? Like, is there a rule for checking a finish pass tool versus a roughing tool, or is it just a gut feeling after you scrap something expensive?