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Ran 47 parts on Tuesday with zero scrap, then Wednesday I crashed a $90 insert on the first cut
Same machine, same program, same operator. Tuesday everything just clicked and I was hitting my numbers early, Wednesday I fat fingered an offset by .030 and smoked the insert before I even heard it load. Do you think it's a focus thing or does the machine just sense confidence and decide to humble you?
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henry_knight10d ago
I used to brush off the "off day" stuff as just bad luck, but then I started keeping a log of my scrap and near misses next to my sleep and what I ate for breakfast. Every single crash traced back to me rushing or being distracted, never the machine. Tuesday you were probably locked in and steady, Wednesday your head was somewhere else and your hand moved before your brain caught up. That .030 offset error is a focus problem 100 percent, the machine does not care how you feel.
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