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Everyone's talking about minimizing machine downtime, so I kept skipping tool checks. One broken end mill later, I take those five minutes seriously.
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faiths127mo ago
My chamfer bit chipped last week and ruined a whole batch of parts. Wasted three hours of my shift redoing them. Definitely not skipping checks anymore.
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troyhart7mo ago
Hey, saying you'll never skip checks again... but what if those checks are what's slowing you down? I've had bits run fine for dozens of jobs without a peek, and that extra time adds up. Sometimes a quick visual once per shift is enough to catch problems before they blow up. Relying on luck might not be smart, but neither is wasting time on overkill checks.
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blairm447mo ago
Skipped checking a drill bit last week, just gave it a glance from across the room. Ended up with holes shaped like eggs, had to scrap the part and start over. Troyhart makes a fair point about not overdoing it, but after faiths12's chamfer bit mess I see the value in a quick once-over. My lazy shortcut turned a simple job into a whole afternoon of rework. Now I'm that guy peering at tools like they're priceless art, lesson learned the embarrassing way.
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