First time I ran a CNC lathe in 2008 vs now, night and day difference

Back then everything was manual offsets and I had to measure each part with a micrometer myself. Now I got a machine at the shop in Cleveland that probes every part automatically and adjusts live. My apprentice asked me why I keep checking his parts with a caliper and I told him because I don't fully trust the machine yet. Do you guys still verify by hand or do you let the CNC handle everything?

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nancys906d ago

Don't you ever get the feeling the machine is just being dramatic?

anthony1276d ago

I'm with you @nancys90. People act like the machine has feelings or something. It's just code running on a bunch of servers. There's no drama, no attitude, no emotion behind it. It's following a script, just way more complex than a toaster. Honestly, I think folks just project their own stuff onto it because it talks like a person. It's not being dramatic, you're just reading into it too much.