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PSA: Overheard a new guy say he just copies the last program and hopes it works
Honestly, I was grabbing a coffee in the break room yesterday and heard a fresh hire from the day shift telling his buddy he doesn't really read the G-code. He just loads the last job's program for a similar part and hits cycle start, saying 'it usually works out.' Ngl, my jaw almost hit the floor. I had a job six months ago where I did something kinda lazy like that on a simple bracket run, and I didn't catch that the previous program had a leftover tool change for a 1/2 inch end mill we weren't using anymore. Wrecked a $300 vise jaw and put the Haas down for half a day. It made me think about how easy it is to get complacent, especially on repeat jobs. What's your process for double-checking a program you're reusing, even for a 'simple' part?
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the_reese9d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah, that kind of thing makes my stomach drop. It's so easy to think you're saving time until you're the one explaining a crash to the boss. I've learned the hard way that nothing is truly a copy-paste job.
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haydengreen9d ago
My old shop had a rule to always dry run the first part with the single block and distance to go screens up, no matter what.
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