Took me 8 hours to dial in a tool offset that should have been a 10 minute fix

So I was running a part last Thursday on our Haas VF-2 and kept getting this weird 0.005 inch deviation on the bore diameter. I checked the program, the holder, the runout, even had a guy from the day shift look at it. Turns out I was using the wrong tool offset page, I had it on the geometry page when I should have been in the wear offset screen. Eight hours of chasing my tail (and scrapping 4 parts) for something so dumb. Has anyone else fought a problem that long just because you picked the wrong menu tab?

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cooper.max16d ago

You're being a bit generous calling it a stretch. A 0.005 deviation on a bore is plenty to scrap a part if you're holding tight tolerances, especially with multiple operations. The menu tab mixup is exactly the kind of stupid mistake that costs you hours when you're tired and rushing.

grant_cooper17d ago

Four parts scrapped over a tool offset menu tab? Kinda feels like a stretch, idk. Maybe its just me but that sounds more like a bad day at work than some deep systematic issue.