Heard a guy at a shop in Cleveland say he never changes his tool offsets mid-job

I was picking up some end mills yesterday and this old timer was talking to the counter guy. Said he sets his offsets once at the start and never touches them until the next setup, even if he's running 2000 parts. Claims it makes him more consistent. I had a job last month where I had to adjust offsets after every 50 parts because the tolerance was +-0.0002. How do you guys handle offsets on long runs? Do you tweak as you go or let it ride?

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patricia3853h ago

Let it ride and adjust the tool at setup instead.

evan513h ago

Ha! Yeah because who needs actual precision anyway?