Hot take: Our shop's scrap rate went from 8% to under 2% in a year just by switching to a tool presetter

The old way was touching off tools by hand on the machine, which ate up 15 minutes of spindle time per setup and was inconsistent. Now we do it offline, and the first part is always good. Is the upfront cost of a presetter really worth it for smaller job shops, or is it just for high-volume places?

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riley_king161mo ago

See this everywhere with the right tools. It's like using a laser level instead of a bubble level to hang shelves. Sure, the old way works, but you waste so much time fixing small mistakes. That presetter is your laser level. It takes the guesswork out so you can just do the work right the first time. The payback isn't just in big shops, it's in not throwing away money on scrap.

nathanrobinson1mo ago

Why do we settle for the bubble level version of so many things?