Vent: Old foreman told me I was running the cutterhead too fast for 3 years

Back in 2018 on a job near Baton Rouge, my first foreman just yelled at me to "keep the RPMs up" no matter what. Last month a different guy watched me for 5 minutes and said I was chewing up the pump with all that cavitation. Slowed down to 120 RPM and the production actually went up. Anyone else get stuck unlearning bad habits from old timers?

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leeknight2mo ago

Huh, I always figured faster was better for clearing material.

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claire_campbell2mo ago

Slow and steady eats the blueprint, I guess. Better late than over-mined.

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