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My foreman said 'a good operator can run any machine' but I saw a guy wreck a part on a new 5-axis last week.

I'm starting to think some controls are just too different to jump into cold. What's your limit for trying a machine you've never seen before?
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drew965
drew9651mo ago
That saying gets thrown around a lot. Saw a guy try to run a new wire EDM with zero training and it was a mess. Controls can be totally different. The limit is probably if you need the manual just to turn it on, you should wait for a quick run-down. Wrecking a part is one thing, but crashing a machine is a whole different bill.
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ellis.hayden
Crashing a machine" sounds a bit dramatic.
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samwalker
samwalker1mo agoTop Commenter
That "crashing a machine" line is everywhere now, like people calling every problem a crisis.
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