I've been having an issue on my 2 axis lathe at work where a tool will randomly jump exactly .010. Important to note that it can jump in either X or Z, doesnt matter. When it does jump, the other axis stays dead on. It doesn't matter what kind of tool it is. It doesn't matter which tool holder it's in. It can jump positive or negative. I've had jobs set up where I've run off a bunch of good parts, then one tool jumps .01 in one axis, I'll adjust the tool, run off a bunch more good parts, then it jumps BACK to where it originally was.
At first I thought I was making a mistake somewhere or bumping something, but it's happened 5 or 6 times now in the past week and it's the same thing every time. I've run this specific machine for a year and a half now and have never had this problem once until the past week. It's always a single random tool moving .010 in a single axis while the other axis is fine. I can run off 20 parts that are perfectly fine then have it happen randomly. I work at a job shop I've been doing a lot of low count orders and this has happened on multiple different programs that are proven and have been run for years.
My boss thinks I'm crazy and that I'm making it all up. Does anyone have any clue what could be going on or am I crazy?
At first I thought I was making a mistake somewhere or bumping something, but it's happened 5 or 6 times now in the past week and it's the same thing every time. I've run this specific machine for a year and a half now and have never had this problem once until the past week. It's always a single random tool moving .010 in a single axis while the other axis is fine. I can run off 20 parts that are perfectly fine then have it happen randomly. I work at a job shop I've been doing a lot of low count orders and this has happened on multiple different programs that are proven and have been run for years.
My boss thinks I'm crazy and that I'm making it all up. Does anyone have any clue what could be going on or am I crazy?