I think i have finally lost it.
Time to get a hot dog cart.
We have been machining inconel shafts.
Side 1 finished no problem.
Side 2, machined to length and checked from a shoulder to within .001"
Machined rest of shaft.
The original dimension that we checked to within .001" is now .017" short.
I cannot come up with a reasonable explanation.
In the picture the yellow arrow points to the shoulder on the left of the steady rest and the other arrow points to the face that we checked the length to before machining the rest of the shaft.
this has happened twice on the first 2 shafts we are finishing. The first one i assumed the operator made a mistake.
The second one i checked myself with very similar results.
If anyone has heard of this, i would love to know what the hell is going on.
We made one out of steel first and it came out perfect.
Thanks
Sam
Time to get a hot dog cart.
We have been machining inconel shafts.
Side 1 finished no problem.
Side 2, machined to length and checked from a shoulder to within .001"
Machined rest of shaft.
The original dimension that we checked to within .001" is now .017" short.
I cannot come up with a reasonable explanation.
In the picture the yellow arrow points to the shoulder on the left of the steady rest and the other arrow points to the face that we checked the length to before machining the rest of the shaft.
this has happened twice on the first 2 shafts we are finishing. The first one i assumed the operator made a mistake.
The second one i checked myself with very similar results.
If anyone has heard of this, i would love to know what the hell is going on.
We made one out of steel first and it came out perfect.
Thanks
Sam