Today was my first day on a new job. The guy training me asked me to find the edge of the part so I pop in the edgefinder and crank up the spindle to 1K rpm. I then flicked it with my finger to get it running off center, move it into the part until it runs true and then just when it kicks out I know I am on the edge of the part plus half the diameter of the tip. In this case its a .2” diameter tip so I have to advance .1”. This is the way I’ve done it a million times and I’ve even checked the accuracy of my edgefinders with my DRO and a DTI. Anyway, The guy training me tells me I am doing it wrong and tells me to get out of the way so he can show me how its done. His way of doing it is exactly like I described above but after the tip kicks out on the side of the part he reverses the table until the edgefinder runs true.
I was at a complete loss of words. Being my first day on the job, I didn’t want to **** the guy training me off.
I did ask him what kind of edgefinder it was and he said it was a normal edgefinder. I had a good look at it and it is identical to my Mitutoyo 050101 and starrett 827A which are both a 3/8” body with a .2” tip.
What are your thoughts ? Is there some kind of a new edgefinder that I’m on unaware of ?
I was at a complete loss of words. Being my first day on the job, I didn’t want to **** the guy training me off.
I did ask him what kind of edgefinder it was and he said it was a normal edgefinder. I had a good look at it and it is identical to my Mitutoyo 050101 and starrett 827A which are both a 3/8” body with a .2” tip.
What are your thoughts ? Is there some kind of a new edgefinder that I’m on unaware of ?