Many — if not most — shops encourage employees to purchase their own measurement tools. Some even help by "financing" these purchases, allowing machinists to pay them off in small increments. And what machinist doesn't want his or her "own stuff" with which to do the job? But does allowing machinists to use their own measuring tools actually make sense?
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2017-09-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/taking-measures-improve-metrology/
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