Is it just me or does every new guy have more end mills, carbide inserts, boring bars then I do? Is that guy leaving tomorrow have three guys helping him out with his box? This has to be the number one 'look the other way' deed that one can only guess would add to costs over a year. Does anyone have any ideas on just how to get this phenomenon under control? Do people ask to look inside the workers box at any time? In our shop no one locks their boxes and there are no real thieves but tool management is definitely out of control.

"Proto" wrote innews:z6SdnYbxOrAdl9 Sounds like time to implement a tool management system, whether that be a tool crib, a locked room that you have the key too, or a vending machine type set-up.Upon check-out of any tool, the machinist would need to assign that tool to the particular job he is running, along with his clock number or signature, etc. This helps a) you determine if you have a higher than expected tool useage job, b) allow you to determine tool costs per job more accurately, and c) know who checked out what tool for what.Be kinda hard for a guy to check out a tool not required for the job he's on, IF someone looks at the reports.Of course..we are a large corporation, and have a fully staffed tool crib, but I can tell you to the $0.001 what we have in per piece tooling costs, by order, day, week, month, usage per time period for any tool, what tools we use the most of and even what particular machine is using the most of any particular tool.This last bit, helps...

::: We are supplied with a certain amount of necessary tools when westart. My: disk grinder is worth about $1000 and my die grinder is worthabout $500.: We're also given a set of hex keys, a tape measure, a rolling box,etc. (all: to be returned when we leave):Just like the way they give crayons and scissors to kindergarteners?Do you have to bring a napmat or one of your dad's old shirts for asmock?

Tool collecting anyone?

Mar 24, 2005 23 Replies

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Proto 21 years ago

Back is close enough for me.

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Kathy 21 years ago

Just like the way they give crayons and scissors to kindergarteners? Do you have to bring a napmat or one of your dad's old shirts for a smock?

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Proto 21 years ago

I always wonder how much it would cost to pay someone to go through the drills and sort them out compared to the cost of new drill sets.

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PrecisionMachinisT 21 years ago

"Put em back where you got em from" is at least a good starting point...

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