Needless Machining Needless machining is “when the specification has been met but the machinist re-machines for the purpose of making it more nominal.” Often a little needless machining is a personal thing, it's about pride and quality for me. Machinist are a special breed, a person with unwavering patience who understands failure is just the path to success. The dirt, the hot chips, the scrapes and nicks all part of the business of getting the parts made. A large amount of pride goes into what machinist do, for me it's about making the best part I can, a personal challenge, yet often results in some needless machining . “Do not let what you don’t know interfere with what you do know”. With 90,000 hours of experience a career machining in one-way shape or form. This has give me a rather large bag of tricks to dig into, to share with everyone. An inquisitive mind that inspired by ...