Just as the title says - how'd you first make your stake as a CMM programmer?
For me it was when a recruiter on LinkedIn randomly reached out to me asking if I was interested in being a Metrologist for an international company while I was working as a Quality Inspector at a job shop in 2020, just before the pandemic. I knew nothing about Metrology/CMM programming until I blew the technical portion of the interview process and got hired anyway haha! Ended up being mentored by a professional for 2 years before moving onto a specialized CMM programming gig at another company in 2022.
I figured - as it seems like a lot of us got on-the-job training for CMM programming, you guys/gals must have some interesting stories to share about how you got to where you are now, as CMM programmers.
I do QC and couldn't measure GD&T on parts since we don't have a CMM. Told the boss. He said find a CMM on ebay for under 50k. Got a 2016 hexagon cmm for 26K but ended up spending another ~15k on software & calibration & fixturing. Now im learning from videos.
I do QC and couldn't measure GD&T on parts since we don't have a CMM. Told the boss. He said find a CMM on ebay for under 50k. Got a 2016 hexagon cmm for 26K but ended up spending another ~15k on software & calibration & fixturing. Now im learning from videos.