Right? That haze is a dead giveaway. I once ran a whole batch with a slightly loose collet because the first few parts looked okay, and the sound change was super gradual. Wound up with ten parts out of spec.

Yeah, a magnetic tray is a game changer. I got one of those little parts organizers with the flip lids, and like leerobinson said about the screws slowing you down, it cut my time on those old SFF builds way down. No more hunting for that one tiny screw that rolled away.

Without scorching the surrounding components" is what finally sold me on good tools.

Wait, 85 amps for a root pass? That's crazy low.

Ugh, you're so right. I mean, my old car never had a single sensor go bad, but now it's like a warning light every other month. Maybe we traded simple and reliable for complicated and annoying.