ShopBuilt Offset Vault
Operator-verified setup offsets, organized and retrievable.
Offset Vault is a mobile-first application for capturing, verifying, storing, and retrieving CNC setup-offset information — so the last known-good setup for a machine, die/part number, and pallet is easy to find.
Next: The Problem- Status
- Proof of Concept
- Built for
- CNC operators at the machine
- Organized by
- Machine · Die/Part Number · Pallet
- CNC control
- Never writes offsets to the machine
Setup offsets live in too many places.
Known-good setup offsets are frequently stored in notebooks, screenshots, spreadsheets, or other disconnected records. When a job comes back to a machine, finding the right values — for the right pallet — can depend on who is on shift and where they wrote it down.
Handwritten values that stay with one person, one shift, or one machine.
Phone photos of the control screen, mixed in with everything else on the phone.
Files that drift out of date and are rarely open at the machine.
Scattered notes with no clear link to a specific machine, die/part number, or pallet.
Questions that are harder than they should be
- What was the last known-good setup for this job?
- Which pallet were those values for?
- Who confirmed them, and when?
- What changed since the last time it ran?
One place for operator-verified setup history.
Offset Vault organizes operator-verified setup history by machine, die/part number, and pallet. The operator who owns the setup confirms the values before they are saved, and that confirmed set becomes the reference the next time the job runs.
- 01
Machine
Start with the machine the job runs on.
- 02
Die / Part Number
Narrow to the die or part number being set up.
- 03
Pallet
Each pallet keeps its own independent history.
- 04
Verified Setup History
The most recent operator-verified set, with earlier sets kept as history.
In Offset Vault, “verified” means operator-verified: the operator confirmed the values match the machine screen and the setup is running correctly. It is not an engineering, quality, or regulatory approval.
Next: How It WorksCapture, review, verify, retrieve.
- STEP 1
Select
Choose the machine, die/part number, and pallet.
- STEP 2
Capture
Photograph the offset screen for OCR on the device, or enter the values manually.
- STEP 3
Review & Compare
Resolve any uncertain readings and compare against the previous operator-verified set. Large changes and sign changes are flagged.
- STEP 4
Verify & Save
The operator confirms the values and the setup, then saves the set to its history.
OCR runs on the operator's device, and photos are not stored by Offset Vault — only the values the operator confirms are saved.
Next: DemonstrationSee Offset Vault in use.
What the proof of concept does today.
Built for a phone or tablet at the machine, not a desk in the office.
Photograph the offset screen and OCR reads the values on the operator's device. Manual entry is always available.
OCR results are never treated as verified. Uncertain readings must be resolved, and the operator confirms the values before anything is saved.
Look up setup history by machine, die/part number, and pallet.
Each pallet keeps its own independent verified history.
New values are compared against the previous operator-verified set, with large changes and sign changes flagged for explicit acknowledgment.
Notes and saved sets are kept as history, not overwritten. An older set can be marked invalid or superseded with a reason, and the original stays visible.
Fitted to each shop, not one-size-fits-all.
Offset Vault may be adapted to additional manufacturing environments through customer-specific configuration and validation. Machine, control, and OCR fit are evaluated for each shop — photo capture is currently developed for a specific control screen format, and manual entry is always available.
Offset Vault is a proof of concept, not a commercially released or production-validated application. It does not write offsets to the CNC control or change machine settings; the operator verifies every saved set and remains in control of the machine.
Where do your setup offsets live today?
If finding the last known-good setup is slower or less certain than it should be, start with a conversation about how your shop records and retrieves offsets now.
Discuss an Offset Vault Pilot