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- From: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett)
- Newsgroups: sci.engr
- Subject: Specifying Tolerances
- Message-ID: <74.16.uupcb@pcs.sj.ca.us>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 05:52:00 GMT
- Reply-To: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett)
- Organization: PCS-BBS - San Jose, CA - 408-270-4085
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- TO: burstedt@oscar.UUCP
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- >I am not concerned about the critical dimensions that I
- >specify on the drawing, but how can I protect the design intent of the
- >features that I do not specifically tolerance.
-
- >...the idea is to use as few dimensions as possible while
- >still requiring the molder to give us parts that are within
- >specification.
-
- DB>What concerns me the most is how to tell the molder that I will inspect
- >the first article parts. I need to be able to show the molder if he has
- >not kept the tolerances that we agreed upon.
-
- Sounds to me like you want something for nothing. The only way you can
- "protect the design intent" _is_ to specifically tolerance every
- dimension. Can you say _why_ you want "to use as few dimensions as
- possible"? You can't "show the molder he has not kept tolerances" if
- you don't _give_ the molder the tolerances. If I was a molder, I would
- agree upon tolerances on a signed drawing, and nothing else.
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