Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CAD experiment entry

Agreed. But when you outsource something or even ask for a quote, high
tolerances equal high dollars.

Drawings changed and checker initials added.

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On 12/13/2010 6:39 PM, timgoldstein wrote:
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO%40yahoogroups.com>, H & J Johnson
> <hjjohnson@...> wrote:
> >
> > Nice job Ron! Full disclosure, I'm the guy that everyone in our
> drafting dept loves to hate..[ 'cause I get to Q/C all their drawings]
>
> Great Post J.
>
> I know that I am probably more guilty than many of missing lots of
> these standard practices. Having come up through the ranks as a
> hobbyist, I never learned the industry standard. Combine that with the
> fact that most of us on this list are the end consumers of our drawing
> and models, we tend to not put in many of the details you mentioned as
> we know what we mean. Not that it is right, but we either don't know
> better or feel the extra time is not worth it.
>
> Very glad to have a real professional on the list helping us
> understand what the target should be.
>
> You bring up a great subject on the tolerances. Not just from the
> convention that the number of places after the decimal it telling
> tolerance info unless you say otherwise, but even the fact that in
> industry a good part is based on the tolerance. May hobbyist think
> that they should alway try to hit the exact dimension.
>
> Thanks again,
> Tim Goldstein
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