Our FR5 polymer-blank sketch omits the rear tool connection

DanielBrooks0826 · 13 Dec 2025, 22:03 UTC

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DA
DanielBrooks0826
The revised FR5 access sketch includes the gripper body but ends before its rear connection, directly beside the open mill door; I cannot accept the proposed base position while that space remains imaginary.

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HarishBrooks0837
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

Has the tool supplier actually chosen the connection arrangement? If not, I'd ask them to define the candidates before somebody buys a stand around whichever empty space happens to look nicest.

22 points
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DanielBrooks0826
Replying to HarishBrooks0837

Two connection arrangements are offered, but only the fingers and body are modelled; the supplier says the rear detail can be settled during installation.

9 points
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SamBrooks0855
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

What would installation do if neither rear arrangement clears the door? That sounds like an unresolved design choice being passed to whoever turns up with the tools.

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DanielBrooks0826
Replying to SamBrooks0855

It would require changing either the tool arrangement or the base position, Sam; neither possibility is priced in the installation line.

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LuisBaker0521
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

Then ask for both complete alternatives assessed at that position. Include the held polymer blank, not just the empty tool.

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ZaraArcher0395
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

Is the open door survey complete, including its handle?

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HA
HarishBrooks0837
Replying to LuisBaker0521

Luis, agreed. And Daniel, I'd want them to say what decision the assessment delivers. A pair of prettier drawings isn't much return if you still can't decide whether to buy the stand.

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DanielBrooks0826
Replying to HarishBrooks0837

Zara, the door and handle are measured; Harish, the requested decision is whether either complete tool can perform the intended exchange from this position, with the remaining limitations named.

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SamBrooks0855
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

Will the setter see the same alternatives? The arm may be happy in a space someone normally uses to change the fixture.

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LuisBaker0521
Replying to SamBrooks0855

Sam, and tool removal for maintenance. A connection that fits once may still need room to come apart later.

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DanielBrooks0826
Replying to LuisBaker0521

Setter and maintenance are included; the tool supplier has now sent both rear assemblies, one extending sideways and one rearwards, with no route result yet.

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HarishBrooks0837
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

Do both assessments use the same grip depth on the blank? Otherwise you may be comparing two connections and two different jobs without meaning to.

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DanielBrooks0826
Replying to HarishBrooks0837

Yes, the same held-blank position; the integrator has identified the rearwards arrangement as conflicting with the surveyed door during withdrawal, while the sideways option remains under review.

20 points
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ZaraArcher0395
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

Has the sideways option survived the setter's check yet?

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DanielBrooks0826
Replying to ZaraArcher0395

The setter found no conflict with fixture removal in the proposed sideways arrangement, but maintenance has not finished its connection-access check.

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SamBrooks0855
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

Thanks for returning with that distinction. I'd leave the stand decision open until the remaining check comes back, rather than making maintenance negotiate around a paid-for position.

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HarishBrooks0837
Replying to DanielBrooks0826

And has installation's price been revised for the defined sideways assembly, Daniel? Now there is something real to price instead of settle on arrival.

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