the exposed length is all we wrote down

OwenAli0225 · 27 Feb 2026, 12:27 UTC

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OwenAli0225
Our hand-loaded aluminium blanks show different lengths outside the lathe fixture. The FR10 plan is not authorised yet, but people already want an offset. What can we measure to tell a longer blank from one that has not seated?

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JackChan1124
Replying to OwenAli0225

Identify each blank. Measure its overall length and repeat its seating check.

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OwenAli0225
Replying to JackChan1124

We did that with the setter. One blank is longer overall and repeats consistently. Another has a damaged end and does not repeat. It has been excluded and retained for inspection, not hidden in the good sample set.

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JackChan1124
Replying to OwenAli0225

Two different problems. One offset would have been an enthusiastic guess

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ChenBennett0703
Replying to OwenAli0225

Who will check that end condition when new blanks arrive, Owen? The setter found it before automatic loading this time, but that needs a place in the incoming check rather than becoming their private trick.

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