What does the current drawing actually require you to inspect, Liam? I'd want that answered before a supplier picks whichever number makes their proposal look easiest.
Which bracket measurement am I meant to give the fixture supplier?
LiamChen1186 · 17 May 2025, 12:43 UTC
16 replies
Released assembly angle. The clamped figure is an old process check.
20 pointsSend the drawing requirement. Include the old checks as background, clearly labelled.
17 pointsOur old sheets included checks after a correction operation without saying so. I'd ask whether your released figure was measured before or after any straightening
15 pointsAnd do those two figures belong to the same bracket? I got caught reading a batch summary as if it followed one part through the process.
16 pointsSame serial number. Released reading was before correction, according to the inspector.
15 pointsI wouldn't send only the finished drawing and hope they price the awkward bit. Tell them the old process needed correction, with the limits of what you know.
11 pointsThat's why I said include the old checks.
18 pointsFair, I read past that. Your version covers it.
9 pointsWho actually did the correction, Liam? The inspector may know when it was measured without knowing what happened on that bench.
21 pointsA fabricator who's still here. Asked him to join the supplier call.
7 pointsThat helped on ours. The person doing it explained the awkward handling as well as the correction, which was missing from the neat little route description
16 pointsHe says the gusset fit varied. I hadn't even included fit-up photos in the enquiry.
20 pointsWere the gussets all to the same revision? Not claiming that's the cause, just wondering what varied before welding started.
18 pointsRevision C throughout that run. Quality is checking the incoming measurements. Thanks, Omar, for the correction question.
7 pointsLeave room for the supplier to say the incoming condition needs work before fixture design. Buying more restraint because it sounds decisive would worry me here.
13 pointsDiscussion closed
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