The bracket folder contains a pass before the foot was checked

DavidBrooks0867 · 29 Aug 2025, 17:26 UTC

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DavidBrooks0867
I'm using an old gusseted-bracket job to help plan our FR5 fixture review. The batch sheet says pass at welding, then the next operation checks a mounting foot and sometimes sends it back. I nearly taught that first pass as finished-part acceptance. I'd like to find out what it really meant before we copy the old fixture arrangement. The people reading these sheets after me shouldn't need to know the workshop's private vocabulary.

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GraceAllen0320
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Look for the operation number beside that pass. It may have its own work instruction, separate from the final inspection sheet.

10 points
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DavidBrooks0867
Replying to GraceAllen0320

Operation 30. Final inspection is 50. There is an operation 40 sheet but the title is just adjustment. Not terribly generous with words.

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DineshAli0212
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Does operation 30 specify a dimensional check, or only completion of the welding operation?

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NoraAbbott0061
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Keep the meaning of pass open until that instruction is found. The sequence alone does not establish whether operation 30 accepted dimensions, weld appearance, or completion of work.

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DavidBrooks0867
Replying to DineshAli0212

Dinesh, found the instruction. It checks weld appearance in the fixture. No released foot dimension. Nora, you're right that I had filled in that meaning myself.

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CalebAllen0319
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Which drawing revision does operation 40 reference?

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GraceAllen0320
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

And is its checking fixture still in stores? We often keep those longer than the production tooling.

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DavidBrooks0867
Replying to CalebAllen0319

Caleb, drawing revision E. Grace, stores has a checking block with the number listed on the sheet. They are confirming whether it has been altered.

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CalebAllen0319
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Does the proposed FR5 job also use E?

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DavidBrooks0867
Replying to CalebAllen0319

No, G. The foot slot changed. I can see why checking only the finished dimension in the old summary wasn't going to get me very far.

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GraceAllen0320
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Give stores that revision difference when they check the block. Otherwise someone may confirm the right inventory number without checking whether the tool suits the current part.

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NoraAbbott0061
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Has the current drawing owner identified the intended measurement support for G? That belongs with the new process review, even if the old block remains useful for understanding E.

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DavidBrooks0867
Replying to NoraAbbott0061

I've asked. Nothing agreed for the new process yet. The old operator remembers checking released brackets on the block, then correcting some, but says the batch sheet doesn't distinguish which pieces needed it.

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DineshAli0212
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Could the old operator explain what contact on the block related to the changed slot?

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DavidBrooks0867
Replying to DineshAli0212

They can look at it with the drawing owner. I won't try to turn their memory into a dimensioned sketch myself.

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CalebAllen0319
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

Useful meeting before anyone prices a copy of that fixture.

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DavidBrooks0867
Replying to GraceAllen0320

I've corrected the lesson: operation 30 accepted weld appearance, with the later released-part check still separate. New fixture decision stays open. Thanks Grace for the operation-number trail.

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GraceAllen0320
Replying to DavidBrooks0867

You're welcome. Put the instruction number beside that explanation so the next person can find it without another folder hunt.

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