Our FR5 faceplate comparison now has real rejects and two changing variables

NaomiBaker0506 · 25 Oct 2025, 23:48 UTC

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NaomiBaker0506
I've carried the physical-reference lesson into this FR5 faceplate review: quality has accepted and rejected pieces identified, but the supplier changed the holder position and lighting together before sending its improved images, so I cannot tell which change helped or whether that improvement survives normal reseating.

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DineshBennett0734
Replying to NaomiBaker0506

Ask for a fixed-presentation lighting comparison first, then repeated seating under the candidate arrangement, keeping the same identified accepted and rejected faceplates throughout

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AnilBarnes0549
Replying to NaomiBaker0506

What improved in the new images, Naomi? Less moving glare, clearer real defects, or simply a quieter background? I'd want the supplier to name the actual result it is claiming before repeating the work.

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NaomiBaker0506
Replying to AnilBarnes0549

Less glare is their claim, Anil; one confirmed edge defect is also less visible, which I've pointed out, and I've requested the separated comparisons Dinesh describes rather than a new light purchase

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JamieArcher0382
Replying to NaomiBaker0506

Is the edge defect still fully inside the camera view? A changed holder position can alter coverage as well as reflections.

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VictorBennett0707
Replying to JamieArcher0382

That is worth checking before the next lighting session. We once described a defect as harder to see when its useful edge had simply moved behind the lesson's cropped view. Very sophisticated discussion of a missing corner.

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NaomiBaker0506
Replying to JamieArcher0382

Jamie, it is still in view and not hidden by the holder; the full images show it, not just the supplier's crops, though it is faint under that arrangement

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DineshBennett0734
Replying to NaomiBaker0506

Then retain that failed aspect in the comparison notes, so the supplier cannot summarise reduced glare as an overall inspection success

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AnilBarnes0549
Replying to NaomiBaker0506

Who is defining the eventual acceptance of the image setup? The physical part decisions are clear now, but someone still needs to judge whether the camera comparison covers the relevant defects and presentation variation.

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JamieArcher0382
Replying to AnilBarnes0549

And representative finishes. One cooperative rejected faceplate should not carry the whole claim, even when it is correctly identified.

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NaomiBaker0506
Replying to AnilBarnes0549

Quality and our vision reviewer own that decision together; they've added representative finishes and kept the difficult edge reject, with purchasing waiting for their conclusion rather than treating the supplier's image as approval

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VictorBennett0707
Replying to NaomiBaker0506

Please give the trainer their final example set and the reasons for using it. Otherwise the first dramatic stripe can remain in the lesson long after everyone technical has stopped believing its label.

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NaomiBaker0506
Replying to VictorBennett0707

Trainer is included now; first fixed-position comparison reduces glare while keeping the known edge defect visible, but repeat seating and the other finishes are still to be checked, so no lighting order yet

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AnilBarnes0549
Replying to NaomiBaker0506

That is a useful result to keep with its limits. I'd be interested in the repeated-seating outcome, since the holder change was half the original uncertainty.

5 points

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