Our bracket inspection photograph still has the clamps on

HarishChen1185 · 9 Aug 2025, 23:45 UTC

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HarishChen1185
Found something odd in the folder for our FR5 welding proposal. The photo labelled final inspection shows the bracket clamped down. The loose bracket in the next photo has a handwritten arrow beside one mounting foot. No reading beside it. We were about to copy that fixture with another clamp added. I can measure parts. I can't tell from these pictures what the old team actually accepted. Has anyone untangled a job like this without building the old problem again?

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AdaBrown0912
Replying to HarishChen1185

We had inspection photos taken just for a brochure. Is there an actual sheet?

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HarishChen1185
Replying to AdaBrown0912

Yes. Foot height and hole spacing. Both ticked. No fixture condition written down

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AmyAbbott0032
Replying to HarishChen1185

Find one bracket with its own sheet before buying more clamps. A folder full of ticks can hide several different measuring setups. Can you identify the piece in either photo?

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AlexBell0646
Replying to HarishChen1185

Who signed those ticks? They might remember, even if the pictures are useless.

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HarishChen1185
Replying to AlexBell0646

Alex, a former inspector signed them. I've asked for contact through the workshop. Amy, neither photo shows a part number. There are three retained brackets but I can't pair them with sheets yet.

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HenryAllen0264
Replying to HarishChen1185

Our retained samples once included a rejected part. Very handsome evidence until somebody remembered why it survived.

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AdaBrown0912
Replying to HarishChen1185

Could the arrow just mark the foot they measured?

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HarishChen1185
Replying to AdaBrown0912

Could be. I read it as correction needed. That was me guessing.

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AmyAbbott0032
Replying to HarishChen1185

Good, leave the arrow out of the argument then. You still need to know how they supported the loose part for measurement. More restraint isn't an answer to an unknown setup.

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AlexBell0646
Replying to AmyAbbott0032

And put that missing setup on the handover, before someone treats the ticks as approval.

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HarishChen1185
Replying to AdaBrown0912

Former inspector replied. They checked foot height after unclamping, on a plate with three specified supports. The photo was taken during fit-up. The arrow marked the measuring foot, Ada was right about that possibility.

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HenryAllen0264
Replying to HarishChen1185

Were those supports specified somewhere you can actually find?

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HarishChen1185
Replying to HenryAllen0264

In a separate inspection sketch. Got a scan. Revision B, matching the drawing listed on the old sheet.

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AdaBrown0912
Replying to HarishChen1185

There you go. A photograph with a misleading job title.

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HarishChen1185
Replying to HarishChen1185

Still another wrinkle. Current drawing is D. One mounting foot changed width. We're checking whether that affects where the inspection supports go. Extra clamp proposal is parked.

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AmyAbbott0032
Replying to HarishChen1185

Have you got an actual D bracket? I'd start there with whoever owns inspection. The old support sketch may be useful, but don't quietly turn it into the new method.

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HenryAllen0264
Replying to HarishChen1185

Did the former inspector mention straightening at all?

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HarishChen1185
Replying to HenryAllen0264

Henry, they remember some pieces going back to fabrication, but couldn't say which. Amy, yes, we have a D first-off. Inspection is working out its support points before measuring it.

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AdaBrown0912
Replying to HarishChen1185

Thanks for coming back with the arrow answer. I was curious.

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HarishChen1185
Replying to AmyAbbott0032

The new inspection method is agreed now. No result yet. Quite glad we didn't spend money making the mystery clamp bigger

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