I can't tell which pickup correction to undo

SaraCarter0983 · 4 Nov 2025, 19:47 UTC

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SaraCarter0983
We've nudged our FR5 housing pickup three times and now the housing sits crooked in the fingers. I can find the edits, but not a reason for each one. The tray still looks straight to me.

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RebeccaBaker0517
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Start with the physical setup. Keep the edited program, but stop adding corrections until someone checks how the housing sits before and after the fingers close.

9 points
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SaraCarter0983
Replying to RebeccaBaker0517

Before closing, it's already tilted a bit. I hadn't noticed that until I looked from the end.

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AmaraCarter1035
Replying to SaraCarter0983

That saves you chasing the fingers first, but it doesn't clear them. Were all three edits for the same pocket or did someone change a shared pickup offset?

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Jeremy_Bowen
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Which end is high, and is it resting on the pocket bottom or caught on an edge? Hard to read a tilt from the top.

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KaiAli0193
Replying to SaraCarter0983

We had a moulding sit beautifully until its small side lug met a tray wall. The top view concealed the whole thing. Sara, a retained housing and that exact pocket would be more useful than a photograph of an empty tray.

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NadiaAllen0291
Replying to AmaraCarter1035

Don't undo all three edits blind. Nobody knows what the first one was hiding.

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JessBailey
Replying to NadiaAllen0291

An older program can still help explain what changed, Nadia. I agree it should not become the working version just because its date looks reassuring. Compare it with the present setup and give the person restoring the job the differences.

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YasminBrooks0789
Replying to AmaraCarter1035

Sara, did the missed pickups spread to other pockets after the edits?

7 points
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SaraCarter0983
Replying to YasminBrooks0789

Amara and Yasmin: shared offset every time. Originally one corner pocket, then another two. Jeremy: the cable-opening end sits high, and there's a shiny mark on the pocket wall.

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AndrewBailey
Replying to SaraCarter0983

That spreading pattern makes the shared correction look expensive, though the original corner still needs explaining.

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FelixAdams0110
Replying to SaraCarter0983

I wouldn't call a tray straight by eye after this. Straight where? A tidy outside edge can have miserable pockets inside it. That's a layout observation, not me diagnosing the moulding.

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OmarChen1187
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Could there be a removable insert in that corner? I have mistaken an insert joint for a crack before.

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SaraCarter0983
Replying to OmarChen1187

Omar, yes, there's an insert. The fitter found it wasn't down against its seat. The housing sits flat with it correctly seated; the displaced insert is being checked for damage.

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RebeccaBaker0517
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Who owns the changeover sheet? The insert check needs to survive whoever is on shift next.

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SaraCarter0983
Replying to RebeccaBaker0517

I do. Slightly embarrassing answer there.

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FelixAdams0110
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Better to find that now than write 'tray checked' and leave the next person staring at the outside edge. A photo showing that particular seat would help me.

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AmaraCarter1035
Replying to SaraCarter0983

And you're still left with three global edits. The insert repair won't automatically put the other pickups back where they belong.

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KaiAli0193
Replying to SaraCarter0983

Sara, keep the housing with the shiny mark until the fitter has matched the contact. It is easy to lose the useful sample during a tidy-up.

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SaraCarter0983
Replying to KaiAli0193

We've kept it, Kai. The fitter matched the mark to that wall. Controls has compared the offset edits and is reviewing the restored pickup against all pockets, not just the corner.

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JessBailey
Replying to SaraCarter0983

That gives the handover two separate changes to describe: the insert seating and the pickup restoration. Do not bury either in a single 'adjusted tray' entry.

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