Thread: The purpose of drawings

Originally Posted by BGL

OK I'll bite,
First off, how would I know the shaft is to pass thru the hole except for you stating so. Before I would begin I would point out the discrepancy and ask you to verify the dimension, and if there is an error have you reprint a revised drawing or red line the existing drawing with your initials. Unless it is a part I am designing/making for myself I assume nothing and but will ask anytime my common sense WTF? buzzer is triggered. If a verbal change is made I have the responsible party initial the change and or document it on the drawing myself.

Mistakes happen, taking responsibility for them is what makes for good work relationships and productivity.

OMG
Leigh, if you can answer that civilly and without sarcasm I'll take my cap off

Answer what? I don't see a question. As to the shaft going through the hole... that's a given, in the original statement.
Disregarding that one point, I agree with BGL's post.

But this is really a rhetorical question. It cannot be answered from the information presented, which is what a shop normally receives.

That was the whole point of the exercise. The inconsistency must be resolved by the customer, as BGL said, not by the shop.

[sarcasm mode]
And Gordon, please don't take your hat off. We'd be blinded by the glare (unless it's night time).
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- Leigh

We receive prints for several types of fittings, but we have no idea what they are going to. Thus, we make the part to print, and if there was a design error, we know when they order the same part in "Rev B".

Although there have been times when a machinist has come to me (inspection) to point out an obvious flaw, such as the diameter of the shaft being larger than the minor diameter of a thread beyond it. In that case, I contact the customer and let them make the change. They appreciate the problem being fixed before all the money goes into production of the part, and I get to live in my black and white QC world....it's either in tolerance, or it isn't.

Originally Posted by The real Leigh

Answer what? I don't see a question.
- Leigh

This is just me being me but when I write a word like "answer" as I did I also use it to mean "respond".