Re: I Don't Want A Machinist To Modify "My Part" / Why Would A Machinist

tnik wrote:
> Gerald Abrahamson wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:17:47 -0700 (PDT), jon_banquer
>> <jon_banquer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> In my opinion the people who make this kind of statement are idiots
>>> who often show they have no idea how manufacturing works in the real
>>> world. The people who make these kinds of statement are morons like
>>> Matt Lombard, Joe 788, Tom Brewer, etc. For those who think these
>>> worthless idiots have a clue perhaps this video will give you some
>>> ideas why a machinist must have the ability to modify a customers part
>>> in order to make it.
>>
>> I know how manufacturing works in the real world.
>>
>> That is why I am spending money buying machining work.
>>
>> And real machinists make the parts per the print.
>>
>> You are a self-proclaimed incompetent boob.
>>
>> If you changed/modified any customer parts as you chose
>> (outside print specifications), you would not get paid due
>> to the 100% rejection rate. Paying customers would stop
>> coming to your shop (hmm, is this your real life ???).
>>
>> And that would put any place you worked out of business....
> 
> 
> I agree 100%
> 
> Many a times we look at a print and say to ourselves 'WTF?' but to cover

> our own *****, we make it to print. now, if its not possible, we go back

> to the customer and ask, but we NEVER change a customers print/part 
> without having prior written consent..

Oh, and to add to that, if you make it to print, and its wrong, the 
customer has to float the bill.. if you change it, and the idiots at QC 
don't know it was changed for the better, you have to remake it on your 
dime, have it pass QC, then have it get to the guys that will realized 
'oh crap, this is wrong' lets remake it..