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

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:07:26 -0400, <IYM> wrote:

>...or you go the way we do at my company.  Engineers design the parts,
not 
>the machinist.  However, before said part ever gets to the machinist, you

>have to have a design review in which the machining supervisor, design
eng., 
>and planner/scheduler go over the print.  It is then, that the mfg 
>department has the duty after looking at the print to ask if the eng. if 
>he's had his head up his ass when he designed that (fill in the blank
with 
>undercut, relief, etc.) and "how the !@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 are we supposed to machine that
you 
>idiot", and make a suggestion that would be easier, quicker, realistic,
etc. 
>At that point the eng. will let him know why he did what he did, and if
it 
>can be changed. 

Sounds like your design reviews are adversarial and IMO not a good
team building technique.

I prefer questions & suggestions to accusations & name calling,
something along the lines of:

     We can save money if we increase the corner radius in this
pocket. What is the largest radius we can put here?

     On those edges, we can save a tool change if it were a champher
rather than a radius.

     The callout for these ID threads will require special tooling and
process. We can save money if we increase the drill depth or the
thread depth callout?

Tom