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Just realized most people at my firm are over-dimensioning their detail callouts by at least 0.02 inches, which adds up to a huge waste of material over a 500-unit production run.
I caught it after reviewing a set of old prints from a supplier in Toledo and comparing them to our current standard, so has anyone else found a specific tolerance that's commonly over-specified in your shop?
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spencer_coleman7mo ago
That whole pallet of aluminum thing hits home. We had a client's blueprint once where the spec for a vent cutout was written in centimeters but everyone in the shop read it as inches. They made about twenty giant, totally useless panels before someone caught it. Just a total paperwork meltdown.
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max_torres447mo ago
Reminds me of a time our shop wasted a whole pallet of aluminum on a decimal place error.
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ruby_henderson366mo ago
Yeah, that feeling is the worst (like your stomach just drops out). I once ordered ten times the laminate we needed, which was... not my finest hour.
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murray.jana7mo ago
Oh man, that "decimal place error" is the worst kind of gut punch. It's such a simple thing on paper that just explodes into real, expensive waste. I've seen a whole batch get scrapped because someone read .125 as 1.25, and you just stand there looking at it. That sick feeling when the mistake clicks is the same for everyone, I bet.
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