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Creating a decision tree for internal customer so they can decide what work to send me and what work to outsource.
Well this goes back to my earlier point about you coordinating outsourcing for stuff like this. I may have not been clear as my point was that you decide what stays inside and what goes out, and then you manage the outsourcing. Not that you just outsource everything. So you maintain the work...- dstig
- Post #54
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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OT: Best steel toe shoes for everyday
I've had good luck with the Keen low-rise boots the past few years. Very comfortable. -
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Metric version of o-ring boss fitting. Whats it called?
Isn't it obvious? the O-Ring Boss is in charge of all the o-rings! :D -
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Metric version of o-ring boss fitting. Whats it called?
It's not often I can be of much help around here, so happy to have a chance to do so! -
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Metric version of o-ring boss fitting. Whats it called?
I find this guide to hydraulic fittings very complete and useful. Hopefully it helps https://www.discounthydraulichose.com/mm5/thread_guide.pdf -
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I guess its time for me to start my own Home shop thread.
Sounds like you understand it perfectly...(y)- dstig
- Post #160
- Forum: Member and Shop Photos
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Charles North Tx Shop build
That is a pretty good size bridge crane. Keep those pics coming! Good luck with the new shop!- dstig
- Post #58
- Forum: Member and Shop Photos
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I guess its time for me to start my own Home shop thread.
The metal siding is only a vapor barrier if it is very well sealed. The main path for moisture to get into walls is air movement. The other main moisture path is bad water sealing on the outside...- dstig
- Post #156
- Forum: Member and Shop Photos
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Creating a decision tree for internal customer so they can decide what work to send me and what work to outsource.
Can you become the resource for anything mechanical? If I am Lady A and need 4 of this complex mechanical assembly, I come to you, and you say to her, we can manage this, but it will be outsourced as we don't have the internal capacity to do this. And then you get quotes, etc and source the...- dstig
- Post #8
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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I guess its time for me to start my own Home shop thread.
Any concerns/plans around fire suppression in the battery room? Even just heat management? Curious what that all requires...- dstig
- Post #98
- Forum: Member and Shop Photos
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Super glue not drying
You can disagree, but the chemistry says it is an anaerobic curing adhesive. That doesn't change and is well known. Spread it on your fingers and it stays wet. Squeeze another finger on top of that and Uh oh! Because you removed the air. That it reacts with baking soda is a separate issue. I... -
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Super glue not drying
Cyanoacrylate is anaerobic - it needs the absence of air to cure. The stuff out in the open will eventually cure, but not great. That is why it works so great in tight joints to fix the broken handle on a coffee cup, for example. -
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Major Rusting Issues In Our Building All Of A Sudden??
Didn't read everything but you said open cell foam. That is bad hoo-doo. That is better known as a sponge. It is fully vapor permeable and holds onto that water quite well. So a couple years for the vapor level to fully permeate and reach your steel and start it rusting sounds about right... -
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Recommendations for GOOD heat resistant gloves
That Kevlar style will be better than a leather welding glove for this. We have the big puffy Kevlar mitts like that for really hot or super cold stuff and they work well, but grabbing red-hot steel may be pushing it a bit... -
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Heated Screwdriver Bit wanted by Customer
That definitely sounds like a 2-tool procedure. One to heat, then a regular screwdriver to remove. Separate the 2 tasks so you have no worries about temper or overhardening the tool. -
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Adhesive to put on non-psa sanding discs bought by mistake
3M Spray 77 is what I have used in this situation and it does the job well. -
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Machining confession thread.
"Good Judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from Bad Judgement"... -
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Drawing/Model discrepancies disrupting our schedule
Nah. We work very well with our suppliers. You seem to be the one who wants to argue, no matter what you say. Believe what you want.- dstig
- Post #58
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Drawing/Model discrepancies disrupting our schedule
Wow. This blew up in a day. Don Quixote and Finegrain get it. Seymore seems to either want a fight or just not get it. I was trying to be polite, but I forget this is PM... We make injection molded parts, mainly. An occasional metal part, and a LOT of machined prototypes and fixtures. And it...- dstig
- Post #56
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Drawing/Model discrepancies disrupting our schedule
Not a contradiction at all. Perhaps I was not clear. The drawing has the key dimensions that we want measured in production, nothing more. Those dims come from the solid model but we only show those few we want inspected on the print. Solid model still rules, we just show them on the print for...- dstig
- Post #6
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues