Just wait until it’s machining! Wood working at least most of the time tolerances are +- 1/8”. Throwing away a thousand dollar part because you were .003” off is lame.
At least if you have a grinder, welding can sometimes be more forgiving.
At least if you have a grinder, welding can sometimes be more forgiving.
Their pricing and supply times factored in a pretty significant failure rate, and we were basically asking them for highly precise screws and nuts for a couple thousand each.
But to check THAT tolerance, you have these metal screws that they need to securely attach or be unable to attach to. And since the metal fittings will be used for batch testing entire production runs of life or death parts for years to come, they go a little overboard with specifications.
I'm not sure if it really needed to be THAT precise, but that's just what it was