WD After considering this for a couple of days I feel both of you have very valid points based on perceived cause and effect. However from other viewpoints...
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catboat15@...
olewilly2000
May 25, 2004 3:56 pm
In a message dated 5/25/2004 8:09:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, j.w.early@... writes: A short discourse on modern education and the democratic...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
May 25, 2004 7:52 pm
... From: <catboat15@...> To: <mlathemods@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [mlathemods] Re: Lathe Choices (more OT)and...
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Charles Walklin Sr
cwalklin1
May 25, 2004 8:17 pm
... From: <catboat15@...> To: <mlathemods@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [mlathemods] Re: Lathe Choices (more OT)and...
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Gene Furr
genefurr
May 25, 2004 8:35 pm
Collage engineers working for the government are a lot of fun. While working at a machine shop was given blue prints for a stainless steel plate .50 inch thick...
777
WDSmith
wdsmith41
May 25, 2004 9:36 pm
JWE, First, how many in your "couple?" I barely remember the original exchange. All of my period have rust on them and the uppercase letters are starting to ...
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WDSmith
wdsmith41
May 25, 2004 9:42 pm
John, I think you may have nailed our problem: We never understood and always underestimated our station in life. Damn! and after all that work too! ! WDSmith ...
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FPS-TECH
fps_tech
May 25, 2004 11:03 pm
Do you actually think that the receiptant of the piece would check the accuracy? You could have made those all day long at plus/minus 1/32 inches and I would...
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FPS-TECH
fps_tech
May 25, 2004 11:04 pm
You should have made the hole anyway -- 1/4 and 16/64 are one and the same. ... From: "Gene Furr" <gene-furr@...> To: <mlathemods@yahoogroups.com> ...
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baugher_c
May 25, 2004 11:16 pm
... the ... inches ... You never know. It's the government; they just might. C| ... steel ... inch centers. ... didn't bid...
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j.w.early@...
jwearlyatt
May 25, 2004 11:17 pm
WD What I remember is coming home from the service and hearing it is going to be so much a month for room and board after the first month. And next it was oh...
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j.w.early@...
jwearlyatt
May 25, 2004 11:27 pm
WD I have a holding folder in my on-line mail reader and the comments both you and John made needed considered response and I was for the moment to busy to...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
May 26, 2004 12:49 am
... More so, 16/64 has a specified tolerance built in -- plus or minus 1/128, the limit of "semi-precision." Not coincidentally, that's also about the amount...
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catboat15@...
olewilly2000
May 26, 2004 1:25 am
In a message dated 5/25/2004 4:17:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cbaugher_yahoo@... writes: 50 holes drilled on 2 > inch centers. ... didn't bid ...
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James Early
jwearlyatt
May 26, 2004 1:34 am
Gene We get parts like that in for quote all the time. We send back two quotes, one at the print tolerances and one with normal production tolerances. We ...
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catboat15@...
olewilly2000
May 26, 2004 1:48 am
In a message dated 5/25/2004 1:12:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, silent1@... writes: "hammer and tongs" engineer to find and fix the problem. This same...
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Mark
jbsantee
May 26, 2004 2:50 am
More so, 16/64 has a specified tolerance built in -- plus or minus 1/128, the limit of "semi-precision." Not coincidentally, that's also about the amount most...
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Peter Sanders
psrr1949
May 26, 2004 2:54 am
Hi JWE On Tue, 25 May 2004 15:03:56 +0000, <j.w.early@...> wrote: <snip> ... <snip> ... Well said, and concisely put. Regards Peter...
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John P. Labutski
kd6wd
May 26, 2004 3:22 am
I really enjoyed those comments the drain plate and the 16/64 hole. Reminds me of a day I tried to explain that an 8-32 screw was not 8/32 but a number 8...
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Donald Qualls
silntobsvr
May 26, 2004 3:27 am
... You very well might. I haven't yet parted with the funds for even a cheap letter-number drill set, and can never find the chart that gives those drill...
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Michael Horgan
alotofbrass
May 26, 2004 3:36 am
Just about as good as the fellow I worked with for awhile. Old (I'm an Analog Engineer, I don't want to know anything about those digital chips!) brought his...
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Gene Furr
genefurr
May 26, 2004 3:44 am
Gene We get parts like that in for quote all the time. We send back two quotes, one at the print tolerances and one with normal production tolerances. We ...
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Mark
jbsantee
May 26, 2004 5:52 am
... will ... You very well might. I haven't yet parted with the funds for even a cheap letter-number drill set, and can never find the chart that gives those...
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David
dwood1481
May 26, 2004 11:28 am
All: The engineer was indeed a fool, and needed making fun of. I also remember, as a beginner (Senior Technical Editor, Chrysler Corporation Space Division,...
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j.w.early@...
jwearlyatt
May 26, 2004 1:18 pm
Dave Grammar errors as well as spelling errors result usually from a liberal arts education where the teacher decided this person does not fit my idea of...
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HLahantubbe
Rahantubbe
May 26, 2004 2:57 pm
I once applied for a position as a machinist .... the "high" tolerance in that shop was about 1/64th of an inch .... The shop was so dirty, disorganized, and...
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David
dwood1481
May 26, 2004 3:15 pm
JW: Sorry, but I don't buy the conspiracy theory. Everyone has the opportunity, the privilege, and the requirement as a citizen to learn his own language. ...
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eeengineer@...
eeengineer1
May 26, 2004 3:29 pm
While I never had difficulty with grammar, I have always had trouble with spelling and (foreign) language. I never passed a spelling course in my life. I...
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Jason J
shithookthecat
May 26, 2004 4:11 pm
Dave, What planet are you from? Nothing you have been saying in this or your previous posts has any basis in reality. I expect that you think the war in Iraq...
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David
dwood1481
May 26, 2004 4:27 pm
James: Dyslexia is a particularly pernicious disability that is, I believe, incurable. Your generation seldom diagnosed it; and, when they did, they treated...
