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Default acceptable tolerances for cnc work

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:51:44 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
Gunner quickly quoth:

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:06:44 -0500, Ned Simmons
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:25:53 -0800, Gunner
wrote:


The most dangerous thing in the world, is a CAD package with more than
4 places to the right of the decimal point.


Hey, I've got all the decimals you'll ever need. g I'm up to revJ
designing a pair of parts that are less than an inch square and have
approx 60 features with a +5/-0 micron tolerance. They're running my
customer around $4000/pair.


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Damn, that's almost as much as a new pair of basic Air Jordans!

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