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Just realized the shop's new policy on grinding bevels is slowing us down
We switched from letting us hand-grind to a fixed jig setup about three months ago, and my fit-up time on 8-inch pipe has gone up by almost 20 minutes per joint. I think the push for perfect consistency is costing us more in labor than we save on weld material. Has anyone else's shop made a change like this and found a better middle ground?
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matthewf4015d ago
Honestly, I think that jig is saving you money in the long run. The extra weld time now beats a bad fit-up causing rework later. Our shop saw way fewer rejects after we switched.
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joelc1515d ago
My buddy's crew wasted a whole day fixing one bad hand-fit assembly last month.
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