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    Orange peel paint

    Orange peel is usually caused by the condition "overbake". It more frequently occurs on dark colored vehicles. Dark colors absorb more heat. When the line thru the ovens goes from say, light silver to dark grey the ovens are dialed down. The line does not stop for anyman. As a result the first...
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    Please help settle a dispute. Inside or out for dimensions

    Please help settle a dispute. Inside or outside for dimensions on stamped parts? Of course there are always special cases, but there is only one method that is not altered due to uncontrollable metal thickness variation. Weigh in everyone, give us your thoughts. Thanks.
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    Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

    I concur w/ looslib. using a +/- tol you are done right there. Stacking another tol on top of that with Profile is not an option. Phil Zygiel Project Engineer/Design Checker Ricardo

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