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    Working with stock thickness material.

    Good Day. Has anyone run into this? Working on a project that uses stock thickness plastic material that has blind features dimensioned from the top surface of the part as it lays on the table. The materials carries tolerance of +/-.020 while the part requires +/-.010. In order to hold required tolerance, I need to fixture the top surface of the part at a plane parrallel to the table(Z=Zero). I also would need to cut radii on the outer edges of the parts. with material having varying thicknesses, the radii are not consistent. Any ideas? All are appreciated!
    Svatchi

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    Quote Originally Posted by svatchi View Post
    Good Day. Has anyone run into this? Working on a project that uses stock thickness plastic material that has blind features dimensioned from the top surface of the part as it lays on the table. The materials carries tolerance of +/-.020 while the part requires +/-.010. In order to hold required tolerance, I need to fixture the top surface of the part at a plane parrallel to the table(Z=Zero). I also would need to cut radii on the outer edges of the parts. with material having varying thicknesses, the radii are not consistent. Any ideas? All are appreciated!
    Svatchi
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    Jussi

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