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  1. lastviking

    alignment between hole and slot with unilateral tolerances

    Thanks Kenat, that does get me part way there. Any idea how to utilize unilateral tolerancing with true position? I don't see that in Y14.5M-1994. Or do I just need to change my nominal to the center of the unilateral zone and make it bilateral?
  2. lastviking

    alignment between hole and slot with unilateral tolerances

    Hi all, I need to tightly hold the alignment between a hole and a slot. The hole has a unilateral postiional tolerance from the tertiary datum and I also want to allow a more generous unilateral tolerance between the slot and hole. The competing priorities I described seem to preclude the use...
  3. lastviking

    switching careers midstream?

    Many thanks gepman and justincase! Your insights are very helpful. RossABQ: I'm in souteast PA, about 15 miles north of Philly. I'm considering a future move to northeast PA. There's not much industry up there and working as a machine design engineer is a pretty hopeless endeavor. I was...
  4. lastviking

    switching careers midstream?

    I'm a 32 year old mechanical engineer with 10 years experience in machine design. I still enjoy designing machines but have become a bit disenchanted with the up and down cycles of capital equipment and being laid off every two years. I've started to consider other industries/fields where I...

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