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Chasing a bad tube bevel that wasted half a Friday

Spent 4 hours trying to fit a tube into a header plate last week, kept fighting the gap. Turned out the bevel was cut 3 degrees off at the shop. Has anyone else had a prefab part cost them a whole afternoon?
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phoenix_singh25
Oh man, I once spent an afternoon fighting a fitting that was 3mm too long and blaming my tape measure instead of the factory.
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grant155
grant15515d agoMost Upvoted
Blame it on the guy who set up the bevel machine right? That 3 degrees probably looked like no big deal on paper but it sure turned into a whole afternoon hobby project. At least you got to stare at a gap and question all your life choices for a few hours.
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fisher.thomas
Yeah @grant155, just throw a little shim in there and pretend it was part of the plan.
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