A Reverse Engineering tool to get everyone motivated in 2016 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: btfdev
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2016, 09:06:17 pm
content: Happy New Year to all Hobbyists, Machinists, Engineers, CAD designers and DIYers.Lets talk something not related to Electrical Engineering. Some of us work on multiple fields especially in a small startup company.Is reverse engineering a routine part of your work? Document a finished part back to CAD drawing is time consuming and painful most the time. Especially for non-professional like us! (a bunch of IT geeks, Product Designers and EE Engineers working part time on projects). Measuring part takes time and not to mention most of us are beginners in CAD software.Anyhow, things gotta be done in the right way. Starting with measurements. So we make this. Screw Holes Center Distance Measuring Tool. Visit our showcase link below and make one yourself. It helps us a lot in getting our measurements done. Hope this idea will help you achieve your goals in 2016. Cheers!https://binarytaskforce.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/p-drp-0038/EnjoyTeam BTF.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 05, 2016, 01:42:04 am
content: Quote from: btfdev on January 04, 2016, 09:06:17 pmwhats wrong with matching bolt and measure head to head? or the quickest, caliper to the farthest OD to OD minus hole diameter? nothing wrong with your tool if its for highly keen professional who have abundant of spaces storing every sizes of the "Screw Holes Center Distance Measuring Tool".

author: fivefish
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 02:32:52 am
content: >>Screw Holes Center Distance Measuring ToolMaybe I'm just not an advanced user making rocket parts, but I don't get it. Why the need for this?What's wrong with a straight caliper and eyeballing center of it, or measuring edge to edge? Besides, when you send the part out for manufacturing, they'll have tolerances and when you buy and insert your bolts or whatever, it will also have it's own tolerances.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 02:41:34 am
content: This sounds a lot like the NASA space pen in comparison to the Russian pencil myth

author: kizzap
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 12:53:22 pm
content: It's gimmicky, and makes assumptions.1) you are assuming that the post you are measuring from is purely circular, and toleranced down to a specific measurement.2) you are assuming the holes are drilled/tapped perpendicular/co-planar/parallel. and that everything lines up, the example you provided of the countersunk hole is nothing.3) it seems that the ends of the pegs have no method of screwing in/out, one tightened too hard, out come the pliers, screwing with your tolerances for the peg...

author: rfeecs
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2016, 05:45:36 pm
content: Isn't this just a threaded location guage?:http://www.mscdirect.com/browse/tn/Measuring-Inspecting/Dimensional-Measuring-Tools/Tapped-Hole-Location-Gages-Sets/Tapped-Hole-Location-Gages?navid=12107719http://www.ring-plug-thread-gages.com/ti-hole-location-overview.htm