TSO Anodizing is very inconsistent, why?

[Crazyraceguy]

Let me add on to where Coen just ended, whether it's anodization or paint, accurately matching different batches of colored products is nigh on to impossible. Simply read the label on SW paint where hey exhort you to

This is why Pros use a technique called "boxing". Simply put, this is the mixing of multiple smaller containers into a larger one, thus blending away any variation. Then it can be returned to the smaller containers, for use as needed.

We often do this with stain too.

 

[Packard]

Specifically in the medical field where different color screws refer to different lengths. That way during surgery, instead of asking for a particular length the physician simply asks for a particular color. Easier and fewer mistakes are made.

Interesting.

In the early 1970s I was an independent manufacturers’ representative. One of my principals was a machine shop. At that time, I subscribed to a U.S. government publication called “Commerce Business Daily” [CBD] and it arrived my US Mail 5 days a week. It listed various government contracts being offered. One seemed to suit the capabilities of the machine shop I represented, so I requested a bidding package.

My principal bid the job and we were the low bidder. It called for machining 10 supplied castings, including milling and line boring. It seemed simple enough. And the contractor sent out a survey company to confirm that we were capable of doing the work. It was bid at $200.00 each for 10 pieces. What my principal did not notice was that he was responsible for any castings he damaged, which were made from titanium.

Luckily none were damaged. Each one was valued at $700.00. I referred to the material as “unobtainium”, which was my word-coinage at that time. The job went well, a the titanium caused no issues in the machine shop. However, when my principal learned the risk he had taken, it soured him on future government work.

CBD no longer exists. It has been replaced by an on-line version, which was always available for free. I am not sure what the Trump admin has done in that regard.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Let me add on to where Coen just ended, whether it's anodization or paint, accurately matching different batches of colored products is nigh on to impossible. Simply read the label on SW paint where hey exhort you to

Titanium can be anodized.

So long as it's not red! ;-)