[Fot] checking bearing clearances

[Tim Murphy]

> with a three (3) point bore gauge.
>I have always wondered why do people do this. Is there some kind of legal
document reason? What could >three mean besides 3?

With me it's just a carryover from writing engineering reports in the R&D
department.  They were a little fussy regarding format.  Guess I can quit now.
Probably goes back to the days when we wrote the reports up by hand and the
secretary typed them up; pre-word processor and computer days.

Tim
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: John Herrera
  To: Tim Murphy ; Bill Babcock
  Cc: fot at autox.team.net
  Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:18 PM
  Subject: RE: [Fot] checking bearing clearances


  > with a three (3) point bore gauge.

  I have always wondered why do people do this. Is there some kind of legal
document reason? What could three mean besides 3?

  Do you really think that someone will misinterpret three?  Like three means
4, for example? "Oh, I'm so glad you put that 3 in parentheses next to three.
I thought you meant 4!"

  Where does this come from? It has that Military feel to it.

  John H.