Fibonacci
Member
When you receive a kit, what do you inspect it for?
Unfortunately, I think I got some kits with oddball plating, but I am working with the vendor to correct it. My biggest problem is that I didn't look for that.
When I first started, I didn't inspect kits.
Then I got a pen half made before discovering that the tube was slightly bent. It still fit in the blank, but when I went to put the tranmission in, I discovered that it wasn't aligned with the blank. As I turned the blank off, I discovered that they whole tube was curved. In looking at the other kits I got at the same time, I found that several of them had curved tubes.
So I started inspecting for tubes in good condition. I have had a few with tube issues, but the vendors solved those problems easily.
Then one day I was trying to put together a kit and knew something was wrong, but couldn't figure out what it was. I showed it to my wife and she wanted to know why I left the clip off. Doh. So I started inspecting kits to have all the right parts in the right colors.
On my latest order, I got my kits, pulled them out, checked the parts, and checked that the finish was "right". Thus creating my problem. I looked through the plastic to say that the finish was good. Upon starting to assemble one, I discovered that my kits (3) were all silver colored metal, but there was a random mix of polished and satin finishes. Now I have to contact this vendor about getting some replecement parts. Given past experience, I expect that to be fairly painless, it just delays me a bit.
If I had pulled each piece out of the bag and lined them up on the table, this would have been very apparent from the start, but I didn't take them out of the bag because the bags are so convenient for storage.
So, in the interest of not having such issues in the future, how do you inspect your kits, and what do you look for?
Unfortunately, I think I got some kits with oddball plating, but I am working with the vendor to correct it. My biggest problem is that I didn't look for that.
When I first started, I didn't inspect kits.
Then I got a pen half made before discovering that the tube was slightly bent. It still fit in the blank, but when I went to put the tranmission in, I discovered that it wasn't aligned with the blank. As I turned the blank off, I discovered that they whole tube was curved. In looking at the other kits I got at the same time, I found that several of them had curved tubes.
So I started inspecting for tubes in good condition. I have had a few with tube issues, but the vendors solved those problems easily.
Then one day I was trying to put together a kit and knew something was wrong, but couldn't figure out what it was. I showed it to my wife and she wanted to know why I left the clip off. Doh. So I started inspecting kits to have all the right parts in the right colors.
On my latest order, I got my kits, pulled them out, checked the parts, and checked that the finish was "right". Thus creating my problem. I looked through the plastic to say that the finish was good. Upon starting to assemble one, I discovered that my kits (3) were all silver colored metal, but there was a random mix of polished and satin finishes. Now I have to contact this vendor about getting some replecement parts. Given past experience, I expect that to be fairly painless, it just delays me a bit.
If I had pulled each piece out of the bag and lined them up on the table, this would have been very apparent from the start, but I didn't take them out of the bag because the bags are so convenient for storage.
So, in the interest of not having such issues in the future, how do you inspect your kits, and what do you look for?