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Every Thursday, our Industry Readlines email features interesting, helpful, or funny things from around the technical world. Whether you are in design, machining, production, or inspection this will be a great weekly read.

Registration for May GD&T Inspection Ends Tomorrow

Registration ends tomorrow for the May 18-21 GD&T Inspection virtual public training. This training is hosted through Zoom from 12:00–4:30 PM EST each day.

Discounts are available for groups, returning seminar attendees, and bundled course registrations. See full details here:

https://www.gdandtbasics.com/gdt-training/public-seminars/

From the GD&T Basics Team: Position vs ASME Concentricity

In this Question Line video, Jason compares position vs ASME concentricity for aligning inner and outer diameters of a cylindrical part, showing how form error impacts the measurements.

https://www.gdandtbasics.com/position-vs-asme-concentricity

Saudi Arabia Has Oil, America Has This:

Hidden in the mountains of North Carolina, Spruce Pine produces the world’s purest quartz—an essential material for manufacturing advanced computer chips. This video unpacks how it became a critical and irreplaceable link in the global tech supply chain.

https://youtu.be/Y9V4jNTLGus?si=HdsE8qqEZ-q7Jc_O

Client Highlight: SAAB

This week we are excited to highlight our client, SAAB, a leader in aerospace and defense innovation. In this video, learn how SAAB is transforming aerospace manufacturing with the world’s first software-defined aircraft fuselage—treating hardware production like software development:

https://youtu.be/GjHzxq3D6_o?si=czcAdM05ouJIuKyG

Maker Resources for DIY Compliant Mechanisms:

If last week's compliant mechanisms video sparked your interest, dive deeper with BYU’s maker resources—full of projects, print files, and tutorials that you can use to start creating your own.

https://compliantmechanisms.byu.edu/maker-resources

For a Good Laugh: You don't know what you don't know...

Knowing a little GD&T might be more dangerous than knowing none at all.

The Dunning-Kruger effect is dangerous in technical fields. Just enough knowledge to feel confident. Not enough to see what you're missing. And no idea that the gap even exists.

GD&T is a perfect example. Partial understanding can feel like complete understanding...right up until production reality disagrees with you. Loudly and expensively.

Not knowing what you don't know is fine, until it isn't. The question isn't whether the gap exists. It's whether you find it before production does.

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