When Is A Chamfer Not? 2

[MadMango]

At what point do you stop calling a feature a Chamfer on drawings? When it is larger than 1/2", 1", more? Any thoughts or a standard for this?

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[ajack1]

I am not aware of any standard that says a chamfer stops being a chamfer over a given size. We certainly call them up as chamfers whatever the size, however we may be wrong.

Interesting to see what others think.

 

[ctopher]

Per current standards, on drawings "chamfer" is not called out anymore anyway. The correct callout would be ".10 x 45 deg" (deg symbol).

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[MadMango]

Thanks ctopher, I knew that. Just one of those days where I couldn't see the forest for the trees.

For future reference, any angle other than 45[°] requires separate dims for length and angle.

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[Heckler]

What about an edge break?

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[ctopher]

You can say "break edge .xxx-.xxx" or "break edge .xxx max", or something like that. It doesn't mean a chamfer, can be any shape.

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[Strider17]

If you say "Break edge .xxx max" you are
saying that zero is OK. If you allow no
break on the edge, that is what you will get....

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[wgchere]

If you say "Break edge .xxx max" you are
saying that zero is OK. If you allow no
break on the edge, that is what you will get....

I disagree. By calling an edge break it has to be broken, and you are saying it can be no larger than a certain size. Not breaking it at all violates the instruction to break the edge.