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Originally posted by Larry Barello
The rules on "custom ordered stuff" is also very ambiguous and causes grief: We can't get special order stuff, but if we are rich enough we can hire a machinist to make it for us? What is fair about that? If we can hire a machinist, why not a distributer or a manufacturer?
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This is actually an *EXCELLENT* point, and is worth bringing up to FIRST.
The concept of "standard off the shelf" sounds great when you look at part procurement rules in a vaccum, but when you also consider the difference in machine shop/machinist capabilities between teams, it certainly favors those with the shop.
In fact, I would consider the people selling the "modified/custom part" an extension of my machine shop. (Outsourcing is a wonderful thing!)
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