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Flatness: How To?

We are doing a short run project for a company. We are a stamping factory. They want to stamp out a flat "V" shaped retention spring out of 0.018" thick steel and measure 0.010" flatness, unrestrained. I usually deal with material that is thicker than this. Anyone have any ideas?

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  • Just a thought, but I would try laying the part on a surface plate and probing around with different thicknesses of feeler gage.
    If the part moves during this probing I would put an indicator on the part above where your probing and see what's the thickest gage stock I can use before the indicator moves.
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  • Just a thought, but I would try laying the part on a surface plate and probing around with different thicknesses of feeler gage.
    If the part moves during this probing I would put an indicator on the part above where your probing and see what's the thickest gage stock I can use before the indicator moves.
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