It happens …. especially as we get older. Last week my wife asked me to go to the grocery store. She asked me to get two or three basic things. She then asked me if I needed a list and, of course, I told her no. For heaven’s sake, I could remember just a few things, right?
Long story short, I ended up texting her to rediscover the items she wanted. I needed a list after all.
Forgetting a few key things when designing or building a stamping die can prove to be disastrous. That is exactly the reason I encourage you to create and use a checklist of items that are critical in this process.
Sometimes tooling people will refer to this as “stupid-proofing.” But keep in mind, very intelligent and experienced tooling professionals still make honest mistakes and put a component on backward from time to time. So make sure all of the following are incorporated into the design and build of the tool:
Although missing a couple of these things might not be a big problem, it’s still a good idea to follow a checklist (see Figure 1).
Why I can remember 80,000 things about stamping and dies and forget to get bread at the grocery store confounds me. In any case, I now see the value of a list.
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