Cost was obviously a large part of the equation but interestingly, they
preferred the bulk packaging of the big box over even the slightly better
packaging in tubes of 10.  They explained to me that when you're assembling
thousand of spindles at the time, individual packaging really slows the
process down!

Jon

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Richard Prosser <rhprosser@gmail.com>wrote:

> >
> > The manufacturer changed to a well-known brand of bearings, and the need
> for
> > a spindle-assembly test station disappeared.
> >
> >
> > Jon
> > --
>
> Which raises the question as to the basis for how the bearings were
> selected in the first place. Cost maybe??
>
> RP
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