by James Wright | Sep 4, 2026 | Aerospace Compliance & Quality, Aerospace Machining, CNC Machining, Manufacturing & Cost Estimating
Most CNC quotes arrive as a single number per part — unit price times quantity, done. That works fine for simple commercial jobs. Aerospace quotes are different. They may break the cost into line items because different parts of the cost behave differently: some are...
by Accurate Machine & Tool Team | Sep 1, 2026 | Aerospace Compliance & Quality, Aerospace Machining
A First Article Inspection isn’t a quality-control formality — it’s the documented proof that a part, a process, and a drawing all agree with each other before production begins. Quick summary: AS9102 defines the aerospace industry’s First Article Inspection Report...
by James Wright | Aug 28, 2026 | Aerospace Compliance & Quality, Aerospace Machining, Defense Manufacturing
First article inspection is the reason your first aerospace production run costs more than every run after it. FAI per AS9102 is a complete dimensional verification of every single feature on the drawing — not a sampling plan, not a spot-check. Every dimension, every...
