Talk:Burr (edge)

Only metal?

I've heard engineers refer to burrs in composite material. Not only metals.-124.171.252.122 (talk) 11:38, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Johnbod, a burr can also occur when machining softer materials such as plastics. Also, a burr is formed in non-machining operations, such as punching and stamping. Wizard191 (talk) 20:35, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I know that, but I would not call a "a raised portion on a surface, after being struck a blow from an equally hard, or heavy object" burr, or a burr, myself. Was there a discussion before you moved the page? Where? Clearly burr is not restricted to "manufacturing", though it obviously isn't to metal either. There must be a better alternative, which a discussion might produce. Johnbod (talk) 20:42, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What you see here is the discussion. While "manufacturing" isn't the best adjective, it is better than "metal". If you have a better term feel free to move the article there; I was just being bold with the page move. I also tried to tidy up the definition while I was at it. Wizard191 (talk) 20:51, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Burr (materials)? Johnbod (talk) 20:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When I first saw it, it made me thing of a "class of materials". What about burr (edge)? Wizard191 (talk) 21:06, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That would do I think. Or Burr (materials working)? Johnbod (talk) 02:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I like "burr (edge)" better so I'm going to move the article there. Wizard191 (talk) 14:16, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

deburring (process)

More useful would be an article on deburring, which can address burrs on various types of materials. Gillespie refers to the subject as "deburring and edge finishing" making the point that burrs should be prevented in product and process design, but no matter - deburring is a necessary process anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilhkar (talk • contribs) 01:16, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am split on my feeling for moving this to deburring. On one hand, you are right that the process is what the article should be about, but on the other what do we do with the sentence about burrs being desirable for engravings? Wizard191 (talk) 18:38, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I guess I would not move it. Defining a "burr" is important. However, it seems like the deburring link redirects to this page and I would argue that we do need a deburring page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilhkar (talk • contribs) 14:25, 20 February 2010 (UTC) (Sorry - forgot to sign this)[reply]

Paragraph one

"Struck by an object"? Is this confusing and/or inaccurate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilhkar (talk • contribs) 15:22, 20 February 2010 (UTC) (Sorry about missing signature)[reply]

I've attempted to clarify it. Let me know what you think. Wizard191 (talk) 16:14, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We might need some more research. Wilhkar (talk) 16:18, 20 February 2010 (UTC)wilhkar[reply]

Image

I found the image at the beginning of this article to be a bit confusing. Maybe I'm just missing it, but I found it hard to tell how the image linked with the caption; it was difficult to see what it actually was just because there is so little in the image to use as a reference. Kierkkadon (talk) 16:39, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]