[Shop-talk] MIG welder term

[Randall]

> Of course, this brings up the question: how long
> is the printer "expected" to last?  They never
> explicitly tell you that (for consumer stuff at
> least).  I hope it's longer than the warranty period...

I don't know, but I suspect the warranty period is a large factor in the
equation.

You start with what percentage of failures under warranty is considered
acceptable (which is usually very low but not zero) and work backwards from
there.

Randall 
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