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Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 14:40:19 GMT
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> Well, it depends. One, if they update their machines. Most molds can be
> run on different machines, it is just a matter of setting up the machine
> for the specific mold (core temperature, shot size, etc.) I know
> somebody posted they put all their old molds in cement, and use the
> cement blocks for buildings. That might mean no more outdated parts.
Yes, TLG does imbed worn out molds in buildings. No, the molds are not hard to
make. It is the pattern making that is hard to do (the first mold)
I would imagine that the LEGO molds have been done on CAM for quite some
time...since the best way to make molds is using CAM, and has been for certanly
20 years or more now.
(as a aside, when did G and M codes come out?)
The 'best' way to cut a mold is using EDM (Electro Discharge Machining), which
is all CAM. If the CAM pattern still exists, then it is not all that hard to
make another mold, nor does it cost all that much. (just the machine time)
James Powell
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| (...) Hmmm... when I worked at a plastic parts plant in Fowlerville, Michigan, we had some new molds come in for the Dodge Neon Battery Box. The molds where around a 2 foot cube (2'x2'x2'). They cost the company around 500,000 each, and we had two (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Well, it depends. One, if they update their machines. Most molds can be run on different machines, it is just a matter of setting up the machine for the specific mold (core temperature, shot size, etc.) I know somebody posted they put all (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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