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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 14:45:03 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> 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)
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> 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?)
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> 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)
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 of them. I figure that LEGO molds are
around the same size. Unless they have interchangable molds (Put in
separate parts in the same mold), I think it would be a very costly
maneuver to make new molds.
Scott S.
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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