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    Re: Monorail track molds? Factory visits? —Jim Schifeling
   Proof positive that I don't know everything. Frank, in your opinion would you say the "honeycomb" is an inherent part of the molding processing or a way to save on material? Retaining the strength of the unit while using far less ABS? What about (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Monorail track molds? Factory visits? —Frank Filz
   (...) Material and weight savings while retaining strength. (...) I believe baseplates are vacuum formed. Vacuum forming is usually a one piece mold and the item must be able to "fall" out. There is another molding process which I guess is vaccuum (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)
 

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