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    Re: Very loose tolerances in the manufacture of LEGO bricks? —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Except in rare cases, the tool has to be a tighter tolerance than the product. I have no trouble whatsoever imagining (read that as speculating please!) that the tolerances on the molds are at .001 mm and that due to non uniform cooling, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
   
        Re: Very loose tolerances in the manufacture of LEGO bricks? —Kyle D. Jackson
   (...) I agree that the mould tolerances would be higher than the part. I was assuming the referenced article was referring to the parts, though. (I don't want to sign up for a new Web Account to read it, until I've heard back from their site admin). (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
   
        Re: Very loose tolerances in the manufacture of LEGO bricks? —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) I remember reading that same article and I sure came away with the impression that the molds were being referred to. Could be misinterpretation on my part, though. (...) Agreed. ++Lar (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 

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