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Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> I also wonder if any of the LEGO parts lend themselves to extrusion
> molding - especially those small connector pegs with holes through them.
> They look like a perfect candidate for extrusion molding at a first look.
> I'm also fairly certain that if nothing else, the axles they use are almost
> certainly extrusion molded. I noticed that some early axles do have a
> cutoff bump at one end of the axle where it gets separated from the sprue it
> would be on, but I haven't seen any such bumps in more recent axles, which
> would seem to suggest that they're either using extrusion molding for the
> axles, or are developing extremely accurate part separation machinery.
I think they do a little bit of post molding finishing. I'm pretty sure
I read about this in one of the books. Depending on the cost to do this
(which almost certainly changes over time), they may finish some parts
and not others.
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