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Re: Making 7u axles
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 14 Sep 2002 09:07:33 GMT
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It seems they are molded: if you look closely, there is a very thin line
along the axle where halves of the mold join. The injection point is at one
end. I suspect (but I'm not sure) that actually the mold has 4 parts, two
for the axle itself, two for the ends (looks like there is a joint line
there too).
Philo
www.philohome.com
In lugnet.technic, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> Speaking of the axles does anyone have any idea if LEGO make them with an
> extrusion mold or if they actually injection-mold each axle out of
> individual injection molds?
>
> If there's one part that's practically designed for extrusion molding
> techniques then all axles longer than 2L would almost certainly fit the
> bill!
>
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| Speaking of the axles does anyone have any idea if LEGO make them with an extrusion mold or if they actually injection-mold each axle out of individual injection molds? If there's one part that's practically designed for extrusion molding techniques (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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