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Re: Has anyone considered molding track ourselves?
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:10:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Thomas Holzer wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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Has anyone ever considered extending this and doing some kind of molding of
new track pieces ourselves? Has anyone ever done some investigation of how
much it would cost for a mold for a larger radius curve or other new track
shapes?
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During the last year I got a lot of experiences in 3d printing. I think that
can be an alternative to molding since that is very costly.
Take a look at my results for minifigs at:
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/MinifigCustomsIn3d
With the same technique it should be possible to mold also new track pieces.
Woody64
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There has been a lot of DISCUSSION on molding new track, but what we need is an
actual demonstration of a technique that works and produces a real product.
Anyone producing good quality 9V LEGO compatible track will find that there is a
waiting market.
Your molded parts are very impressive.
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| (...) The simple solution that I would envision would be lego compatible ties that work with some off the shelf model railroad rail stock. That would keep the lego gauge, eliminate the need to put metal on plastic (beyond slipping ties on to the (...) (15 years ago, 28-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I think someone needs to just go to some plastics manufacturers (molding, 3d printing, whatever) and say "this is what we want, how much would it cost for a mold or design and how much would it cost per unit" I think that if someone said "We (...) (15 years ago, 28-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) During the last year I got a lot of experiences in 3d printing. I think that can be an alternative to molding since that is very costly. Take a look at my results for minifigs at: (URL) the same technique it should be possible to mold also new (...) (15 years ago, 27-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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