Ted While my specific comments quoted about "rapid prototyping" were refering to Jim Kings type of projects specifically mentioned in your original post, they are still pretty valid for the RP industry as a whole with regards to model railroad type manufacturing in general.
Now having said that, if there is some generally unknown method of creating creating molds that either EDM faster or increase the spindle speed of a machining center a zillion rpm and and eliminalte .006 broken cutters, many of us would be all ears. For the sake of discussion, I'll eliminate molds made similarly to the Tartan process as models from them are no better than the masters they were made from. As you know, making molds isn't always the time stealer either. Sometimes, just getting a mold to run and fill on a clear day can be a challenge.I've always considered my molder somewhat of a hydraulics engineer. I'm certainly interested if there is something in RP that can be applied. Regards, Ron Sebastian > --- In [email protected], "dphobbies" <dphobbies@> wrote: > > > > I have to chuckle at the words "rapid prototyping", because the > > process is anything but that. I suppose it is if you have all the > > front work such as research, design and engineering and CAD work > > done since that is a major part of the job. > > My day job is in injection molding. "Rapid" in this context usually > refers to this method being much faster than traditional methods of > making a prototype part or building a mold. It does seem to me that > there should be a role for these methods in model railroading. > > Ted Larson Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
