Re: [GZG] Mold life times...

In metal castings, retention-of-design should be in the masters, not the
moulds, right? Jon, do the CMD masters still exist, as in 'I know where
they are...'

The extremes of 'exist' would be 'I've looked everywhere, talked with
everyone, and no one has a clue, so I'm not aware of them being
destroyed'
to 'I'm looking at them, can lay my hands on them at five minutes
notice,
and can start producing a mould as soon as someone steps up to the door
with enough notes-in-hand to cover several hundred units production'.

Jon wrote on 06/06/2008 08:09:44 AM:

> >Mike Stanczyk wrote:
> >>  Every Falcon produced for the last THIRTY YEARS has been off the
> >>same mold? Oh my god.
> >>
> >>  I bet Jon wishes his molds had that kind of life...
> >>
> >Well, if he was moulding plastic and could afford the cost of
injection
> >moulds, they might... It's not that unusual for injection moulds to
last
> >a long time, though having the same model in production for 30 years
> >could be said to be exceptional.
> >
> >Just how old are the ex-CMD moulds anyway?
>
>
> Pretty much all the old CMD moulds have now been replaced, we only
> ever use an old one here and there for casting up "specials" that
> aren't in the current range. Generally nitrile (black rubber) moulds
> are good for several hundred spins, sometimes many times more that
> this, but it all depends on undercuts and stuff.

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