Re: GEOHEX Terrain

I think you can still find the catalog or index of the sets to get a
picture 
of the number and variation of the pieces

Michael Brown
mwsaber6@msn.com

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From: "Mike Stanczyk" <stanczyk@pcisys.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:55 PM
To: <gzg@firedrake.org>
Subject: Re: GEOHEX Terrain

> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Michael Brown wrote:
>
>> GeoHex was patented and he let it lapse.  I think you can still get
the 
>> info
>> from the US Patent Office.  I visited them while they were still in
>> production, the key was the jigs they used for cutting.  Every piece
was
>> hand cut, it was the fastest and cheapest option (he did look at 
>> "casting"
>> processes with the folks that make packing inserts)
>
> I've seen the Patent.  Not helpful.  ;-)
>
> I've always suspected that there was something sneaky/cool going on
during
> production.  I've always felt that the pieces fit together in some way
> for easy production not just cool hills.  I just couldn't see how.
>
> I have family in the industrial machine design world.  It isn't easy.
> It doesn't surprise me at all that GeoHex was all hand cut.
>
> Mike
>
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