3 Sep
2004
3 Sep
'04
4:13 a.m.
>>>> "Vintage" == Vintage
Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> writes:
Vintage> On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Bob Shannon wrote:
> Smooth plastic on early prototypes indicates
'soft mould' plastic,
> essentially an early prototype process for plastic parts, prior to
> committing to an expensive mould that is very difficult to alter
> for last-minute changes.
Vintage> So is the texturing on the final mold there for texturing or
Vintage> as a by-product of the molding process?
For texturing. The mold process is pretty precise -- if the designers
wanted smooth plastic, you would have seen smooth plastic. It's not
like sand-casting of cast iron...
paul