John Jorgensen wrote:
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> John Siemsen wrote:
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> (snip)
> > For me, a huge part of the hobby is the aesthetic, and each to their
> own. Somehow that Pave texture inspires in me a sense of ruggedness,
> craftsmanship and high adventure. I can't explain why.
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> Chuck Schmidt commented:
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> (snipped) For me the reason is because you can clearly see the result of a
> pattern maker using a small drill to texture the inside of the mold. Old
> school pattern making!
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> Guys- Patternmaking even in the 60's was not that deep in the dark ages.
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> Having purchased and specified many a mold texture for metal and injection
> molding, the most probable answer is a pantograph machine. A master texture
> in oversize scale was selected, then traced onto the actual mold with a
> small mill bit guided by hand but not "free hand" with the panto machine set
> on a reduction factor....(snip)
Maybe John J, but the early 50s examples I've seen definitely look "free hand" to my eye for what that's worth. We're talkin' about pretty small areas on a part to be textured and we're talkin' early postWWII Italy here... but just my opinion of course.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
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