GeorgeCaplin1958
Plinker
- Aug 18, 2010
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Indeed. I can't argue with your logic. I suppose I'm one of these guys who wishes he was around for the heyday of the revolver in 70's/80's.I think it really depends on the part being made, the company's production of that part, and the use of the part. In my engineering classes we hit hard on things regarding to feasibility of production procedures. If you need something extremely precise on its surfaces and dimensions, you wouldn't hardly do anything other than precision CNC manufacturing processes to create it. The same can be said about materials used. Different metals or polymers are used for different properties of wear and corrosion resistance as well as flexibility and hardness. In the case of metal injection molding, a metal part can be made without the use of CNC equipment cost and time so its a matter of cost-benefit analysis. If the company decided that MIM is good enough for meeting specs requirements on the part, and yet is easier or cheaper than other methods, why not do it? After all, most companies have the goal of making the best profits possible, where as fewer companies operate on the basis of creating the best of the best from the best materials and most advanced production techniques.
That used to be the embodiment of America.Agreed. I, as an engineering student, get tired of being told that I will have to design these compromises into my designs. I wish I could bring back the design philosophy of designing to the best of my abilities and make things the best that they can be made. I don't mind as much with some things like my 10/22 having a plastic trigger pack because it does make it cheaper, but just like you said. I wish I could have the utmost in quality.
I'm not an engineering student, but from what I've gathered form various gun forums is that MIM is a process created by Lucifer himself by melting down orphans and baby puppies into a metal paste and then turning that paste into cursed "metal like" pieces that will cause any gun they are put into to instantly transform into a worthless pile of garbage that will catastrophically fail and get you and everyone else in a five mile radius killed, should you ever have to use your gun in self-defense.
If your username is any bit a reference to your age, I am jealous of your generation. Wish I could be in a more polite and wholesome time.
I'm not an engineering student, but from what I've gathered form various gun forums is that MIM is a process created by Lucifer himself by melting down orphans and baby puppies into a metal paste and then turning that paste into cursed "metal like" pieces that will cause any gun they are put into to instantly transform into a worthless pile of garbage that will catastrophically fail and get you and everyone else in a five mile radius killed, should you ever have to use your gun in self-defense.
I don't doubt this, but from what I've seen in Diamondback firearms, when MIM parts do fail, they do so catastrophically. In other words, they don't give any warning that they're starting to go bad so you can replace them before something bad happens... they just break suddenly.They have been making automotive connecting rods using metal injection molding for decades. It's all about quality control, I'll take a good quality MIM part over a poor quality forging or bar stock piece every time.
Being human beings, no age in history is perfect, but I am getting tired of everytime the time is mentioned the only context given is the litany written above. Truth is truth, but "selective memory" can apply to perspectives as well.You know, today some people look back to the 50s and think, man, it was so good back then. But they just overlook all the problems. This is selective memory. Polite and wholesome are desirable, but I wouldn't apply either of these terms to some of the stuff that characterizes the 1950s, such as institutionalized racism, poor treatment of women, the Cold War, or the fear that the world will go up in smokes in a nuclear holocaust.
My attitude is that each age has its strengths and weaknesses. Let's be inspired by the good stuff, and learn from the bad stuff. It would be nice if more people dressed like Mad Men.
Alright, off my soap box.
That's the issue.I don't doubt this, but from what I've seen in Diamondback firearms, when MIM parts do fail, they do so catastrophically. In other words, they don't give any warning that they're starting to go bad so you can replace them before something bad happens... they just break suddenly.
I dunno... I may be totally off base, but to me, MIM is to solid steel (or other metal) as particle board furniture with an oak veneer is to a solid oak piece of furniture...That's the issue.
Pretty much.I dunno... I may be totally off base, but to me, MIM is to solid steel (or other metal) as particle board furniture with an oak veneer is to a solid oak piece of furniture...