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February 3, 2017
Why car designers stick with clay
“Clay is different waxes with some filler in it,” says VandenBrink. “That used to be sulfur, and more recently small glass beads, but it’s mostly waxes. Honestly, it’s hard to know exactly what’s in it, because the formulas are proprietary.” There are half a dozen companies that make plasticine clay suitable for full-scale design modelling (a few car companies make their own blends), and they deliver their product to design shops on flatbed trucks by the pallet-load. In a typical year, Ford goes through about 100 tons of the stuff, formed into hard, extruded cylinders about 3 inches in diameter. When a designer is ready to build, a lump of it is heated to about 66°C (150°F), and applied.BBC - Autos -
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 3, 2017 10:36 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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I hereby propose a new welfare program wherein the feds buy this stuff by the carload, then hand it out in retail quantities to distraught/despondent/outraged/vehement/disillusioned HRC voters to play with and maybe shut them up. We can pay for it with a "serenity" tax on Trump voters, which I'll gladly pay.
Posted by: BillH at February 3, 2017 1:21 PM