Niltusk
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Zamak is an industrial zinc metal held to standards, this is the polar opposite of "pot metal". They share some of the same base metals in much the way urine and bottled water share water as its primary makeup, does this make them the same? Zamak has the contaminates removed that cause material problems. You get the same ignorance on alot of gun forums when you have some "wikipedia" experts make claims that a gun someone else just bought was made of pot metal because it was made of Zamak. Zamak has been used in everything from guns, to household items, to automobiles, motorcycles, etc... for the better part of a century. It has no more or less problems than any other material and doesn't have the internal erosion factor that actual "pot metals" have if used correctly, thats the entire purpose of Zamak is to overcome that.
Its not just that there are matchbox cars that look brand new after 40 years, minibikes made of Zamak from way before that are just fine.
Bottom line, anyone stupid enbough to compare Zamak with a true pot metal are probably dumb enough to suggest that you wouldn't need silica to do sand casts, because you can just dig sand out of a local playground and sift the cat **** out of it. Even precise mixes of metals don't make the final product 100% of what it will be, theres also tolerances used by a company, how well the pieces are checked (ie. do they batch check small parts, do they sample based on pieces produced, time running, ets) what quality are the dies being used, how well are they maintained, how skilled are the staff in the process, etc.. etc.. but the bottom line is, these are manufacturing issues, NOT material issues.
I worked my first two years out of high school in a multi cast factory, then the next 4 at Chrysler Kokomo Diecast while putting myself through school. The amount of BS spouted in this thread alone is just pathetic. Its one thing to say, I don't like diecast because its heavy, it doesnt work on my flight stands, it makes my figure top heavy, I prefer the feel of plastic, etc... but to try to troll people and repeatedly post misinformation is just silly beyond words.
Lerath is spouting rubbish in an attempt to convince people that theres something more wrong with diecast. I'm done with my rant, if you're dumb enough to buy into this ignorance then pass on the diecast series, I'll enjoy mine either way.
Its not just that there are matchbox cars that look brand new after 40 years, minibikes made of Zamak from way before that are just fine.
Bottom line, anyone stupid enbough to compare Zamak with a true pot metal are probably dumb enough to suggest that you wouldn't need silica to do sand casts, because you can just dig sand out of a local playground and sift the cat **** out of it. Even precise mixes of metals don't make the final product 100% of what it will be, theres also tolerances used by a company, how well the pieces are checked (ie. do they batch check small parts, do they sample based on pieces produced, time running, ets) what quality are the dies being used, how well are they maintained, how skilled are the staff in the process, etc.. etc.. but the bottom line is, these are manufacturing issues, NOT material issues.
I worked my first two years out of high school in a multi cast factory, then the next 4 at Chrysler Kokomo Diecast while putting myself through school. The amount of BS spouted in this thread alone is just pathetic. Its one thing to say, I don't like diecast because its heavy, it doesnt work on my flight stands, it makes my figure top heavy, I prefer the feel of plastic, etc... but to try to troll people and repeatedly post misinformation is just silly beyond words.
Lerath is spouting rubbish in an attempt to convince people that theres something more wrong with diecast. I'm done with my rant, if you're dumb enough to buy into this ignorance then pass on the diecast series, I'll enjoy mine either way.
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