Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Casting IS better. The resulting chassis is stronger tolerances are tighter and it happens to be cheaper. That's why the entire industry went to casting both die and low pressure by the end of the 30s. They weren't just trying to save money. They were trying to make better cameras. - --- SthRosner@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/27/02 11:51:54 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, dante@umich.edu > writes: > > > Then they > > started die-casting and the party line became > that die-casting was better > > Real reason: it's cheaper. By a lot. > > Seth LaK 9 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html