How a cookie cutter is made - GIF

[Jon]

thinking about this setup making a Christmas tree.

Good call. It's even more satisfying making a Christmas tree.

[PJs]

Good one Jon! Ok, same folks different dies and difference sequences with more pneumatics. Were are you finding these? Note the stabilizing top plates on 2 sequential rams and they started at the seam. Also the peak of the tree being the last op and if you look carefully (in the top view sequence) there does seem to be a bit of excess material folding over a bit at the crown. Can't seem to single frame a Gif...do you know how?

Love the shape of the tree!! Beautifully done mold!

Was able to pause and get a jpg...

[Jon]

Good one Jon! Ok, same folks different dies and difference sequences with more pneumatics. Were are you finding these?

Everywhere. Social media in particular: Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Imgur, Instagram, numerous forums. Plus patent searches, niche viral content curation websites, historical websites, oddity websites. Twice daily I review all of my sources, either manually, semi-programmatically, or using basic scripts that I wrote to review RSS feeds, forums, etc. Sometimes I will do similar image searches or the like to find related material. Then everything gets chucked into a large bookmark folder that now contains thousands of links. Then I sort through that list for potential new posts, download and optimize the images or vids, and query our database for a relevant thread to add to, or make a new one.

This saves everyone from trudging through the signal-to-noise wasteland that is social media, and prepping the images and vids for proper format and size for uploading to a forum. It's a good bit of work, but it's worthwhile because the resultant discussions we have are unusually high-quality when compared to other discussions around the web of the same images or videos.

[PJs]

High praise and a Big Thank You for all that work and the many other task you do. I know that I in particular and many others here really enjoy and appreciate the Tool Talk part of this great forum.

PJ

[Frank S]

Yes I agree the tool talk sub forum is outstanding I check it several times a day and love making my sometimes zany comments just to see if anyone read them.

[Jon]

Good to hear! Plenty more coming down the line too.

[marksbug]

I like the note "open 8 befor 7" ...execpt befor y or q......or finger masherr.. thats neet. I could see early car parts being made this way.

[Frank S]

Good use of bestako clamps

[PJs]

Eight tiny Reindeer and an Christmas tree with a Ginger Bread Santa...Oh my.

Interesting to see the similar setup in manual style with Over-center clamps (Not Destaco, but maybe very old ones, imho)...wonder if the this is the Proto, Proto for the previous. Mainly because it not made from a ring and to test the sequencing and will need Crimping or maybe a spot weld. I do believe this could definitely be done in a home shop.

Again Great die work!

I don't know why this is so fascinating to me, but it sure captures my attention in a soothing way. Thanks Jon!

[Frank S]

Could be straight line toggles De-Sta-co model 603
https://www.travers.com/straight-lin.../p/61-190-130/