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Question by cajunwarrior: What factory processes to make guitar parts?
I was wondering for factory-made guitars, what processes are used to mass produce guitar parts. As the Tone controls are most likely a thermoplastic and so made by injection moulding, but how about the other parts of a guitar? Like the scratchplate?

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Answer by dreamchanter
See how Gibson guitars are made:
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/some-assembly-required-gibson-guitars.html

or

http://science.discovery.com/search/results.html?query=guitar&search.x=31&search.y=9&search=search

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Question by Felix: What are the most commonly used plastic processes (injection moulding, blow moulding etc.)?
From all of the different plastic processes what are the more common ones and how much are they each used?

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Answer by chor510
It really depends on what type of parts and materials you are talking about.

Thermoforming is very popular for a lot of consumer goods. You basically take a sheet of plastic and press a mold into it. An example is TV dinner trays.

Blow molding is very popular for bottles. You start out with a peg of plastic and blow air into it and fill out a mold.

Many of the harder and more perminant plastics are injection molded. You inject plastic into a steel mold and then pull it apart.

Another is FRP – fiberglass reinforced plastic. You see this a lot in tub surrounds and boats. You start with a layer of fiberlass and either spray on or inject plastic.

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