Keys on HP-67

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(08-03-2016 02:17 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  Otherwise what? We are all saying they are molded... :-)

Look here too.

Yes, the quoted sentence seems to indicate that the lower faces are *not* part of the double-shot molding process, as in "The keys are double-shot molded [therefore the top face labels are impervious to wear] (and the black front [lower] legends seem to be [otherwise] invulnerable);".

The existence of the mislabeled key in question, as well as the fact that some keys have white top labels and black bottom labels, is definitive proof that the top and lower labels are not shot in the same process step. Either the lower label is externally applied, or the raised lower face component is injected as a separate piece and then fused to the main key body. It seems pretty obvious that a '2' key fell into the '3' bin before the application of the lower face label, then somehow made it back into the '2' bin after the lower label was applied and nobody noticed the error.

I was never saying that the keys aren't double-shot injected. I just suspect the lower face labels are externally applied. Otherwise, all of the keys with white top labels and black lower labels would have to be triple-shot.