15 May
2005
15 May
'05
7:10 a.m.
What they do on model railroads control panels is to print on
transparency film and then cover it with 3/32" plexiglas.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 12:44 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Making Fontpanel Labels
On 5/15/05, Michael Holley <swtpc6800 at comcast.net> wrote:
Ethan Dicks asked about label sheets for front panels.
Sort-of... I was asking in particular about adhesive plastic sheet that
could be run through a printer... the switch panel (no LEDs) for the
Elf2K is made up of a color printed label affixed to an ABS plate and
drilled. This is different than the Poptronics Elf that has a metal
plate, painted, with rub-on letters. I was hoping to make something
more durable than an exposed paper label, especially a ink-jet-printed
paper label that might get spotty with sweat from the user's hands, etc.
Back in the 1960s and 1970s I would hand ink my panels
with a Leroy
Lettering Set and spray clear Krylon on them. A lot of work but they
looked nice.
That's more like the Poptronics Elf, but that was the style of the
day...
-ethan