14 May
2005
14 May
'05
9:44 p.m.
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