[sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings

[Ian Fritz]

Well, one of the older methods was to type the labels on little pieces of
paper and then scotch tape them onto the panel. Some of the early Moog
prototypes used this method. Make sure you use a real typewriter so the
lettering will be crooked and uneven.

  Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: <tpaddock at seanet.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 5:35 AM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings


> Harry,
> But when dymo labels fell off you could still
> read the letters in the fossilized goo. :)
> I was kind of wondering what was pre-dymo?
> Maybe I'm thinking 40s-50s instead of 50s-60s.
> Punch letters on copper strips and "age" in
> salt water? H2O2? Cola?
>
> I bet dymo dates back farther than I think.
> Maybe I'll hit it with a heat gun to fade
> it out a bit. (If I can find some) Nothing
> says high-class like woodgrain dymo.
>
> Thanks,
> Toby Paddock
> PS- I just checked ebay and sure
> enough, there's lots of *vintage* Dymo.
>
> Harry wrote:
> > If you want an authentic 60's look use labelmaker
> > plastic tape once made by Dymo. Don't know if it
> > still exists. It embossed litters into a thick
> > plastic self adhesive tape.  It looked awful but
> > I saw a LOT of homebuilt projects using it...
> >
> > Used it myself... eventually the adhesive dries
> > out and the labels fall off... leaving a sticky
> > residue behind.
> >
> > H^) harry
> >
>
>