[sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings

[harry]

Hear, hear....

I'm using the Brother P-Touch also... with silver tape that blends
almost perfectly with the satin fininsh clear anodize of the SESCOM
rack cases I'm using.  Black letters on silver look pretty good... if you
don't look TOO CLOSE  ;^P

H^) harry

David Halliday wrote:

> Also, a couple of companies make really nice and cheap thermal label
> printers.
>
> I use the Brother PT-310 which I bought from Costco for about $40 - the
> label tapes are about $15 each.  I have not used these for panels but if you
> made your panel a uniform white color ( or special-ordered colored tapes ),
> the label would blend in quite nicely.  The adhesive is pretty good.  I have
> used them for labeling my mixer and jack panels - nice and clear and crisp.
>
> -> -----Original Message-----
> -> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> -> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Ken Stone
> -> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 3:52 PM
> -> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> -> Subject: RE: [sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings
> ->
> ->
> ->
> ->
> -> Toby Paddock wrote:
> ->
> -> >And I have a question... What would DIY'ers do for panels and
> -> >labels in the 50s and 60s? I'd like to make a panel
> -> >that kind of looks like a homemade project from back then.
> -> >(If I can resist using LEDs and mini toggle switches).
> ->
> -> Dymo tape was used on that famous Moog prototype, though
> -> that may have been
> -> added later. I had a Dymo in the '70s. I don't know when
> -> they were created.
> -> Also used on this synth were what appear to be pieces of
> -> paper with the
> -> titles stencilled on them using common drafting stencils. I'm only
> -> commenting on what I've seen in photos. Perhaps someone who
> -> as seen the
> -> synth itself would care to elucidate.
> ->
> -> Ken
> ->
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