[sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings

[David Halliday]

There is a BIG one for sale in Montreal - probably weighs around 300 pounds
*but* the bid is currently at $0.99 with six days to go.  Comes with letters
though...

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1627520930

smaller one by the same people but you supply your own letters...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1627531375

Check out " view seller's other auctions " especially the turn-key Gold Mine
in Venezuela opening bid at $5k ( reserve not met )



-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
-> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of harry
-> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 8:57 PM
-> To: tpaddock at seanet.com
-> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
-> Subject: Re: [sdiy] silkscreening and other finishings
->
->
-> The 40's / 50's would be GRAVOPLY lables... they are a black plastic
-> with a white plastic overcoat.... us use a pantograph style
-> engraver to
-> cut through the white and expose the black. They are virtually
-> indestructable.
->
-> The label stock can even be had in large sheets, to do a whole front
-> panel.
-> Finsihed lables are glued or riveted to the panel.  Still used in
-> industry today.
-> Hmmm...  maybe an old engraver on e-bay ???
->
-> H^) harry
->
-> tpaddock at seanet.com wrote:
->
-> > 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
-> > >
->
->