[sdiy] front panel legend ( was SBM - Recommend Panel Pots & Knobs? Is a 'fake' Scope Risky?)

[steven_thomas]

Hi Martin..well I guess its down to personal taste. I was looking for a
clean `neutral'  background in my panels, on which the legend would stand
out. But sure... there's no reason why you shouldn't go for the transluscent
look.!
cheers steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Czech <czech at Micronas.Com>
To: <steven_thomas at ntlworld.com>
Cc: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] front panel legend ( was SBM - Recommend Panel Pots &
Knobs? Is a 'fake' Scope Risky?)


> Well, if the color is translucent, isn't that nice?
>
> m.c.
>
> :::From: "steven_thomas" <steven_thomas at ntlworld.com>
> :::To: "Martin Czech" <czech at Micronas.Com>, <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> :::Subject: [sdiy] front panel legend ( was SBM -  Recommend Panel Pots &
Knobs?
> Is a 'fake' Scope Risky?)
> :::Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 12:08:33 -0000
> :::Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> :::
> :::Hi ..ok since I am at home today so I did a quick test with the
letraset
> :::inkjet film
> :::and printed a panel with a colour background. As I suspected ..the
colour is
> :::simply not dense enough
> :::to allow you to mount this on an unpainted aluminium panel. The same
will be
> :::true for the water-slide
> :::decal paper with colour photocopier I would guess. The only option if
you
> :::dont want to paint your panel, is to go for the white opaque
self-adhesive
> :::film (eg letraset make this for inkjet printers) .
> :::I havent tried this, but it could be that the film is opaque enough to
> :::produce a dense colour background
> :::and allow you to place the artwork directly on an untreated  panel.
> :::This film is 50 microns thick..so its thicker than the safmat, but
still 1/2
> :::as thick as OHP film.
> :::Hope this helps,
> :::cheers steve thomas
> :::
> :::----- Original Message -----
> :::From: Martin Czech <czech at Micronas.Com>
> :::To: <steven_thomas at ntlworld.com>
> :::Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:43 AM
> :::Subject: Re: [sdiy] SBM - Recommend Panel Pots & Knobs? Is a 'fake'
Scope
> :::Risky?
> :::
> :::
> :::> First, thanx for your site.  Is there any way or could you think of
any
> :::> way to do panels without spraying, painting etc. mess? Just print and
> :::> stick it.
> :::>
> :::> If I spray something here, I'm sure that a lot of dust particles will
> :::> be caught, also some "noses" drops will form out of the film.
Grrrr...
> :::>
> :::>
> :::> m.c.
> :::>
> :::>
> :::>
>