[sdiy] Plastic Panels.. why not pcb?

[Grant Richter]

on 12/31/03 1:49 AM, denshi at denshiblocks at yahoo.com wrote:

> ive been fascinated with plastic panels myself, mainly
> for the purpose of lighting them - but one thing i
> think might be very interesting is using the copper
> clad fiberglass material that pcbs are made from.
> sort of a case of the panel reflecting the contents
> ^_^  its also very strong, and can be etched with
> panel legends if you are feeling industrious.  seems
> to be pretty cheap at surplus, and practically free if
> you feel like scraping used pcbs.
> 
> i seem to recall a william gibson novel foretelling
> the use of pcb material for shanty towns in the
> future... hmm
> 
> anyway, its a material i will be looking at using for
> future projects
> 
> seth 

Buchla did this for the Music Easel keyboard

http://www.buchla.com/historical/music_easel/images/musiceasel-large.jpeg

The keyboard is blue PCB material layered with red PCB material. The legends
are metal trace material. Via's connect the key pads to circuitry on the
bottom.