[sdiy] diy illuminated rubber membrane push buttons?

[Danjel van Tijn]

This http://www.smooth-on.com/urethanes.asp  places looks ideal. Some of
their products are intended for a variety of purposes like the special fx
industry.  I have e-mailed them to ask which product they recomend.

Also they have trial versions of all their products for very reasonable
prices (2 gallons of urethane should be mroe than enough to a bunch of
keyboards and it only cost $22!)

cheers,
      Danjel


On 3/19/06, Tim Parkhurst <tim.parkhurst at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How about some of the tricks used by movie effects guys (and gals)? Do
> a Google for movie effects or movie makeup or something like that.
> Also, check the ads in Cinefex magazine. This is a great mag by the
> way if you're at all interested in how movie effects are done. You'll
> see ads in the back for companies that sell all sorts of plastic and
> latex supplies. You might also look into vacuum forming and cutting
> thin plastic sheets (another trick used by movie FX and model
> builders). Oh, and maybe do a search for model building supplies.
>
> Tim (my life is a special effect) Servo
> ***************************************************
>
> On 3/18/06, Danjel van Tijn <syntheticdan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am looking at ways to make my own rubber/latex membrane pusbuttons.
> >
> > I am sure this has been done before but I can't find any DIY pages for
> it.
> >
> > My initital idea is to make a mold and use a latex modelling kit form an
> > craft store.
> >
> > I could then mount an led on top of a tactile switch and put the rubber
> > membrane over top.
> >
> > This would be fairly crude mechanically but could work.
> >
> > Any better ideas??
> >
> > thanks,
> >       Danjel
> >
>
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