[sdiy] lasertran (was - speaking of drilling... Small drill press recommendations?)

[Scott]

I love it!  Couldn't be happier.  I tried it both ways,  ink side up, w/out baking, and ink side down, baked on.  There was a big difference.  W/out baking the plastic 'decal' material stays somewhat soft, and can be scratched.  W/ the toner side down, and then baked so the plastic melts to the aluminum, it's very tough.  Alone, that leaves a very high gloss finish (obviously, as you've basically got a laminated panel), but after spraying w/ a satin lacquer (or I'd imagine any other finish) it looks exactly like a silkscreened panel.

It's also easy to work with.  Thick enough that you can move it around w/out tearing, and I have had no issue w/ the graphics sticking.  Just follow the instructions, print mirrored, bake for a min to bake the toner to the lasertran sheet, cut the sheet to size for your panel, get it wet and transfer to the panel, then do the slow bake to melt it on.  Basic instructions are on their site.  I'd be happy to answer any questions.  

I just finished re-doing all of my panels w/ this method.  (took a few months but looks great!)


-----Original Message-----
From: David G. Dixon [mailto:dixon at interchange.ubc.ca] 
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:58 PM
To: Scott; 'Aaron Lanterman'; 'Synth DIY'
Subject: RE: [sdiy] speaking of drilling... Small drill press recommendations?

I'm going to switch to Lasertran.  The DecalPro thing isn't working for me
very well.  It's very tricky to do, and even in the best of circumstances,
little bits of the graphic don't transfer.

Live and learn!


> Lasertran, printed in mirror and then baked onto the panels.  Then I
> sprayed lacquer over the top.
> 
> Let me know if you need more info than that, and I'll look through my
> bookmarks for links to the process.
> 
> Scott
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
> bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Aaron Lanterman
> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:27 AM
> To: Synth DIY
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] speaking of drilling... Small drill press
> recommendations?
> 
> 
> On Jun 27, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Scott wrote:
> 
> > Here's the first thing I drilled w/ my new press and I didn't center
> > punch or pilot hole anything (other than a few extra large holes
> > where I did start w/ a pilot)
> > http://www.sdiy.org/wicked1/images/seqpanel.jpg
> 
> Nice! How did you do the labeling?
> 
> - Aaron
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