On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:41:14 +0200, curt_rxr <
cwrxr@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
> Summer Vacations?
> Anyone here's a neat trick that's sort of related to the group theme
> since it uses Toner Transfer.
> I've been restoring a 1954 Jeep Pickup and the dashboard badges
> detailing shift patterns and such were missing. Happily they are
> reproduced in the factory service manual so I was able to scan them to
> files and use the Gimp to restore the areas with color.
> I printed the corrected images to Reynolds Parchment paper and used a
> H300 to laminate them to 0.035 Aluminum. Cut out and drill on the
> Bridgeport, spray with clear Krylon and BANG! We've got badges!!
> This would work REALLY well for front panels.
> curt
I made a number plate for the house with TT on FR4, so that the ebay
parcels come to the right house :-)
Works great as long as the surface can take the heat. Pulsar advertises
some stuff that solves this (water slide or so).
ST