Ballendo,
Thanks.
The CNC machine MAY actually solve most or all of my remaining production-automation "problems"!
For one thing, the plastic instrument panels are so soft that the machine will probably also be able to rout all of the holes out of them, for me.
The CNC PCB-drilling, of course, will probably be the biggest help, for me. Each of my sets of boards has well over 800 holes. And my eyes "ain't what they used to be"!
Do you have an estimate of the time frame until we can get our hands on your machines? Sorry if that's been asked before.
Tom Gootee
http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomgP.S. Has anyone though about using a CNC machine to hold a small laser or lamp (maybe CNC-adjustable-focus or adjustable beam cross-section or something), to put down traces on photo-sensitive pcbs?
"There's no use in beating a dead horse, except, of course, for the sheer JOY of it!" - A. Whitney Brown, on an episode of "Saturday Night Live", circa early 1980s.
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:01:02 -0000
From: "ballendo" <
ballendo@...>
Subject: Re: Toner Transfer for Instrument Panels?
Hello,
try
http://www.pulsar.gs , formerly
http://www.dynaart.com/It's not readily apparent on their website, but the instructions
which come with their dextrin coated paper show how to make decals
and panel labels...
There's another website, with a tag line like "We can show you how
to print on ANYTHING, or your money back!" that also uses toner
transfer to make panels. I'll try to find the URL, but maybe someone
else here knows it in the meantime?
Hope this helps,
Ballendo
P.S. You could always engrave the panels with a CNC machine...<G> (Or
use IT to trim the label and vinyl overlay you're using now...)
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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas P. Gootee" <tomg@f...>
wrote:
> If this is too off-topic, maybe someone could point me to a more-
appropriate group.
>
> Has anyone got a good way to apply computer-generated artwork to
instrument panels?
>
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