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Subject: Re: anodizing

From: "x24holsey" <waveguide@...>
Date: 2008-02-06

There is also here in California:

http://www.millerdial.com/nameplates.shtml

Miller supply panels in either of the anodized/photosensitive
aluminium plate processes Metalphoto and Fotofoil.

The latter being the one used on Moog modules and still used by
Modusonics.

[ reference: http://www.synthesizers.com/moogpanels.txt ]

∗ note: Miller get their plate material from Metalphoto which is now
the original manufacturer of both types of pre-anodized
photosensistive aluminium.

$500.00 minimum charge. Haven't used them myself.

I'd seen a sample of laser etching from a local company used by a
precision engineering firm I know here, but lost track of the name for
the moment. I had meant to talk to them about imaging fonts beyond
simplistic thin line lettering from the sample. I'll forward when I
track it down. Think this would be better for MOTM since the
information I was given was they would burn graphics onto pre-anodized
drilled panel material.

There were a number of quite a few other local panel makers found in
hunting around on the internet that supply laser etching. You could
make a career out of checking out all these houses. Fair assumption
you'd want to find a place like FPE that handle the whole panel from
your artwork or file or from a punched anodized panel.

--- In ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com, Sam Ecoff <secoff@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Feb 3, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Anthony Rolando wrote:
>
> >
> > Has anybody here ever experimented with getting panels graphics
> > anodized onto the aluminum?
> > I would like to find some more info on companies that do this in
> > small batches (like 10 panels)
> >
> >
> > Tony
>
> Hi Tony...
>
> Several modular synth companies (including Synthasonic) use these
> guys. I've had only positive experiences with them...
>
> http://www.mpofcinci.com/
>
> HTH
>
> Sam E.
> _______________________________
> Sam Ecoff
> Synthasonic
> 1120 N. Market St.
> Milwaukee, WI 53202
> www.synthasonic.com
>