My experience with anodizing, which may be 20 years out of date but maybe
not, is that it is more expensive than painted panels and more prone to
color variation. Grant Richter's experience at Wiard indicates this hasn't
changed much. It is more durable however, as is the engraved lettering.
AFAIK only Wiard and Modcan use anodized panels, and Wiard still has silk
screen lettering while Modcan uses the "inverse anodized" lettering rather
than engraved.
John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.comThe Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com > -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Hendry [mailto:hendrysr@...]
> As you may know, our main goal at Stooge insustries has been to match
> Paul's MOTM finish and look. However, it should be considerably
> cheaper and maybe better looking to do anodized panels with engrave
> graphics.
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> I will be visiting my metal shop this coming week for estimates on a
> run of 19" rack panels 3rd party. I am going to look into what MOTM
> style panels would cost anodized with engraved lettering.
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> Larry H.
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