There is paint fill to consider, too. The relative boldness of the
lettering is related to both the engraving tool size and the paint
fill. I have some 0.4mm letters with light paint fill that look about
the same as some other 0.2mm with heavier paint fill. After I got some
panels with 0.4mm that had heavy paint, I switched over to using 0.2mm
all the time. I only have one panel (the MOTM 480) where the 0.2mm
lettering is very light.
See these examples of the extremes.
CGS VCO with thick 0.4mm paint
http://www.pugix.com/middle-cabinet.htm#cgsvcoMOTM 480 modified with thin 0.2mm paint
http://www.pugix.com/bottom-cabinet.htm#motm480The last several panels I ordered with 0.2mm were painted just right.
But you can't count on the paint fill being consistent.
Richard Brewster
Samppa Tolvanen wrote:
> On 7/21/07, loopcycle <loopcycle@...> wrote:
>
>> Im bumping this thread because I found it extremely useful.
>> I'm preparing an FPE panel for a gated comparator and will be using
>> 0.2mm for the text engraving.
>>
>>
>
> Hey,
>
> How do the engravings compare? Can You people make scans from the
> panels made by FPE with information about fonts / engarving options
> used?
>
> Samppa
>
>