In a message dated 4/12/2000 6:09:44 AM,
ken.tkacs@... writes:
>One thing you might be able to do, Paul, if you wanted one otherwise 'blank'
>panel in a system to bear the logo is to offer a separate decal that could
>be applied. This could be something like a bumper sticker, but I know when
>I
>used to do capital projects for May Company we used a machine that created
>these things called "Adgrafixes."
This is a great idea, Ken!
>You feed it a design, and the blade cuts it into the colored vinyl just
>deep
>enough to not score the waxed backing. Then you can peel off the part you
>want, apply it to glass, plastic, metal, anything, and it's semi-permanent
>(you can get it off with a lot of solvent and elbow grease).
>We bought our own machine, but I was led to believe that sign shops could
>bang these things out for you while-U-wait for not much money.
I asked about something like this at printing shops and sign shops (those
which do plastic laminated signs), and neither one could help. I specifically
mentioned decals (I didn't know the name of the machine) and brought in a
MOTM panel for reference. They said they couldn't make anything as small as
the dial indicators.
But your idea is great! If one can find someone who'd do this work, maybe we
could get a sheet made up with the SYNTHESIS TECHNOLOGIES logo, and several
dial indicators, switch "boxes, and a bunch of words (like: VC IN, FM, AM,
OUT, VCO, VCA, DUAL, VCF, BARLOW ROCKS!, SEQUENCER, EG, etc.) which we could
then copy and "distribute" (or Paul could sell) to MOTM users. These labels
could then be stuck directly on to a blank front panel.
I know that the old style Serge panels were made with similarly styled sheets
with many different labels and graphics on them. The master labels (at 150%
scale) which were (literally) cut and pasted to a velum over a light box.
This master velum was photocopied and reduced to scale, and a panel label for
each module was made from this. I have some of these old graphic masters if
one wants to know what specifically is on them.
JB