I talked to a local sign shop awhile back that uses vinyl cutters, and they
said there is no way to reproduce text as small as needed for a MOTM panel.
The smallest text they could do was 1/2" tall.
I'm currently working on an economical true silkscreening solution for the
DIYers amongst us.
Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@... > -----Original Message-----
> From: jwbarlow@... [mailto:jwbarlow@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 10:47 AM
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] Decal/ was: MOTM as billboard
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/12/2000 8:05:19 AM, ken.tkacs@... writes:
>
> >The idea of a sheet with all that stuff on it is pretty cool... I don't
> >know
> >at what level of detail the cutter can get down to as a practical matter,
> >though. But they would be sharp and long-wearing.
>
> Yeah, the single sheet idea (which I stole from Serge T. --
> obvious why one
> would do this given the state of graphics in the early eighties
> and the cost
> of color reproductions) is a pretty good, "one size fits all," solution.
>
> My thought being, the method that cuts the "Fender" logo for the
> decals that
> go on the machine heads of their guitars, could easily cut decals
> for dial
> indicators and the like. Unfortunately, no one I've talked to
> seems to know
> how those decals are made.
>
> >I wonder what Gerber Scientific is getting for one of those cutters. It
> >just
> >hooked to a parallel port like a printer.
>
> Might not be too cheap if there's no market.
> JB
> BTW, Steve, I think a lot of people are buying blanks to do their
> own custom
> front panels or multiples. Hence, our interest in getting similar
> MOTM style
> panel markings.
>
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