Homebrew PCBs

In article <ems5mp+iv3d@...>,
   lcdpublishing <lcdpublishing@...> wrote:
> Well, MDF doesn't have to look bad ;-)  It's amazing what a few 
> coats of shellac, prior to painting will do for the final finish :-) 
> Don't know if that is part of the plan or not, but it sure can make 
> the machine look MUCH better.

I used to work for the BBC, still do indirectly. When I joined in 1970, I
was working at Daventry, one of the UK short-wave stations broadcasting
overseas. In the east transmitter hall were four transmitters, two
installed pre-war and the other two during the war. Because there was a
shortage of metal during the war the two later units had non-critical
parts, around the control desks mainly, made of wood. Well painted, unless
you looked closely and felt the parts you couldn't tell the difference.

You can have your nice shiny metal, you can polish it if you wish, but
someone who "knows what he's at" with a paint brush can make things look
nice too.

Keep up the good work guys.

Stuart

P.S See the middle picture here:
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/daventry/daventry-rr.asp