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Blue Wiard Style Zeroscillators?

2006-06-10 by Cynthia Webster

For owners of Wiard systems who would like to see Zeroscillators
available in matching blue anodized ornate front panels...

below is reprinted from today's Wiard list.
--- In yahoogroups.com, "supisuzoi" <son_of_zoggs@...> wrote:
 >
 > If you're willing to pay so much extra just to match your wiard
 > modules, I'd first get an answer to this question: is cynthia buying
 > the blue panels from grant?  if not, you might be disappointed in the
 > result; the blue fpe panel that i bought was *not* wiard blue.  either
 > their anodizer is grossly inconsistent, or more likely, grant sends
 > them his own metal.

Hi There!

Actually I was thinking of using the same anodizers who dunked the
power supply that I made for Gary Chang's monster Wiard system. 
It seems to match the blue color fairly well?   That would be if we silk-
screened white graphics on top, however I'm more inclined at the moment
to do all of the lengends and the ornate patterns (an original design) 
purely
in the anodizing process - so that the silver graphics would be dyed 
directly
into the aluminum itself.  Maybe  I could send them a tiny chip of Wiard 
panel
material scrap (!) as a sample of the actual blue desired?

 From what I've learned it seems that most anodizers use pretty much the
same standard bottles of industrial dye and there are only three basic
shades of anodizing blue... "You've got your greeny-blue, your blue-blue,
and your reddish-blue", I was told.  The other major color variation is 
in the
hardness of the aluminum itself.  A hard aircraft type aluminum, while
easiest to machine crisply, will not take-on the graphics at a molecular 
level
as well as gummy soft aluminum, unfortunaletly this means a higher 
rejection
rate and a lots of extra deburring. 

Knowing all of the above, I feel confident in being able to zero in, 
(there's that
word again!) on a compatible shade of blue that will match.

As far as the graphics go, we could create a new poll on Yahoo's
"The Cyndustries List" showing the three panel graphic variations, and 
have a
vote by the prospective recipients of the Cynthia brand Wiard-blue flavored
Zeroscillators for their favorite design.  (Hey Grant, does all of this 
sound
strangely familliar?  Yikes!  LOL!) 

Best wishes!


Cynthia

www.Cyndustries.com

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Cyndustries_List/


 >
 > cheers,
 > kevin
 >
 >
 > --- In yahoogroups.com, "m0n075" <modular@> wrote:
 > >
 > > Hi People
 > >
 > > I had a chat with Cynthia about the possibity's of a Blue Zero
 > Oscilator.
 > > Cynthi told me that it was possible in frackrack format but in Wiard
 > > Blue.
 > > With some Wiard graphics on it or something kinda similar.
 > > But she would have wanted a minimum order of 4.
 > > When 4 people want one it would cost $100 extra each person.
 > > When we can find 8 people it's only $50 extra each person.
 > > But ok i am in for one.
 > > Are there 3 or perhaps 7 others?
 > >
 > > Regards,
 > >
 > > Dennis
 > >
 >






Cynthia Webster wrote:

> David Skinner wrote:
>
> On Jun 8, 2006, at 4:00 PM, Cynthia wrote:
>
> >> Well, the idea of some Blue Wiard Style FracRak format Zeroscillators
> >> is easily possible, (as is a Modcan Series-B Zeroscillator in
> off-white)
> >> but I'd rather not do an whole new set of circuit board layouts for yet
> >>another flavor of Zeroscillator, we could have done them in Aries
> format too!)
>
> >Don't forget Poly Fusion . . . and how about a ARP 2500 module. :-)
>
> They really are beautifully built.
>
> Actually we do have many ARP 2500 modules here, as we are making
> special 19 inch rack mount frames for them with only mini-phone jacks at
> each position - instead of all of those nasty Cherry click switches!
>
> Don't think I wasn't tempted to design a ZO layout in 2500 format...
>
> Cyn
>
>

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