This has ben covered in the past, but as a repeat: I *can't* have this screened on. Why? the silkscreen machine "won't let me". Can't screen within 0.100 of an outside edge. How did Moog do it? Well, he "didn't"! He used 'reverse anodizing', a *very* expensive process to apply the black conent to aluminum panels. The edges are not painted, and have clear zinc chromate coating. This costs about $20 per 1U panel! And, the problem is that there is a 20% reject rate because you can't control the "blackness" of the plating very well batch-to-batch (sort of lke wool dyeing). One of these centuries I will see if a 'U' channel plastic extrusion can be made to snap-over the edges. But the die will cost $1800, probably! Best solution: ChartPak white tape. Paul S. happens to *like* the sea of knobs
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Re: Module Separations--please don't get mad
1999-10-18 by Paul Schreiber