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The problem with any plastic part is that, unless you can find exactly what 
you want already made by somebody, the plastic parts would require the 
making of a plastic injection mold.  The cost to have even the simplest mold 
made is up around $20,000.  Minimum parts quantity would probably be in the 
neighborhood of 20,000 pieces.  There are methods of doing very small runs 
of plastic parts (<10) but those methods have a high per part cost.

My company buys some plastic parts which are injection molded.  The cost is 
reasonable, but we buy 1.5 million identical parts every year.

Paul H.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff" <overand@...>
To: "MOTM List" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] Re: My initial take on the panel discussion


>I still think that the solution is clear plastic strips, I shaped, with
> the top and bottom
> section of the 'I' being secured underneath the panel's screw mounts,
> and with a
> white/whatever line silkscreened on the narrow part.  This sort of thing
> *seems*
> easy enough to do, assuming you could find the right company (companies?)
> to cut the plastic and do the silkscreening.  I'm imagining plastic
> strips no thicker
> than 35mm film is, and about 2 or 3 mm wide in the long section.
>
> -Geoff
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> Robert van der Kamp wrote:
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>>On Saturday 03 December 2005 22:07, Paul Haneberg wrote:
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>>>Actually, if things work out we may be able to remedy
>>>this.
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>>>We may be able to offer a service where you could send us
>>>any existing panel and we could use the laser etcher to
>>>burn the paint off the edges, either all four or just the
>>>sides.  It really depends on just how fine an edge we
>>>could get with the etcher burning through the Polan
>>>finish.
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>>I see! That could do the trick alright. Too bad though I
>>have the 'damage' the panels. No way back then. But I'd
>>seriously consider it yes.
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>>- Robert
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