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Ok, try this...
Make your artwork as fancy as you like. Print it on vellum paper. Mount the vellum behind a sheet of clear plexiglass. Any LED's or displays that are mounted right up against the vellum will show thru quite clearly.
Here is an example...
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Hello!
Quite a while ago we had a discussion here about menthods of making front-panel markings (logo, description of various buttons etc).
Iron-on foil was mentioned, available in multitude of colours. The method of use is similar to press'n'peel. I'd like to order some of this stuff, I did save the darned links at that time, but can't find them even after googling around. I'm turning up t-shirt stuff all the time.
Anyone have an idea what this would be called precisely or where I could get it?
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I don't but here's an alternate method: Use a CAD program to prepare your front pannel. Needles to say, you can use colour, various fonts and sizes, etc. You are only limited by your imagination.
Print on medium weight paper of good quality. Coat the front surface with clear epoxy varnish. The epoxy varnish will soak in and leave the paper translucent. After this has cured, paint the back side with white epoxy paint. Let that cure then glue it to a suitable backing.
If your panel is going to see really severe service, you could bond a thin piece of clear plastic (acrylic or polycarbonate) to the front face. However, I made a replacement scale for the compound slide degree scale on my lathe this way and just fastened the epoxied paper in place. This has been in service for a couple years now and is as good as the day it was put on.
Ted
vellum behind a sheet of clear plexiglass. Any LED's
clearly.
Why not just silk screen them on? Unless you try to print a background color it isn't even that messy.
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Here are 3 options:
By a pack of PhotoEZ presensitized silk screen (about $30) print your layout on overhead projector film and expose to sunlight. Makes a nice stencil.
Get some adhesive backed Hyaz inkjet vinyl. Print on it and overlay it with Papilio clear overlay.
Solve all your problems at once and get a really professional look by designing and ordering a panel from Front Panel Express. Not cheap but very reasonable. I just received an order for 2 6"x3" aluminum panels with 4 cutouts, 8 D-holes and lots of lettering for $40 each. 20 copies would gave been about $25 each.
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We have a thermal label printer. You just format an image on a PC and it spits out labels. These are getting cheap these days. Our is a Zebra HT-146, which makes pretty big labels that pass the UL/CE alcohol wipe torture test.
These are good enough for production, but you can still whip out a one-off for a proto or a test set or something. Well worth the initial investment. I'll post a couple of images to abse.
John
If you have access to a laser printer, lay out your artwork in a drawing program and print it mirror-image on overhead projector acetate film. Attach it to the panel, print side down, with double-sided adhesive tape. Only the back of the film will be exposed to fingers, so there is no danger of the print wearing off.
You can also make a paper print first, to use as a panel drilling guide.
With a colour laser printer you can do colour panels just as easily.
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vellum behind a sheet of clear plexiglass. Any LED's
clearly.
This is great for one-off's, but not for say 20-50 pieces. I'm looking for something simpler and reasonably priced.
In the mean time I found the lost links, but they're both inactive. They're not selling that stuff anymore. It was UV cured, not iron-on, mind you.
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I've done this, and it worked well. However, I just sprayed the film with
3M #77 art mounting adhesive. Works great on light colored panels. It appears to have a slightly frosty background when placed on dark panels, but still looks good. .
If you want a professional-looking job, try Front Panel Express
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designing and ordering a panel from Front Panel Express.
panels with 4 cutouts, 8 D-holes and lots of
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Since you are in Europe, look for Front Panel Express's parent/related company (in Germany, I think).
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Silkscreen is more expensive than I'd like it to be. Remember, it could be just
20 pieces. If I was to do this myself, I need to buy the frame etc. This stuff would also be taking quite a bit of space. Unless you have some innovative idea how to do this.-- Siol ------------------------------------------------ Rather than a heartless beep Or a rude error message, See these simple words: "File not found."
Too un-professional, I'm afraid.
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Sorry - I hadn't realised it was a production item.
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on overhead projector film and expose to sunlight.
Papilio clear overlay.
designing and ordering a panel from Front Panel Express.
panels with 4 cutouts, 8 D-holes and lots of
I wonder if I could get PhotoEZ here in Europe. Might not be that difficult to go that route after all. I'll look into this, thanks.
My other idea was to use Press'n'peel, but that'd limit me to blue only.
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This sounds really cool, I'll check it out. Thanks.
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