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From: John Larkin on 26 Jul 2010 13:38 On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:13:48 -0400, ehsjr <ehsjr(a)nospamverizon.net> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> I spent most of the day building this. >> >> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/V220_Test_Front.jpg >> > >What did you use for the labels? > >Ed > > A sheet of kiss-cut peel-off vinyl letters from Flax, the nearby art supply store. They'll eventually rub off, so I'll turn it over to testing and let them pretty it up. John
From: Joel Koltner on 26 Jul 2010 15:15 "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message news:lthr4610pin79ldpnflqu3kd23p3g7lqgp(a)4ax.com... > A sheet of kiss-cut peel-off vinyl letters from Flax, the nearby art > supply store. They'll eventually rub off, so I'll turn it over to > testing and let them pretty it up. If you spray some clear acrylic over it it'll last for years... that's what we did back at university, and there was some really nicely done equipment there that was probably well over a decade old, holding up well. (...although there were plenty of hacked-up boxes with Sharpie marker lettering on them too...) ---Joel
From: Joerg on 26 Jul 2010 15:29 Joel Koltner wrote: > "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in > message news:lthr4610pin79ldpnflqu3kd23p3g7lqgp(a)4ax.com... >> A sheet of kiss-cut peel-off vinyl letters from Flax, the nearby art >> supply store. They'll eventually rub off, so I'll turn it over to >> testing and let them pretty it up. > > If you spray some clear acrylic over it it'll last for years... that's > what we did back at university, and there was some really nicely done > equipment there that was probably well over a decade old, holding up > well. (...although there were plenty of hacked-up boxes with Sharpie > marker lettering on them too...) > That's what I did as a kid, for my home-made ham radio gear. However, I found it would only hold up to daily abuse if the aluminim was brushed a bit and usually I also heated it before spraying, to the point where the lettering just barely did not begin to shrivel. On non-brushed anodized aluminum it all flaked off in due course. The lettering I used was from a company called "Letra-Set", not sure if available in the US. It was the professional stuff, otherwise used for shopping displays or advertising material. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Sjouke Burry on 26 Jul 2010 16:09 Joerg wrote: > Joel Koltner wrote: >> "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >> message news:lthr4610pin79ldpnflqu3kd23p3g7lqgp(a)4ax.com... >>> A sheet of kiss-cut peel-off vinyl letters from Flax, the nearby art >>> supply store. They'll eventually rub off, so I'll turn it over to >>> testing and let them pretty it up. >> If you spray some clear acrylic over it it'll last for years... that's >> what we did back at university, and there was some really nicely done >> equipment there that was probably well over a decade old, holding up >> well. (...although there were plenty of hacked-up boxes with Sharpie >> marker lettering on them too...) >> > > That's what I did as a kid, for my home-made ham radio gear. However, I > found it would only hold up to daily abuse if the aluminim was brushed a > bit and usually I also heated it before spraying, to the point where the > lettering just barely did not begin to shrivel. On non-brushed anodized > aluminum it all flaked off in due course. The lettering I used was from > a company called "Letra-Set", not sure if available in the US. It was > the professional stuff, otherwise used for shopping displays or > advertising material. > I have used the Letraset solution for about 30 years. It had two point though: It worked very well on sand-blasted aluminium, and was best protected with a proprietary Letraset spray can(alcohol based I think). It survived decades of heavy use without failing. The flaking I only got when using paint from other sources, used with photographic aluminium sheets. Those sheets became ugly very fast, became unstuck at corners.
From: Joerg on 26 Jul 2010 16:32
Sjouke Burry wrote: > Joerg wrote: >> Joel Koltner wrote: >>> "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >>> message news:lthr4610pin79ldpnflqu3kd23p3g7lqgp(a)4ax.com... >>>> A sheet of kiss-cut peel-off vinyl letters from Flax, the nearby art >>>> supply store. They'll eventually rub off, so I'll turn it over to >>>> testing and let them pretty it up. >>> If you spray some clear acrylic over it it'll last for years... that's >>> what we did back at university, and there was some really nicely done >>> equipment there that was probably well over a decade old, holding up >>> well. (...although there were plenty of hacked-up boxes with Sharpie >>> marker lettering on them too...) >>> >> >> That's what I did as a kid, for my home-made ham radio gear. However, I >> found it would only hold up to daily abuse if the aluminim was brushed a >> bit and usually I also heated it before spraying, to the point where the >> lettering just barely did not begin to shrivel. On non-brushed anodized >> aluminum it all flaked off in due course. The lettering I used was from >> a company called "Letra-Set", not sure if available in the US. It was >> the professional stuff, otherwise used for shopping displays or >> advertising material. >> > I have used the Letraset solution for about 30 years. > It had two point though: > It worked very well on sand-blasted aluminium, ... Being on a student budget that was out of reach for me. I found that 600 grit sand paper did the job nicely. When money was really tight i used 250 grit loaded with chalk. Our teachers threw out the chalk if down to less than an inch and let me have those discards. Sometimes I used other brands for the letters because Letra-Set could only be bought at "select" stationery stores, meaning lots of money. > and was best protected with a proprietary Letraset spray can(alcohol > based I think). > It survived decades of heavy use without failing. Yeah, that paint was always my dream but, back then, also financially out of league. But we have a boat repair shop at a marina, about 45 minutes by bicycle. Their stuff was super tough, and occasionally they'd through a can with remnants into my always wide open duffel bag. > The flaking I only got when using paint from other sources, used with > photographic aluminium sheets. > Those sheets became ugly very fast, became unstuck at corners. What I did a lot was brush the aluminum, paint it under a lot of heat, then Letra-Set and then clear-coat. That way not all my stuff had this dull-silvery look. The color selection was not by taste but by whatever was on sale, poison-oak green and so on :-) Like this amplifier: http://www.analogconsultants.com/ng/images/QB5amp2.jpg The scratches are from transporting and heavy use, otherwise quite a tought front panel. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. |