[simpits-tech] panel

[Allen Buffington]

If you send me the cad drawing and the proper dimensions I'll
see what I can do.
~Allen


-----Original Message-----
From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
[mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Mahone
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 10:45 AM
To: simpits-tech at simpits.org
Subject: [simpits-tech] panel

Allen,

	Unfortunately, I was not given the exact brand. The
white coating is a primer so that there is no pigment which
will cut off light transmission. 
He said the outer paint is a two part leading me to believe
that it is a polyurethane with an additive to flatten the
finish. I did drag a fingernail over a panel and was not able
to mark it. I know Akzo Nobel makes finishes like this and all
of their finishes are MIL-SPEC. The hard part is locating a
vendor for them. I think I might have found one in Richmond,
Virginia. Stupid me, they have an office in Charlotte, N.C.,
but I could not locate it. I think it is in a new office park
that was not on my map. Also, Charlotte has two area codes and
the city is not split so you can use it to locate businesses.

	As for the laser, it is used to cut out all of the
openings, frost the areas to backlight knobs and to etch the
lettering. The person I talked to said the laser was custom
made for them.

	My audio panel front plate is made of a base of clear
plastic, holes are drilled, a piece of translucent Gravoply is
glued on to it. Then the back and sides are give a silver coat
first then a black coat. The problem is the white of the
Gravoply has turned yellow and the places where screws went
through have buckled. The Northern Airborne Technology booth
had newer models of that panel on display and they have gone
to the MIL-SPEC style panel. They also had visible/nightvision
backlighting available.

	I do not know if you can exactly copy the panel as it
has their logo on it as well as their initials, both being
custom. I managed to make them up in my cad software while
drawing up the panel. Other than that, it uses the standard
lettering. I do not know how well it will convert to a format
you can use.

Fred Mahone

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