[simpits-tech] panels

[David C. Allen]

The link below shows the clear plastic and printed circuit board before 
painting and laser engraving.

Link: http://www.simpits.org/fileproc/dload.php?file=Flight_LP_PCB.jpg

David

At 09:56 AM 6/15/2004, you wrote:
> > The front panel of my Wulfsberg control head appears to be white plastic
> > with flat black paint. The rear of the panel shows white around the lamps.
> > I do not know how they could get a laser to etch vertical hole sides of .25
> > inch holes. I guess Wulfsberg did not use mil-spec panels.
> >
>How old is that control head Fred?  That type of panel design hasn't been
>in common use for years.  Mostly now you'll find "Type 5" panels that have
>a VERY thin circuit board that holds all the lamps attached to the back of
>the panel.  A variant on that is the "Type 4".  The 4 actually makes the
>lamps part of the panel by casting them and their wiring into channels in
>the back of the panel.
>
> > I checked on a replacement for the audio panel as it had seen better days
> > and was quoted $700.00! This is for a 1.25 by 5.25 inch panel.
> >
>....and now you know why we're so desperate to find a method of making
>these suckers cheaply enough so that you don't have to skip a house
>payment to buy a panel. :)
>
>g.
>
>
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