[simpits-tech] Problem update & shop news...

[Ido Dekkers]

if you want it back lit - it needs to be clear - only the top (and sides)
should be black.
that's how the real deal is made.

Ido

On 11/16/06, Roy Coates <roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Ido Dekkers wrote:
>
> > well if you want to make them like the real ones -
> > you need a CNC machine to cut the Plexiglas, then paint it white a few
> > coats, then black,
> > then if you have access to a laser engraver, laser the lettering, or the
> > hard way is to CNC them.
> >
> > then you need to get a PCB, solder some LED's on it and there you have
> it :
>
> I've access to some pretty tasty CNC gear and I would think that our laser
> group would be able to handle laser engraving for me.
>
> There used to be a system which used a sandwich of black and white
> plastic, you could engrave through either to yield lettering of the
> opposite colour. We used loads to label home-brewed equipment but the
> fools dumped the engraver when it failed current code requirements.
>
> I wonder if that stuff could be laser engraved .. ?  Hmmm...
>
>
> --
>
> Roy Coates.
> Dept of Engineering.
> Liverpool University.
> E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
> Tel: 0151 794 4862
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