Re: Front Panels - Follow up

2017-06-14 Thread Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
On 14.06.2017 17:27, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: Silkscreen is actually pretty low-tech. Anybody can do it in their basement. This is pure theory :-) Doing "some silkscreen" is pretty easy, yes. You don't need too much for it. (I made a large volume of low-density circuit boards a long time

Re: Front Panels - Follow up

2017-06-14 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Jun 14, 2017, at 11:27 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > Silkscreened inks are REALLY durable! Think of some drinking glasses with > logos on them. (Now, I know those are fired onto the glass, so even more > durable.) I have doubts some kind of ink that could be printed by a

Re: Front Panels - Follow up

2017-06-14 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 06/14/2017 01:42 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: Hi We are ok for now but for future and as yet not designed panels I can still draw them. (I'm old but not that old) However with modern technology there has to be a multi-pass printer that can print on perspex (plexiglass) and cl

Re: Front Panels - Follow up

2017-06-14 Thread Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
On 14.06.2017 11:04, Peter Corlett via cctalk wr This is perhaps an obvious question, but have you asked a professional printer for advice? They are likely to offer to silk-screen onto Perspex for you at a price and quality you're unlikely to manage yourself. AFAIK he has had the boards perfe

Re: Front Panels - Follow up

2017-06-14 Thread Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
Hi, On 14.06.2017 10:41, Paul Birkel via cctalk wrote: How about adopting the "fallback" photorealistic approach that Oscar V. is using for the PiDP-8 panels? Very bad idea. They just don't look good enough. And they can't meet the real colors. Nothing you can print with a "normal" colour pr

Re: Front Panels - Follow up

2017-06-14 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 07:42:44AM +0100, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: [...] > However with modern technology there has to be a multi-pass printer that can > print on perspex (plexiglass) and closely simulate silk screening This is perhaps an obvious question, but have you asked a professional

RE: Front Panels - Follow up

2017-06-14 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
How about adopting the "fallback" photorealistic approach that Oscar V. is using for the PiDP-8 panels? -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod Smallwood via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 2:43 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and