What material were you thinking of engraving on? And- what type of engraver
did your friend buy? I've done engraving (including laser-engraving) for many
years, on all sorts of materials... and rigidity is going to be a factor... esp.
it being used to patch in & out of. Usually, engraving onto material that is
an unknown... like a painted aluminum blank, it is wise to try it out on a
'sacrifice' piece to determine if it's gonna work, and if so, how well.
At one time, I thought of reverse-engraving on some thick plexi... flaming
the edges, and painting the backside of the plex one color (black or
white) (or even leaving it clear) and painting the engrave graphics
& lettering another color. I also had thought about using a 3-D
laser-engraver, so you could have raised letters and graphics. I decided against
that because basically, unless you do the entire system that way, it'll look
very odd.... and no matter what, to do an entire system is going to be a whole
lotta work. I just don't think that no matter what engraving method used,
that one engraved module is going to match all of the other modules that
have been silkscreened... well, I'll be surprised if it does.
~Morbius~
----- Original Message -----From: dragonflymodularSent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:38 PMSubject: [dotcomformat] Re: More Miniwave ChatHi all
Continuing this from a while back...
My friend has bought an engraving machine so I've decided to build the
motm miniwave kit myself and make a dotcom engraved panel (maybe even
black lettering on white...)
My questions:
1. Is the miniwave a good first kit to build ie not too dificult?
2. Does it come as a complete kit similar to the motm's that I've seen
- as well labeled etc?
3. If I make a complete mess, or stop half way through (something I
seem to do in life) can I just send it off to you Scott for the $100
special?
4. Does anyone else want a dotcom engraved panel? Once we make the
graphic it'll be very easy to make more...
Thanks
Steven
> Hi guys...
>
> Wow! I didn't expect such a response...but it isn't more than I am
willing
> to do. Here's what i can do...if you guys send me the kits and the
blank
> panels, I can take it from there. It seems like enough people want
these
> that I may just order a few blanks from Roger and keep them around.
There
> will be a bit more supplies needed, such as 1/4" jacks and the 50k
pots,
> plus the mounting materials (I have made my own large "L" brackets for
> these. I may do that for yours too, or an "L" shaped plate.
>
> The kits take around a day to solder up, and the panels take a day
or less
> to print and drill. Yeah, it is as easy to print a few at a time as
it is
> to print one. My own MiniWave graphic has a different letter style,
and is
> very "plain". I will whip one up that matches the Dotcom format and
> spacing. They probably won't be perfect, but they will look good,
> nevertheless.
>
> I will need to do these from the kits...it is a pain to convert a
pre-made
> Blacet module to Dotcom format, because I have to remove the
PCB-mounted
> pots and LEDs.
>
> Give me an e-mail to let me know. As for the costs...well, figure that
> Blacet charges 59 bucks difference between kits and assembled modules.
> Plus, I'd need to get the jacks and pots (figure $1.99 to $2.50
each...total
> of around $20 for a MiniWave) and the Dotcom knobs ($4 each, total
of $16).
> Let's call it, oh, a hundred bucks for the whole deal. If that
sounds good,
> drop me a line when you need one, and I'll get you my address.
>
> For anyone simply wanting a MiniWave MOTM, just send me the kit
(with panel
> and such) and it'll be $60+shipping to assemble (same as if you
bought an
> assembled Blacet). Sound fair?
>
> Scot Solida
> The Electronic Garden