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Re: A construction question about front panels for home-brew projects...

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From: Mika Iisakkila
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 00:47
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parnass@cbnewse.cb.att.com (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes:
>I use a Brother P-Touch labelmaker to make labels for my electronics
>equipment.

I've seen some pretty good looking front panels being made by stuffing
adhesive transparencies into a laser printer. You can use your
favourite CAD or drafting program to get the texts at exactly right
places. If the front panel is susceptible to wear, add another blank
sheet on the top to protect the printing. Be sure to get the type of
transparencies that will not melt in the printer (photocopy
resistant); at least Xerox makes them, probably 3M too.

The front panels will look very professional (until someone scrapes
them, that is). Of course this will not work for dark-coloured panels.

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