VersaLaser instrument panels, anyone?

[Winfield Hill]

Has anybody had any experience making instrument panels
using the VersaLaser? http://www.versalaser.com/english/
http://hltlasers.com/versalaser.html and etc...

Thanks,
- Win

(email: use hill_at_rowland-dot-org for now)

 

[The Real Andy]

On 29 May 2004 07:00:28 -0700, Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

Has anybody had any experience making instrument panels
using the VersaLaser? http://www.versalaser.com/english/
http://hltlasers.com/versalaser.html and etc...

Thanks,
- Win

(email: use hill_at_rowland-dot-org for now)

Thats awesome, I want one!

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Sun, 30 May 2004 10:43:03 +1000, the renowned The Real Andy
<.pearson@wayit_dot_com_dot_au_remove_the_obvious_to_reply> wrote:

On 29 May 2004 07:00:28 -0700, Winfield Hill
Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

Has anybody had any experience making instrument panels
using the VersaLaser? http://www.versalaser.com/english/
http://hltlasers.com/versalaser.html and etc...

Thanks,
- Win

(email: use hill_at_rowland-dot-org for now)

Thats awesome, I want one!

Yes, it looks interesting. Getting panels printed is not cheap and not
very flexible.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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[Frank Bemelman]

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On Sun, 30 May 2004 10:43:03 +1000, the renowned The Real Andy
.pearson@wayit_dot_com_dot_au_remove_the_obvious_to_reply> wrote:

On 29 May 2004 07:00:28 -0700, Winfield Hill
Winfield_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

Has anybody had any experience making instrument panels
using the VersaLaser? http://www.versalaser.com/english/
http://hltlasers.com/versalaser.html and etc...

Thanks,
- Win

(email: use hill_at_rowland-dot-org for now)

Thats awesome, I want one!

Yes, it looks interesting. Getting panels printed is not cheap and not
very flexible.

I don't find laser etching very useful for panels. The contrast of the
lettering is just not good enough. Detail is excellent, comparable to
600dpi or something like that. You can also make lightly etched areas,
looks almost like the plain sanded stainless steel, just a slightly
different shading effect.

This week I got a sample, a stainless steel business card from folks
that do precision laser etching. Also got a piece of stainless steel
pipe, with nice curved slots cut out, *very* smooth edges, incredible
in fact.

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[Winfield Hill]

Frank Bemelman wrote...

I don't find laser etching very useful for panels. The contrast of the
lettering is just not good enough. Detail is excellent, comparable to
600dpi or something like that. You can also make lightly etched areas,
looks almost like the plain sanded stainless steel, just a slightly
different shading effect.

Can you etch deeply anough to smear in a pigment, and then clean the
remaining panel surface, thereafter all protected by an overcoat?

Thanks,
- Win

(email: use hill_at_rowland-dot-org for now)