[Amps] Labeling panels

[George]

  Datak dry transfer decals can give your project a very professional 
look. They have all kinds of dry transfer
including lettering, numbers, scales, and bar graphs.
Once applied the lettering you need to spray a clear coat to protect the 
lettering. One source is
"http://www.minute-man.com/acatalog/DATAMARK____153____Dry_Transfer_Letters_bu_Datak.html"
Check the web, there are other sources.

73,
George, K4GVT




On 8/19/2010 12:00 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote:
> What's a good way to label an unpainted aluminum panel? It has a 'satin finish' thanks to
> an orbital sander, which really has covered a multitude of sins.
>
> I looked into custom engraved adhesive-backed plastic plates. There are a number of
> companies that will make them, and they would look great. But they are about $4 each, and
> I'd need about 12 of them, not counting the bandswitches (I admit to having separate grid
> and plate bandswitches) which would need 6 each!
>
> One possibility is printing on 'transparency' stock with my laser printer. But I don't
> know how I would attach labels made out of this stuff.
>
> Another is to print on transparent sticky labels. Has anybody done this?
>
> I need a process that would work well on an already-built amplifier...I should have done
> this before assembly, but I didn't.
>
> By the way, does anyone have a chart frame like the ones used in BC-375 tuning units or
> similar that they want to part with?