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Hello everyone. I found eMachineShop a long time ago and have been waiting on a project that I can use them with. Well, I *might* have one now.
I am trying to create an instrument panel for a vehicle. I am building a vehicle for wheelchair access and of course everything is automated, therefore, I have a LOT of switches. We plan to fill one of the pockets in the center console for the switch/instrument panel. Ideally, I would like to have the switch labels transulcent white with the panel face black. This would allow me to put a light behind it and the text would light up at night just like the factory dash does.
The proper way to do this is screen printing as far as I can tell. However, the first quote offered was more than I want to pay. This is a one off project, so setup costs are high. I considered laser or [-- login to view link --] cutting a thin sheet of metal with the letters and then placing the translucent white plastic behind it for a similar effect. But I am afraid the cut radius will be too large. The letters are only 1/8" tall, making most of the letter "bodies" only 0.020" thick...
What do you think? What is my best option?
Thanks!
Tech2
Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:39 am
The only thing I can think of that might satisfy your requirements and price goal is to use [-- login to view link --] or [-- login to view link --] to create the text light mask although you would have to use stencil-style letters. [-- login to view link --] might be lower cost but has a kerf width of about .03 which for .125 high letters would require use of the rounded [-- login to view link --] font.
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