Last time I did something like this I used car spray paint, followed by letraset, followed by the clear topcoat. Looked top notch, but isnt quick. I think you'd be better doing it on metal, but if you must use plastic, at least sand it first.
NT
Another being Farnell doing two 10% off *everything* discount offers in a fortnight.
Today's news from Northamptonshire about RS making 370 people redundant shed a bit of light on a phone call I had a work a couple of days ago from an RS teledroid who wasn't interested in me after I said we always place our orders over the web. I wonder if he was digging his own grave?
Label maker as in dymo raised impression tape or one of the laminated tape machines like the Brother p-Touch range. The latter are pretty damn good IMHO and with clear base get a very good result.
Engraving and in filling isn't expensive and produces the best results. If you don't have a use for a label machine, you can get an awful lot of engraving done for the same cost...
They still look a lot better than a dymo tape label and using a lamination carrier will improve the finish.
Colin Bignell
That stock code and all the other bits for the panel making kit are long since discontinued. The last catalogue I know they appeared in would be around 2002.
How many can you get done for £12.99? That's what a Ptouch one is in lidl this week.
I didn't realise Dymo tape still existed. I've got a Brother label printer that produces excellent results - but a strip label will always look what it is. Although the white labels blend in quite well to white electrical faceplates.
It's the number given in the instructions I have - and I checked it at the RS site today. They still have the starter kit in stock.
Must be a different internet you have :)
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes
join the 20th century daddio
you need one of these
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes
they announced 400 redundancies today ...
Bit of a senior moment. Try 568-073 ;-)
No, but the correct number is 568-073.
Indeed - hence the comment.
I wish I could get hold of one - no end of things I'd like to engrave with a laser engraver.
Found out the other day that my son's school(!) has just got one - they did their own designs for stuff and he came home with a nicely engraved and precisely laser cut F-16 silhouette keyring.
We made milking stools. Hmm.
Lidl have the Brother p-touch this week for around =A312 or =A313.
Lawrence
I've had lots of regular 13A sockets engraved in this way, and it was surprisingly cheap, although I haven't had any done recently.
By far the best solution. When I worked at Thames TV they had a computerised one which removed the need for manual skills. Replaced by others, of course. ;-) Since that was many years ago I'd expect such things are now very much cheaper.
Ye, an age old problem but settled on this style ...
One method I have used to label light switches, is to laser-print the labels onto laser-proof overhead projector acetates. This can then be cut out to the size of the panel and fixed down with Superglue around the edge. Print the labels out backwards, so the printing ends up on the reverse side, so it is protected.
-- Jason
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