DPRG mailing list archives: [DPRG] Any good methods for making a panel label / faceplate?

Tue Jan 22 10:51:31 CST 2008

Brian,

I like to use a piece of 1/8" clear plexiglas or lexan. Use a hand tool
or CNC router to cut any holes and to cut out the necessary lettering in
reverse above each hole. The lettering should be cut only about halfway
through the material. When finished, you can take some paint and smear
it into the letter grooves, wiping off the excess from the surface.
Depending on what color you want the background to be, you can also
spray paint the back of the material over the lettering paint. When you
flip the whole thing over, you get a nice looking panel which is very
durable because all of the paint is on the backside.

Good Luck,
Rick

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Subject: [DPRG] Any good methods for making a panel label / faceplate?

I want to make a panel label / faceplate for a project.  I would think
with all the programs out there in cyberspace there is probably already
something that will do the job; I am just not familiar with any such
products.  I want to label knobs and switches, add text, and maybe even
use some sort of picture in the background.  I would probably use some
type of stick on label but I would consider a full faceplate also.
Anybody got some experience in this area or have some good ideas of what
to look at?  I thought I saw a Circuit Cellar article some months ago
where the author did that kind of thing, but I can't find it again.

Thanks in advance,

Brian

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