05-04-2012, 07:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2012, 07:35 AM by Radio Fixer.)
They say the decal paper has a use by date of 1 year, so you had better get printing David. 'Cos of this I only buy two sheets at a time.
As you say I have done a fair amount of dial making but not used the laminated method as Robert has done. I have another dial making article coming out in the Summer edition of the Bulletin which goes into the use of the Student Edition of CorelDraw... it may inspire you David to have a go. Its a most enjoyable package to use but be warned you need a powerful PC really, the minimum specs they quote would make it very frustrating I believe. Wont post details of it here as to me it spoils it for BVWS members... dont mind doing so afterwards though.
Thanks for the info on the ink jet technique... I will watch the vid when I get a mo! Wonderful that they can make it work with such accuracy and superb results... I'm a little in awe of silk screen as well, seems crude and was invented about a 1000 years ago in China.
Yes! I have done the stick it on a sheet of ordinary paper, after printing where it is first, but only for the backs of brown envelopes. These produce aged looking labels.
Decal material is a bit thick for this but I find 1/2 and even 1/3 sheets go through my printer OK . So I position so that the image will come out on the bottom and then cut that off for spraying. The rest gets used another time.
Mark Oppats web site is http://www.oldradioparts.net/index.html and he is a great guy and done a lot for the hobby. His tan acrylic sheet is ideal for some dials, your one above for example. You can get the stuff over here but it was full of flaws with light through it... his is perfect.
Here's a couple of dials I did on it using his sheet:
As you say I have done a fair amount of dial making but not used the laminated method as Robert has done. I have another dial making article coming out in the Summer edition of the Bulletin which goes into the use of the Student Edition of CorelDraw... it may inspire you David to have a go. Its a most enjoyable package to use but be warned you need a powerful PC really, the minimum specs they quote would make it very frustrating I believe. Wont post details of it here as to me it spoils it for BVWS members... dont mind doing so afterwards though.
Thanks for the info on the ink jet technique... I will watch the vid when I get a mo! Wonderful that they can make it work with such accuracy and superb results... I'm a little in awe of silk screen as well, seems crude and was invented about a 1000 years ago in China.
Yes! I have done the stick it on a sheet of ordinary paper, after printing where it is first, but only for the backs of brown envelopes. These produce aged looking labels.
Decal material is a bit thick for this but I find 1/2 and even 1/3 sheets go through my printer OK . So I position so that the image will come out on the bottom and then cut that off for spraying. The rest gets used another time.
Mark Oppats web site is http://www.oldradioparts.net/index.html and he is a great guy and done a lot for the hobby. His tan acrylic sheet is ideal for some dials, your one above for example. You can get the stuff over here but it was full of flaws with light through it... his is perfect.
Here's a couple of dials I did on it using his sheet:
