10-06-2014, 04:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-06-2014, 04:49 PM by Radio Fixer.)
Good Oh! David.
I'm sure he will use your article: he is always short of copy.
As regards the CAD for the dial artwork (HMV 650), it was slow and required a lot of concentration and learning from a thick book. But I was well supported by the CorelDraw forum who are a splendid bunch of guys, from world wide, some even Pro designers, who have all the answers and the response is usually within the day. Often several ways of doing things are suggested and it was good to try them and then make notes of the one or two that I found easiest. Like all long tasks it was a great feeling to be successful and even more so when the silk screener did as perfect a job as I could ask for. His colours were spot on and the dial is much more vibrant than the old ones. I expect colours fade. He didn't get 100% yield but I think with that sort of work, particularly lining up 6pt fonts, its expected. 90% yield was fine by me.
I would have liked to have given him more work but have not had the need to do another dial. Also there are now direct print to glass methods which work out cheaper for small quantity.
Gary
I'm sure he will use your article: he is always short of copy.
As regards the CAD for the dial artwork (HMV 650), it was slow and required a lot of concentration and learning from a thick book. But I was well supported by the CorelDraw forum who are a splendid bunch of guys, from world wide, some even Pro designers, who have all the answers and the response is usually within the day. Often several ways of doing things are suggested and it was good to try them and then make notes of the one or two that I found easiest. Like all long tasks it was a great feeling to be successful and even more so when the silk screener did as perfect a job as I could ask for. His colours were spot on and the dial is much more vibrant than the old ones. I expect colours fade. He didn't get 100% yield but I think with that sort of work, particularly lining up 6pt fonts, its expected. 90% yield was fine by me.
I would have liked to have given him more work but have not had the need to do another dial. Also there are now direct print to glass methods which work out cheaper for small quantity.
Gary
