14-06-2015, 10:30 AM
I think it looks great. I've never tried these before, so am very interested in reading your experience - thanks 
Like perhaps many of us, I've always struggled with labels. Rub-down letters can work well if you're very patient, but are fragile. The one time I tried a spray lacquer, it simply didn't work - I suspect the can was past its best, but haven't got around to trying it again. For bench stuff, modern Dynmo/Brother labels are fine, but that's not so good for things that have to live in the house. Of course, paying to have a panel engraved might be worthwhile for some applications - I've done that in the past.
My favourite "least-cost" approach is to sandwich a printed overhead film between a perspex front panel and a sub-panel (usually aluminium). Negative printing results in a black front panel with coloured legends - which is usually what I'm after for hifi stuff - but black on white can work equally well. Then, indicators and annunciators can be incorporated in the design as required. To make the text stand out more clearly, I stick off-cuts from my Brother labelling machine (as it produces more waste than anything else!). It's available in a range of colours, and nicely defuses light from behind for the bits that are backlit (that works really nicely).
Naturally, there might be "thermal issues" with that approach for your project
Like perhaps many of us, I've always struggled with labels. Rub-down letters can work well if you're very patient, but are fragile. The one time I tried a spray lacquer, it simply didn't work - I suspect the can was past its best, but haven't got around to trying it again. For bench stuff, modern Dynmo/Brother labels are fine, but that's not so good for things that have to live in the house. Of course, paying to have a panel engraved might be worthwhile for some applications - I've done that in the past.
My favourite "least-cost" approach is to sandwich a printed overhead film between a perspex front panel and a sub-panel (usually aluminium). Negative printing results in a black front panel with coloured legends - which is usually what I'm after for hifi stuff - but black on white can work equally well. Then, indicators and annunciators can be incorporated in the design as required. To make the text stand out more clearly, I stick off-cuts from my Brother labelling machine (as it produces more waste than anything else!). It's available in a range of colours, and nicely defuses light from behind for the bits that are backlit (that works really nicely).
Naturally, there might be "thermal issues" with that approach for your project
