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harley(at)AgelessWings.co
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:18 am Post subject: Panel pic



Frank

A picture sure is worth a thousand words! Now I see what you mean about

the borders...

Nice looking panel! As you said, too bad the Dynon's weren't lit up for

affect and color! <G>

I designed a couple of panels for pharmaceutical production equipment in

my former life. For my Long EZ's panel, I was thinking of doing

something similar to what I did on them, and that was to sort of

"cluster" instruments by using decorative boundary lines.

I couldn't come up with a good way to do it and still look professional

and not like someone stuck some automotive trim tape around the panel

(which is what I did on the ones I did for Pennwalt) until you came up

with this idea.

Thanks for the photo...it's going in my panel folder!

Time to rethink!

Harley

Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis) wrote:

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		  Forgot to turn on the Dynon's for this shot.

Frank

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deemsdavis(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:37 am Post subject: Panel pic



OK. how about posting the photo (or a link to it) for the rest of us to

Drool over! 

Deems Davis # 406

Wings

http://deemsrv10.com/

Harley wrote:

Frank

A picture sure is worth a thousand words! Now I see what you mean about

the borders...

Nice looking panel! As you said, too bad the Dynon's weren't lit up for

affect and color! <G>

I designed a couple of panels for pharmaceutical production equipment in

my former life. For my Long EZ's panel, I was thinking of doing

something similar to what I did on them, and that was to sort of

"cluster" instruments by using decorative boundary lines.

I couldn't come up with a good way to do it and still look professional

and not like someone stuck some automotive trim tape around the panel

(which is what I did on the ones I did for Pennwalt) until you came up

with this idea.

Thanks for the photo...it's going in my panel folder!

Time to rethink!

Harley

Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis) wrote:

sportav8r(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:43 am Post subject: Panel pic



I hate to be the one missing out - send me one, too, please

TimRhod(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:04 am Post subject: Panel pic



Could I have a picture too Thanks? Tim

frank.hinde(at)hp.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: Panel pic



A link I don't (on my hard drive)...How do I post it to the group?

Frank

frank.hinde(at)hp.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:35 am Post subject: Panel pic

nuckollsr(at)cox.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:59 am Post subject: Panel pic



If anyone has nice pictures of panels (or anything else

related to the construction of their airplanes) I'd be

pleased to add it to the /Pictures folder on aeroelectric.com

You can e-mail directly to me as an attachment. Be sure

to include a description of what we're looking at. I'll

add descriptive text to the photo and post it with a descriptive

file name.

Bob . . .

harley(at)AgelessWings.co
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject: Panel pic



And for anyone else who asked, I just placed the picture of Frank's

panel with the Avery clear label labels on my website here:

www.agelesswings.com/LONG EZ/short!%20(160).JPG

Hope you don't mind, Frank...if so, just let me know...I'll remove it.

Thought I'd save you a bit of emailing until Bob gets it loaded in the

archives if he wants.

Harley

Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:

If anyone has nice pictures of panels (or anything else

related to the construction of their airplanes) I'd be

pleased to add it to the /Pictures folder on aeroelectric.com

You can e-mail directly to me as an attachment. Be sure

to include a description of what we're looking at. I'll

add descriptive text to the photo and post it with a descriptive

file name.

Bob . . .

frank.hinde(at)hp.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: Panel pic



Done!....

Thanks

Frank

harley(at)AgelessWings.co
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject: Panel pic



Oops...

You'll have to cut and paste if your email program leaves the .jpg off

the end as mine did...

Or, here's a tinyurl version to link to it:

http://tinyurl.com/awx72

That should get you there without any problems.

Harley

Harley wrote:

And for anyone else who asked, I just placed the picture of Frank's

panel with the Avery clear label labels on my website here:

www.agelesswings.com/LONG EZ/short!%20(160).JPG

Hope you don't mind, Frank...if so, just let me know...I'll remove it.

Thought I'd save you a bit of emailing until Bob gets it loaded in the

archives if he wants.

Harley

Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:

frank.hinde(at)hp.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: Panel pic



Oh gee hell no, go right ahead. Anything I can do to give back to the

building community is very little compared to what I've gotten..

Remember I still ahave about 15 clear sheets of label is iny one wants

'em for a buck a sheet.

Cheers

Frank

nuckollsr(at)cox.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:07 pm Post subject: Panel pic



At 12:43 PM 1/6/2006 -0800, you wrote:

<frank.hinde(at)hp.com>

Oh gee hell no, go right ahead. Anything I can do to give back to the

building community is very little compared to what I've gotten..

Remember I still ahave about 15 clear sheets of label is iny one wants

'em for a buck a sheet.

Cheers

Frank

aadamson(at)highrf.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: Panel pic



(snipped. But same topic)

Has anyone done anything with "back lighting" a piece of engraving plastic

(the two layers stuff with white on bottom, and black on top)? My new

Cessna has LED back lighting for everything. Most are a raised plastic

piece with the white showing the light thru, however, what gave me the idea

for the engravers plastic was the callsign, it's just that plastic with an

LED backlight.

Pictures here.

http://www.highrf.com/gallery/38AL-Panel/DSCN0418

I'll bet the other, non-engraved is just some sort of "reverse" silkscreen

on white or semi-see-thru plastic.

Hehe... Aint it interesting how we turned this into a panel discussion 

Alan

Fiveonepw(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: Panel pic



In a message dated 01/06/2006 3:43:58 PM Central Standard Time,

aadamson(at)highrf.com writes:

Has anyone done anything with "back lighting" a piece of engraving plastic

(the two layers stuff with white on bottom, and black on top)?

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		  >>

	


I can't say enough good things about Steve Davis (aka The PanelPilot) in

Memphis who did my panel- absolutely no kickbacks! Here's a description of his

process- click >>Next Entry>> on each page, and click on the fotoz for larger

image.

http://websites.expercraft.com/n51pw/index.php?q=log entry&log id=5100

Obviously I'm very happy with the results...

Thanks, Steve!

 	  Quote: 	
		  From The PossumWorks in TN

Mark Phillips - N51PW

redeloach(at)fedex.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: Panel pic

When I was a mechanic here at FedEx, I engraved data plates for equipment. I have a friend who was rebuilding a Cessna 140 and needed his panel reworked.. I took a piece of clear plexi and cut it to the shape of his panel. Each gauge was marked and I engraved the names/nomenclatures in REVERSE on the plexi. I then filled the letters with white tire lettering stick and turned the panel over. It was clear, see thru, and had all the engraving on the back side and highlighted in "never get dirty" white. The now top of the panel is smooth. It's lasted for years and the letters are still crisp, the paint is still white. They are "under" the glass! red :} "Alan K. Adamson" wrote: (snipped. But same topic) Has anyone done anything with "back lighting" a piece of engraving plastic (the two layers stuff with white on bottom, and black on top)? My new Cessna has LED back lighting for everything. Most are a raised plastic piece with the white showing the light thru, however, what gave me the idea for the engravers plastic was the callsign, it's just that plastic with an LED backlight. Pictures here. http://www.highrf.com/gallery/38AL-Panel/DSCN0418 I'll bet the other, non-engraved is just some sort of "reverse" silkscreen on white or semi-see-thru plastic. Hehe... Aint it interesting how we turned this into a panel discussion Alan

jschroeder(at)perigee.net
Guest

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: Panel pic



I'll second Mark's enthusiastic indorsement of Steve Davis' work. We had

him cut out all of our panels from aluminum and then cut out overlays from

a special overlay material that he ordered. He reverse engraved the

lettering in the overlays for back lighting. I did not backlight any of

the lettering. We chose panel flood lighting made from EL strips (from

Steinair) hooked into a dimmer. We didn't have the room for LED's and

backlighting with EL is not very far along in the experimental world. Can

do it later if someone can provide an easy solution.

I did the panel in AutoCAD and his computer setup can import that very

easily.

I'll second Mark's impression of Steve as a great host ( barbecue joint)

and superb craftsman. I drove the 600 mile trip to Memphis twice to be

there when the cutting was done. Great time.

Check this album for pictures:

http://w1.lancair.net/pix/jschroeder-panel

John

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:52:13 EST, <Fiveonepw(at)aol.com> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   I can't say enough good things about Steve Davis (aka The PanelPilot) in

Memphis who did my panel- absolutely no kickbacks! Snip

Obviously I'm very happy with the results...

Thanks, Steve!

From The PossumWorks in TN

Mark Phillips - N51PW

	


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