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  • Author Author: 4ringfan
  • Date Created: 3 Mar 2015 1:25 PM Date Created
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Are there any companies that make a custom adhesive overlay?

4ringfan
4ringfan
3 Mar 2015

I have an old intra-oral camera box that I'm looking to convert into a bench power supply.  It has a front panel PCB with some buttons and LEDs that I may re-use.  The metal has cut outs for the buttons and then it has a plastic overlay that I'm not fond of.  I've thought about getting some 3M carbon fiber film Carbon Fiber Film | Dedicated To Selling 3M Carbon Fiber DI-NOC Vinyl and just covering it and then relabeling it.  I was just looking to see if there was a company that was kind of like a custom PCB company that would make / print custom adhesive overlays.

 

Here is the present front panel and button/LED PCB:

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This just looks like an excellent candidate for a bench power supply build:

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  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom +2
    In the past I've printed in colour on paper, laminated and then trimmed with scissors and scalpel. If you wanted to go further you could possibly use overhead projection blanks and print on them. It won…
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom +2
    My reply is being moderated due to an unfortunate word in a link (I think). MK
  • gadget.iom
    gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom +2
    The community management should sort this out really. Is it that inconcievable to prefix 'Instrument Panels' with such a word?
  • 4ringfan
    4ringfan over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom

    Paul,

     

    Aww, Thanks man!

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    4ringfan over 10 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

    michaelkellett,

     

    I think your suggestion of just printing color to a full sheet of Avery label material, and then covering it with a clear film, may just be cost effective method that I'm looking for.  The clear top could either again be a clear Avery label sheet, or I could possibly use some clear 3M car wrap film on top of the label too.  The buttons I had on this board were designed to be beneath the film, so I'm not sure how well they would hold up to repeated actuations, but hey, I'm willing to try anything once. image

     

    I'm going to have to try that graphical layout software too and put my very lacking artistic skills to work.

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    gadget.iom over 10 years ago

    BTW 4ringfan I like your avatar! image

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    gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom

    The community management should sort this out really.

    Is it that inconcievable to prefix 'Instrument Panels' with such a word? image

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    gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to michaelkellett

    haha image

     

    It's visible (to me anyway).

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