[Hallicrafters] Panel lettering NEW THREAD

Sun Jan 22 14:24:37 EST 2012

Paul, Im interested in two panels at the moment.

A SX-73 which was stripped and painted by a previous owner so has nothing to 
copy, and a Johnson Viking II CDC which is different than the standard model 
and has fair to poor at best.

Neither was made in large quantities. Is there any hope?

What artworks do you have available? I have several other contenders.

Carl
KM1H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Kraemer" <elespe at lisco.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:13 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Panel lettering NEW THREAD

> Greg, Todd, Carl, group et al
> To clarify, that would be me you are probably talking about, Paul K0UYA
> located in SE Iowa.  I purchased the assets of films (approximately 60
> pieces) for panel screen printing from Lynn, N0ALO, about a year ago.
> I did it for two reasons. One, it represented a potential opportunity to
> accomplish something I always wanted to do. Two, I could see the entire
> collection being disseminated piecemeal and lost forever so I did what I
> thought was responsible and bought the entire collection with the 
> intention,
> if nothing else, scanning and saving the lot to disc where it could become
> available to others.
> At present it is a collection of photgraphic film as used to expose and
> develop screens for the purpose of screen printing. Each piece is an 
> actual
> tried and proven work which Lynn actually produced panels from. Many are 
> in
> reality pieces of film taped together to establish the proper 
> registration.
> I don't think I have to elaborate that in this form it is only a matter of 
> a
> few years until it is probably lost forever. In any case, there is a whole
> lot of time, talent and expense involved in the steps between these films
> and a finished piece that anyone would want.
> As many may know, or are finding out, The days of printing by pushing ink
> through a screen are going the same direction as large sheet film cameras,
> producing circuit boards from taped artwork, and buggy whips. The method
> today is by a large flat bed printer driven by artwork on a computer and 
> uv
> cured ink (actually paint). The technique still can't compete with high
> volume work (T shirts) produced on semi automatic printers run by third
> world operators making nothing in wages but it certainly is a no brainer 
> for
> the only reasonable method for one off custom work.  I do have a local 
> asset
> which has such a printer (the bed is 4 ft x 5 ft) and I am currently 
> working
> with them to purchase small blocks of custom time when they are not busy
> making their own product. It may come down to train me to do it so I can
> rent it off hours. We have a close relationship where I provide 
> significant
> engineering and service work to them so the possibilities are positive at
> this time. But, we are all busy, and it does take time. Theirs and mine. 
> All
> that said I believe it is THE way to go. With four paint colors plus white 
> I
> don't think I need to elaborate on the possibilities. I have seen 
> downloaded
> images of artworks reverse printed on lexan sheets with white printed over
> the background to make very high resolution backlit images  A panel with 
> two
> or three colors is a proverbial piece of cake. A quantityof matching 
> panels
> at one pass, easier than one at a time.
> OK, so what are you waiting for, why haven't you done something with this?
> That is your next question is it not?  All I can say in my defense is that 
> I
> am living one of life's lessons that you play the hand you are dealt. At 
> 67
> years young self employed entrepreneur I am finding I am far from
> retirement, have no one to pass on the business to, and living in a small
> rural area have many customers counting on me to keep doing what I do for
> them as long as there is life in my body. I am grateful for their past
> support (and as self employed that is exactly what it is) and feel it is 
> not
> the resposible thing to do to suddenly say sorry, can't help you, I'm
> retired, go find someone else if you can. I have, on ocassion tried, and 
> it
> keeps coming back home. Then there is also the reality that it is what 
> pays
> the taxes and utilities on keeping this shop open to the possibilities of
> doing hobby work at reasonable cost.
> All that being said, I felt , and still do, that painting and printing of
> panels was something that was a nice fit to my existing business of
> industrial circuit board design and manufacturing.  Through that, in
> addition to my own in-house resources,  I have access to local assets of
> bead blasting,  powder coating,  metal fabrication, and nc machining and
> have always been willing to share with anyone who asked for help.
> If anyone has panel that just absolutely needs done---email me off list 
> and
> we will make that happen. If anyone has a web site where I can post a list
> of current artwork I have available I'd be happy to do that. If anyone 
> wants
> to help me develope a website of my own---the job is open.
> As far as other questions of who bought what ---you should ask Lynn. After
> purchasing the film and realizing the breadth and depth of his business I
> inquired to him about the paint formulae and Lynn told me that someone in 
> NC
> had already bought those along with some of the mechanical printing assets
> but was not going to pursue that and in fact wanted to sell them back.  A
> brief look at the asked price of some paint formulae,  the knowledge that
> the world of paint is changing,  plus recognition of difficulties of
> inventory and actual shipping made me disregard that aspect of the 
> business
> rather quickly.  After all, the color is never exasctly how we remembered 
> it
> and that is a whole other service problem.
> That is my story and I am sticking to it.
> Please don't hesitate to ask if you have some specific request or if you
> just want to jaw. I always seem to find time to answer every email in a 
> day
> or two.
> One final BTW, if you have a panel you want reproduced and it is not in
> inventory my posture has always been send it to me, I'll do the artwork 
> (at
> no or very little charge) and return the panel to you unharmed. I would
> rather duplicate the panel totally than take a chance making a booboo on
> someone's priceless one of a kind only one in the world panel.
> One final word on artwork. It is just that. We artists grow weary of 
> hearing
> "all ya gotta do is take a picture with a digital camera and that is all
> there is to it" Remember WYSIWYG.
> 73
> Paul K0UYA
>
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