[R-390] Re: Refinishing meters

[John Kolb]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, blw wrote:

> Another approach would be easier, more accurate, and certainly cheaper. Look
> at Hobbytown or any other R/C hobby supply source and see about decal paper.
> I read about it several years ago. It is a paper and you can 'print' your
> own decals on this special paper and run it thru the printer. It produces
> the same decals like we used on plastic model kits. If this stuff is still
> available, I bet a clear full sized decal with black print would look nice
> on a white painted metal dial plate. The white arcs and numbers would show
> thru and probably look very good.

Back in the dark ages (about 1958), I got a shoebox of commercially
made decals from one of the local hams. As well as the sets of words
for receivers - Bandswitch - Bandwidth - RF Gain - etc, there were
several sets of decals of meter faces. various sizes, black on
white, white on black, 0 to 3, 0 to 5, 0 to 10 markings, etc.
I guess there used to be lots of meter reuse.

John