[R-390] Crayola front panels

[Barry Hauser]

John Flood wrote:

> You are all much to narrow minded, thinking about all this color stuff.
> What I want is a clear lexan panel for the R390, R390A and SP600 so that I
> can see the moving parts!


That's a good idea -- and put some blue lights inside like those fancy 
computer cases.

Hey, wait a minute -- narrow minded!!! Them's fightin' words!

Dare ya' ta' cross this line:
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OK -- how about a mirror panel - -for the self-absorbed?

No?  Like to see the insides -- mount a dozen of those micro TV cameras to 
keep watch on the works -- and ballast tube glow.

OK, try this:  A panel made up of a wide-screen LCD, so you can read the 
posts without taking your eyes off your '390.  Or maybe watch TV, or keep it 
tuned to the abominable e-place and mount a dedicated place bid button on 
the front.  Also, with the LCD you could change the color at will.

Not good enough?  Take your lexan, two layers or some double pane 
weatherproof plexiglas and fill it with suitable oils and whatnot -- yup a 
lava lamp front panel.

I could do a couple dozen more, but here is the piece d' resistance -- or a 
piece 'o resister or sumpin ...

Cover the panel with Formica of your choice.  Might even be gray, or plaid 
or that orange color with the flakes in it, and surround with fluted 
aluminum extrusion.  For that '50's diner look - or maybe "dinette set" 
look.   But beware -- when offered this option, Helga Rubenstern rejected it 
out of hand saying "Ooohh puleeeze, how boooshwa!"  OK, she would have 
spelled it correctly, but that's the way she said it, adding, "Don't you 
have something in a bronze or gold tone, perhaps with some nice filagree 
work in it?  Something more, uh, tasteful."

Barry