[R-390] On the subject of manufacturing front panels...

[Barry]

Good idea, but the front panel needs to be electrically conductive.  Unless
you mask certain areas, it wouldn't work very well.

Barry - N4BUQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: [R-390] On the subject of manufacturing front panels...


Roy reminded me of the subject of front panels... why was
anodizing front panels (black, other colors too) never very
popular for 50's/60's radios?

Something to do with fungus-proofing maybe?

Certainly by the 70's consumer stereo equipment was being
anodized.

Anodizing with engravings can get a bit tricky (with "grown"
thickness smearing out the engravings) but it's gotta be
less of an effect than painting.

Looks like someone with a little bit of patience and a PC could design
up a pretty spiffy R-390/390A front panel using

  http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/material/examples.htm

and get it anodized black or green or bronze (looiks more olive to me)
or whatever, lettered (engraved, maybe silkscreened?), and delivered
for circa $150-$200.

Tim.
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