[R-390] Silkscreening Front Panels, Anyone?

[Cecil Acuff]

My comment was out of seeing and hearing of his paint work and various other 
things.  He is a production shop, setup to move radio's through quickly. 
That's not to say they don't work just that he's not focused on the love of 
the radio and restoring what was created many years ago.  It's more about 
making a profit.

I would reference the fact that he won't restore an engraved panel.  He 
fills the engravings,  sands them smooth, hits them with a coat of gray and 
runs them through the silk screening setup.  Now it sounds like he has had a 
Lexan front panel decal made up which will further simplify that part of the 
production process.  Nice modern touch but not what I would want on my R-390 
series radio...but that is my personal opinion.

I had considered the same when I was doing R-1051 restorations but for two 
valid reasons....the front panels were all silk screened and they all were 
recessed below a 1/2" outer rim making refinishing in a small shop next to 
impossible.  Not being the sought after classics the R-390 series is I would 
not have felt bad doing that with the R-1051 series...in fact it would have 
been a great improvement to most of the front panels I had seen.  If those 
panels had been engraved they would have been easy to bring back to original 
condition....

Restoring an engraved front panel is a lot of work but the outcome is 
usually well worth the effort.....but you will never make any money doing 
them for others.....it's truly a labor of love!

And by the way good luck with your harness....if there is a problem in the 
Audio deck that's not figured out first you may burn the new one.

I would check with Fair radio...they had them not too long ago.

Ebay is not a bad place to buy a radio you just have to do your homework.

Cecil....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Bauer" <odyslim at comcast.net>
To: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
Cc: <n4buq at knology.net>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Silkscreening Front Panels, Anyone?


> Thank you for your positive input.
>
> Scott
>
> Cecil Acuff wrote:
>> Yet another shortcut by Mr. Mish...
>>
>> Cecil..
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <odyslim at comcast.net>
>> To: <n4buq at knology.net>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 6:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] Silkscreening Front Panels, Anyone?
>>
>>
>>> I believe Mr Mish of Miltronix has some spiffy new profrssionally
>>> made decals made.  You can find him on the web. Just do a Google
>>> search for Miltronix..\
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>> From: "n4buq at knology.net" <n4buq at knology.net>
>>>> Is anyone on the list providing silk-screening services for the R390A 
>>>> front
>>>> panels?  After much tribulation, it looks like I will finally have this
>>>> used-to-be-engraved front panel ready for silkscreening.
>>>>
>>>> I know there are some resourses off the list, but was wondering if 
>>>> anyone
>>>> on the list is doing this now and how much it will cost.  Also, if 
>>>> anyone
>>>> has endeavored to do this themselves and found a way to do it right, 
>>>> I'd be
>>>> interested in trying it myself.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Barry - N4BUQ
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