[R-390] OFF TOPIC: reworking a National planetary dial

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Mike,

Check out some of the items on this page.

http://www.micro-tools.de/mm5/e_paint.htm

It's not the greatest solution but it may be worth a try.  The narrower 
and sharper the recessed lines, the better this type of thing works.

Regards,
Jon WA3MVM

mlmccauley wrote:
>
> I have a National planetary dial, one of the ones that has the small 
> windows spaced every ten marks in which a disk with the most 
> significant digits of the dial position is displayed.
>
> I got it off the e-place a while back, and while the knob, the 
> mechanism inside the dial, and the external gearbox are all in very 
> good shape, the paint on the outer dial, the one with the small 
> vertical rectangular holes in it, is really trashed.
>
> Here's my question. If I disassemble the dial, clean up the chips and 
> scratches in the old paint, and repaint it, what's the trick to 
> getting fresh white paint down into the "units" mark line recesses 
> that are etched/pressed in/ground/? into the outer dial piece, and 
> have it look good?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> 73,
> Mike
> WB5MYY
>
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