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Old 14th Feb 2018, 7:34 pm   #5
Ian - G4JQT
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Default Re: Simple method to mark calibration and functions externally on a case?

I use a drawing package (MS Word will do) to create front panels. Even MS Paint will give coloured sections, panels, lines, text etc. but it isn't really designed for that.

When you're happy with the layout (and it can take many attempts to get the scales and writing in exactly the right place so I print those out in draft, in b&w on scrap), run the sheet through a laminator - they're surprisingly cheap. There are shiny, matt, thick, thin laminating pockets available.

Lay the laminated sheet on the front panel with glue, pressed down and when it's dry cut out the holes with a sharp knife and trim the edge.

Of course it's much easier to get the layout right fist on the sheet, but in practice that's not always possible when the real object exists first!
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