Hello Brothers of the Glow,

I am restoring some Hallicrafters dials that have experienced damage to the
silkscreening of the numerals and the slide-rule line. I've successfully
re-lined the dials and added the tick marks but I am needing rub on letters
that are approximately 0.046-inch (3/64-inch) tall. The smallest black rub
on lettering I have been able to find is 2.5 mm high which is too large to
match the other numerals on the dial.

Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

WPE9GHF

"SX-25" wrote in message
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Hello Brothers of the Glow,

I am restoring some Hallicrafters dials that have experienced damage to
the silkscreening of the numerals and the slide-rule line. I've
successfully re-lined the dials and added the tick marks but I am needing
rub on letters that are approximately 0.046-inch (3/64-inch) tall. The
smallest black rub on lettering I have been able to find is 2.5 mm high
which is too large to match the other numerals on the dial.

Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

WPE9GHF

I have had excellent results using my CAD program to generate the artwork
and then printing to water slip decal paper. The substrate of the resultant
decal is very thin and thus edges virtually unnoticeable. Small Parts also
sells a liquid that can be applied to make the substrate disappear entirely
( I have not tried this)..
http://www.decalpaper.com/default.asp

Dale W4OP

"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
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I have had excellent results using my CAD program to generate the
artwork
and then printing to water slip decal paper. The substrate of the
resultant decal is very thin and thus edges virtually unnoticeable. Small
Parts also sells a liquid that can be applied to make the substrate
disappear entirely ( I have not tried this)..
http://www.decalpaper.com/default.asp

Dale W4OP

Dale, what do you use for a printer?

Peter k1zjh

"Tio Pedro" wrote in message
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"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
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I have had excellent results using my CAD program to generate the
artwork
and then printing to water slip decal paper. The substrate of the
resultant decal is very thin and thus edges virtually unnoticeable. Small
Parts also sells a liquid that can be applied to make the substrate
disappear entirely ( I have not tried this)..
http://www.decalpaper.com/default.asp

Dale W4OP

Dale, what do you use for a printer?

Peter k1zjh

I have the paper in laser jet and ink jet. The laser is an HP1200 and the
inkjet is an HP1600

Dale W4OP

SX-25 wrote:
Hello Brothers of the Glow,

I am restoring some Hallicrafters dials that have experienced damage to the
silkscreening of the numerals and the slide-rule line. I've successfully
re-lined the dials and added the tick marks but I am needing rub on letters
that are approximately 0.046-inch (3/64-inch) tall. The smallest black rub
on lettering I have been able to find is 2.5 mm high which is too large to
match the other numerals on the dial.

Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

WPE9GHF


I *HIGHLY* recommend you check out Pulsar
http://www.pulsarprofx.com/

I've personally used this technique to recreate silkscreen labels. You
cannot tell this from the real silkscreen process. There is about a
$50-$100 initial outlay. If you can find a used laminator, you can save
most of that cost. The technique takes a little practice but it is well
worth it if you treasure your old radios. There is a short video on the
site that demonstrates the technique. This guy has come up with a
process where you laser print (ink jet will not work) onto a special
paper. Then the text/image is transferred to a clear mylar 'carrier'.
Following that the image is finally transferred to wherever it is meant
to go. You can do ALL colors, even WHITE. Anyway, give it a try.
Jim
WB5KYE

On Aug 10, 4:39*pm, Jim Flanagan wrote:
SX-25 wrote:
Hello Brothers of the Glow,

I am restoring some Hallicrafters dials that have experienced damage to the
silkscreening of the numerals and the slide-rule line. I've successfully
re-lined the dials and added the tick marks but I am needing rub on letters
that are approximately 0.046-inch (3/64-inch) tall. The smallest black rub
on lettering I have been able to find is 2.5 mm high which is too large to
match the other numerals on the dial.

Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

WPE9GHF

I *HIGHLY* recommend you check out Pulsarhttp://www.pulsarprofx.com/

I've personally used this technique to recreate silkscreen labels. *You
cannot tell this from the real silkscreen process. *There is about a
$50-$100 initial outlay. *If you can find a used laminator, you can save
most of that cost. *The technique takes a little practice but it is well
worth it if you treasure your old radios. *There is a short video on the
site that demonstrates the technique. *This guy has come up with a
process where you laser print (ink jet will not work) onto a special
paper. *Then the text/image is transferred to a clear mylar 'carrier'.
Following that the image is finally transferred to wherever it is meant
to go. *You can do ALL colors, even WHITE. *Anyway, give it a try.
Jim
WB5KYE


I've got an HQ-180 that needs some work so I think I will give it a
try.

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