Forrest Christian wrote: > Timothy Weber wrote: >> Have you tried a laminated color laser print, + glue or a bezel to >> attach it to the enclosure, + drilled holes to let board-mounted >> tactile switches stick through? > No but that's an idea. Actually I like it. As I understand it, it scales pretty well - I'm doing it for one hobby project and also contracting out the design of an custom-molded enclosure for a work project that will use the same basic idea for the buttons. Cf. the exploded view at . > By laminated do you mean the traditional method of heat adhering plastic > to both sides of a sheet of paper with a lamination machine, or > something more exotic? Something more exotic would be used in "real" production, but I'm planning on taking my Illustrator file down to the corner copy shop! > It occurs to me that the Craft Robo I use to make custom panel labeling Huh! Very useful-looking gadget. > be put into service for > this as well for things like cutting a hole in the paper to let a LCD > live behind the lamination and also final trim (depending on weight of > the laminate). Yeah, that sounds ideal for making moderate quantities. -- Timothy J. Weber http://timothyweber.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist