Diy Switch Panel Stickers

[LONG_KEELER]

Anyone had a go at doing their own ?

The proprietary ones never seem to have the one's you want.

Thanks

 

[NUTMEG]

I know what you mean. I bought a Hitachi label printer, about £20 on Amazon. It's brilliant. Does not fade in sunlight and seems totally waterproof.

I think I got the idea here on an earlier thread

Good luck

 

[VicS]

Mine are embossed Dymo tape labels. Functional!

Poor picture cropped from a larger one

 

[PCUK]

I made my own.
Printed from Computer and then laminated.View attachment 52173

 

[Norman_E]

A small Brother label printer made mine. Mine is a P Touch 1000 and cost about £12 from Lidl some time ago. I see that they are £15 here. http://www.box.co.uk/Brother_PT-100...1657125.html?gclid=CN3994TllMYCFaMewwodf0AA0Q Mine will print two line labels with a border so the results look quite smart.

 

[NUTMEG]

A small Brother label printer made mine. Mine is a P Touch 1000 and cost about £12 from Lidl some time ago. I see that they are £15 here. http://www.box.co.uk/Brother_PT-100...1657125.html?gclid=CN3994TllMYCFaMewwodf0AA0Q Mine will print two line labels with a border so the results look quite smart.

That's the one. Not Hitachi at all. Senior moment.

 

[dovekie]

Anyone had a go at doing their own ?

The proprietary ones never seem to have the one's you want.

Thanks

These people (http://lps.ie/) will etch a panel for you onto plastic card, black on white or the other way round, which you can then make up into a switch panel front plate. The stuff they use is called "Traffolyte" which must be a trade name. I opted for the thickest they do (1.5mm as I recall) and it has made a net panel.

 

[jimmcgee]

I made my own.
Printed from Computer and then laminated.View attachment 52173

lol , I thought that was a picture of the computer you used to print the labels lol

 

[prv]

These people (http://lps.ie/) will etch a panel for you onto plastic card, black on white or the other way round, which you can then make up into a switch panel front plate. The stuff they use is called "Traffolyte" which must be a trade name. I opted for the thickest they do (1.5mm as I recall) and it has made a net panel.

http://aaisp.net/printing-engraving.html will do similar, using laser engraving of Rowmark plastic. My first project using it was a combined engine and electrics panel for Kindred Spirit:

When I rebuilt the back of Ariam's chart table (including the woodwork, bookshelf, lighting, etc), instead of having one big panel etched I designed a series of individual ones that could be mounted on a grey plastic board:
(Sadly the picture is a bit out of focus, and you might need to follow the Photobucket link and use the zoom button to see the panels properly)

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums...7-C458-43E0-B24F-8F321FBCA412_zpsa7n6w6ow.jpg



I also have numerous other panels around the boat, for example:

and

and the one in the cockpit that I sadly don't seem to have a picture of.

There are also some small signs and placards that are simply engraved with no switches etc fitted; some of those are white on red instead of the white on black used for panels. They actually have a wide range of colours available - see http://www.visualsigns.net/resources/Color chart laser mark.jpg.opt770x1179o0,0s770x1179.jpg

The one downside of this stuff is that once you start using it, anything else looks sub-standard, and you have to stick with the engraving

EDIT: Getting back to the original question, if you do just want stick-on labels, then mine's another vote for Brother label makers. I have one which I use for labelling wiring and other behind-the-scenes stuff.

Pete

 

[Sailingsaves]

http://aaisp.net/printing-engraving.html will do similar, using laser engraving of Rowmark plastic. My first project using it was a combined engine and electrics panel for Kindred Spirit:

When I rebuilt the back of Ariam's chart table (including the woodwork, bookshelf, lighting, etc), instead of having one big panel etched I designed a series of individual ones that could be mounted on a grey plastic board:
(Sadly the picture is a bit out of focus, and you might need to follow the Photobucket link and use the zoom button to see the panels properly)

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums...7-C458-43E0-B24F-8F321FBCA412_zpsa7n6w6ow.jpg



I also have numerous other panels around the boat, for example:

and

and the one in the cockpit that I sadly don't seem to have a picture of.

There are also some small signs and placards that are simply engraved with no switches etc fitted; some of those are white on red instead of the white on black used for panels. They actually have a wide range of colours available - see http://www.visualsigns.net/resources/Color chart laser mark.jpg.opt770x1179o0,0s770x1179.jpg

The one downside of this stuff is that once you start using it, anything else looks sub-standard, and you have to stick with the engraving

EDIT: Getting back to the original question, if you do just want stick-on labels, then mine's another vote for Brother label makers. I have one which I use for labelling wiring and other behind-the-scenes stuff.

Pete

Very nice work and lovely looking boat interior. Love navigation station (too good to be called a chart table)

 

[PCUK]

lol , I thought that was a picture of the computer you used to print the labels lol

How very dare you.

 

[LadyInBed]

I made my own.
Printed from Computer and then laminated.

Same here, though I did white print on black background on photographic paper.
For etched plastic panels, a lot of shoe repair and engraving shops do them.