Richard, aren't you the gentleman who made the panel on a 5 axis mill? I'd
sure like to see a photo of that. (the panel, not the mill!)

Bill Chernoff
"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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On Fri, 07 May 2004 03:40:27 GMT, wrote:

:I've been wondering what to do for labels in the cockpit of a homebuilt.
The
:Brother line of printers looks like it might be good. They have tape
that
rints white on a black background in a variety of widths. I like the
:traditional look of white on black, but I don't know if these labels are
:durable, and would really look professional.
:
:Anyone out there using this or another system for labels that you are
happy
:with?

This one's kind of extreme, but I'm happy with it.

I had my panel CNC'd out of 6061 T6 and hard anodized dark gray. I
had the CNC route labels in .010 deep on the front face. After
anodizing, I filled them with white glow in the dark paint, and I'm
illuminating the panel with UV LED's so they glow.

All my instruments are internally lit, so I didn't want to light up
the rest of the cockpit just to light up labels.

The UV LED's are Roithner Lasertechnik, part # RLT365-525