rodney Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Got tired of the dirty stickers marking the settings for my fuel selector, so thought I would try out FrontPanelExpress and make a new one. Result is attached. I am pretty pleased with result but took some trial and error with paper printouts from FrontPanelExpress software to get the holes in right places. I swear they were done by sight without a template back in 1965. Pic is before cleaning up the plastic underneath. Have started making some other placards to clean up the interior a bit more. Just did another for cowl flaps. Rodney 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Nice! We thought about using frontpanelexpress for some stuff at work but went a different route. Looks like good stuff, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaV8or Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Like it! Thanks for sharing. I was not aware of Front Panel Express. Good resource. How much did it cost you in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney Posted April 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Like it! Thanks for sharing. I was not aware of Front Panel Express. Good resource. How much did it cost you in the end? About 60 bucks shipped. Price very dependent on material, number and type of lettering, colors of letter infill, number of tooling changes, powdercoating, material thickness, etc. Options seem limitless. The software calculates the price realtime so you can see what effect changes have on total. I could make it between about 40 and almost a hundred. This was a little more expensive because of weird shape (I made outside shape in a Freeware CAD program and imported outline). Simple shapes and placards can be done in the FrontPanelExpress software directly. I will be making some placards for overhead lights and vent knobs next.... Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRM Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I will be making some placards for overhead lights and vent knobs next.... Rodney Really nice, thanks for the PIREP on the company--excellent pricing too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARZ Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 About 60 bucks shipped. Price very dependent on material, number and type of lettering, colors of letter infill, number of tooling changes, powdercoating, material thickness, etc. Options seem limitless. The software calculates the price realtime so you can see what effect changes have on total. I could make it between about 40 and almost a hundred. This was a little more expensive because of weird shape (I made outside shape in a Freeware CAD program and imported outline). Simple shapes and placards can be done in the FrontPanelExpress software directly. I will be making some placards for overhead lights and vent knobs next.... Rodney Rodney can you share the file for that? I was just going to redo all my placarding with frontpanel and that could save me a bit of time. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJSuper21 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hi Rodney, I know this is a long shot however, do you happen to have the file you sent to front panel express to manufacture the fuel switch template? Best Regards, Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Welcome aboard, Tony... I’ll let @rodney know you are asking... it’s been a few days since he has been around... Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetti Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 17 hours ago, TJSuper21 said: Hi Rodney, I know this is a long shot however, do you happen to have the file you sent to front panel express to manufacture the fuel switch template? Best Regards, Tony All the rage these days is vinyl printers for the home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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