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Any Dials Needed? Received my Tampon Printing and Clich


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Hey folks,

I wanted to ask you if there is any dial that is not yet available for reps, or any dial that has some obvious fault, that the community would seriously want to be redone?

I am asking because today I received my new tampon printing machine including UV lamp and equipment to create the clichés.

I also already got a simple 2D CNC miling machine so creating (miling) and printing/stamping a dial should be as easy as 1-2-3.

Is there anything I could do for the community, something that is totally in demand, because creating such a cliché for just one piece is senseless.

I am working non-profit

Cheers

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I have no idea what that means or what kind of machine you are talking about, but it sounds good. I love the dials Freddy wants...but where do you source the right fonts???

That seems to be one of the biggest difficulties. AND, for what movements for the spacing??

Cool offer...love this forum and the talents on it!

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Hey thanks for the Feedback.

If you don't know what machine I am talking about, check out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDCBJKI0pw0&feature=related.

They are printing on a Toy-Truck, but its the same procedure for dials.

The Vintage Daytona Dial looks Intresting: The Dial form itself should be no problem, my simple $300 2Axis-CNC Machine can do this, including the recessed chronos. As for the Fonts, that might be tough. The pictures look as if those dials were Handwritten :-)

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@preator: Yes, that might be possible. But my wife is a photographer ... No problem to make a film from the vector graphic, expose the cliché, and then etch it.

I just asked her, she can do 2400 dpi (instead of 600dpi from my laser printer). I think that should be fine enough :-)

As to the brown dial. Don't you think that nice little toy here (Laser Engraver for 618 Bucks) will do it? I always wanted to have one.

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Best would be a vector graphic, but I think any other format will do it as well ... main thing is that its high quality and more than 2400 dpi. That will be put on a film with 2400 dpi, then i will create the cliché by first exposing the blank cliché and then etching it. That's it.

Then just applying the colors to the cliché, and then we just stamp the dial in a manner of seconds :-)

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very interesting and nice purchase

you can also print DW with this machine right?

like especially ......

Breitling for Bentley Dark MAROON date wheel and day wheels with proper font.

also it would be nice to source the others (panerai etc) here int he usa then have to source overseas).

would be nice ;)

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