Decals print dials

[jimcon11]

8 minutes ago, Bart Cordell said:

I redrew one few weeks ago, thought I already shared it. If not I will ASAP.

Ah ok I found some better ones on the previous page. I'll change the chapter ring and edit my original post with the new template 

[Bart Cordell]

Here it is

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2018 by Bart Cordell

[jimcon11]

1 hour ago, Bart Cordell said:

Here it is

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks! This is looking much better now. I modified the fonts and alignment just a little too. I can make a 200m version if anyone is interested.

 

 

Edited January 26, 2018 by jimcon11

[cissiboy]

When are you guys selling and free us from misery ?

[Alan72]

My second attempt at a decal dial came out better,I think it's as good as my skills will allow for the moment.
Thanks again@Bart Cordell for your template, help and advice

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[Bart Cordell]

it was a long time since I had not worn a Silix, this one damn looks good.

 

 

[jackflash]

it was a long time since I had not worn a Silix, this one damn looks good.

A beauty indeed!

[hotrodder]

Yes it does great job

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[nicholasa1234]

Here is one I drew up with a matching hash on the T and F and a Bart Simpson coronet/font

[Alan72]

Another practice dial, the lume still isn't great but I think it's gradually improving

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[swdivad]

Can you print date wheels?

[Alan72]

I've been churning out dials like a factory trying to get it just right, I've made about 20 now, I think I'm getting close


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[JoeyB]

For those interested in printing their own dial, Microcenter has the printer that prints up to 9600 dpi on sale for $39.99. I recently upgraded my old Canon printer, also 9600 dpi, to this one. You'd need to dial it back and find the best setting for your project because at the highest dpi setting it makes puddles of ink. 

Link:

Canon MX922 at Microcenter $39.99

[wan]

Any 6538 dials yet? If you do a 6538 dial 4line with a red depth I would be giddy for one!!!

this is my 6538 I want to add the dial to

[Alan72]

So this one should turn out nice

[Alan72]

Just needs lume and putting together now

[slake]

My recent build with decal dial and ETA 2846 movement 
Pearl and crown must be changed to finish this 7928 build

 

 

[Alan72]

Looks promising

[Alan72]

[jimcon11]

My first decal dial. On its third coat of gloss, I decided to let the dial dry on a cold metal table.. this was the result! For anyone wishing to produce a spider dial, now you know how 😁

 

[spazthecat]

Hi,

After a little break from reps, I thought I’d give dial printing a go and I’m running into a little problem with print quality that I can’t quite figure out and was hoping someone might have a few pointers for troubleshooting.

Basically, the dial text is quite blurry and looks kind of too small for the dial. No where near as crisp as what I’ve seen in some of the pictures in this thread.

I’m working with the 6610 template that Bart so graciously donated to the forum.

What I’m doing to print is as follows:
1. Open dial template is Photoshop
2. Create a new 4x6 document at a resolution of 2400. Its glossy photo paper and I picked that resolution as that appears to be the resolution of the dial template.
3. Copy and paste the dial template into the new document repeatedly arrange them in a grid.
4. Print the newly created document of dials. I’ve tried a variety of print settings for print quality from “normal” to “super fine”. Only difference I can see is the black is much smoother and darker under “super fine” than the Lowe settings.

Printer specs show it supports 9600x2400 for color printing and 600x600 for black and white. Only thing I can think of is that I’m getting limited by the black and white printing resolution.

Thanks,

Andy


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[manodeoro]

My first decal dial. On its third coat of gloss, I decided to let the dial dry on a cold metal table.. this was the result! For anyone wishing to produce a spider dial, now you know how
 

Lucky guy !!!
I've tried that truck for my Fat-Lady GMT II dial and it didn't worked.
Possibly my varnish is too good quality.
I will try again and ... fingers crossed.

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[jimcon11]

37 minutes ago, manodeoro said:

Lucky guy !!!
I've tried that truck for my Fat-Lady GMT II dial and it didn't worked.
Possibly my varnish is too good quality.
I will try again and ... fingers crossed.

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I used Krylon Crystal Clear and sprayed the dial sitting directly on a cold metal table at close to 0°C and left it outside. I think this result should be reproducible, although it wasn't desired in my case.

 

On 12/13/2018 at 6:40 PM, spazthecat said:

Hi,

After a little break from reps, I thought I’d give dial printing a go and I’m running into a little problem with print quality that I can’t quite figure out and was hoping someone might have a few pointers for troubleshooting.

Basically, the dial text is quite blurry and looks kind of too small for the dial. No where near as crisp as what I’ve seen in some of the pictures in this thread.

I’m working with the 6610 template that Bart so graciously donated to the forum.

What I’m doing to print is as follows:
1. Open dial template is Photoshop
2. Create a new 4x6 document at a resolution of 2400. Its glossy photo paper and I picked that resolution as that appears to be the resolution of the dial template.
3. Copy and paste the dial template into the new document repeatedly arrange them in a grid.
4. Print the newly created document of dials. I’ve tried a variety of print settings for print quality from “normal” to “super fine”. Only difference I can see is the black is much smoother and darker under “super fine” than the Lowe settings.

Printer specs show it supports 9600x2400 for color printing and 600x600 for black and white. Only thing I can think of is that I’m getting limited by the black and white printing resolution.

Thanks,

Andy


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I'm able to get good detail at 1200dpi, which is the max horizontal on my Canon printer. I noticed a big improvement when I set the paper type to High-Resolution Paper, even though I'm using decal paper. I didn't notice much of a difference when setting to print color vs black and white. Sounds like you're doing everything else right, might want to try scaling down to 1200 dpi. 

[manodeoro]

On 12/16/2018 at 12:26 AM, jimcon11 said:

I used Krylon Crystal Clear and sprayed the dial sitting directly on a cold metal table at close to 0°C and left it outside. I think this result should be reproducible, although it wasn't desired in my case.

Thanks ... I will try to proceed like this and see what I get.

[spazthecat]

Well, I figured out what the issue is and though I’d share it as it might be helpful to others.

It did turn out to be the printers black and white printer resolution.

I ended up making a basic dial in Illustrator. Just a chapter ring and hour markers. Printing a black dial looks like crap but changing the dial color to blue turned out great.

So, I guess I’ll try fooling around with the dial color. I think I could go with a really dark navy blue and would be able to get it to look black. Either that or just buy a new printer...

Thanks,
Andy

Hi,

After a little break from reps, I thought I’d give dial printing a go and I’m running into a little problem with print quality that I can’t quite figure out and was hoping someone might have a few pointers for troubleshooting.

Basically, the dial text is quite blurry and looks kind of too small for the dial. No where near as crisp as what I’ve seen in some of the pictures in this thread.

I’m working with the 6610 template that Bart so graciously donated to the forum.

What I’m doing to print is as follows:
1. Open dial template is Photoshop
2. Create a new 4x6 document at a resolution of 2400. Its glossy photo paper and I picked that resolution as that appears to be the resolution of the dial template.
3. Copy and paste the dial template into the new document repeatedly arrange them in a grid.
4. Print the newly created document of dials. I’ve tried a variety of print settings for print quality from “normal” to “super fine”. Only difference I can see is the black is much smoother and darker under “super fine” than the Lowe settings.

Printer specs show it supports 9600x2400 for color printing and 600x600 for black and white. Only thing I can think of is that I’m getting limited by the black and white printing resolution.

Thanks,

Andy


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