The Mentalist Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Looks really good. If you ever decide to sell them, put me down for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 WOW nice work Mate! I cant wait for you to produce one for the Navitimer serie speciale :D This one will work fine in the Serie Speciale and all 6,9,12 Navis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 This one will work fine in the Serie Speciale and all 6,9,12 Navis. AMAZING!!!! Thx for the info Andrew! Always been wondering about this. Is installing this DW hard ? Need any special modification ? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szvwj Posted June 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Andreww: I know what you mean as far as the "boldness" of the font. I'm going to have to work with the shop and adjust my artwork to get a good final product. I'm curious to see if it ends up more or less bold when it's finally done. I think I'll go with what I have for now and see what comes back. My fingers are crossed, I hope this works. Thanks everyone for the input, I'll let you know how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyzz Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 I'll be ur first customer :D yeah ??? heheheheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importr Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Any news on this project?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szvwj Posted July 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Here's the latest: Over the past several weeks, I've been begging for and/or purchasing ETA7750 datewheels, stripping them, re-painting them, and researching marking options. Most marking methods I've found would probably work, but are just too expensive. It's the old quality verses price dilemma. I've had some samples made, but they looked really bad. I'm hoping that I was just pursuing the wrong marking method (a bit of a waste of time, but a good learning experience). I just (like 30 minutes ago) sent some sample datewheels off to be marked using a different process. The guy seems to think that he can mark them "no problem". I've seen some of his work and it looks awesome (he marks medical instruments). He's going to mark two for free to show me how they'll look. I hope they turn out, I also hope that if I want more, they won't cost a fortune. I should know more in a week or two, stay tuned.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szvwj Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 I finally got a sample back from the print shop (they do Pad printing). I'm sorry to say that it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. From 12" away it looks ok, but close up, not so good. I'll see if I can work with them to get higher quality, or maybe go to another shop. In the mean time I might install it in my BCE to check for alignment. I was so excited to get this sample, I really thought it was going to look perfect, I'm a bit bummed, I guess I have more work to do. Getting these things marked is much more difficult than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuDro Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Ouch...I'm sorry but that looks really rough! I'm curious to see how it lines up though...Thank you for taking the time and making the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Sorry that this doesn't turn out as good as it should be... Apart from smudged/lo-res print it has too bold of a font as well as wrong colour. You need at least 600dpi laser print to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strattakan Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Sorry for my dumbness, but make some kind of silkscreen print won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szvwj Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Can you tell me what the correct font color should be? I had him make these samples with black ink (just to see how it would turn out), but if I ever figure out how to make these, I'd like to use the correct color. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 A gunmetal color from what I gather from previous posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Yes, the one looks exactly like your second last picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szvwj Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Excellent, thank you, I'll see how close I can get to that color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Getting these things marked is much more difficult than I expected. Man... I wouldn't have come this far in a hundred years. Don't give up... you'll get there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szvwj Posted July 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I thought I'd try (again) applying the artwork using a water-slide decal. I think I'm going to officially ditch this idea (see photo). I simply can't get it aligned correctly. I made a fixture and I printed alignment lines and circles, but the darn stuff just stretches and deforms when I try to overlay it on top of the date wheel. In addition, it shrinks as it dries (just a tiny bit, but enough). Maybe a more skilled person could make this work, but I can't seem to. I looked into having them silk-screened, but even with the finest mesh, they can't provide the resolution I want. I'm going to pursue the pad printing method a bit more before I give up, but I'm running out of options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawo Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 I think you need a matte white base primer on the wheel before you apply the ink. I think the surface is too smooth that is why the ink looks blotchy. It is still an improvement over your previous attempts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuDro Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 Ok...here's a dumb question... How are date wheels normally manufactured and printed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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