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iainwhite:
I believe Keysight did a special-edition skinned 3000 series scope for Dave.

jjoonathan:
Speaking of which, where do people go to get one-off front panel stickers printed? I have been using inkjet-on-nice-paper, laminating with one-side-sticky vinyl transfer sheets, and cutting on a vinyl cutter -- but the consumer vinyl cutters (mine is a Silhouette Cameo) have abysmal dimensional accuracy so I wind up doing a dozen runs before I get a cut that the buttons actually fit through  :palm:

Clearly whoever made the special edition sticker has this figured out.

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: jjoonathan on March 23, 2021, 03:19:12 pm ---Speaking of which, where do people go to get one-off front panel stickers printed? I have been using inkjet-on-nice-paper, laminating with one-side-sticky vinyl transfer sheets, and cutting on a vinyl cutter -- but the consumer vinyl cutters (mine is a Silhouette Cameo) have abysmal dimensional accuracy so I wind up doing a dozen runs before I get a cut that the buttons actually fit through  :palm:

Clearly whoever made the special edition sticker has this figured out.

--- End quote ---

Is the Cameo good enough to cut the letters/lines straight out of black vinyl?  -  I think my old KNK Zing might just be able to do that, as long as you are not using  font size 3 or something...   I.e. the relative accuracy inside the graphic is quite good, but it is hard to aim on a printed sheet (even though the KNK has a laser for that).

jjoonathan:
Yes, the cameo does a surprisingly good job even if you are cutting letters and the narrowest part is <1mm. What it doesn't do very well is hold dimensional accuracy as it rolls the workpiece in and out. If you are cutting a front panel, you'll find that the holes for the bottom buttons are out of registration by a whole mm. It can be painstakingly made to work by bracing the substrate so that it rolls straight, measuring with calipers and calibrating out the offset du jour, and running enough repeats until one behaves well enough -- but that's a right pain the butt. Does KNK Zing do a decent job with dimensional accuracy -- say, 0.1mm over 100mm, or thereabouts?

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: jjoonathan on March 23, 2021, 06:51:01 pm ---Yes, the cameo does a surprisingly good job even if you are cutting letters and the narrowest part is <1mm. What it doesn't do very well is hold dimensional accuracy as it rolls the workpiece in and out. If you are cutting a front panel, you'll find that the holes for the bottom buttons are out of registration by a whole mm. It can be painstakingly made to work by bracing the substrate so that it rolls straight, measuring with calipers and calibrating out the offset du jour, and running enough repeats until one behaves well enough -- but that's a right pain the butt. Does KNK Zing do a decent job with dimensional accuracy -- say, 0.1mm over 100mm, or thereabouts?

--- End quote ---

I haven't actually measured it, but I've never noticed a problem with the accuracy of the KNK feed - it clamps the workpiece (i.e. the plastic "board" that the work is stuck to) really hard with knurled rollers.  I have made some quite big things with it (e.g. 24" long) and didn't see signs of twisting or turning.  Not sure if it will hit 0.1% but the next time I take it out for a spin, I'll try to take some measurements...

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