How did you get such a nice clean cut-out for the mirror scale?
I have to make a new scale for my 8405A Vector Voltmeter which uses a similar style meter movement.
Did you know that every single meter has a unique scale made JUST for that movement? It was HP's way to increase accuracy!
So the reproduction is perfect for YOUR meter. Which looks awesome, btw.
How did you do it so clean, if I may ask?
I have a Silhouette Cameo 3 desktop cuttter that I used to cut out the shape. Worked really well once I got it dialed in (I use it with an Adobe Illustrator plugin to send the cut job directly from Illustrator to the cutter).
I heard of the custom scale thing. Is that per model or per instrument? How did they do that custom print for every individual meter face cost effectively?
To make mine I scanned in the old scale then traced it in CAD (easiest for me to get all the angles right) then imported to Adobe Illustrator to made it all pretty with fonts and line widths etc and to make the outline to send to the cutter.
Then I printed it onto printable white plastic sticker sheet in my inkjet and passed it through the cutter to cut it to size.
A bit of windex on the meter face after removing the old scale and cleaning it to make it easy to slide the sticker into place and squeegee it flat, then finally hit with a hairdryer to dry it and let it stick in place.