On Nov 19, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: > On 11/19/2012 05:13 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: >> I asked for the 3D models of the buttons so I can print them out with the >> text a different color than the button, along with color coding the buttons. >> If anyone wants some buttons printed, just let me know and I can do it for >> the cost of shipping them to you. > > It sounds like you're interested in the same issues with the buttons > that I am - primarily changing the wording from HOME if something more > appropriate can be chosen, and contrasting color for the button text, > although we're assured that in real life it's very easy to read the > button text, and I suspect I'll mostly be using a those buttons by feel > so the text almost doesn't matter.
Hi Bruce, I think having stuff color coded like green for go and red for stop is very helpful, especially during the period you are learning the buttons. > I can sympathize with not wanting to try to precisely dispense silicone > rubber into the text when molding the rubber overlay. If I was > designing that for short run production, I'd have been inclined to turn > that little LinuxCNC gantry router from his video into a precision > silicone rubber dispenser, and I'd have probably designed the buttons > with sunken text and filled the area around the text (much easier to do) > with rubber of a contrasting color and I might have even gone full pimp > and made the button tops black and the text and the rest of the rubber > overlay clear so I could shine some LED light up through the text for > backlighted keys. That'd impress the chicks. I like the idea, but as far as ease of manufacturing thousands of buttons, I think I would have 3D printed them using a dual color 3D printer. I bet he could have printed all the buttons he needed in a few days mostly unattended. You could do the same stuff too, use transparent plastic and a different color for the text. I am sure he raised more than enough to justify the expense of a dual extruder 3D printer... > If you get a chance, see if it'd be possible to redesign the plastic > housing and the rubber keypad overlay so the rubber sheet is larger, so > it could be used to completely seal the pendant so it'd be coolant proof > rather than coolant resistant. > > If you decide you'd like to make some improved rubber overlays, I'd be > interested in two of them. I was planning on creating new buttons; not new rubber overlays. I am not sure what would be involved with that... Best, Jeshua Lacock Founder/Engineer 3DTOPO Incorporated <http://3DTOPO.com> Phone: 208.462.4171 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
