Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: DANCAM Upgrade???

Gary wrote:

> Bill,
> Thanks for the info on DANCAM. I am not educated enough yet to
> understand all the different interface possibilities with all the
> different programs and types of files yet. I am involved in
> experimental and homebuilt aircraft and lots of people are
> struggling with panel lighting. I worked on military fighters for
> 15+ yearss an electrician and high quality back lit panels are easy
> to build and light if the basic design is correct. FAA
> certification is not in my future as all the panels will be
> more-or-less custom one-off jobs. I plan on incorpoprating fiber
> optic sourcing into the panels like the "new" fighters use. I also
> have "perfected" a way to light instruments using th epanel itself
> instead of peanut lights on the instrument edges. I'll let you
> know how this all turns out.--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com,

There was a guy near Spirit of St. Louis airport that was setting up a
business
to do this with a CO2 laser. He made a couple of panels. He used
Plexiglas
in back, then a black plastic with a textured front side. He made the
holes in
the black piece smaller than the clear, so that you couldn't see the
edge of the
clear piece directly at reasonable viewing angles. Then, he glued grain
of
wheat bulbs at strategic points in the clear plexi. He said it worked
great,
but I didn't see one installed.

He had to tear down the shop and get all the gear out on two days notice

when a flood dike was about to be breached. I don't know whether he
has set up at a new location or not.

He was also cutting custom rubber printing stamps, wood carving and all
the
other common uses for CO2 lasers.

Jon