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Some of you have seen the procedure that I used before on how to make flush number boards. That method was hit or miss and had some inherent problems that made the procedure difficult, so I am trying something new to make this method a little more user friendly. Instead of attaching the outside lens with rubber cement, that made is stick too much and therefore, when demolding the board, part of the seal of the board would stick to the mold and then render it useless. This new method fixes the outside lens, the paper number and the inside plastic, with winding some thread around the assembly to hold it in position while the epoxy sets up. The board is drying as we speak and I will demold in a couple of days to make sure that it has set up, so I don't know at this point if it will work, I have my fingers crossed. Here are some pictures of the project so far. I might be posting this procedure in vain because, really, how may people are making scratch E-8's? However, this procedure can be use for a number of different type number boards. The clay that is laid on top of the top plastic is to form an opening for the light to come through for a bulb to light up the numbers. When I demold the board, it will be ground down to the clay with a dremel and then the clay will be removed allowing a void for the light. I would like to know, if possible, if anyone is using this procedure, or if not what procedure they are using to make number boards, it would be nice to share. So, here are some pictures of the project, so far. I mixed black pigment into the epoxy to represent the rubber seal around the lens. The first picture, I forgot to mix the pigment into the mix, so It will have to be painted black. Bob.
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