Today's garage sale findings

[lincoln.fessenden]

Ethan Dicks wrote:
> Not much to report except a $25 table-top multispeed drill press
> (belts and pulleys, just like the big boys), and a free Atari 800 (CPU
> only, no PSU, disk...) with three broken keys from the same house.
> 
> The first project on the drill press is entirely on-topic -
> manufacturing an ABS front panel for my Elf2K
> (http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/Elf2K.htm).  Speaking of
> which, does anyone know if they manufacture an adhesive-backed
> _plastic_ sheet that's meant to go through printers?  I know I can
> pick up an 8.5"x11" paper label from any office supply place.  I am
> hoping to find something that will resist water and abrasion (from
> raspy palms) better than paper.  I'm also hoping to print some new
> keytops for the switches from an MSI 88/e keyboard (square, flush
> pushbuttons, with a lip and stick-on key labels).  I am constructing a
> hex keypad for my Micro/Elf, and potentially for the Elf2K, and I
> don't have A-F to pick from.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -ethan
> 

Why not just laminate the paper?

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-Linc Fessenden

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