Need to make a new dial scale

Original Burnedfingers · 29th September 2006, 07:21 PM

I purchased a used HP meter that arrived showing a partial acale.

Some of the numbers and marks were gone from the face. I do have a different model with the same face but in good condition.

The question is can a take a digital photo of the unblemished face and print it so it can be pasted on top of the old face?

poobah · 29th September 2006, 07:26 PM

Why not?

You can evem buy white vinyl that you can run through your laser or whatever.

SY · 29th September 2006, 07:28 PM

Yes, that's an old trick that I first saw in my 1966 edition of The Radio Amateur's Handbook. Other than the digital photograph part- this was a LONG time ago, when I was a lad and dinosaurs ruled the earth. They used photostats.

Original Burnedfingers · 29th September 2006, 07:32 PM

Ah yes I remember the dinosaurs also. I'll bet that makes us both over 50.

Original Burnedfingers · 29th September 2006, 07:34 PM

Any ideas as to what software it would take to get the scale correct?

SY · 29th September 2006, 07:38 PM

If you're manipulating a photo, I'd think something like Fireworks or Photoshop would let you scale things properly.

poobah · 29th September 2006, 07:40 PM

There should be a scale option in the print window of just about any photo program.

If you want be slick... place a ruler right alongside the dial face before you snap the photo!

Ron E · 30th September 2006, 04:18 AM

I bet if you look at it and think for a few minutes, you can come up with a formula for the angles and draw it in a CAD program.

Some CAD will otherwise allow you to insert a picture and trace it - then print it to exact scale.

Post your picture.

29th September 2006, 07:21 PM	#1
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	Need to make a new dial scale I purchased a used HP meter that arrived showing a partial acale. Some of the numbers and marks were gone from the face. I do have a different model with the same face but in good condition. The question is can a take a digital photo of the unblemished face and print it so it can be pasted on top of the old face?

29th September 2006, 07:28 PM	#3
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	Yes, that's an old trick that I first saw in my 1966 edition of The Radio Amateur's Handbook. Other than the digital photograph part- this was a LONG time ago, when I was a lad and dinosaurs ruled the earth. They used photostats. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

29th September 2006, 07:38 PM	#6
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	If you're manipulating a photo, I'd think something like Fireworks or Photoshop would let you scale things properly. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

30th September 2006, 04:18 AM	#8
Ron E diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA, MN	I bet if you look at it and think for a few minutes, you can come up with a formula for the angles and draw it in a CAD program. Some CAD will otherwise allow you to insert a picture and trace it - then print it to exact scale. Post your picture. __________________ Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. --Carl Sagan Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. --Carl Sagan

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29th September 2006, 07:26 PM	#2
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	Why not? You can evem buy white vinyl that you can run through your laser or whatever.

29th September 2006, 07:32 PM	#4
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	Ah yes I remember the dinosaurs also. I'll bet that makes us both over 50.

29th September 2006, 07:34 PM	#5
Original Burnedfingers diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002	Any ideas as to what software it would take to get the scale correct?

29th September 2006, 07:40 PM	#7
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	There should be a scale option in the print window of just about any photo program. If you want be slick... place a ruler right alongside the dial face before you snap the photo!

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