Re: how to add symbols to keycaps--Ideas Welcomed

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

Why not get the overlays as you say you are then get some number and letter
punches (available at your local hardware/tool shop/Snap On distributor) heat
the letter/number punch up gently! and press the heated item gently into the
surface of the keycap, just enough to melt the impression into the plastic.
Then, fill in the impression with black or white paint and Bob's your auntie.
If you really want to get fancy have some sort of guide made up that will
centre the punch on the keycap and restrict its depth to about 1-2mm
penetration.

On 27 Jun 2001 19:52:02 GMT, Obsbedia2 wrote:

> 	Recently, I picked up a Canadian Platinum //e on eBay and am in
> the process of converting it from ENGLISH/FRENCH QUERTY to English
> QUERTY/DVORAK.
>
> 	I need to find a decent way to apply the DVORAK key placement
> symbols onto the existing keys, possibly in another color -- ANY
> SUGGESTIONS?  I remember seeing old ads for having special keycaps made,
> but for the Apple II today?
>
> 	Right now, I'm considering plastic overlays.  I thought that I
> could make them with transparent labels and a laser printer (to stay away
> from water based inks).
>
> 	Jay Edwards

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... Back when I was a boy, we carved our own ICs out of wood.