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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6041   
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You could contact Traffolyte direct and see what they offer??
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22nd Mar 2018 10:15pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3030 
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Had to google Traffolyte.
No prizes for guessing I'll be absolutely no help whatsoever. |
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22nd Mar 2018 10:20pm |
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| sako243 Member Since: 08 Jul 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 1190  
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Do you need to do it yourself or are you willing to farm it out? If you can source some samples I have a friend with an 8x4 laser cutter that might be able to help out. Ed
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22nd Mar 2018 10:47pm |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4784 
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 me too 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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23rd Mar 2018 9:12am |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2496 
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I suspect many thousands of engineers and production workers have seen these signs around their sites and fitted to all manner of machinery but never new they were called Traffolyte. Defender 90XS SW
Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
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23rd Mar 2018 9:16am |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1759 
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Looks like it would normally be done on a CNC engraver, but you might get away with doing it on low power engrave settings on a laser cutter, with a few passes to get the line width right.
Laser cutters aren't cheap, but if you can do the drawings I've used several companies local to me to do laser cutting, probably be some near you? |
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23rd Mar 2018 9:38am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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To answer some of the points.
I was thinking of doing the replacements myself depending on cost. I know of several local firms that could do the job in hand but there may be more to come in the future. Traffolyte posh name for multi coloured layers of plastic that used to be produced by I.C.I. . Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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23rd Mar 2018 10:18am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16909 
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Yup, and I am one of them! Every day is a school day.  |
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23rd Mar 2018 12:21pm |
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| Ramsay Member Since: 30 Sep 2015 Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway Posts: 626  
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There are H&S concerns from the dust created from phenolic resins and thermosetting polymers so please factor that in if you are going to make yourself.
Engraving companies should be aware of it and control the dust extraction. 1995 Defender 110 CSW 1971 SIIA Lightweight |
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23rd Mar 2018 1:10pm |
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| AMBxx Member Since: 24 Jul 2016 Location: York Posts: 992 
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Surely this is a really good excuse to buy a new 3D printer?
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23rd Mar 2018 5:21pm |
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| legin Member Since: 22 Jul 2017 Location: Chelmsford Essex Posts: 1004 
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I have the hole Traffolyte kit the machine and plastic strips and everything that goes with it ,it's old and I have never used it ,about two years ago I purchased the complete contents of a old TV rental shop which had been it the same place for about 45 years and this was just one of the items ,Monday I will get it all out I mean find it
 and take some pictures . |
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23rd Mar 2018 11:04pm |
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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4784
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+1 With multi head extruder for different colours  2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton |
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24th Mar 2018 12:20am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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Ramsay...........In the workshop back in 1970 we had up to 10 of the old school engraving machines running at one time, we soon knew if someone had forgotten to switch on the dust extractors, even with them running we had to use dust masks .
Legin....... That would be a brand new machine when I last used one.
AMBxx and Grafty99 .............3D printer . Now that's something I had not thought about as I have very little if not no knowledge of this type of tech . Can they lay down different colours and leave gaps to form letters? Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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24th Mar 2018 10:47am |
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