I seem to recall someone saying gauge facings are available as transfers. A friend needs facings for Jaeger fuel gauge and ammeter, 2 inch diameter. Anyone know of a source?

Location: south wales

Hi John
I seem to recall seeing dial gauge faces (not transfers) on the Austin Repro stand at Beaulieu last year. I think they may only have been speedo dials.
this may help?
Howard

Location: not so rainy mid wales

John, Bruce White produced artworks for Austin Seven gauges that you can download and either print out yourself or have printed professionally on matt vinyl, just go to this link http://bruce-white.austinharris.co.uk/Gauges.htm

and here's a sample:

Location: Near Bicester, which is nowhere near Europe

There are a few places online (I think amazon and ebay) selling print at home transfers for laser or bubblejet printers.

You just need an existing face to print onto the transparent film, which you then soak in water and could apply to a pre-painted aluminium disk. I think there is a specific transfer for printing white onto black, and there are even some which you can bake on in an oven and which claim to be dishwasher proof.

This seems to me like a nicer solution than vinyl printed faces.

This is a good way I think to redo gauge dials which I have used successfully several times.

Method - Get a spot on piece of artwork.
Get a few same size rub down transfers professionally made.
It is good to practice with some spares (just like using Letraset).
Paint strip the dial. Spray the dial black gloss.
Make sure it is hard dry (infra red is helpful here).
Apply the rub down .
Finally lightly spray with semi matt fixative (art shop stuff).
Dry.

You should finish up with a perfect result as per factory !

Have fun with that.

Location: Centre of the Universe

Nick,
Any recommendations on where to get the transfers made?
I have quite a collection of face artwork now, from Smiths, OS and much more exotic. I know some people who want some gauge faces done for pressurised fuel tanks.

Thanks

Tom

Location: Guildford

If it helps, I've used Infographics in Llandow for this sort of thing and they did some good prints (£10)via emailed files. I also used Otto Kampf in Wimborne, Dorset for a better quality item where they hard-printed colours onto aluminium for me (£30) to make a data plate for an aeroplane engine (loooong story!!) that was similar in style to a speedo facia.

http://www.infographicsltd.co.uk/

http://www.ottokampf.co.uk/



The dataplate finally allowed me to sell my Franklin engine which was a bit bigger than the VW engine I finally fitted.

Found this thread an used it to adapt rev counter face to incorporate speedo, not standard but a bit more comfortable driving passed the speed camera down the road and the average speed cameras in the local road works.

I use printable transfers from the site below £0.99 for an A4 sheet, very easy to print and then transfer. The only problem I had was getting a true black colour ink jet was washed out black so had to get some one to print on a laser printer. Now looking at other transfers to do the ideas on the web site appear endless...

http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/.-Laser-Water-Slide-Decal-Paper_155.htm

Location: Dorset