X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:20:09 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 1022699 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:55:30 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.65; envelope-from=aadamson@highrf.com Received: from ibm57aec.bellsouth.net ([68.218.5.108]) by imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060304165442.KIFK23794.imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm57aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:54:42 -0500 Received: from Typhoon ([68.218.5.108]) by ibm57aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060304165442.UZDY2557.ibm57aec.bellsouth.net@Typhoon> for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:54:42 -0500 From: "Alan K. Adamson" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: Throttle, prop, mixture bracket X-Original-Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 11:54:00 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <00aa01c63fac$3c6b0810$0501a8c0@highrf.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcY/rDwOLm9nIxZcSPCB8ntvjt6/jw== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is how my throttle, prop, and mixture bracket turned out for my Legacy. I made it out of 1.5x6x.125 aluminum plate, had it powder coated and then took it to the engraver (I sent a PDF file to the last a few weeks ago with specific dimensions, etc). I had made a small sample scrape as well and put it thru the same process. The engraver tried a spinning engraver for the text and that looked like crap, then they tried not spinning the tip, but just dragging it and that didn't look good either, finally settled on laser engraving. Other option would have been to have had it silk-screened. One note about the process I used. The laser didn't burn all the way to aluminum, even on 2 passes. This is probably better the more I think about it. Bare Alum may have allowed moisture, etc to get under the powder coating and started corrosion. This way, I don't have that problem, but may loose the lettering overtime. We'll see. In the bright sun light, this looks awesome. The pictures don't do it justice. One note for those building new Legacys. You don't need to follow the manual exactly in this area, as the manual is for the old style console. The new style doesn't have the protruded engine control area and so you can use a larger and more form fitting aluminum bracket. Just *don't* do what I did (drilled all the holes on the horizontal centerline). Drill the main holes *below* the centerline, so you have more room above them for the labels. Mine are .125 text and look ok, but I could have done better! http://www.highrf.com/gallery/Feb-06/DSCN1365_edited_1 Alan