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TR6 TR6 Gauge Restoration may become easier

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Hey, you guys are way ahead of me on the AutoCad stuff. Bill, I never knew that you were into this stuff either. Nice job on that dash.

I'm going to talk to them tomorrow and see what they say. I do have gauges that could be disassembled, photographed and touched up to correct any blemishes and maybe then imported into an AutoCad program for final sizing?

What do you guys think about that idea?
 
TIFFs are great for importing into word processors. I don't believe Acad 14 or 2000 can export TIFFs but I sure wish it could.
 
So Dale, what do you want me to do with the gauge faces? Shall I digitally photo them and email a tiff file to you to set up and we can get some of the paper from Micromark that Doug suggested?

I guess I'll see what he says tomorrow then get back in here.
 
BTW Dale, sorry I didn't comment about your JPGs earlier. They look great. For some reason the pictures didn't load during the day while I was checking the board from work.

I don't do much work in Acad anymore (hence my using R14 and 2000). I spend most of my design time working in SolidWorks. SolidWorks has been a very handy tool for modeling assemblies (including gauges) so I get the parts right the first time. Still, there is no substitute for Acad when it comes to 2D drawing.
 
As luck would have it, I was not able to meet with the gauge plate guy today. Now I have to try for Friday due to that nasty habit called a job getting in the way of my hobby again.

That is, unless Doug and Dale have any better ideas for using their cad systems to make these bad boys look good again.
 
When I work on these things I sit with a similar, matching gauge and can spend hours trying fonts and printing samples. In the end I try and come up with a compromise that reasonably matches existing gauges. I'm not trying to blow you off, but with my family, jobs and cars, I don't think I could contemplate making new gauge faces for your '6 in a reasonable time. I suspect that a screen printed transfer or face like your contact suggests would give more original looking results and could be produced quicker than I could get to it.
 
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