Where does everyone get their control labels?

[Beeskneesbrew]

Ive seen a few different labels on peoples control panels, where is your favorite place to have your labels made?

Thanks,
Matt

 

[goybar]

Here is one that another HBT member used:
http://www.signsbannerstags.ca/

 

[mateomtb]

Masking tape and sharpie

 

[signmastr]

Trophy or awards shop...

 

[Bobby_M]

I offer some stock or custom options as well:

 

[smittygouv30]

Hey Bobby,

Do you have any pictures of what the vinyl labels look like once applied to the control panel. I'm looking to place a custom order either tonight or tomorrow afternoon as that 44 cent shipping is pretty sweet. I'm having a hard time picturing what the vinyl will look like when applied to a control panel. Any pictures been sent in from customers?

http://brewhardware.com/vinyl-decals/63-control-panel-labels

Thanks,

Corey

 

[Bobby_M]

Corey, no unfortunately I don't. I've shipped out probably two dozen between custom and stock labels and pictures never show up. I've sent out a couple emails to people that ordered them and I'll see if anything comes back.

 

[smittygouv30]

Thanks Bobby. Keep me posted if you get anything back! I'll most likely go through with the order anyway.

Corey

 

[jsguitar]

I used Bobby's on my controller. I borrowed the S from one of the other words to make pump plural. Pretty basic set-up, but here's mine.

I'm happy with the labels.

 

[Bobby_M]

One customer recently told me that the lettering was just too big and admittedly I started squeaking the font size up to make it easier to work with. However, with some of the complex layouts of components, some of the words were just too long. I just did a reboot on the layout file to reduce the font size back to practical. PUMPS plural does sound like a good change. It currently has Pump 1 and Pump 2 as separate which may make sense for some.

 

[smittygouv30]

Yea I would say that with my current control panel lay out the font size would be too big. Is there any options for size variability with a custom order? I like the idea of using "wort pump" and "water pump" but I suppose that not everyone will use there pumps in that specific manner.

Corey

 

[Bobby_M]

Yeah, custom texts need to be worked out in illustrator anyway so the size is plenty variable. The last one I did used letters about 5/16" tall. That's about as small as practical.

 

[rustoleum]

I would think most sign shops would be able to make them. My place of employment orders custom tags for our cabinets all the time from multiple sign shops.

 

[smittygouv30]

Sweet! Thanks Bobby. I'm about to pull the trigger on a custom label order. With the font size reduced to 5/16" is the limit still about 200 characters? I've put together a custom list of what I want and i'm right on the edge of 200. I plan to place the order on Wednesday. I'm waiting for you to restock that sweet high flow elbow barb, so I can wrap everything into one order. You still planning on that being re-stocked on the 6th?

Thanks!

Corey

 

[Bobby_M]

Well, a have a huge order shipping out air freight from China today and it varies between 4-6 days in route. We'll see. 200 characters is not a hard limit on the custom labels.

 

[smittygouv30]

Nice! I'll keep checking back to your site for them to be marked ready for purchase.

Corey

 

[kal]

Here is one that another HBT member used:
http://www.signsbannerstags.ca/

This is the same place I used for my plastic electrical tags and the larger 2x4" aluminum tag:

All of the tags have a black face with white lettering, Arial upper case center aligned text, adhesive backing, bevelled edges, no holes, and are 1-3/4 x 1/2" in size.

On the 2x4" aluminum tag I used stainless steel cap nuts to hold the tag in place and give it an industrial look that matches my Blichmann kettles.

Kal

 

[shuckit]

I am very with the signsbannerstags.ca and Kal's specs on the lettering.

 

[sgraham602]

Here is a pic of mine. Just finished it up with labels from Brewhardware.com. It came out sharp! Thanks Bobby M.

 

[Bobby_M]

Very cool. I've been thinking about making up a premium "stock" sheet of labels that has just about every word possible in triplicate but it turns out that running off customs is more practical because I'm only cutting/weeding words you specifically want. Keep in mind that I'll also throw in a logo graphic with custom orders when it's not too difficult to convert to solid line art.