I'm Building a Fairlight CMI: Episode 13 

Great to see this project still going well, Cris. ;)

In todays episode, Chris transforms into a random orbital sander

Sunday and a new episode, boom.

An awesome project! Long time lurker, first time commenter. I love this project!

Cris ... your journey is infectious. I forgot to tell my 9 year old to go to bed while watching this, he came in at 11pm asking if it was time for bed. You are only partially to blame though, I also watched an hour of AI producing Python code to solve world hunger. $0.02

hi Cris, I´m loving your Fairlight stories.... your clock next to the steps needs a new battery. 😁

New ep so soon. Not complaining

Some flatbed scanners can focus in the vertical. My Epson can. Else try to find a prepress service bureau with a larger flatbed scanner - they do exist!

the scanning works well when there's a square around it that it uses to align the plane.

Hi Cris - I'm a big fan of you/your Fairlight project and have been watching from ep 1 right through to ep 13 here. I had a thought on your panel graphics screen printing sizing issue - instead of the photo-emulsion kit you are looking at for the screen printing (which has size limitations for the transparency you will have to try to print on - the darkness of that black will also be a major issue, incidentally), you might try just using cut vinyl instead. If you have access to a Cricut or similar cut vinyl machine, you can use it instead of trying to learn the photo-emulsion route - instead of the photo-emulsion being the resist (the area that doesn't print), the vinyl takes its place. First, there is no real limitation to how big/long you can go - it's only limit is the cut capacity of your vinyl cutter - but there are ways around that even if it is limited. Also, it's much more forgiving, way easier if you screw up - essentially, you could redo it over and over again until you get it right (the photo emulsion is one shot - if it gets screwed up at any stage, you have to start from scratch by reclaiming the screen with chemicals and starting over), so, the vinyl is much, much faster, etc. The photo-emulsion process of creating a screen is an art in and of itself. I happen to think you also get a much cleaner/sharp result with vinyl. You just need to get a physical screen that is large enough for your panel. There are lots of tutorials out there on Pinterest, RU-vid, etc. for the cut vinyl screen printing process - so, just a thought. On the vector graphics and layout, I recently was working on graphics for a Roland PG-800 front panel that I need to redo, and for me (graphic designer), it was easier to take really good measurements (I used a machinist's caliper) and did the layout straight in Adobe Illustrator or a similar vector graphics program rather than trying to convert the photo you took on your phone. You surely can use it for reference, but the measurement approach has saved me lots of hassle in the end. You can then duplicate your file and in the new file, convert your fonts to outlines/curves so the vinyl cutter will be happy (the duplicate is so you can always go back to the original if you screw up - non-destructive editing!). Reach out if you want any pointers. And good luck!!!

if you decide this colour is ok thats fine, you could also mix the corect color and then spraypaint it. In the country where I live (Nederland) that is totally possible. you could try and take a picture and then compare the RGB numbers in the computers to know what colors you actually need. But anyway, if you're ok with the colour thats fine... Keep em coming! I enjoy your videos very much.

Learning the difference between rattle cans and electrostatic coating ...

Yes, my "Sunday Fairlight"! A good way to forget the sunday blues. Cris, The Painter. The funny thing is the guys at Fairlight, or at the Fairlight's subcontractors for the "boxes", spent certainly less time to chose the paint color, they just grabbed what was available in the shed. It was white? OK! It was semi-gloss-satin-broken-white with a bit of shinny olive green? OK, who cares! 😁

hi :) The longer the distance between the can and what you are painting the more rough it's going to look (Matte) If you are closer and have the can and the subject heated it will become completely glass like. Also it matters how much paint you apply, more paint right after will make it more smooth. Sanding is best with sandpaper, the spongle will make it green :) you did a good job

Can use Coreldraw with the logo and the screen

Hey, I love to see you rescue an old glory days sampler. The printing house only uses the DIN system, maybe you can print it in A3? because the front is bigger

Do you ever plan to use the Fairlight to produce some music? Maybe once the project reaches a somewhat finished state?

its time for more complete baffoonary. incredible.

Dude i've watched this whole series so far and you are VERY slow, not going fast. However, it's a restoration/creation so I understand that you are chasing a certain look and feel. I find this all to be very inspiring in patience, i'm orders of magnitude more fast and crappy.

I would have programmed an LCD display where all 11 states are shown as names on the display

I'd have probably just got it sprayed by a pro at a body shop, but then I'm pretty bad at spray painting. However I do have compressor and that makes things a lot easier.

just lock the screen orientation

Firsty synthy wirsty...

What say the manual of the paint can ?

Two videos just to make a rectangle front panel.... My feeling is this series will last till 2030 to milk youtube to the bone.