Re: Anatomy information: suit and number distinguishable from reverse side

[Ben Finney <ben+yahoogroups@...>]

steve@... writes:

> You can paint the edges uniform for all colors after you make the tiles.  
> This is probably the easiest. 

Painting isn't an option for this manufacturing process (and would give
the resulting components a much more limited useful life), which is why
I've chosen coloured materials instead of applying colour.

> You could strip all edges of color on the colored side so that when lying 
> face-down, the color is not visible. 
> 
> You could mask the edges of the tiles (painters tape) then apply the color 
> to the front face.  After removing the tape, your tile would have a uniform 
> "gutter" that would not reveal the color when it's face down. 

The material is coloured uniformly through, there's no “application of
colour”.

> You can use material that you "subtract" from rather than "add" to.
> That's the way we do it with the laser engraver.

I'd be interested to know what (non-wood, inexpensive) materials you
recommend for this property.

> You could also use a color "insert" for the face side of the tile -
> make two concentric squares - the outside always the same color and
> the inside the color of the suit you want. It would be more labor
> intensive but it would guarantee that the color of the face down is
> truly hidden.

I'm investigating that for the tiles, but I think 20mm coins are rather
too small for this to be practical; my impression is that either the
outer sleeve would be too delicate or the face of the inset would be too
narrow for presenting an image at a decent size.

Thanks to all for this ongoing discussion, it's giving me options at
least. I'd love to know more if anyone has other thoughts.

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