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Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc?

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oldschool@tubes.com wrote on 9/9/2017 2:14 PM:
>
> I do believe the early resistors, especially those ceramic types that
> had colored dots on them, were probably hand painted. I have also noted
> that the old bumble bee caps often had irregular stripes, where the
> paint was thicker in spots, thinner in others, and the edges were not
> always precise.

Don't know about resistors being hand painted as that sounds expensive.  But 
I know mica caps used look hand painted and in searching I found one style 
that is clearly hand painted.

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Rick C

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How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? oldschool@tubes.com - 2017-09-08 22:11 -0400
  Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Rheilly Phoull <rheilly@bigslong.com> - 2017-09-09 12:45 +0800
  Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Mike Coon <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com> - 2017-09-09 08:44 +0100
  Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-09-09 08:21 -0400
    Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Taxed and Spent <nospamplease@nonospam.com> - 2017-09-09 05:35 -0700
      Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2017-09-09 19:31 +0200
      Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-09-20 16:43 -0400
    Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-09-09 13:08 -0400
    Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? oldschool@tubes.com - 2017-09-09 14:14 -0400
      Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-09-20 16:53 -0400
      Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-10-19 13:04 -0400
  Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2017-09-09 09:07 -0700
  Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2017-09-09 23:47 +0000
    Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Taxed and Spent <nospamplease@nonospam.com> - 2017-09-09 18:02 -0700
  Re: How do they paint the stripes on resistors, bumble bee caps, etc? Clive Arthur <cliveta@nowaytoday.co.uk> - 2018-01-03 16:11 +0000

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